On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:26:22 -0500 Bill Barry <waba...@gmail.com> dijo:
>> This would probably be easy to fix, if I only knew how. I'm anxiously >> looking for suggestions so I can look at Debian 12 on the new drive. >I had a similar problem after I did an update yesterday. Only one of >my systems was bootable. It turned out there was a line in the file >/etc/default/grub >like this >GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false >which was commented out with a # in front of it. >Uncommenting it then running update-grub fixed the problem. At this point I'm pretty disgusted with the whole install process. As I write this I have started over and reinstalled Debian 12 eight times. Once I actually got the dual boot working so I could easily boot into Debian 12 or Xubuntu 22.04.3. I spent several hours in Debian fixing everything, except HDHomeRun wouldn't even launch, so I left that problem for later. I was in the middle of uninstalling the 172 Thai fonts (Why?), when Synaptic screwed me up. I had a bunch of fonts selected to remove, and when I hit the Apply button I watched in horror as Synaptic spent 15 minutes removing half the OS. Synaptic needs an 'Undo' button. The result was so bad that it wouldn't even boot. I had to do a fresh install and start over from scratch. After several more installations that ended in non-functional boot loaders, I decided to take MX Linux for a spin. I downloaded the MX Linux ISO and burned it to a flash drive, then booted to it. I spent an hour trying to get it installed, but I have a 4K screen and the default fonts are too tiny to read without a magnifying glass. In the desktop GUI I changed things so it looked reasonable, but when I clicked on the Install button it popped up a tiny window, complete with unreadable fonts. Evidently the Install utility bypasses the desktop and uses base settings that can't be changed. I might have been able to install it, but MX Linux wasn't worth the effort of spending hours trying to read unreadable text; instructions that are hard to follow even if you can actually read them. I wasn't very excited about MX Linux anyway, because of their small user base, so I'm giving it a pass. The most recent installation of Debian 12 is still there, and the Grub menu comes up and offers it, but it won't boot. I can select Ubuntu and that works, but I'm evidently not smart enough to understand the Debian install utility boot options.
