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techore
Posting the problem and solution should someone else run into this particular issue.
Scenario:
antiX kernel 4.9.0 and dwmblocks with statuscmd patch to support mouse click interaction using SIGRTMIN to execute commands or scripts.Symptom:
For each trigger, mouse click, statuscmd executes targeted command or script between 1 and 15 times. Varies on each click. Observed the symptoms using kernels 4.9.0-326 and 4.9.0-264.Testing:
1. Asustek G750JX manufactured 2013
2. Asustek N705U manufactured 2018Steps taken to trouble shoot:
1. Disable all dwm patches except dwmblocks, statuscmd, and tiling and monocle layouts. Issue persisted.
2. Swapped mice because I know someone was going to ask. 🙂 if it is a mouse issue. Issue persisted.
3. Used xev to identify if multiple clicks per click. Mouse clicks operated as expected via xev.
4. Install on a different computer. Issue persisted.Root cause: unknown but my hypothesis is buggy kernel support for SIGRTMIN.
Solution:
Upgrade to an antiX 5.10 kernel. Kernel tested was 5.10.142.Hopefully, no one else runs into this issue, but if they do, I hope this post helps.
– techore
- This topic was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by techore.
In reply to: Panasonic CF-28 Toughbook
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Hi Punranger,
Perhaps a better choice would be to buy a Dell Latitude C510 C610 as very similar construction.
They share almost exactly the same specs except for the processors and the option for expanding RAM.https://www.ehow.co.uk/info_8354501_toughbook-cf28-specs.html
If you search the forum, you can find several posts with tricks to reduce RAM usage. Although I found most of these tricks to have rather marginal effects in the real world, they might just be what you need to make such a machine functional.
Yes; there is a much better solution than keep on buying more RAM if you are looking to speed things up a bit in real life 🙂
I have never seen the swap zone or got near the slow zone before going into swap.
Even when video editing 🙂 AntiX-22 Full LXDE 🙂
Cheersps Has anyone seen that fellow nutter or kindred spirit of mine with that Antix-LXDE video, where near the end he fires up HTop showing just 79MiB out of 1000Mib – and that is WITH lxterminal and HTop taking up a chunk of that 79MiB 🙂
- This reply was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by banned.
imnull
After trying each boot argument i found the argument which caues to not boot.
The argument ‘spalsh=v’ is the one which causes my system to hang at:
‘waiting for /dev to be fully populated’So rather than removing all boot arguments i have just removed the splash argument.
To make idea clear:
i have change this ‘quite splash=v disable=lx’ to this ‘quite disable=lx’
And now I’m able to boot without any issues.@christophe
I have check your post and that’s what I’m exactly trying to do.
I’m trying to install the minimal version of antiX (which is the core edition) + desktop manager (i don’t want to use library office or even firefox).
I was like to install GNOME desktop because i like their design, but i really don’t mind to use any other desktop manager.
I have read that GNOME requires more RAM to run and that will enforce the system to spend more device resources (GNOME are not recommended for old devices).Now what I’m trying to do is, to install the minimal desktop manager that are suggested by @christophe
But the problem is my computer are always offline and it’s hard to get it connected to the internet.
So there’s two options that I’m thinking about.– First option is to download all packages from a online computer, move it to usb, and finally install these packages on the offline computer.
– Extract the required libs and packages (minimal desktop manager) from the full version of antix then i copy it manaully to the core version.
I know somebody will ask why you like to complicate it?
And the answer is i have two images of antiX one are core edition v22 (this one are not checksum mismatched) and the other one are antiX full v22 this one are checksum mismatched (maybe corrupted ?).
However i can still extract all files from the mismatched one and winrar doesn’t throws me any error.The last thing i want to see is that i have installed the core version into my hard disk. I have also installed grub into MBR partition
Now i have grub menu and i can swap between the core version and the Windows 7.
But i would like to mention that the gradient background in grub makes it hard to see grub options from my computer screen.
I think the black background will be much better on it.
I have check the glibc version using ‘ldd –version’
and it’s glibc 2.31 i have expected the glibc version to be the latest one which is 2.36
How can i upgrade glibc version but in offline mode ?Sorry for long write…
Thank you!In reply to: What are you “here” with today?
rokytnji
My curl wttr conky widget
${texeci 1800 curl 'wttr.in/Pecos?q?0?T'}I place it the bottom of all my antiX conkys.
