boot problem

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> on Fri, 20 Aug 2021
12:35:03 +0200

> On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 07:12, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > [1] Update your firmware in the new machine. I find this helps a lot.
> > > Notably includes Lenovo.
> >
> > It is up to date.
> 
> > > [2] What graphics did you have in your old machine, and what in the
> > > new? To get graphics working may be as simple as deleting (or better
> > > still, renaming) /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > The old system was an ASUS motherboard with VGA.  The new system has VGA.
> 
> That is not an answer, I'm afraid. VGA was an IBM adapter in 1987 and
> has not been in any non-IBM machine and not in any machine from anyone
> in over 30 years. "VGA" now mostly refers to the 1980s analog plug on
> the back of the machine into which a CRT monitor connects.
> 
> We need the exact make and model, ideally old and new.
> 
> I am not nitpicking here; without precise correct info, we can't look
> stuff up for you.
> 
> So, for instance, earlier you said that the computer was a
> 
> Lenovo 5 Desktop 90NA001DUS
> 
> That's not a model.
> 
> If it's one of these:
> 
> https://www.bestbuy.com/site/reviews/lenovo-ideacentre-5i-desktop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-mineral-grey/6424471
> 
> Then the model is "Lenovo IdeaCentre 5" and the description is that it
> is a "Desktop Computer".
> 
> If that is the same model you have, then the graphics are the CPU's
> integrated GPU: "Intel UHD Graphics 630"

That is what is in the new system.

I looked for some documentation for the old system but could not find it at
this time.


> > There was no xorg.conf file, there was a xorg.conf.d directory which is empty.
> 
> OK. You probably weren't using nVidia drivers then.
> 
> > 'ip a' lists the interfaces but there are no IP addresses for any interface.
> 
> It is plugged in to a *known good* working cable that leads to a known
> good working port on a switch? And when you connect it, the Link
> lights on both ends light up?
> 
> Try a different cable. At a minimum, if you don't have one, take the
> existing cable and reverse it, so the old PC end goes into the switch
> and the old switch end goes into the router.
> 
> Another alternative: configure your wireless interface from the
> command line and use it to install updates.

Finally got the wired NIC working using the command line with a static IP.

I have to edit the /etc/resolv.conf after every boot to change IP for the name
server from 127.0.0.53 to the IP of my router.


> > I am almost to the point of just formatting the partition and starting over.
> > The only problem is the time needed to get all the programs installed and
> > configured to my liking.
> 
> Intel's GPU drivers are FOSS  and included with basically all distros,
> so these graphics should work out of the box. I can't offhand think of
> any reason they should not work on your new computer. E.g. when you
> install nVidia binary drivers, they blacklist the built-in FOSS
> Nouveau driver, so the 2 don't fight for control of the GPU -- but
> that should not affect Intel graphics at all.

The desktop is still not starting.  Are there commands I can use to start the
desktop?

I did update the system with apt which updated kernel.

-- 
Robert Blair


You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. -- Adrian Rogers