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It’s not important for me, I’ll try with an older base version, but I thought I should refer it. I downloaded antiX-17_386-base.iso, checked it with md5sum and burned it to a CD. I tried to boot, but:

ISOLINUX 6.03 6.03* ETCD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al
Failed to load ldlinux.c32
Boot failed: press a key to retry...

I retried it with the same result.

$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.0.5-antix.3-486-smp i686 bits: 32 gcc: 4.9.3
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15.1_386-full Killah P 18 February 2016
Machine:   Device: laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite 2450 v: PS245E-03TE0-GK serial: N/A
           Mobo: TOSHIBA model: Portable PC v: Version A0 serial: N/A
           BIOS: TOSHIBA v: Version 1.30 date: 03/20/2003
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-UP-) 
           arch: Netburst Willamette rev.7 cache: 512 KB
           flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 5586 speed: 2793 MHz (max)
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV17M [GeForce4 420 Go] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4
           drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI nv17 x86/MMX/SSE2
           version: 1.2 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
           driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: be00 bdc0 bus-ID: 00:1f.5
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.0.5-antix.3-486-smp
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
           driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: ce00 bus-ID: 02:09.0
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 100.0GB (63.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK1032GA size: 100.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 90G used: 57G (67%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-3: swap-2 size: 0.24GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
           fs: swap dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 98 Uptime: 30 min Memory: 237.4/1005.2MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.3.53 

• This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by rokytnji.

[Anonymous]

The download page should, IMO (but does not) https://antixlinux.com/download/ state the minimum required target install partition size
(and/or swap partition size)

The minimum is not stated in the release announcement: https://antixlinux.com/antix-17-released/
and currently, the docs (and perhaps even the hardcoded requirements within cli, vs GUI installer) are inconsistent.

http://download.tuxfamily.org/antix/docs-antiX-17/FAQ/index.html

So what are the minimum and suggested requirements to run antiX?

antiX should run on most computers, ranging from 192MB old PII systems with pre-configured 128MB swap to the latest powerful boxes.
antiX-core and antiX-net will run with 128MB RAM plus swap, but don’t expect miracles!
192MB RAM is the recommended minimum for antiX. 256MB RAM and above is preferred especially for antiX-full.
antiX-full needs a 3.8GB minimum hard disk size. antiX-base needs 2.6GB and antiX-core needs 1.0GB. antiX-net needs 0.7GB.

http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

The installer needs minimum 2.7GB hard disk size.

Hello,

My initial environment:
Asus eeePC 900A, with 1GB ram and 4GB ssd storage.
There were 2 partitions, a 3.9GB ext3 root partition
set to book, and a 100MB swap partition.

I tried to install the “base” version, but I had installation
problems: after following the defaults, at one point I was asked to
choose the root partition. This was initially set to “none”, with an
arrow-head suggesting more choices. But there were no more choices; I
tried left click, right click, enter, but nothing worked. (The swap
partition option did give choices). So I chose the non-default,
entire disk option, and things went well for a while.
But, near the end, after giving user and root passwords,
I got the message: “Failed to create user directory”, with no explanation.
Then I closed, booted from ssd, and attempted login as myself, root, and
demo: all failed.

It would help if, after formatting, the partition information is
shown, with a “back” option to correct problems.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
John

First off, I’m running AntiX17 full 64 bit, and using wpa_supplicant and wpa_gui (which are working great otherwise and use very little memory), not wicd or ceni. wicd uses a lot of memory and ceni is not happy roaming.

I was in another town and was using wifi there. I suspended. I got home and woke it up, but wifi was down.

Can someone please tell me what commands to run to diagnose why wifi doesn’t reset, or get it to reset completely without needing to reboot?

It will work again if I reboot, but I really hate rebooting all the time and losing everything I was doing. Hibernating and waking up from hibernation didn’t work either. What was odd was that I found that all my network connection options in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf were disabled except the ones for the place where I was at. I went in and manually removed the disabled=1 lines and rebooted and wifi worked again, but I don’t thnk it should be disabling my wifi connections at all, and when it wakes up, it should connect to whatever it can in whatever sequence the priorities are set at.