Had typical day yesterday. Tech did not show up, call, or anything yesterday. Will see what happens later on today.
Been on this chrome book mostly
harry@antix1:~ $ inxi -zv7 System: Kernel: 5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.2.2 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-22_x64-full Grup Yorum 18 October 2022 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: GOOGLE model: Candy v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: coreboot v: MrChromebox-4.18.1 date: 10/27/2022 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.2 Wh (95.5%) condition: 42.1/44.5 Wh (94.7%) volts: 12.5 min: 11.4 model: Samsung DELL XK type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 86 Memory: RAM: total: 3.75 GiB used: 1.11 GiB (29.7%) RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Silvermont rev: 8 cache: L1: 112 KiB L2: 1024 KiB Speed (MHz): avg: 2382 high: 2467 min/max: 500/2582 cores: 1: 2467 2: 2298 bogomips: 8666 Flags: 3dnowprefetch acpi aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept erms est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pni popcnt pse pse36 pti rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep ss sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq tsc_reliable vme vmx vnmi vpid xtopology xtpr Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f31 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:4 chip-ID: 064e:c236 class-ID: 0e02 Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: i965 gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31") Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x235c res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 136 size: 256x144mm (10.08x5.67") diag: 294mm (11.6") modes: 1366x768 API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (BYT) compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04 class-ID: 0403 Sound API: ALSA v: k5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: no Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b1 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> IP v6: <filter> scope: link WAN IP: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:6 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 sub-v: e00 hci-v: 4.0 rev: e00 Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 44.65 GiB used: 19.68 GiB (44.1%) ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 vendor: Hynix model: HAG2e size: 14.68 GiB type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0x7 scheme: GPT ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: PNY model: USB 2.0 FD size: 29.97 GiB type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR Message: No optical or floppy data found. Partition: ID-1: / size: 13.36 GiB used: 6 GiB (45.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p2 label: rootantiX22 uuid: 13c6556b-737a-42c2-8ef2-ecd13761b066 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 252 MiB used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1 label: EFI System uuid: 2103-FE8C ID-3: /media/harry/sda1-usb-PNY_USB_2.0_FD_A size: 29.95 GiB used: 13.67 GiB (45.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 label: N/A uuid: D3CC-A4DA Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 768 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p3 label: swapantiX uuid: bf44b2b5-a7fd-4daf-b7ec-1182759b4430 Unmounted: Message: No unmounted partitions found. USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-1:2 info: PNY Classic Attache Flash Drive type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA chip-ID: 154b:007a class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> Hub-2: 1-2:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-2.3:5 info: Microchip Composite HID + CDC APP-ESS14-1 type: HID,Abstract (modem),CDC-Data driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04d8:0b28 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter> Device-2: 1-3:4 info: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 064e:c236 class-ID: 0e02 Device-3: 1-4:6 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 146 Uptime: 2h 39m wakeups: 277 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1625 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.23 harry@antix1:~ $Fighting blueman-applet and blueman-manager with this internal bluetooth that inxi shows above and am not sure btusb driver is up to this task on this chromebook.
My older Dell laptop with antiX 21/22 runs and pairs and connects up just fine because I bought a guaranteed linux and blueman usb bluetooth dongle .Blueman would not play nice either with some of the other dongles I tried. Anyways. That is what I am blaming on Blueman problems on this chromebook. My internal bluetooth on my NUC box with antiX 22 64bit full on it won’t play nice with blueman either. I won’t start a thread on hardware that is too much of a hassle to get going till I figure out what the deal is.
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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problemsIn reply to: Sound disappeared after yesterdays update (28/11)
KenzoG
Hello, sybok and caprea!
