Boot partion files can not be read by CMOS

[steve7233]

I was hoping this was the solution:

For Ubuntu 20.04 the solution is as follows:[LIST=1][*]In /etc/init.d/lightdm, locate the line: start-stop-daemon --start --quiet $SSD_START_ARGS[*]And change it to: sleep 2
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet $SSD_START_ARGS[/LIST]​1

Unfortunately light.dm does not exist in that location on my 23.10 system. Is it in another location or named something else in Kubuntu 23.10? Or maybe the boot needs an EFI partition? Boot repair didn't say it needed one and I don't recall ever needing one but the BIOS program does have an EFI setting but it is a hybrid EFI MOBO.

[oshunluvr]

Part of "safe" mode is not using external video drivers. IMO you need to fix your booting problem and not focus on what safe mode looks like.

Anyone who uses water cooling (like I do) should know to use distilled water, not tap water - ever.

[steve7233]

I can only boot into failsafe mode and then do a normal boot from there but then the max res is 1024,768! Is there a way to get the higher resolutions? I have a 2k monitor. I installed the NVIDIA 535 driver to the recovery kernel but it seems it only has a generic monitor installed. Must be a safe mode that doesn't allow anything but a generic monitor to work. The CMOS and Dolphine can see the drive but only Dolphine can see the boot files. Is there a setting in the CMOS or maybe plug the SSD into a specific port on the MOBO? Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3. All Samsung SSD's 860 EVO. 1 TB /, 2TB /boot, and 4TB /steam CMOS set to boot '/' drive first. Hybrid EFI. boot repair used to create boot also used GParted. Any suggestions? I am building a new computer but it uses a water-cooled CPU and I live in Salt Lake City so probably need to buy water because tap water has very hard water (minerals from the mountains).