Bluetooth not working at all, internet not working at all, and even the setting for HDMI audio output is gone. The settings page is just empty.

I managed to load an older kernel(?) and got Bluetooth and internet working again, but still no audio. I’m as much of a novice at running Linux as you can get. I’ve been trying to troubleshoot this with the help of an LLM, but I have no idea what I’m doing here.

Any help, please?

  • Iconoclast@feddit.ukOPEnglish
    71·
    20 hours ago

    I cannot express how not interested I’m in doing that. I’m not a power user - I only need the web browser to run so I can watch YouTube videos.

    • VoiHyvaLuojaMitaNyt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      18 hours ago

      I’m far from a power user as well. I was on Ubuntu for about 5 years. Also installed it on my dads laptop a few years ago. Last week I installed Debian for myself and dad. It was easy. Its also very nice to use, I have a ancient shit laptop and it runs with absolutely no problems at all. My dad’s been happy with it as well.

      I wont tell you to do what you don’t want to, I just want to let you know that installing and setting up, for example, Debian is not difficult at all. If a moron like me can do it, so can you :)

    • SolarPunker@slrpnk.netEnglish
      7·
      20 hours ago

      It’s probably less boring/time-consuming then fix ubuntu update issues, but you can try searching for ubuntu users’ reddit or forum for your specific problem.

    • PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.socialEnglish
      42·
      19 hours ago

      That’s why he’s suggesting it. You’ll likely spend anywhere from several hours to several days trying to track down the cause of the issue by sticking with Ubuntu, versus ~20 minutes plus however long it takes to back up and restore your data on a distribution that doesn’t have these issues. Ubuntu is famous for having really dumb problems like this, so even if you do successfully fix the issue, another one will pop up later on thanks to the developers’ insistence on doing weird shit that nobody asked for. Of course, the fanboys will likely come out of the woodwork to tell me how this is a skill issue or whatever, but I’m speaking as someone who used Ubuntu almost exclusively from 2006-2020. After switching to Fedora, I’ve been much happier. Debian is also a good low-friction option if you don’t have brand-new hardware.