https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1k12bu0/kde_plasma_rootonzfs_linux/mo8fdv8/
Update: all five are OK.
So, I guess, either:
- this one notebook is faulty; or
- multiple installers have an issue with this type of notebook.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/-/60904/11?u=grahamperrin
If anyone makes the issue reproducible with comparable hardware: please report a bug.
Thanks
@moderators please change the title of this topic to:
Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 and 25.04: installation: animated progress bar, but no progress – systemd-journald crashes
@grahamperrin done.
And so the saga continues…
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It’s still with me, but not forever. I guess it’s from around 2015 (the year that’s on the dead battery).
NomadBSD booted OK from a USB flash drive, so I experimented with an old Ubuntu – ubuntu-18.04.6-desktop-amd64.iso
With an Internet connection, opting for drivers but not updates, installation stalled (a freeze) whilst fetching file 135 …
Without an Internet connection, Installation succeeded. Errors occurred, maybe ACPI- or PCI-related, after I clicked the Restart button, so I forced off the computer, then started and logged in.
Automatically offered: an upgrade to 20.04 LTS. Let’s see whether the computer survives a series of upgrades …
The (Focal) upgrade window, with terminal details shown, froze, and could not be dragged, so I switched to a virtual terminal and found PCIe bus errors.
Forced off, then on, I got the HP logo but no GRUB, forced off, then on, booted, more PCIe bus errors (physical layer), forced off, forced on, booted, more PCIe bus errors. I’ll attempt reinstallation; and maybe more thoroughly check the HDD.
Second installation of 18.0.4.6 from the same drive failed. PCIe errors visible in the terminal view.
Installation of FreeBSD 14.3-RC1 succeeded (before exiting the installer: X.Org, Plasma, SDDM, Firefox, DRM graphics software and firmware for Skylake). Booted, switched from quarterly packages to latest, upgraded, restarted. Installed nano, htop, sudo, GSmartControl. ZFS pool scrub completed without error. GSmartControl: short self-test completed without error. Extended self-test in progress.
The test should be complete within two hours.
This evening I’ll remove the Wi-Fi adaptor, then try kubuntu-25.04-desktop-amd64.iso to install Kubuntu.
Background
For FreeBSD working without error, https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=1bc8976b6b#pci:10ec-b723-103c-804c shows:
- 10ec:b723:103c:804c / 02-80-00 » Realtek Semiconductor RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/cly6qd/wifi_not_showing/mw3b141/?context=1 only two Realtek PCIe Wi-Fi devices are supported in FreeBSD base, neither is a match for RTL8723BE (and I see nothing relevant in the ports collection).
https://linux-hardware.org/?id=pci:10ec-b723-103c-804c&hwid=1fa4a4b82b22 (for example), two probes of the device with Ubuntu 23.10 on an HP 250 G4 notebook. Click through to https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=8e0cdb93fe#pci:10ec-b723-103c-804c then point at the i (information) under works:
This device model is known to have problems
– probably a generic alert for the device (not specific to any distro or version).
Click through to https://linux-hardware.org/?id=pci:10ec-b723-103c-804c, key points:
… supported by kernel versions 3.17 and newer according to the LKDDb: …
– and:
… supported by the following additional drivers:
The linked GitHub page is no longer found. At https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8723be:
This repo is obsolete. Use the driver in the kernel, or the one in the Backports Project.