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[Forum Admin rokytnji]

Ok. Just going by what I read.

I installed AntiX 17 after burning the iso to cd and booting

I rebooted the with the Live cd and reinstalled a second time

No, I didn’t check the iso’s md5sum.

OK. They are in the read me txt file . But I’ll save ya some time.

c0be8980027356d064fb2a4f8275a42f  antiX-17_x64-full.iso
c0be8980027356d064fb2a4f8275a42f  antiX-17_x64-full.iso

That shows when I checked my download

harry@biker:~
$ cd Isos
harry@biker:~/Isos
$ md5sum antiX-17_x64-full.iso 
c0be8980027356d064fb2a4f8275a42f  antiX-17_x64-full.iso

Being a team member and hardware tester in the past. I never took my downloads for granted . It saved a lot of trouble shooting steps later on when testing alpha and beta versions of AntiX. Sounds to me like you downloaded iso is corrupted so far.

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[Member FourFlats]

I’ll try and cover as much as I can at the moment. I unplugged the DELL monitor and left it for awhile.

No, I didn’t check the iso’s md5sum.

Size – I believe I wrote the iso to a DVD.

It wasn’t me just rebooting the machine that may have caused file corruption. When I would see the message about
“entering power saving mode” the screen would go black and machine would reboot.

I have a 19″ Acer P186H and I’ll try that with the AntiX-17. (Later)

I tried to get the bios file, but the download doesn’t start when I click to download from Acer.
Acer Bios
Not sure if I mentioned this? I swapped out the machine’s CPU. I wanted
to use virtualisation, but the M3800’s processor didn’t have support for that.
I replaced it with this E6600. Details below.
============================
Type CPU / Microprocessor
Market segment Desktop
Family Intel Pentium Dual-Core
Model number: E6600
CPU part numbers: AT80571PH0832ML is an OEM/tray CPU
BX80571E6600 / BXC80571E6600 are boxed CPU
Spec Code SLGUG
Frequency 3067 MHz
Bus speed 1066 MHz
Package 775-land Flip Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA8)
Socket Socket 775 / LGA775 / T
Microarchitecture Core
Processor core Wolfdale-3M
Data width 64 bit
The number of cores 2
The number of threads 2
Level 1 cache size 2 x 32 KB
Level 2 cache size 2 MB
============================

I’ll download the iso again and I’ll check the md5sum.
(wget)

I don’t think I’ll have time this weekend to open the
case.

Thanks You .. All.

All for now.

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

My advice is a lot simpler since your Acer Desktop has Intel Graphics from 2009. Which is supported By AntiX for years. If not a hardware break . I consider this operator error. I own a Acer Single core Pentium 4 D/A150? < Not sure of model number as I type this out >

I am posting your inxi output below

inxi -Fx
System:    Host: fourflats Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.3.0 Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5
           Distro: antiX-17_x64-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine:   Device: desktop System: Acer product: Aspire M3800 serial: PTSC50X0049290384B2701
           Mobo: Acer model: EG43M serial: N/A BIOS: American Megatrends v: P01-A0 date: 03/19/2009
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 6600 (-MCP-) arch: Conroe rev.6 cache: 4096 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9603
           clock speeds: max: 2403 MHz 1: 2136 MHz 2: 1603 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G45/G43 version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection
           driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: c880 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:25:11:39:75:87
           Card-2: Ralink RT5372 Wireless Adapter driver: rt2800usb v: 2.3.0 usb-ID: 002-004
           IF: wlx14358b0c2863 state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2656.0GB (15.6% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD6400AAKS size: 640.1GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdg model: STORE_N_GO size: 15.5GB
           ID-3: USB /dev/sdh model: FA_GoFlex_Desk size: 2000.4GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 142G used: 3.1G (3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: /home size: 146G used: 314M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 9.06GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 183 Uptime: 53 min Memory: 1026.1/3919.8MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (sudo) inxi: 2.3.40.

