The LXLE installation passed the integrity check offered in the install CD menu. Is it possible to have bad blocks on the hard drive ind still pass this integrity check?
In the time between your last two posts you could have mounted a rescue cd iso into an usb pen and checked the entire hd, ram and whatever like... maybe 3 or 4 times! Even if every test from every tool comes out ok you lose nothing because you get to check the health of your machine, something that should be done periodically.
were you sure to 'erase' the old version and install the new version? as something when simply 'replacing and or upgrading' lots of files are left over from the previous install.
I tested the RAM and the hard drive using Hirem's BootCD 15.2. They both pass.
I also re-installed LXLE 16.04.2 again. But this time I erased the LXLE partition and did a "clean" re-install. At least the install wizard lead to to believe I was doing a "clean" install as such. But I checked to see whether my "Home" files had survived the re-install, and found that they had indeed been erased. I take this as evidence that the re-install was indeed "clean."
Unfortunately, the problem persists. For example, after running the Hirem's tests, LXLE crashed on boot-up 7 times before it succeeded in booting up.
So anyway, I sure would like some assistance in diagnosing and fixing this problem. Any ideas?
If it's crashing randomly in different places starting up, then its a hardware issue. If it's exceedingly hot you might need new thermal paste somewhere.
Whenever it does crash during boot up, it does so consistently, within one text line of "console-setup.service". This would suggest a software issue, then.