[Post-Install] My vintage gaming laptop dosn't appear to work properly

[steve7233]

My system appears to be badly broken on this about 17 y/o gaming/laptop that runs DirectX 10. I suspect Wayland. I switched to X11, but I suspect Calmerus, or however the installer is spelled, may not be able to install properly via Wayland. Is there a way to install via X11, or maybe a switch in 24.04 at boot time, or maybe some other switch is needed? I wanted to play Banished, which has both a 32-bit and a 64-bit main executable file. I eventually got Banished to work, but it doesn't work very well, and I suspect it would work better on a properly built system. For one thing, if I type ALT+F2, the system reports that the signal was sent, but for an unknown reason, Krunner isn't responding! HP Pavilion 1030 Gaming/laptop dv6-us. A Core2 Duo and a 4500 MHD Integrated graphics. 4 GB of 2 DIMM modules, which are DDR2. All Intel parts. If you need more information, I will try to get it, but this is a discontinued product, so HP has taken down almost all info on it from their website.

EDIT: I forgot to add that I already downloaded 24.04 because I suspect I may need to downgrade from 26.04. I haven't written it to the USB yet, as that would wipe out the 26..04. I am waiting for a response to this thread to see what switch or switches I should use and which version I need to reinstall, or maybe there is a way to fix my broken system. The installer said that Kubuntu is designed to work on old machines, but it also said 8 years, and this machine is twice that age.

[Snowhog]

RAM requirements were changed. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/...equriments/amp

[die.boer]

but I suspect Calmerus, or however the installer is spelled, may not be able to install properly via Wayland. Is there a way to install via X11,

The live installer session boots into whatever session Canonical ships on the ISO (currently Wayland by default on supported hardware). There isn't a supported "Install using X11 instead" option.
do you have X11 session ? does it make a difference? if you don't have X11 ,install it with

sudo apt update && 
sudo apt install plasma-session-x11

then log out and choose X11 session at login screen.

it would also help to see precise what driver is used, please post output of

inxi -Gxx

first

[die.boer]

RAM requirements were changed. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/...equriments/amp

my machine runs pretty smooth with 4gig ram on 26.04 (mind you i don't play games lol)

[steve7233]

inxi -Gxx
Command 'inxi' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install inxi
steve7233@Hal9000c:~$
I already installed X11. This appears to be broken badly. A reinstall or deep repairs may be necessary. Is there a way to bring up the logs from the installer, as I suspect there were a large number of errors during install? I was looking at some of the output during the install and noticed lots of timeouts, so some parts may not have installed correctly. It's probably a wall bigger than the Vietnam Memorial, so I will post it to my Pastebin account and then post a link here. I just need the command to find it. Please and Thank You.

[die.boer]

can you run these commands

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt --fix-broken install

sudo apt update

sudo apt full-upgrade​

and then see if there are any failed systemd services:

systemctl --failed

[steve7233]

can you run these commands

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt --fix-broken install

sudo apt update

sudo apt full-upgrade​

and then see if there are any failed systemd services:

systemctl --failed

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo: authenticate] Password:
steve7233@Hal9000c:~$ sudo apt --fix-broken install
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 3
steve7233@Hal9000c:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute InRelease
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates InRelease [137 kB]
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-backports InRelease
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates/main i386 Packages [148 k
B]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates/main amd64 Packages [330
kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates/universe amd64 Packages [
201 kB]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu resolute-updates/universe i386 Packages [9
4.9 kB]
Fetched 911 kB in 2s (482 kB/s)
3 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
steve7233@Hal9000c:~$ systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION

0 loaded units listed.
steve7233@Hal9000c:~$