Your assorted outputs below

dmesg | tail -400
<snip>
  53.817170] FAT-fs (sdg1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
<snip>
161.281193] [UFW BLOCK] IN=wlx14358b0c2863 OUT= MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:10:9f:a9:db:33:e0:08:00 SRC=192.168.2.1 DST=224.0.0.1 LEN=36 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2 

I only inserted what I thought relevent to my answer. File system corruption . That is serious.

If me. I would start over.
I’d do a md5sum check since you did not mention you have done this of your downloaded AntiX iso first.

I mentioned intel graphics support because I am posting from

harry@biker:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 4.10.1-antix.1-686-smp-pae i686 bits: 32 gcc: 4.9.3 Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15-V_386-full Killah P 30 June 2015
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E4310 v: 0001 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Dell model: 0T6M8G v: A01 serial: N/A BIOS: Dell v: A03 date: 07/08/2010
Battery    BAT0: charge: 48.8 Wh 113.0% condition: 43.2/48.8 Wh (88%)
           model: Samsung SDI DELL RM6618A status: Full
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5 M 520 (-HT-MCP-) arch: Nehalem rev.5 cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9576
           clock speeds: max: 2400 MHz 1: 1333 MHz 2: 1199 MHz 3: 1466 MHz 4: 2400 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
           version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.1-antix.1-686-smp-pae
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 6040 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 60.0GB (50.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 60.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.6G used: 4.9G (68%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: /home size: 48G used: 24G (53%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 184 Uptime: 26 min Memory: 399.8/8026.6MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.3.43 

So. Operator error or hardware broken. One of those 2. I am leaning more towards operator error. Especially when you say grub acted like it failed to install. But it did anyways. Last time womeone mentioned that in a thread I participated in. The Iso they dwonloaded was corrupt.

Which is why I use

harry@biker:~
$ wget -c https://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/antix-linux/Final/antiX-17/antiX-17_x64-full.iso
--2017-12-08 08:21:49--  https://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/antix-linux/Final/antiX-17/antiX-17_x64-full.iso
Resolving iweb.dl.sourceforge.net (iweb.dl.sourceforge.net)... 192.175.120.182, 2607:f748:10:12::5f:2
Connecting to iweb.dl.sourceforge.net (iweb.dl.sourceforge.net)|192.175.120.182|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 817889280 (780M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘antiX-17_x64-full.iso’

antiX-17_x64-full.iso      0%[                                     ]   4.88M   318KB/s   eta 39m 56antiX-17_x64-full.iso      0%[                                    ]   4.90M   320KB/s   eta 39m antiX-17_x64-full.iso    0%[                              ]   4.93M   319KB/s   eta 39m 56antiX-17_x64-full.is   0%[                         ]   4.96M   318KB/s   eta 39m 56antiX-17_x64-full.is   0%[                        ]   4.98M   320KB/s   eta 39m 53antiX-17_x64-full.iso                   0%[                                                                         ]   7.26M   339KB/s   eta 39m 10s

which saves my bacon when downloading anything from the net. My ISP is one of the worst on the forum. Good Luck.

Also. When you said you booted up your AntiX CD. I take it you meant a older version of AntiX? Since 17 does not fit on a cd till you move down to base or core versions of isos. I think your problem is a very simple fix. But requires some effort because you gotta start over.

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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problems

why explore alternatives:
1) FOSS projects are (thankfully) progressing at rapid pace. Increasingly noticeable, older software versions provided via debian repo packages are undesirable.
2) iso-bundled “pre-installed” applications (e.g. LibreOffice suite) hamper our ability to utilize the live-session toram boot option.
Instead, a self-contained LibreOffice appimage|flatpak could reside in /dev/*/LiveStorage, loaded on-demand if/when it is needed.

(my collected notes also contain “reasons 3 & 4” ~~ not posting those until I can figure out how to convey ’em without using cusswords)

snapcraft notes:
snapcraft, aka Ubuntu Snaps, aka snappy: is a non-starter (framework is a blob, requires systemd)

flatpak notes:
I had tested w/ antiX16 (not installable, due to systemd dependency).
Recently I read “no, flatpak is not systemd-dependent. If the debian package maintainer is doing that, it’s a BUG and should be reported“.
Okay, so I recently retested (antiX17 livesession + debian stable repositories).
The overhead from adding package “flatpak”, plus 2 dependent libraries, was only 3Mb….
but wow (!) for the “gbrainy” games package I had semi-randomly chosen as a test item, instead of 30Mb (debian “gbrainy” package, plus gobs of dependent packages), the flatpak installation would have added 120Mb !