Start-Date: 2022-11-28 18:33:21 Commandline: synaptic Requested-By: svenskelin (1000) Upgrade: libpython3.7-minimal:amd64 (3.7.3-2+deb10u3, 3.7.3-2+deb10u4), xserver-common:amd64 (2:1.20.4-1+deb10u5, 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u6), vim-common:amd64 (2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u2, 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u4), xserver-xorg-core:amd64 (2:1.20.4-1+deb10u5, 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u6), ntfs-3g:amd64 (1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u2, 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u3), grub-common:amd64 (2.06-3~deb10u1, 2.06-3~deb10u2), libpixman-1-0:amd64 (0.36.0-1, 0.36.0-1+deb10u1), libarchive13:amd64 (3.3.3-4+deb10u1, 3.3.3-4+deb10u2), sudo:amd64 (1.8.27-1+deb10u3, 1.8.27-1+deb10u4), libpython3.7:amd64 (3.7.3-2+deb10u3, 3.7.3-2+deb10u4), python3.7:amd64 (3.7.3-2+deb10u3, 3.7.3-2+deb10u4), grub2-common:amd64 (2.06-3~deb10u1, 2.06-3~deb10u2), libntfs-3g883:amd64 (1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u2, 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u3), grub-pc:amd64 (2.06-3~deb10u1, 2.06-3~deb10u2), libpython3.7-stdlib:amd64 (3.7.3-2+deb10u3, 3.7.3-2+deb10u4), python3.7-minimal:amd64 (3.7.3-2+deb10u3, 3.7.3-2+deb10u4), grub-pc-bin:amd64 (2.06-3~deb10u1, 2.06-3~deb10u2), grub-efi-amd64-bin:amd64 (2.06-3~deb10u1, 2.06-3~deb10u2), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37:amd64 (2.38.0-1~deb10u1, 2.38.2-1~deb10u1), xxd:amd64 (2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u2, 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u4), gir1.2-webkit2-4.0:amd64 (2.38.0-1~deb10u1, 2.38.2-1~deb10u1), grub-efi-ia32-bin:amd64 (2.06-3~deb10u1, 2.06-3~deb10u2), vim-tiny:amd64 (2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u2, 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u4), libexiv2-14:amd64 (0.25-4+deb10u2, 0.25-4+deb10u3), libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18:amd64 (2.38.0-1~deb10u1, 2.38.2-1~deb10u1), firefox-esr:amd64 (102.4.0esr-1~deb10u1, 102.5.0esr-1~deb10u1), gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0:amd64 (2.38.0-1~deb10u1, 2.38.2-1~deb10u1) End-Date: 2022-11-28 18:34:10inxi -Fzr System: Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.212-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM 1.6.5 Distro: antiX-19.2.1_x64-base Hannie Schaft 29 March 2020 Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP 255 G7 Notebook PC v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <filter> Mobo: HP model: 84AC v: 85.30 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.31 date: 07/01/2020 Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 40.3 Wh condition: 40.3/40.9 Wh (99%) CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: AMD A4-9125 RADEON R3 4 COMPUTE CORES 2C+2G bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 1024 KiB Speed: 1300 MHz min/max: 1300/2300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1300 2: 1900 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] driver: amdgpu v: kernel Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: AMD STONEY (DRM 3.8.0 4.9.212-antix.1-amd64-smp LLVM 7.0.1) v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6 Audio: Device-1: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel Device-2: AMD Family 15h Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.212-antix.1-amd64-smp Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: N/A Drives: Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 8.76 GiB (7.3%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SD9SN8W-128G-1006 size: 119.24 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 21.98 GiB used: 5.33 GiB (24.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7 ID-2: /boot size: 968.3 MiB used: 53.6 MiB (5.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8 ID-3: /home size: 24.19 GiB used: 3.33 GiB (13.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 ID-4: swap-1 size: 6.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: 20.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 0 C Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/buster-backports.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free 2: deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free 3: deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ buster non-free main No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onion.list No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list Info: Processes: 166 Uptime: 31m Memory: 7.34 GiB used: 432.2 MiB (5.8%) Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.36The soundcard is set to Generic and it claims to be able to connect to the card.
There is no sound when testing, though. Neither when using any other program, such as e.g. SMPlayer.
Using the only other option, it says not being able to connect to the soundcard. No sound, of course.Channels are not muted in Alsamixer.
Again, thank you very much in advance for the help!
KenzoG- This reply was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by rokytnji. Reason: code tags
CaptainDreadRoberts
I tried install antiX22 net iso in Gnome Boxes VM in My UEFI MX 21 laptop following along with Dolphin oracles youtube antiX-MATE net iso install series. When I rebooted after the initial install the screen halted at a prompt “installing from HDD” and just stayed there. It failed to boot up into the install. Does it not work on UEFI machines in Boxes or just not in boxes.
