Have you done a nuke and pave install or are you limping your /home along? you could have some form of corrupted config file in your home that might be causing problems. worth a thought. and a stroll through your home dir. Thanks for the update. Keep up the troubleshooting spirit! TTFN Matthew On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:23 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I spoke too soon. It boot into busybox this morning. So it is looking like > it is the hard drive after all. One mor operating system to try before I > buy the new hard drive. I was told arch works best so (while not arch) > manjaro is what I will try. I tried to install arch but it failed while I > was installing it. > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 5:12 AM Michael wrote: > >> 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~(-: >> > > > -- > :-)~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