^—- would have: ultimately, installation failed. I’ll update this post with the exact errmsg (+screenshots) when I have my notes in hand.
The flatpak installer wanted to (needed to) set extended attributes, which is apparently unsupported in antix17 liveboot session.
Per kernel.org docs: “as of 2014, xattr support is automatic/implicit for ext4 filesystem “.
Per antiX kernel config, ext3 xattr support is enabled.
Per antiX live init, user_xattr arg is absent from all mount commands.
Reputedly (or, my takeaway from scouring docs) tmpfs does support extended attributes, but…
(requires CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR in kernel config, and) does NOT support user.* attribute namespace. Result: getfattr —} “operation not supported”

[Member mmmmna]

Career electronics technician, skills include refurbishing network devices, laptops and PCs. I understand dust. My system is quite clean by comparison to what my experience has seen. This isn’t related to dirt and/or dust.

Here is what I’ve learned: a given port in my media reader is only configured during the boot process and that port will only be configured if there is media in the port during the boot.

If I have an SD card inserted in the media reader during boot, then I can pmount and pumount only SD cards.
In that situation, Memory Stick Pro Duo and Compact Flash are not recognized, they are different LUNs. The reader chip, Alcor 6375 supports 4 LUNs, but I do not own xD cards at the moment, can’t test that port.
If I do not have an SD card inserted during boot process, I cannot get it to work, dmesg does not see any event.

So, at this moment, if I plan on using any digital camera media, I must shutdown and reboot with that media inserted.

I think udev and the subsystems which rely on udev for dynamic notifications will need some adjusting.

Hi everybody again, here’s what I’m facing.
I made a USB-live (Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB) whit antiX-17 and on my old laptop (Hp Compaq 6720s) works a charme, but on the laptop I’ve made it for (HP Elitebook 2760p -162A) the boot time goes beyond 7/8 minutes to load. Sure it depends on the Elitebook, but I lack so much in understanding the real cause of this. Is it possible for someone to give me a step-by-step workaround to identify (and solve) the problem?
Here’s the Inxi output:

System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.3.0
           Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2 Distro: antiX-17_x64-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 2760p v: A0005E02 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 162A v: KBC Version 05.33 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68SOU Ver. F.02 date: 07/26/2011
Battery    BAT0: charge: 37.2 Wh 98.2% condition: 37.9/37.9 Wh (100%)
           model: Hewlett-Packard Primary status: N/A
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-2540M (-HT-MCP-)
           arch: Sandy Bridge rev.7 cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10381
           clock speeds: max: 3300 MHz 1: 1113 MHz 2: 818 MHz 3: 939 MHz 4: 801 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 2nd Generation Core Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@59.98hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile
           version: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
           driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 4060 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: wl bus-ID: 24:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 190.8GB (2.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HTS54321 size: 160.0GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Ultra_Fit size: 30.8GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 3.1G used: 2.6M (1%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
           ID-2: /home size: 5.8G used: 25M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/loop1
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.55GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0C mobo: 0.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 184 Uptime: 1:17 Memory: 193.8/3928.3MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (inxi-gui) inxi: 2.3.40

I try to explain more accurately what happens:
The OS on USB-key is antiX-17_x64-full.iso (verified md5sum) and full persistence enabled.
When I start the sistem looks to load everything correctly, then I ear a beep and obtaining a blank screen (except for a not blinking cursor in upper left corner), from this point on takes 7/8 minutes to show the desktop (fully functional!).

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• This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by blue digit.

[Anonymous]

( the following “tip” is relevant to performing both live-remaster AND persist-save operations )

Each time the locate (aka mlocate) command is invoked,
the command consults the content of /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db

Across various linux distributions (liveboot and installed), how, and when, the mlocate.db “gets automagically updated” differs.
Many systems perform a check during each boot, and silently launch a background process which (creates, if missing or) updates the mlocate datastore.