I thought maybe that was the problem but so I tried to install KVM/virt manager and I could not get Libvirtd running! I get this error. Are these the the wrong commands? How do I start libvirtd to open qemu/kvm?sudo service libvirtd start
$ sudo systemctl start libvirt.service System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. Failed to connect to bus: Host is down buck@jasonsmx22:~ $ dev: /dev/sda3 label: swapMX uuid: 3989b883-576a-441b-863d-9fad2040b159 Unmounted: Message: No unmounted partitions found. USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900 Hub-3: 1-1.3:3 info: O2 Micro Oz776 1.1 Hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 0b97:7761 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-1.3.2:5 info: O2 Micro OZ776 CCID Smartcard Reader type: Smart Card driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0b97:7772 class-ID: 0b00 Device-2: 1-1.5:4 info: Microdia Dell Integrated HD Webcam type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:643f class-ID: 0e02 Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-5: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900 Hub-6: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C mobo: 44.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 Info: Processes: 227 Uptime: 6h 44m wakeups: 4 Init: SysVinit v: N/A runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: N/A alt: 10 Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2336 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.06 buck@jasonsmx22:~ $In reply to: Hello, I’m another Brazilian using antiX.
rokytnji
Howdy and Welcome. Understand you just fine. How about a
inxi -FxzSo we can take look at marcelocripe install with your computer specifications.
Just to show it does not hurt.harry@shop1:~ $ inxi -Fxz System: Kernel: 5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.2.2 Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Desktop System: Acer product: Aspire T180 v: R01-B3 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Acer model: EM61SM/EM61PM serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Phoenix v: R01-B3 date: 02/07/2007 CPU: Info: single core model: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ bits: 64 type: UP arch: K8 rev: 2 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB Speed (MHz): 2400 min/max: 1000/2400 core: 1: 2400 bogomips: 4821 Flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 svm Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6100 nForce 405] vendor: Elite Systems driver: nouveau v: kernel arch: Curie bus-ID: 00:0d.0 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: NV4C direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio vendor: Elite Systems driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:05.0 Sound API: ALSA v: k5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Elite Systems driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: ac00 bus-ID: 03:00.0 IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 30.83 GiB (1.7%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1CH164 size: 1.82 TiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 158.51 GiB used: 30.83 GiB (19.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.91 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda1 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 133 Uptime: 8m Memory: 2.67 GiB used: 845.6 MiB (30.9%) Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1585 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.23This was a old vista box I beefed up a little..
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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problemsscruffyeagle
I tried to set up an entirely new partition containing antiX-22. I don’t know what I did wrong, but it flopped miserably. I’ve chosen zzz-Icewm desktop. But, this problem extends into other desktops too.
Setting up VeraCrypt seemed to proceed normally – until I tried to actually run the program. I set up a launcher on the desktop, as I normally do – but, clicking on that launcher doesn’t run the program. Instead, it creates a file on my desktop, with a name that’s mainly non-displayable characters.
I’m not sure if I should simply try to start over, or try to fix this installation. I was thinking that perhaps I should try to install VeraCrypt onto the antiX-22 Live flashdrive, and then perform the HD install cloning the flashdrive’s setup?
I’m going to try to attach 3 .jpg’s to display what’s going on. One of them simply shows the permissions for VeraCrypt. The other 2 are to show what I’m seeing with the undisplayable file name.
Here’s the output of inxi -Fxxxrz:
————————————-$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
Kernel: 4.9.0-326-antix.1-486-smp arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc
v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0
Distro: antiX-22_386-full Grup Yorum 18 October 2022
base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude E6400 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 8 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0U692R serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A34
date: 06/04/2013
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 76.4 Wh (102.0%) condition: 74.9/76.4 Wh (98.1%)
volts: 12.1 min: 11.1 model: Panasonic DELL FU44196 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo P8600 bits: 32 type: MCP
smt: <unsupported> arch: Penryn Yorkfield rev: A cache: L1: 128 KiB
L2: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1200 high: 1600 min/max: 800/2401 boost: enabled cores:
1: 800 2: 1600 bogomips: 9576
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen5 ports: active: LVDS-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:2a42 class-ID: 0300
Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280×800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.31×8.31″)
s-diag: 398mm (15.69″)
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Seiko Epson 0x5441 res: 1280×800 hz: 60 dpi: 107
size: 303x190mm (11.93×7.48″) diag: 358mm (14.1″) modes: 1280×800
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG)
v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-326-antix.1-486-smp running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e
v: 3.2.6-k port: efe0 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10f5 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel WiFi Link 5100 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 0c:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:4232 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
v: 3.0 port: 6ea0 bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A
class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 3.99 GiB (1.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK2561GSYN size: 232.89 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0C scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 28.67 GiB used: 3.99 GiB (13.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.77 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1
dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
Packages: apt: 1577
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info:
Processes: 151 Uptime: 9m wakeups: 3 Memory: 3.41 GiB
used: 277.8 MiB (8.0%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5
Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm
inxi: 3.3.19
spirit@antix22:~
$- This topic was modified 1 month ago by Brian Masinick. Reason: Solved
Now it is CRUNCH time 🙂 To validate if going in the opposite direction to Moderator’s ideas on Performance and Efficiency is going to pay off 🙂 As Video Editing will show up how well you are set up and how you, not me, you operate your 2GiB Ram Laptop with a poor processor – CPU. You will find that in large part; all that I have written on RAM may be true, BUT it is the CPU that is now going to get very stressed by Video Editing – there is no work around AFAIK.
