well interesting issues you raise there..i can answer part there of your questionnaire...i am shore that there is a Ubuntu help page for "auto-login" just browse for it.. if font size is what you need bigger try running in 720p mode or 640X480 or something like that ...if your already running @ 1080...
you need to setup samba on your rpi board...do a web search "how to setup samba on rpi-*" etc..etc there are many tutorials about... i searched.. how to see my raspberry pi linux file system on my windows computer and found many options seems it is easier to install a third party file reader to the ...
something is not right with your network or maybe your board is faulty.. you should not have to issue the dhclient all the time... even when i had xubuntu loadeed i did not have the issue..or for that matter 19.10... something is not right i have done many installs with any op sys and never had ethe...
i dont know what is going on there...i have never encountered issue`s as such you have
do you connect directly to the gateway..
maybe you need to put a router in the series line and connect via the router...????
once it boot`s to the blank screen pres these keys .press CTRL+ALT + F2 login as root sudo su and run the below code... apt remove lightdm-gtk-greeter reboot and after it reboots you should have a desktop... furthermore i have not encountered your issue before but there seems to be some issue with y...
try these commands from the command line pls in line one after the other... sudo dhclient -v sudo dhclient -v -r hopefully that will renew the connection between your rpi-4 and the router/switch ..etc..etc now try updating the updates..have a read here.. https://www.computerhope.com/unix/dhclient.htm
i think you should check your cabling.. however if you do manage to install xubuntu-desktop then after it has installed and you are back at the command prompt before you reboot it remove the standard greeter apt remove lightdm-gtk-greeter reboot this will after a reboot bring up the login screen
which image did you flash to your sd-card and do you already have other desktops installed onto the sd-card pls flash the 64 bit image from here and pls use Ethernet to start with.... http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/eoan/daily-preinstalled/20191203/ once flash run this code to update it apt ...
make shore you are "root" user.. it may be that the unattended updater is running.. try rebooting a couple of times then try the install process over again..also check your timezone/clock is correct.. is it happening at the start failing to get /connect to the Ubuntu servers to download the packages...
if you have a linux box with gparted..etc.etc..wipe the sd-card partition so there is no partition on the card at all now next go ahead with etcher and flash it ... your error 22 most likely is sd-card related or the partition`s was written on a bad block... and or damage to the card since you have ...
on my rpi-4 4gb i used all the options i could...in the software and updates.....it updated to the 1015 kernel..it rebooted ok seems to be working..however the cpu scaling monitor using mate desktop..seems to only let it run to 1.5 gig...hmm maybe something i missed..
have you tried to utilize the image link 64 bit version in the thread below.. i had it up and running first boot..i did modify the usercfg,txt file after flashing it but before i booted it... i added these comments...there over clocked value parameters you can omit the ones i coded but include the a...
ok you need to select and set parameters for "1080i"...notice the "i"..... the set will do 60~120hz refresh rates but appears it`s default is 60hz.. look through the list for the correct settings...also the set has a very large menu system..i just browsed over that..there may be video refresh . rate...
yes i would try a new sd-card also firstly and download a fresh copy of the image..use etcher to flash it with... also i found if your over clocking if from the initial first boot it can hang ..before you run an update also does it lock up or does it hang ...maybe try..hitting the enter key a few ti...
tis is prolly a bit late but have you solved it yet.. if not are you trying to get it working via the desktop or the command line with not desktop installed have a look here for the command line.. https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/connect-to-wi-fi-from-terminal-on-ubuntu-18-04-19-04-with-wpa-supplicant