Thanks for any info or suggestions 🙂

bobc@DellXPS15:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: DellXPS15 Kernel: 4.8.10-antix-sid.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.2.1 Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2
           Distro: antiX-17_x64-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 7559 v: 1.2.2 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Dell model: 0H0CC0 v: A00 serial: N/A UEFI: Dell v: 1.2.2 date: 01/22/2017
Battery    BAT0: charge: 72.5 Wh 100.0% condition: 72.5/74.0 Wh (98%) model: SIMPLO Dell status: Full
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-6700HQ (-MT-MCP-) arch: Skylake-S rev.3 cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 20744
           clock speeds: max: 3500 MHz 1: 1100 MHz 2: 1100 MHz 3: 1099 MHz 4: 1099 MHz 5: 1100 MHz 6: 1100 MHz
           7: 1100 MHz 8: 1152 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Card-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] bus-ID: 02:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting,nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1680x1050@59.95hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
           version: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.8.10-antix-sid.1-amd64-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 05:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-3: Atmel usb-ID: 001-004
           IF: null-if-id state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1256.3GB (2.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: MTFDDAV256MBF size: 256.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ST1000LM014 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 21G used: 4.1G (21%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 32.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb6
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 31.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 197 Uptime: 1:21 Memory: 999.8/15912.2MB Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.53
bobc@DellXPS15:~

lsmod output when working

Module                  Size  Used by
ccm                     8432  2
cmac                    2725  1
bnep                   10674  2
cpufreq_powersave       1192  0
cpufreq_conservative     3789  0
nfsd                  253943  2
auth_rpcgss            41831  1 nfsd
nfs_acl                 2975  1 nfsd
nfs                   130548  0
lockd                  59680  2 nfsd,nfs
grace                   1986  2 nfsd,lockd
fscache                33507  1 nfs
sunrpc                182498  6 auth_rpcgss,nfsd,nfs_acl,lockd,nfs
af_packet              32854  12
nls_utf8                1512  1
nls_cp437               6121  1
parport_pc             30101  0
ppdev                   6245  0
lp                      9948  0
parport                32350  3 lp,parport_pc,ppdev
dm_crypt               17965  0
dm_mod                 88671  1 dm_crypt
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     32929  1
uvcvideo               73945  0
videobuf2_vmalloc       4518  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        1545  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2         10291  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_core         24608  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_v4l2
videodev              120941  3 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core,videobuf2_v4l2
media                  19151  2 uvcvideo,videodev
hid_multitouch         10824  0
btusb                  28153  0
btrtl                   4192  1 btusb
arc4                    2168  2
dell_led                2391  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek    58048  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    54474  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
iwlmvm                219252  0
mac80211              390865  1 iwlmvm
dell_wmi                3168  0
sparse_keymap           3154  1 dell_wmi
dell_smbios             2150  2 dell_wmi,dell_led
x86_pkg_temp_thermal     5189  0
coretemp                5980  0
wl                   6366235  0
kvm_intel             172119  0
dcdbas                  5447  1 dell_smbios
kvm                   340571  1 kvm_intel
dell_smm_hwmon          8121  0
crct10dif_pclmul        4452  0
crc32_pclmul            2867  0
ghash_clmulni_intel     4232  0
aesni_intel           157925  6
aes_x86_64              7567  1 aesni_intel
nouveau              1434341  1
lrw                     3797  1 aesni_intel
glue_helper             4149  1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper             2268  1 aesni_intel
i915                 1124736  4
cryptd                  8575  3 ablk_helper,ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
snd_hda_intel          21965  0
intel_cstate            5205  0
snd_hda_codec          82877  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
intel_rapl_perf         6200  0
idma64                  6960  0
snd_hda_core           43977  5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep               5930  1 snd_hda_codec
evdev                  12906  22
snd_pcm                77869  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
mxm_wmi                 1763  1 nouveau
joydev                 10023  0
input_leds              3086  0
snd_timer              19551  1 snd_pcm
i2c_algo_bit            5328  2 nouveau,i915
ttm                    71387  1 nouveau
serio_raw               4529  0
snd                    57246  8 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm
drm_kms_helper        113773  2 nouveau,i915
soundcore               5347  1 snd
iwlwifi               121540  1 iwlmvm
iTCO_wdt                5924  0
drm                   267247  8 nouveau,i915,ttm,drm_kms_helper
iTCO_vendor_support     2033  1 iTCO_wdt
hci_uart               38899  0
rtsx_pci_ms             5378  0
syscopyarea             3262  1 drm_kms_helper
btbcm                   6175  2 hci_uart,btusb
sysfillrect             3626  1 drm_kms_helper
mei_me                 12746  0
btintel                 7096  2 hci_uart,btusb
memstick                6480  1 rtsx_pci_ms
sysimgblt               2367  1 drm_kms_helper
cfg80211              231798  4 wl,iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211
mei                    48380  1 mei_me
intel_lpss_pci          4686  0
processor_thermal_device     6122  0
intel_gtt              12534  1 i915
fb_sys_fops             1506  1 drm_kms_helper
intel_soc_dts_iosf      4286  1 processor_thermal_device
int3403_thermal         2600  0
battery                 7562  0
bluetooth             302920  27 btrtl,hci_uart,btintel,bnep,btbcm,btusb
ac                      3699  0
intel_lpss_acpi         2449  0
intel_lpss              4705  2 intel_lpss_pci,intel_lpss_acpi
video                  26789  3 dell_wmi,nouveau,i915
int3402_thermal         1720  0
int340x_thermal_zone     3276  3 int3402_thermal,int3403_thermal,processor_thermal_device
int3400_thermal         3622  0
acpi_thermal_rel        4586  1 int3400_thermal
wmi                     7380  4 dell_wmi,dell_led,mxm_wmi,nouveau
dell_rbtn               4156  0
rfkill                 14628  6 bluetooth,dell_rbtn,cfg80211
acpi_pad               10046  0
button                  5583  2 nouveau,i915
btrfs                 865704  0
xor                    10424  1 btrfs
raid6_pq               95065  1 btrfs
hid_generic             1385  0
rtsx_pci_sdmmc         10424  0
mmc_core               90960  1 rtsx_pci_sdmmc
crc32c_intel           13091  3
psmouse               102553  0
i2c_i801               17011  0
i2c_smbus               3297  1 i2c_i801
rtsx_pci               30229  2 rtsx_pci_sdmmc,rtsx_pci_ms
r8169                  66579  0
mii                     4099  1 r8169
fan                     4066  0
thermal                 8695  0
i2c_hid                11436  0
i2c_core               24502  9 i2c_hid,i2c_algo_bit,videodev,i2c_i801,nouveau,i2c_smbus,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm
fjes                   21363  0