Do not be put off by members shouting about this or that – a “pissing contest” to divert attention away from the simple facts you will find given here by myself in an open honest appraisal as far as my limited knowledge will allow 🙂 This is now YOUR test or your little experiment to get the most out of your old laptop.
As we know My Ideas SUCK.. ! 🙂 🙂 🙂 I am just following Colin Chapman’s ideas he used to win World Championships with his Lotus Team and change AutoSport for ever – Efficiency born from lightness and a small frontal area requiring LESS Power to win, amongst other brilliant design innovations.
As with my minMAX branding – mini footprint – MAX Performance 🙂So if you have not installed a Video Editor head on over to our very own package installer and choose a VE package – see screenshots below 🙂
I have chosen OpenShot – They are all very similar to use even going back to bundled WinXP-Pro Movie Maker. Do not attempt to install Pitivi listed in Synaptic as AntiX will not let you install it – as to why it is listed there I do not know?
So let us start with a KISS – Arch’s Keep It Simple Stupid 🙂 Remove all tracks except one and have a look around the different sections. Disregard transitions tab – stick with project tab for now 🙂 Right click in an empty area and check all the boxes. Play with the screen areas to drag up and drag left etc. Bomb out and start again if needed..! 🙂Some here wrongly state that Gimp is too complex or too difficult to learn – take no notice of them. Here too it may look complex when you start out – so what..!
Click that + plus icon to add your video to the project. Easy Peasy 🙂 Now drag and drop it onto the track. Easy Peasy 🙂 If needed drag it to the left so it starts at 0:00 the beginning. Easy Peasy 🙂 Now click the Play icon in the movie window. Easy Peasy 🙂 and watch the track pointer of your movie progress along the time line. Easy Peasy 🙂
Now let us start to edit with a simple crop – Easy Peasy 🙂 Select the Scissor icon and slice your movie in the middle – Easy Peasy 🙂 Click the Scissor icon again to deselect the tool: ) Now delete the right hand video portion – you have now done your first video edit – how easy was that 🙂 Cool 🙂
Right now let’s do a couple of undoes then select the scissors crop tool again but this time slice at near the beginning and again near the end – deselect the scissor tool and then delete the first and last portions of your movie – simples. Drag your remaining portion to the left so that it starts at 0:00 the beginning.
If you like; save your project and export your cropped version as a video only with no sound to a new file name – noting that your CPU will be maxed out or very high but your RAM usage is say, medium! Not in SWAP like others here before even using a Video Editor..! Sorted 🙂
So how did your old laptop perform? Did you enjoy ignoring perceived wisdom?
This is only possible here because you are using an ultra efficient distro – AntiX-22 set up by YOU without BLOAT 🙂
No excuses required – Thanks Team 🙂
I think that’s enough for today – have fun – keep experimenting and at the same time learn new tricks. Just ask if you need a little assistance 🙂
Cheers
lavald
laval@antix1:~ $ i8nzi -zv7 bash: i8nzi: command not found laval@antix1:~ $ inxi -Fxz System: Kernel: 4.9.0-326-antix.1-486-smp arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 Distro: antiX-22_386-full Grup Yorum 18 October 2022 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 1525 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Dell model: 0U990C serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A17 date: 10/27/2009 CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo T5750 bits: 32 type: MCP arch: Core2 Merom rev: D cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 2 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1166 high: 1333 min/max: 1000/2000 cores: 1: 1333 2: 1000 bogomips: 7979 Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 Graphics: Device-1: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell Inspiron 1525 driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen4 bus-ID: 00:02.0 Device-2: OmniVision OV2640 Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1:2 Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1280x800~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM (CL) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio vendor: Dell Inspiron 1525 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-326-antix.1-486-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell Inspiron 1525 driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: de00 bus-ID: 09:00.0 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n vendor: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card driver: b43-pci-bridge v: N/A bus-ID: 0b:00.0 Device-3: Realtek RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter type: USB driver: rtl8187 bus-ID: 2-3:2 IF: wlan1 state: down mac: <filter> IF-ID-1: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 4.59 GiB (2.0%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS543225L9A300 size: 232.89 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 228.04 GiB used: 4.59 GiB (2.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 128 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3800 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 0 Info: Processes: 163 Uptime: 8m Memory: 3.44 GiB used: 585.3 MiB (16.6%) Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1669 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.19 laval@antix1:~ $ inxi -r Repos: Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free 2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list laval@antix1:~ $In reply to: How to dual boot with Windows 10?
