-- i re-did test from comment #13 (oct 5) hopefully correctly using lubuntu
installed lubuntu 18.04.1 on dell 755 without updates i did NOT format /, using old /home from #13 reooted post install, pointed sources to my ISP's ubuntu mirror, dist-upgrade & reboot added canonical kernel ppa; changed [ppa] source to point to cosmic; update & install kernel. reboot & login (normally!) guiverc@755-lubu:~$ apt-cache policy linux-image-4.18.0-10-generic linux-image-4.18.0-10-generic: Installed: 4.18.0-10.11 Candidate: 4.18.0-10.11 Version table: *** 4.18.0-10.11 500 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-kernel-team/unstable/ubuntu cosmic/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status guiverc@755-lubu:~$ screenfetch -n guiverc@755-lubu OS: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic Kernel: i686 Linux 4.18.0-10-generic Uptime: 2m Packages: 1396 Shell: bash 4.4.19 Resolution: 1680x1050 DE: LXDE WM: OpenBox WM Theme: Onyx GTK Theme: Lubuntu-default [GTK2] Icon Theme: Lubuntu Font: Ubuntu 11 CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E6850 @ 2x 2.085GHz GPU: AMD/ATI RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] RAM: 354MiB / 4923MiB -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795092 Title: xubuntu 18.10 daily image (x86) fails to boot - initramfs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1795092/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs