I was correct that it is a networking error
cannot bind to local IPv4 socket: Cannot assign requested address
current ifconfig says:
enp7s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 169.254.210.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 169.254.255.255 inet6 fe80::9a40:bbff:fe28:459b prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 98:40:bb:28:45:9b txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 15 bytes 900 (900.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 1466 bytes 492951 (492.9 KB) TX errors 0 dropped 78 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
Ubuntu has built in hotkey functions that let you run terminal commands. You just write a bash script and run it with the hotkey.
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It was stock Ubuntu. Everything was working fine for a long time. The only thing I can think of is that I was trying to get rdp going last week so I could access my main PC from a thin client in my garage. Maybe I got “hacked”? Otherwise it could be some issue with the PC, a used hp business pc, nothing special. When I first tried to load the fedora image it did the same thing, other recovery images from medicat worked. Then later trying the fedora image worked. I also reseated ram and ssd, unplugging everything and trying different monitors, etc. before trying anything else.
Everything seems fine now, I just need to install all of my applications again.