seaken64
Hello @joehair, welcome to antiX.
I prefer the two drive approach when it is possible. But if you want to use only the one drive then you need to do some investigative work first.
First, how advanced are you? Do you know the difference between MBR and GPT? Do you know the difference between MBR and UEFI?
What is your equipment? Did it come with a version of Windows originally? If so what version?
If it came with Windows 8 or Windows 10 then you very likely have a computer that uses UEFI instead of the Legacy BIOS. If it came with something before Windows 8 you probably have a Legacy BIOS and MBR hard drive setup.
Having spent many years with BIOS and MBR it is what I am most comfortable with. It is certainly possible to use Windows 10 with a BIOS/MBR setup. But if your computer support UEFI and GPT then you will be best served if you use that paradigm instead.
If using MBR partitions – use an EXTENDED partition and then LOGICAL partitions to add antiX. I recommend at least 2 logical partitions, one for root (/) and one for swap. If you decide to put your /home in a separate partition than you will want to make three Logical partitions – root (/), /home, and swap.
If using GPT you can simply add partitions as needed, without the need for an Extended/Logical scheme.
If using MBR and BIOS then at the end of the antiX install routine chose to install the grub boot loader to the MBR. It will probably be the /dev/sda device, but may be labelled something else. Do your studying to learn the device names in antiX.
If using GPT and UEFI you should choose ESP for the boot loader. But be prepared for some issues that may come up with Windows 10 and UEFI. Read up.
BTW, there are a lot of threads on this topic already. You can do a search. Also, if you have not done so yet, login to the MX forum also. They have an antiX section and lots of discussions on booting and installing with UEFI.
Seaken64
- This reply was modified 5 months, 2 weeks ago by seaken64.
In reply to: Installed new browsers, where are they?
argonaut459
No, he never said which antiX version he installed or posted any system info that I noticed.
Copy Paste from an earlier posting.
System: Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.2.0 vt: 7 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-21_386-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 1011 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Dell model: CN0Y53 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A00 date: 03/20/2009 Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 30.6 Wh (80.5%) condition: 38.0/44.0 Wh (86.5%) volts: 11.7 min: 11.1 model: Dell type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging Memory: RAM: total: 1.96 GiB used: 577.5 MiB (28.8%) RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. CPU: Info: single core model: Intel Atom N270 bits: 32 type: MT smt: enabled arch: Bonnell rev: 2 cache: L1: 56 KiB L2: 512 KiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1067 min/max: 800/1600 cores: 1: 1067 2: 1067 bogomips: 6383 Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est fpu fxsr ht lahf_lm mca mce mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse sep ss sse sse2 ssse3 tm tm2 tsc vme xtpr Graphics: Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen3.5 ports: active: LVDS-1,VGA-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:27ae class-ID: 0300 Device-2: Syntek Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 174f:1403 class-ID: 0e02 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 506x285mm (19.92x11.22") s-diag: 581mm (22.86") Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 pos: primary model: AU Optronics 0x10d1 res: 1024x576 hz: 60 dpi: 118 size: 220x130mm (8.66x5.12") diag: 256mm (10.1") modes: 1024x576 Monitor-2: VGA-1 mapped: VGA1 pos: primary model: Samsung SyncMaster serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 530x300mm (20.87x11.81") diag: 609mm (24") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.4 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8 class-ID: 0403 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n vendor: Dell driver: wl v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4359 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic mngtmpaddr scope: global IP v6: <filter> scope: link Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> WAN IP: <filter> Bluetooth: Message: No bluetooth data found. Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 4.01 GiB (1.8%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Patriot model: Burst size: 223.57 GiB speed: <unknown> type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: E1.3 scheme: MBR Message: No optical or floppy data found. Partition: ID-1: / size: 39.08 GiB used: 4.01 GiB (10.