iwconfig output when working

wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"dlink19"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: EC:1A:59:B0:7D:2E   
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=22 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=45/70  Signal level=-65 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:1  Invalid misc:389   Missed beacon:0

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
	ssid="dlink19"
	psk="passwordhere"
	proto=RSN
	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
	pairwise=CCMP
	auth_alg=OPEN
}

network={
	ssid="unsecure"
	key_mgmt=NONE
	priority=5
	id_str="unsecure"
}

network={
	ssid="Comfort Inn Rockford_Guest"
	key_mgmt=NONE
	priority=10
}

/etc/network/interfaces

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/network/interfaces
#
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# Used by ceni but not by wicd
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug eth3
iface eth3 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
	wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

• This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by BobC.

[Member andfree]

Anonymous wrote:

4) man sysctl and read about vm.swappiness, and verify it is set to a low value (5%)

I ran “man sysctl” and I also pressed “h” for help, but I found nothing about vm.swappiness. I copied all the displayed contents to the attachment.

EDIT: I can’t upload the attachment, so I paste its contents here:

SYSCTL(8)                                   System Administration                                  SYSCTL(8)

NAME
       sysctl - configure kernel parameters at runtime

SYNOPSIS
       sysctl [options] [variable[=value]] [...]
       sysctl -p [file or regexp] [...]

{ SNIP}
(posting the entire content of the manpage here is pointless, and would pollute future search results)

.
.
SKIDOO WAS INVITING YOU, COACHING YOU, TO ______READ______ THE MANPAGE

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by andfree.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by andfree.

Hello,
I have a rather old media computer that I just installed antix on. It plays sound out the ‘phone jack. I would like to switch the sound out to the hdmi out, but can’t seem to find the correct place to do the switch.
Any help please ?
$ inxi -F
System: Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2 Distro: antiX-17_x64-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine: Device: desktop Mobo: Acer model: RL100 serial: N/A
BIOS: American Megatrends v: P01-A1 date: 12/27/2010
CPU: Dual core AMD Athlon II Neo K325 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
clock speeds: max: 1300 MHz 1: 1100 MHz 2: 1300 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GT218 [ION]
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2
drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1920×1080@60.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8 version: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio: Card-1 NVIDIA High Def. Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-2 NVIDIA MCP61 High Def. Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp
Network: Card-1: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet driver: forcedeth
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: f8:0f:41:1a:55:03
Card-2: Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe driver: rt2800pci
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 68:a3:c4:50:95:88
Drives: HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (0.7% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD7500BPVT size: 750.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 685G used: 2.9G (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 75.1C mobo: N/A gpu: 76.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 160 Uptime: 44 min Memory: 781.0/3954.1MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.40

