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[LUG]Re: RM Computer

 

On 09/11/2025 14:13, John Harris via list wrote:
I find it hard to imagine all three desktops share the same hardware error so closely that they all fall over at the same stage of booting. If it's three dead fans then possibly, but I suspect it excludes the chance it might be a memory failur - it's easy to check both though.

Perhaps you could boot from a live stick unrelated to the Debian family? There's a live Slackware USB image which comes up in a GUI. If that stays up you'll have the problem area isolated.

https://slackware.nl/slackware-live/slackware64-current-live/

At that stage you could list the hardware in detail with something akin to inxi -Fxz

John.

Richard didn't say it was all three John. This is the first one of the three.

Kind regards,

Julian

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