I've been researching this online, now on Day 5. I couldn't find an exact answer to my problem, but I found other answers that hinted at a kernel problem. When I boot this Gnome machine, the only kernel that shows up is the current one, no LTS is listed. And that's after a full upgrade and reboot, and eopkg check
reports all packages are OK.
Does anyone know how I can load (and use) the LTS kernel when it's not listed as an option? I've never needed to use any but the current kernel before. Since I can't pick the LTS kernel out of a list, I'm kinda lost.
This is the last attempt I'm going to make during this adventure. I don't like Gnome. I've never liked it in other distros, and would probably never voluntarily use it on a daily basis, but as I said at the start of this, I'm curious to learn more about this offering from Solus. I already upgrade Budgie, MATE and Plasma every week, and I figured a fourth DE wouldn't add much more work for me, but this is getting ridiculous.
Besides, my feelings are at stake here. I used to work well into the night trying to figure out why my code wasn't working the way I expected it to work, so it's not like I haven't gone through this before, but I'm retired now, dammit. I don't need this anymore. If I can get access to the LTS kernel and that doesn't fix the problem, there won't be a Day 6. Sorry about the tantrum!