boot problem

[Douglas McGarrett]

On 8/20/21 6:26 PM, Bob wrote:
> ** 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.
If you still have the old machine and it will boot, run dmidecode or 
lshw on it.
Then do the same for the new machine. One of these will tell you exactly
what you need to know. Put the results in a binder for future reference!
--doug
>>
>> 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.
>