okay, here is a little update. I installed 20.3 and ran it like two days with no busybox error. I then update the operating system (not dist-upgrade) and the next boot gave the hardware splashscreen and then it went black. So I can live with the computer but can't update it. Oh well. It will only be for a year! On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 6:30 PM Matthew Gibson via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > eh. Just pointed you in the right direction. Good luck in your distro-hop. > > Matthew > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 3:28 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Thanks so much for taking the time out of your day to teach me how I >> should have looked into the error and you solved my problem. So I’ll >> distro hop till I find something that doesn’t panic. >> >> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 5:21 PM Matthew Gibson via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >>> Salutations. >>> Taking a peek at a quick internet search for the keywords "initramfs >>> zstd compression" and perusing the listings with the knowledge that Michael >>> is using Mint21 (I'm assuming it's similarly labeled following it's parent >>> of Ubuntu) it seems likely that there is an issue with the compression >>> being run on that particular hardware. Then I found this article by >>> Phoronix which gives added weight to the theory that it is a compression >>> problem: Ubuntu Rethinking Its Initramfs Compression Strategy - Phoronix >>> >>> >>> It's likely that Mint22 or even Ubuntu21.xx LTS will not have the same >>> problem. That's just my theory though. Use at your own discretion. >>> >>> As for this little jewel of disdain ridden text: "Who ever needed init >>> system support before systemd?" Literally anyone who wasn't familiar with >>> the technology and didn't RTFM. >>> >>> Just the thoughts of a Gentoo-Juvenile-now-Fedora-Adult. >>> Michael, Hope you find a solution you like for your woes. >>> Steve, Stay Sassy friend. >>> >>> TTFN >>> Matthew >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 1:13 AM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 2022-08-16 at 19:47 +0000, T Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > You could go to a distro which has something other than systemd for >>>> init, >>>> >>>> Yes yes yes yes, YES!!! >>>> >>>> > but recognize you will be missing some features (which could >>>> probably be done >>>> > with something else), the daemon services will be written and managed >>>> differently, >>>> >>>> s/differently/better/ in the case of the runit init system. >>>> >>>> > and there are a lot fewer people available for support. >>>> >>>> Who ever needed init system support before systemd? >>>> >>>> > Unfortunately, a bit of FLOSSware is written with the assumption >>>> you're using >>>> > systemd. >>>> >>>> Who needs Gnome and the Snap packager anyway? >>>> >>>> > I tried Artix for a hot minute but decided ultimately it wasn't for >>>> me because >>>> > either a) I am dependent on the distributers to maintain their >>>> repositories which >>>> > are often missing packages for configuring daemon services or b) I >>>> would be >>>> > compiling packages for myself and writing my own init scripts. >>>> >>>> Try Void Linux. All major software, and even some minor software, is >>>> supported. Void >>>> uses the Runit init system. With runit, writing your own init scripts >>>> (called run >>>> scripts) is trivial --- easier than writing a systemd Unit File. >>>> >>>> Note that the s6 init system is a little more complicated and >>>> featureful, but what I >>>> said about runit is true of s6 too. >>>> >>>> SteveT >>>> A happy Void and Runit user for 7 years >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: