[tlug] Hung Startup

[CL <cr.lipton@example.com>]

I did an incremental upgrade to my my old torrenting box and I can't 
seem to find or remember the magic handshake to make some hardware 
things work with other hardware things.

I have successfully done several installations of Debian Bullseye, using 
a Debian+Firmware iso to get the RealTek driver installed 
automatically.  I have tried installing the LXQT desktop, which I prefer 
for this box, as well as LXDE, XFCE, KDE and even the personally hated 
Gnome.  However, on restart, the process hangs at "Starting CUPS 
scheduler", independent of desktop installed.  It is the same no matter 
which I choose.  This occurs before keyboard and mouse drivers are 
mounted so reset options are limited to the large friendly button on the 
box.  None of the Debian forums seem to have anyone else having this 
problem ... yet.  Can anyone suggest a starting point for a fix?  I 
can't start normally, and am not sure I can get in with a live disk to 
make any changes.

Getting ANYTHING to run properly seems impossible.

I've gotten Lubuntu 22.04 LTR to install, but it is a horror show. Setup 
is forgotten at reboot and installing non-Ubuntu software is blocked.  
If I tried to install any software from other sources (like VPN 
software) from the command line, it was reported as not found.  And, 
that is while running terminal from the directory containing the 
download.  Firefox is now a Snap installation and, for some reason, sync 
started, but Firefox reported that, since the saved information was 
encrypted, it had been wiped out in the move. So, I successfully 
installed Chrome (before Lubuntu stopped being able to find things), 
which I had a shadow copy of my Firefox activity saved on and told 
Firefox to import the bookmarks and passwords, but was informed they 
didn't exist.  There were also issue with having to issue permissions 
for desktop icons to open programs and the Quick Launch icons in the 
tool bar would not work unless there was also an icon on the desktop 
with permissions saved.

Like I said, I think there is probably a fix I am forgetting how to do 
and also not remembering how to find it.  IF this rings any bells ...

New Hardware consists of:

ASUS TUF X570-Plus motherboard (I have turned of the TCM chip and did a 
couple of other tweaks to handle security complaints made long enough 
ago to be forgotten.  And the LEDs are disabled.)
ASUS LC240 ARGB CPU liquid cooler (installed with all of the lights 
turned off)
ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon 6500XT video card
Ryzen 5 5600G CPU

If any technodonks know a lot about this combination and want to throw 
out a few "have you remembered to ...?" pieces of advice, I would be 
grateful as this is a completely new setup for me and the first time I 
have kept so much within one brand.

Made the upgrade because the circa 2013 AM3 motherboard with it's 
fan-cooled Athlon -> FX upgrade, started to need, and not like, frequent 
rebooting.  And, I kept having to set the case fan speed to Turbo every 
June and cut them back in September -- not to mention that the case 
started off with two fans and ended up with five.  I wanted to build a 
box that is middle of the road, performance wise, and would jump up 
enough to not have to rebuild for another 6~7 years ... and could take a 
future upgrade from 1080 to 4x graphics without too much increase in 
workload.