Toward dodging user {{{er, distro reviewer}}} perception that a liveboot system seems “sluggish”
(due to CPU load of backgrounded updatedb operation on low-spec machines, or slow i/o writing to persistence media)
an up-to-date updatedb datastore is provided within the antiX iso.

On demand, we can sudo updatedb to manually freshen the datastore
During extended liveboot sessions, I’ve often found it desirable/necessary to repeatedly do so.
If performed often, the update operation completes quickly.
Conversely, if an updatedb operation (automated, or manual) has not been performed recently and many file changes have accumulated, completion of an update operation may take several minutes.

Your manual intervention sudo updatedb (or not) prior to performing live-remaster or persist-save operations
determines whether the resulting savefile, or remaster, will contain a fully up-to-date copy of /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db

tip:
1) Install the GNU ‘time’ utility (sudo apt-get install time)
It enables you to “wrap” a commandstring
(commandstring, meaning a single command, with or without +optional args… or command1 && command2 …or command1;command2 -arg1|foo>>outfile)
and does not return the command prompt until the wrapped commandstring has completed.

2) Form a habit of using time to wrap your calls to updatedb:
sudo time updatedb

By doing so, you’ll avoid the pitfall of initiating a save/remaster while the running-in-background updatedb rebuild is still underway (and the datastore is not yet complete)

[Member utu]

anticapitalista wrote:

Network manager needs systemd and systemd-pam and antiX has blocked the installation of systemd.
So you have 2 choices.

1. Use another network tool. We supply wicd and ceni (and wpa-supplicant if you know what you re doing).
2. If you insist on network-manager, wait until MX-17 goes final.

For lxde, I don’t know.

@ anti
I think it is not correct to say NetworkManager ‘requires’ systemd or vice versa.
Knoppix 8.1 doesn’t use systemd for init and does use NM.

Mint 18.2 uses systemd and NetworkManager. But Mint 18.2 uses shims so as to
avoid interference with init. Same, functionally as Knoppix 8.1
I find three systemd helper programs in either Knoppix 8.1 or Mint 18.2
quite useful in examining the details of the many programs being brought
on-line in parallel during boot-up.

I find wicd in antiX 17 to behave quite comparably and capably in comparison
with NetworkManager in Knoppix 18.1 with no systemd and in Mint 18.2 with
shimmed systemd. I don’t know or care which of these is faster on boot-up;
they are all satisfactory for my uses.

I’m still a novice in antiX 17 and MX 16, but have no qualms at all about wicd.
NM has some nice features, but I can wait till later to discuss these when
I have more experience with wicd.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by utu.

64-bit MX-18.2 using 4.20.12 Kernel LiveUSB on Dell Laptop

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

Hmmm. My savage graphics chip. Booted OK. All I can say is did you md5sum check your iso

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/panasonic-cf-48/

It is in the 2nd post on T23. Via, Sis, and Savage are in the same boat when it comes to Xorg.

Edit: Missed that you are using the net iso . I guess a misstep by you is causing the stumble. I guess others will chime in on what that is.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by rokytnji.

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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problems

I have an old PC that has a Via C3 CPU that doesn’t have the cmov and other instructions, so I was glad there was antiX that could potentially run on this PC. I had to install the first installation (16.2) through PXE and memdisk, because the BIOS does not emulate the USB drive as a CD-ROM disk. I was using the net ISO, because this ISO is just small enough to fit in RAM. I also had to install GRUB legacy instead of GRUB2, because GRUB2 fails spectacularly and goes into a boot loop. After some struggles I managed to get a barely functioning install working, but still no desktop or full distro working, just command line.