[Moderator BobC]

Yes, that fixed it…

You need to edit files with simple text editor, like geany, not libreoffice writer. I didn’t find any complete example of the device being named in /dev/sdxy format, in my case /dev/sdb6, but that could possibly work. I wasn’t able to get it to work that way, but the problems might have been caused by me letting the default program libreoffice writer edit the grub file.

The resume file is missing…
/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
RESUME=UUID=e583126a-f180-4cf8-a663-9136fb858c52

Need resume in grub…
/etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”vga=791 gfxsave quiet acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=Windows resume=UUID=e583126a-f180-4cf8-a663-9136fb858c52”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=””

Need drives in fstab…
/etc/fstab

# bobc - file copied/modified from debian stretch
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=421329eb-2ee3-4a99-b2b3-4c7325562eaf /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=3021-2E43  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=e583126a-f180-4cf8-a663-9136fb858c52 none            swap    sw              0       0

The swap space needs to be larger than memory and swap needs to be turned on.
Run:
sudo swapon -a
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo update-grub

blkid was:

/dev/sda1: LABEL=”ESP” UUID=”3021-2E43″ TYPE=”vfat” PARTLABEL=”0″ PARTUUID=”3c980929-692c-49c6-bf5d-ee5779ff191c”
/dev/sda3: LABEL=”3-antiX17″ UUID=”421329eb-2ee3-4a99-b2b3-4c7325562eaf” TYPE=”ext4″ PARTLABEL=”3-antix17″ PARTUUID=”0f1b2c08-1c00-46f7-a8a9-cdb2d652302c”
/dev/sdb6: UUID=”e583126a-f180-4cf8-a663-9136fb858c52″ TYPE=”swap” PARTLABEL=”swap” PARTUUID=”5a69eaf1-7bc1-4280-b016-10856f5ceab3″

Merry Christmas to All

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by BobC.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by BobC. Reason: Add details of missing resume file , swap size and swapon
• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by BobC.

[Moderator BobC]

Yes, that fixed it…

edit files with simple text editor, like geany, not libreoffice writer

Need resume in grub…
/etc/default/grub
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”vga=791 gfxsave quiet acpi_osi=! acpi_osi=Windows resume=UUID=e583126a-f180-4cf8-a663-9136fb858c52”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=””

Need drives in fstab…
/etc/fstab

# bobc - file copied/modified from debian stretch
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=421329eb-2ee3-4a99-b2b3-4c7325562eaf /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=3021-2E43  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=e583126a-f180-4cf8-a663-9136fb858c52 none            swap    sw              0       0

Run:
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo update-grub

blkid was:

