Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 19:34:09 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> While I'm sure systemd is here to stay, I still have options. I'm >> seriously thinking of installing Gentoo on that thing. At least then if >> it breaks, I can post a thread that isn't off topic. o_O I also just >> put a pretty large CPU cooler on that thing. Should compile without so >> much as a mild fever. > You could have compiled the whole system several times over in the time > you've been trying to fix this. Even when you do fix it, you'll still > have an unfamiliar experience. Sticking with what you know is often best, > unless you treat it as a learning experience. >
Well, the 770T now has Gentoo on it. As usual, my fresh built kernel booted the very first time without error and every thing worked. Sometimes, things go right. ROFL I have to say tho, I wish they would split the install docs into two parts. One for old BIOS and one for the efi thingy. It was confusing in a couple places but I got there. Maybe some color coding would help??? >> Neil, I tired that command journalctl but not sure about the options. >> It either returned a lot or nothing related. I'll make note of the >> systemctl command. If Ubuntu survives, I may need it one day. ;-) > If it returned nothing with -p err, nothing logged an error since the > last boot, which is odd considering something is broken. without -p err, > you get everything from the system log, it's like doing "cat > /var/log/messages" but only since the last reboot. You could pipe that > through grep, searching for the name of your network interface. > > Well, I didn't search for err. I followed some other advice I found while searching. It should have found the network device but didn't. It's almost like the network was disabled as soon as grub got done. I even thought it was disabled in the BIOS somehow but it wasn't when I checked. There didn't seem to be any mention of it anywhere except that one spot that showed it as disabled. It was weird. I never did find a solution. In my case, it just decided to work again. It is most likely a bug but given my lack of knowledge on the way Ubuntu works, I have no idea how to find the root cause. Anyway, the thing has Gentoo on it now. I have not connected my backup drives yet and mounted them or tried to backup anything. I got some fresh stuff to backup as soon as I organize it. I just got the install done. I'll hook the drives up later and do some testing. Maybe it will transfer files faster too. One can hope. Dale :-) :-)