AntiX 17 was just released, so I gave it a try. I read in the wiki how to install from an ISO on disk. ( http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Installation_Tips )
Fdisk and cfdisk fail (segmentation faults) trying to make a partition on harddisk, so I figured I could use a USB drive instead. I put the antiX-17 net ISO on the USB drive (/antix.iso on /dev/sdb1), copied the vmlinuz and initrd.gz from the ISO to harddisk (/iso/vmlinuz and /iso/initrd.gz on /dev/sda1), and used these GRUB lines to boot the installer:

kernel (hd0,0)/iso/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1 fromhd=/dev/sdb1 fromiso=/antix.iso
initrd (hd0,0)/iso/initrd.gz
boot

However, attached is a screenshot of the errors I get.

It seems it tries to read from /live/boot-dev but the ISO is on /live/iso-dev. Also, my other machine does not report that the USB drive has to be check forced and reports it is clean.
When I try option “c”, it continues and gives a lot of “Illegal instruction” errors, some other messages, “The initrd program took …” in a flash, and then it clears the screen and I see a blinking cursor in the top left corner and the system hangs.

Also, when I tried the full installer, I think it tried to start X server but the screen got black (no blinking cursor) and the system hanged. I also tried using kernel parameter overrides to use VESA, without success.

Some specs of the system: Via C3 550A 550MHz processor, 512MB RAM, P-ATA 20GB harddisk

Attachments:

1. 

   antixinstallerfail.jpg
   

[Member utu]

@BitJam
I used your suggestion to jigger F6 Desktop choices with mixed success.

1. used back-tick first time ever.
2. created an xfwm4 entry on the F6 menu, using cpio & nano.
3. selecting xfwm4 seems to select xfwm4.
4. xfwm4 is still the default.
5. rebooting and selecting icewm still gives xfwm4.
6. other window managers have a hidden file in /home/demo;
there is no ~.xfwm4; also no /etc/skel/.xfwm4.

Although I’ve achieved some cosmetic improvement, I have not repaired
the functional damage I’ve done to the F6 desktop choices mechanism.

I still have no idea how I should have tried to bring in Xfce4 and
not corrupt the antiX boot menu apparatus. Is there documentaion
somewhere I should have consulted beforehand?

@Brian or anyone else.
I’m still hoping to find xfce4-lite for future use;
I want to rebuild my antiX17 from base iso instead of full.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by utu.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by utu.

64-bit MX-18.2 using 4.20.12 Kernel LiveUSB on Dell Laptop

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

Before you install, run the live iso again using the default boot choice and add this cheat at the menu.

i915.enable_execlists=0

I got this info from the arch wiki. It *might* help

arch wiki

• This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by anticapitalista.

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

I have added xfce to my antiX 17 full iso LiveUSB,
added desktop=xfce to the default boot list; used root + home persistence
on shutdown.

All works well this way, except xfce does not show up on the F6 boot list
of desktop choices, and selecting icewm, for example, brings me back to
the default xfce choice. I can no longer select from the lighter-weight
window managers.

My intention was to experiment with two specific xfce applets to see if
they might work with some lesser window managers or if one must import
all of the xfce infrastructure to use just these two applets. Maybe
it’s not necessary to bring in all of xfce’s dependencies, maybe just
xfwm4 and some gtk progams might suffice?

The two xfce applets are whiskermenu and cpu graph. I don’t know how many Mbs
that the full infrastructure of xfce and its dependencies amounts-to.
These two applets are nice upgrades to two similar, less elegant applets
that work without xfce.

I’d like to hear any constructive thoughts you might have on this.

64-bit MX-18.2 using 4.20.12 Kernel LiveUSB on Dell Laptop

[Forum Admin BitJam]

I doubt we will make an official KDE flavour of antiX. But that is something that you could easily do with the iso-snapshot tool. People have made KDE flavoured MX snapshots. IIRC, maintenance took some work since not everything KDE worked seamlessly with MX. If you are really serious about a KDE flavour then after making a KDE snapshot you could look into our build-iso tool which is used for making all of the MX and antiX distribution iso files.

You can see the three flavours of antiX: full, base, and core as starting points for people to create their own custom systems. Once you’ve customized the system to your liking, you are just a live-remaster or an iso-snapshot away from making it your own. You’ll have your customized system on live media. You can use it to install on other machines, or as a backup of your system. Distribute it to others as a snapshot iso, use it as a rescue boot device, or take your system with you in your pocket on a live-usb.