bobc@DellXPS15:~
$ blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL=”ESP” UUID=”3021-2E43″ TYPE=”vfat” PARTLABEL=”0″ PARTUUID=”3c980929-692c-49c6-bf5d-ee5779ff191c”
/dev/sda2: LABEL=”OS” UUID=”01D2A9BBA8D70CD0″ TYPE=”ntfs” PARTUUID=”7401bcd7-c035-4d25-b170-f3e0c165c2ab”
/dev/sda3: LABEL=”3-antiX17″ UUID=”421329eb-2ee3-4a99-b2b3-4c7325562eaf” TYPE=”ext4″ PARTLABEL=”3-antix17″ PARTUUID=”0f1b2c08-1c00-46f7-a8a9-cdb2d652302c”
/dev/sda4: UUID=”b02683a5-6ae7-4bb3-9146-e19110cbe9fd” TYPE=”ext4″ PARTLABEL=”4-” PARTUUID=”43729042-758d-497f-ba6e-2b80247c990a”
/dev/sda5: LABEL=”5-Knoppix771″ UUID=”c74f9ed3-b710-4913-b4d9-d1e3c3774c36″ TYPE=”ext4″ PARTLABEL=”5-Knoppix771″ PARTUUID=”e22a2725-6bc3-46aa-be2a-3bf034213bff”
/dev/sda6: UUID=”0502fb42-47f1-4224-adf4-c4ac0f766f25″ TYPE=”ext4″ PARTLABEL=”6-” PARTUUID=”93c28f17-4de8-4592-bab5-2ca7d83818dc”
/dev/sda7: UUID=”42833ec3-52cb-45e0-bcab-2a2f8a14b3df” TYPE=”ext4″ PARTLABEL=”7-” PARTUUID=”dbfdc2cb-8280-4222-acae-eaa211a22a3c”
/dev/sda8: LABEL=”8-Knoppix810″ UUID=”2daa4cc4-bc24-4cfa-a88b-4a39f4130307″ TYPE=”ext4″ PARTLABEL=”8-Knoppix810″ PARTUUID=”15c47605-fb1e-4786-9eac-b3451c540415″
/dev/sda9: LABEL=”9-empty” UUID=”52c034ec-cbe8-4f63-aced-9bca4eb8b355″ TYPE=”ext4″ PARTLABEL=”9-” PARTUUID=”a37f4e73-b3fa-4e3c-9c9b-74d06fb75c4e”
/dev/sda10: LABEL=”10-debian9″ UUID=”ee0944d2-e7e8-4e0f-a381-a5941f2f13ba” TYPE=”ext4″ PARTLABEL=”10-debian9″ PARTUUID=”c7154409-a1b1-4981-b1a7-cdfabb622568″
/dev/sdb1: LABEL=”ESP” UUID=”3021-2E43″ TYPE=”vfat” PARTLABEL=”EFI system partition” PARTUUID=”2bee7a7b-305d-4784-acec-6ad0c521bb17″
/dev/sdb3: LABEL=”OS” UUID=”B8E82381E8233CCE” TYPE=”ntfs” PARTLABEL=”Basic data partition” PARTUUID=”29fea6ad-4826-4b08-88a2-a471d51cb874″
/dev/sdb4: LABEL=”WINRETOOLS” UUID=”C2C62FC0C62FB417″ TYPE=”ntfs” PARTUUID=”4469cea8-59f7-443b-a8f3-f613538514b9″
/dev/sdb5: LABEL=”Image” UUID=”787E30FB7E30B3AA” TYPE=”ntfs” PARTUUID=”b1e8129a-c374-4e28-94c4-ca0794c2049b”
/dev/sdb6: UUID=”e583126a-f180-4cf8-a663-9136fb858c52″ TYPE=”swap” PARTLABEL=”swap” PARTUUID=”5a69eaf1-7bc1-4280-b016-10856f5ceab3″
bobc@DellXPS15:~

Merry Christmas to All 🙂

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by BobC.

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I eventually found that I’m getting an I/O Error.

I looked my AntiX16 system and the code is there, but the setup is similar and hibernate doesn’t work there either. On that one its able to hibernate but can’t resume.

If my guess is correct, in addition to the code problems, the resume file is missing,fstab doesn’t have the right entries, and initramfs needs to be rebuilt, just based on what what I found in debian stretch loaded on the same system, so I’m changing things to be like debian and will try again.

Of course I don’t really don’t know, just guessing.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/671941/how-can-i-redetect-swap-partition-after-formating-to-enable-hibernation?rq=1

https://blog.roland-kluge.de/?p=793

https://askubuntu.com/questions/496237/sh-echo-i-o-error-on-pm-suspend-ubuntu-14-04

http://chriseiffel.com/uncategorized/step-by-step-how-to-get-hibernate-working-for-linux-ubuntu-11-04-mint-11/

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Brian Masinick wrote:

you can remove newer kernels so that 3.7.10 is loaded automatically.

Thanks for this. It seems to be a good way to follow after I’ ll have decided which kernel I prefer to use.

Brian Masinick wrote:

If you prefer to keep other kernels, then you have to use Grub options to control the boot order.

Manually editing the Grub custom configuration file and putting the entry you always want included in either the custom Grub configuration file or in a saved, copied and hand modified version of the system Grub configuration are methods best left to those who understand each customization entry.

Actually, I find it more safe and easy to use Grub options than edit the Grub configuration file but, after male had spent his time to provide instructions in reply to my question, I felt like I owed to test them.

—

After that, I have some more questions:

1) When I install a kernel, I have also to install the corresponding headers?

