Hendrik Boom via Dng said on Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:15:15 -0400 >Chimaera didn't help, though the symptoms changed. >I booted from the chimaera live desktop, and it started looking >hopeful, but before much was running it had a kernel panic -- attempt >to kill init. Yes, I checked the checksum on the download. >And when I used chimaera to boot another computer (a Purism laptop) it >worked flawlessly.
Just for fun --- is your video hardware nVidia? NVidia hardware, its proprietary drivers, and its reverse-engineered FOSS drivers make all sorts of nasty intermittent problems. You can get a good, simple, modern Radeon card pretty cheap these days. No good for gaming, but I watch videos with it just fine, and it has no fan. If replacing nVidea with Radeon doesn't work, I think you've ruled out the video hardware, and you still have a nice Radeon for your next build. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