Context is worth 80 IQ points -- Alan Kay

FYI

a comprehensive list (and current, as of Nov 2017) is available at: without-systemd.org

^—- Hyperlinks to reach each project’s site/homepage are provided in the linked without-systemd.org page.
( I’m listing ’em here, on antixforum.com, to raise awareness and to (potentially) generate SEO search results benefit )

Free and Open-Source (FOSS) GNU/Linux distributions without systemd in the default installation:

4MLinux (BusyBox) supported architecture: i386
Absolute Linux (based on Slackware) IceWM+ROX; supported architectures: i686, x86_64
aldOS upstart init, eudev, ConsoleKit2; MATE desktop
Amazon Linux AMI Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
antiX Linux (based on Debian 9 “Stretch”) provides flexible remastering and persistence tools. Multiple WMs: JWM+iceWM+fluxbox; i486, x86_64 (init: SysV)
ArchBang OpenRC init, openbox WM, uses JACK instead of PulseAudio
Arch OpenRC (based on Arch Linux) using eudev + OpenRC init
Artix Linux (replaces Manjaro OpenRC) Arch + OpenRC + eudev
AUSTRUMI (based on Slackware) bootable live CD, to be run from RAM, iso images
Bedrock Linux (BusyBox/any)
Calculate Linux (based on Gentoo) using OpenRC
Chromium OS upstart init (boot-design doc)
ConnochaetOS (based on Slackware+Salix) supported architectures: i486, i686
Cromnix GNU/Linux (based on Linux From Scratch using pacman package manager) OpenRC(default installed), LFS boot scripts with Sysvinit, s6, and runit.
Cucumber Linux (init: sysV) Linux Kernel version 4.9 LTS, GNU Userspace utilities, XFCE desktop; i686, x86_64
Devil-Linux live, firewall distro. Supported architectures: i586, i686, x86_64
Devuan i686, x86_64 and various ARM targets (see /embedded downloads)
Dragora GNU/Linux Libre (runit init) i585, x86_64
Dynebolic (based on Devuan) an FSF-approved distribution geared toward users engaged in multimedia production
Exe GNU/Linux i686, x86_64 (based on Devuan) Trinity DE
Fatdog64 Linux x86_64; also FatDogArm for Raspberry Pi2 and Odroid-XU3/XU4
Funtoo Linux (based on Gentoo) FAQ uses OpenRC init DW page i486, i686, x86_64, sparc64
Gentoo Linux default init is OpenRC. If Portage is pulling in systemd, please read this. Further suggested reading
GNUinos (based on Devuan) a Libre distribution; Supported architectures: i686, x86_64
GoboLinux sysv init + BootScripts
GuixSD i686, x86_64
heads (based on Devuan) a Libre distribution, intended as a systemd-free alternative to Tails Linux
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre OpenRC init “LTS Arch snapshot versions + security/stability patches ported from debian”; i686, x86_64
IPFire (derived from IPCop) firewall distribution for x86 and ARM-based systems; armv5tel, i586, x86_64
KaNaPi educational+game apps; xfce and sugar desktops. i686, x86_64, armhf
Kwort Linux (based on CRUX) Uses BSD-style initscripts; x86_64
Legacy OS (previous name: TEENpup) Pentium 3 and 4
Linux Console Mate or LXDE desktop, 32bit and 64bit versions, tailored to gaming / educational use
Linux from Scratch i386, x86_64; also CLFS (aka Cross LFS) supports additional architectures: mips, powerpc, ppc64, alpha, sparc, hppa, arm
LinuxBBQ many variations, highlighting various lesser-known WMs
Liveslak aka Slackware Live Edition
Milis Linux (based on Linux From Scratch) Milis Isletim Sistemi
Moebius Linux armhf changelog minimal (no X) distro currently focused on RaspberryPi v3
MX Linux ships XFCE desktop; includes antiX remastering n persistence tools
NuTyX (based on Linux From Scratch)