2) Now I’m testing the 3.7.10 kernel on this desktop computer:

System:   Host: zzz Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.8-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.3)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15-V_386-full Killah P 30 June 2015
Machine:   Device: desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: 8I915PL-G v: x.x
           BIOS: Award v: F2 date: 03/30/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-HT-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6430
           clock speeds: max: 3200 MHz 1: 2800 MHz 2: 3200 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8
           GLX Version: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller
           driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: c000 c400 bus-ID: 00:1e.2
           Card-2 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
           Sound: ALSA v: k3.7.10-antix.8-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: skge v: 1.14 port: 9400 bus-ID: 02:05.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Atheros TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 802.11n [Atheros AR9170]
           driver: carl9170 v: 1:1.9.6 usb-ID: 001-003
           IF: wlan0 state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 82.4GB (47.2% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Excelstor_Techno size: 82.3GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdf model: Memory_Stick size: 0.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 74G used: 35G (50%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-3: swap-2 size: 0.07GB used: 0.01GB (8%) fs: swap dev: /dev/zram1
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: No active sensors found. Have you configured your sensors yet? mobo: N/A gpu: 57.0
Info:      Processes: 102 Uptime: 54 min Memory: 236.5/500.8MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.3.21

On booting, there are some error messages like this:

end_request: I/O error, dev fd0 sector 0

After some searching, I tried adding “blacklist floppy” to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and also adding /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-floppy.conf to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf, but without success. For the moment, I haven’t noticed any problems in performance of the system. Should I ignore the boot error messages?

3) Are there any other old antix kernels which are well suited to older kits?

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by andfree.

This is on a Dell XPS 15 laptop running AntiX17 Full 64 bit. It has 16gb of memory, running from an SSD and a 29gb swap partition on a separate hard drive that I was thinking it would hibernate to.

Perhaps the hibernate option was removed from the menus?

When I’m running off the battery it would be nice if it could hibernate before it runs out of power especially when sleeping unattended.

Any ideas?

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

Funny observation/behavior experienced only by me I guess. Md5sums are always religiously done by me on all down loaded isos.

On AntiX 17 32 bit and 64 bit isos.

When adding 1 by editing grub entry with “e” key so I can play with smxi in AntiX.

My “m” becomes a “n” key while out of X . I even swapped keyboards with no change. The “n” stays the “n” key
So it is like having 2 “n” keys. Upper case “M” works OK. Of course. sMxi is not executable. Renaming it would probably not fix it either. Since smxi is called though the text file and renaming it would break that.

This above behavior also shows up when Ctrl>Alt>F1 is done to drop out of Icewm also to run smxi.

While in Icewm. the “m” key works OK. Calling on smxi in LXterminal while in Icewm will not shut down my desktop either when I select that option in terminal.
But it types in OK and act like it is going to do something in terminal. Until it errors out.

Like I mention. Weird stuff. With good md5sum checked isos. I must be in bad spot of the universe, I guess.

Edit: Before anyone says they cannot reproduce this behavior. Hell. I cannot either on my AntiX 17 netbook install.
Seems to be a Emachine/Gateway only hardware thing.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by rokytnji.

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Starting to think my media reader is busted. I tried AntiX 17 32 bit iso next. Same behavior.
Then to check even more.

harry@biker:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 4.13.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 6.3.0
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.31) Distro: MX-17_x64 Horizon December 15, 2017
Machine:   Device: desktop System: GATEWAY product: W3507 v: 500 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Intel model: D102GGC2 v: AAD70214-201 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Intel v: GC11020M.15A.2010.2006.0817.0956 date: 08/17/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron D (-UP-) arch: Netburst Prescott rev.4 cache: 512 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6400 speed: 3200 MHz (max)
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200/1100] bus-ID: 01:05.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.2 )
           drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@85.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-1-amd64
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
           driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: 1000 bus-ID: 02:02.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter driver: r8712u usb-ID: 001-004
           IF: wlan0 state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 444.0GB (21.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST3120213A size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: Maxtor_5A320J0 size: 323.9GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.1G used: 4.6G (54%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: /home size: 31G used: 121M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 173 Uptime: 41 min Memory: 946.6/1875.6MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.53 
harry@biker:~

Which is MX 17 64 bit . Light comes on on the media sd slot. But same behaivior in Thunar file manager and the mount command does not see it. Gparted does not also. So probably a busted hardware issue. parted -l don’t see the card either. Electronics busted crap can be a headache. This desktop came out of a dumpster. So no harm, no foul.

