Anyone tried 22.04 Mate?

[Bret Busby]

On 24/04/2022, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
> I've done the integrity check on the ISO file, tried writing the image
> to two different USB media, plugged it into a UEFI motherboard which
> starts to boot then just shuts down. 21.10 Mate runs off a hard drive
> with the same motherboard just fine although it does keep saying it has
> a problem to optionally report, then carries on. I wanted to try the
> LTS version of Ubuntu Mate then maybe swap back from Mint to Ubuntu.
>
> If I put 22.04 server onto the same media it goes into the boot
> priority settings OK but I have no wish to go into the installer on
> this computer. No more spare working hard drives.
>
> Dave
>
>

When you said that it "starts to boot then just shuts down", describe
exactly what happened.

I have found that, in booting, on earlier versions of UbuntuMATE (
16.04, to 21.10 (which imploded, so, now, my latest version, is 20.10)
), I have to wait about 10-20 minutes. For the first time, it will
probably be sorting out drivers and such. With what I have observed,
the boot process starts, then I get a completely black screen.

If I wander off, and come back 10-30 minutes later, it will likely have booted.

So, if what you have observed, is starting the boot process, then,
simply getting a completely black screen, I would leave it for up to
30 minutes, and find whether it boots.

If it displays output that shows that it is definitely going through
the shutdown procedure, that is different.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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