Obarun (based on Arch Linux) uses S6 supervision suite as init; x86_64
Openwall GNU/*/Linux (Owl) i586, i686, x86_64
OviOS Linux (Independent) previously used systemd; was rebuilt around Sysvinit because systemd proved unsuitable for a stable storage system.
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre OpenRC Edition i686, x86_64
Parted Magic liveboot distribution providing disk partitioning and data recovery tools. Openbox WM; i486, i686, x86_64 FOSS? (licensed GPL)
PCLinuxOS x86_64
Pentoo (based on Gentoo) security-focused live CD; i686, x86_64
PicarOS “suitable for kids from 3 to 12 and teachers” ? ; XFWM; desktop environment: LXDE; i486, i686
Pisi Linux (sysvinit + python init scripts) x86_64
Plamo Linux (based on Slackware) japanese-language distro; i486, x86_64
Plop Linux PXE/liveboot, includes systemd rescue/repair tools, supports: armv6l, i486, and x86_64
Porteus (Slackware based lightweight modular live CD/USB) i486, x86_64
Porteus Kiosk (based on Gentoo) lightweight kiosk using BusyBox
PostX (based on Debian 8 “Jessie”) OpenRC init, openbox wm
Puppy Linux i386, x86_64
Quirky supports armhf, i386, x86_64
RancherOS a minimalist Linux distribution designed to host Docker containers. Supported architecture: x86_64
Redcore Linux (based on Gentoo) OpenRC or SysV init; serves pre-built binary packages from repository; openbox window manager
Refracta (based on Devuan) i386, x86_64
Salix (based on Slackware) i486, i686, x86_64
SARPi Slackware ARM on Raspberry Pi
Simplicity Linux (based on Puppy Linux) LXDE desktop; SysVinit. Supported architectures: i386
Slackel (based on Slackware+salix) i486, i686, x86_64
Slackware i586, s390, x86_64, arm
SlaXBMC (based on SlackwareARM 14.2); x86, x86_64, arm
Slint based on Slackware + Salix
SliTaz (Lightweight live CD/USB using BusyBox/SysVinit) supported architectures: armel, i386, x86_64
Slontoo (based on Funtoo) XFCE 4.12, MATE 1.12; openrc init
Source Mage GNU/Linux (source-based distribution) i386, i486, i586, i686, x86_64
Spark Linux (based on Arch Linux) Arch Linux without systemd
Star Linux (based on Devuan) ships Xfce, Fluxbox, Openbox, Jwm, i3
Superb Mini Server (based on Slackware) fluxbox WM; i486, x86_64
SystemRescueCd i586 (Gentoo/OpenRC based system rescue disk) JWM, Xfce
Tiny Core Linux FLTK/FLWM desktop. i486, x86_64 (also “piCore” edition, for Raspberry Pi)
TLD Linux i686, x86_64
Uplos32 (based on PCLinuxOS)
Vector Linux (based on Slackware) i486, x86_64
Void Linux (runit, xbps) supported architectures: armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64. supported libcs: glibc, musl.
wifislax (based on Slackware) i486
Window Maker Live (based on Debian 8 “Jessie”) sysV init; both windowmaker + xfce are preinstalled; i386, x86_64
Zenwalk (based on Slackware) suported architectures: i486, i686, x86_64

Additionally, the following distributions are available without standard GNU tools:

Adélie Linux uses Gentoo’s Portage, Alpine’s(?) APK package manager, and musl-libc x86 (32/64), PowerPC (32/64), MIPS (32/64), ARM (32-bit)
Alpine Linux (musl libc, BusyBox/OpenRC) supported architectures: i386, x86_64, armhf
Easy Linux
NanoLinux busybox init; SLWM window manager.Requires only 14 MB of disk space
Sabotage Linux (musl libc + busybox) i386, x86_64, MIPS, PowerPC32, ARM(v4t+)
sta.li (musl libc) x86_64, armhf
Void Linux (runit, xbps) supported architectures: armv6, armv7, i686, x86_64. supported libcs: glibc, musl.
XBian (based on debian) media center distribution for the Raspberry Pi, CuBox-i, and other arm devices (init: Upstart)