My IBM thinkcentre media reader which works, picks up all slots OK in MX 16. So I guess the usb port is all that is good on this front face of this Emachine media reader any more. So I am giving up and will just roll what I got going now on here. Because biker projects were on hold for this computer.

sudo lshw
<snip>
  *-disk:0
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: USB SD Reader
             vendor: Generic
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdc
             version: 1.00
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdc
        *-disk:1
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: USB CF Reader
             vendor: Generic
             physical id: 0.0.1
             bus info: scsi@6:0.0.1
             logical name: /dev/sdd
             version: 1.01
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdd
        *-disk:2
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: USB SM Reader
             vendor: Generic
             physical id: 0.0.2
             bus info: scsi@6:0.0.2
             logical name: /dev/sde
             version: 1.02
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sde
        *-disk:3
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: USB MS Reader
             vendor: Generic
             physical id: 0.0.3
             bus info: scsi@6:0.0.3
             logical name: /dev/sdf
             version: 1.03
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdf

I think just because lshw sees it. Does not mean it is function-able. If anyone has any ideas? I am all ears.

I seem to have covered a lot of bases. I guess a fluxbox Salix Slackware or some puppy install may work, or not. I am perplexed and tired. Not pissed. No deal breakers here.

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[Forum Admin SamK]

andfree wrote:

…also noticed that the size of the zram0 partition changes slightly every time I reboot.

That is expected and normal.

The size of the zram swapspace depends on the amount of available RAM at the time the swapspace is created. Because zram swapspace exits only in volatile RAM i.e. while the system is powered up, the zram swapspace is recreated at every boot-up. The zram swapspace creation occurs after other software has begun, or is in the process of loading. During boot-up small variations in the working of the hardware combined with all the software that is loaded in the boot process, means the amount of RAM available for zram may slightly differ from boot-to-boot. This can be seen as a small difference in the size of the zram swapspace.

andfree wrote:

I have already reduced the shared RAM to the lowest value, switched off CUPS, WICD & Bluetooth, I use the min-icewm desktop, I use Palemoon for common browsing, I have set conky off. After all, I have seen a significant improvement in speed & performance. Now, I’m testing with the older kernel & swap issues, but I can’t say yet if these two have improved the performance of the system any more.

It might be the previous tuning you have done has hit the sweet spot for you. Assessing zram in isolation is not the most helpful or revealing way to tweak system performance. It is only one tool is a range of measures you have already tried and seen the benefit of using. As you are discovering, it is the right combination of tweak measures, specific to you and your systems, that produce the worthwhile results.

andfree wrote:

Many thanks for your help.

That is most welcome. You also should share the credit. The quality of your research, testing, and reporting, is a good model for others to emulate.

Off Topic
Some thoughts to close this discussion. You have already begun to discover that breaking free of conventional, restrictive ideas can pay large dividends.

Consider using more lightweight apps and slightly modifying the way you perform your daily tasks. Together they can produce further worthwhile improvements in the performance of your systems. You have already mentioned using the Palemoon web browser. If you use it to watch Youtube videos, try using Streamlight instead. You will find it uses a tiny amount of CPU and RAM compared to any heavyweight web browser.

Streamlight is just one example of a different way of achieving a desired goal (e.g. viewing a streamed video or downloading it). There are plenty of other examples in antiX that perform well while using very few CPU and RAM resources.

The written user guide is available in the antiX FAQ:
Online
http://download.tuxfamily.org/antix/docs-antiX-17/FAQ/streamlight.html
Locally installed
See the Help section of the antiX main menu

The video is available on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M5B5aXBDwk

[Member andfree]

SamK wrote:

You have 2 swapspaces, on both the P4 and Celeron.

Yes, I verified this for the celeron system, too. I also noticed that the size of the zram0 partition changes slightly every time I reboot.

SamK wrote:

A couple of links that might be helpful to you:
Tips for Improving Performance on Ancient Kit
ZRAM Misconceptions and Doubts

I have already reduced the shared RAM to the lowest value, switched off CUPS, WICD & Bluetooth, I use the min-icewm desktop, I use Palemoon for common browsing, I have set conky off. After all, I have seen a significant improvement in speed & performance. Now, I’m testing with the older kernel & swap issues, but I can’t say yet if these two have improved the performance of the system any more.

Many thanks for your help.