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7 label: rootantiX21 uuid: b990c422-28b1-4e04-9fe5-2330b4b492de Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1 dev: /dev/sda5 label: swap uuid: 61d180d5-871f-44b2-b690-149fa9b43e37 Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 50 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A uuid: EEBA32EBBA32B047 ID-2: /dev/sda2 size: 19.53 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A uuid: 525425FD5425E487 ID-3: /dev/sda3 size: 4.88 GiB fs: ntfs label: Programme uuid: A40E08440E0811CA ID-4: /dev/sda4 size: 1 KiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A ID-5: /dev/sda6 size: 40 GiB fs: ext4 label: rootMX21 uuid: 03b083a1-1c23-4c0e-a668-a3a7d745fa06 USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-2:3 info: Syntek Integrated Webcam type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 174f:1403 class-ID: 0e02 Device-2: 1-3:4 info: Realtek USB 2.0 multicard reader type: Mass Storage driver: ums-realtek interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0158 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 2-1:2 info: USB OPTICAL MOUSE type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 275d:0ba6 class-ID: 0301 Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 164 Uptime: 55m wakeups: 3 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: apt: 1687 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.19[/quote]
In reply to: How to dual boot with Windows 10?
sybok
Hi, this is a fairly common topic and (rather recent) internet searches will most likely apply as Windows/Linux dual boot is typically fairly Linux distribution agnostic.
Best search the antiX forum first (e.g. using the built-in search in the forum website) or use search with site:www.antixforum.com added.1) Which is first:
Install Windows first; installing as the second system may mess the boot/grub and you would have to repair it.2) Home in root or separate partition:
A single partition (home and root) + swap is not a bad option, you avoid the need for later resizing your home and root partitions if more space needed in one or the other.
Personally, I prefer to install a separate home partition; makes life/reinstall easier if your antiX system (residing in root ‘/’ partition) gets messed up by experimenting or making a silly mistake when learning.3) EFI:
EFI boot is possible; there are other posts on the forum mentioning/discussing EFI.Moreover, secure boot might also be possible…
Debian (on which antiX is based) has ‘shim-signed*’ packages (currently not installed in my antiX since I disabled secure boot in BIOS), but I am not sure if antiX kernels works with them.Info: My EFI secure-boot installation of *buntu failed to load unsigned kernel drivers for Virtualbox thus not allowing me to run it.
4) If you wish to mount Windows NTFS partition and write to it, more tinkering (on the Windows side: here’s looking at you, fast startup) will be needed.
5) Preferably do not delete any Windows partitions not to mess up the Windows recovery options/partition.
This caused me a Windows upgrade (e.g. 20H2 -> 21H2) failure in the past.
I fixed it by reinstalling Win which added another Win record into grub.Anyway, you may test if the Win recovery options work both before and after antiX installation.
As a part of backup, mark down your Windows activation key if you can find it (e.g. a sticker on your HW).
If something goes really wrong with your Win, you may download Win 10 installation media and re-install.In reply to: How to dual boot with Windows 10?
BobC
Ok, you must have a non-EFI boot, because those are limited to 4 primary partitions.
The easy way is to not create a separate home directory, then maybe you don’t need so many.
Always backup before messing with the drive if there is anything not easily replaced on it.
The hard way is before running the installer, partition all but the Windows areas as an Extended Logical partition using gparted, then create your partitions for root swap and home within the Extended Logical partition. I don’t have that on this machine, but here is a pic of that kind of setup from the web.
When you install grub tell Select MBR for type and install it to your main drive
I would bet you can find a step by step video someplace.
My experience with such an old 2GB Budget Laptop was with a Toshiba Satellite L300 with lowly T1600 processor. It was in mint condition and of a certain friendly good build quality.
https://www.cnet.com/reviews/toshiba-satellite-l300-review/
I soon wiped Vista and installed the Full GNU-Trisquel Mate with extensive quality apps even including a Bitcoin Wallet as standard. It ran faultlessly, quite snappy with a lovely screen and keyboard. It was donated to a local junior school during Covid 🙂 You can still find a Tosh L300 on eBay for about £25 🙂
I still have two laptops and a WinXP workstation – okay: and a GrapheneOS phone!
I would have no doubts at all about installing AntiX-22 Full on a Tosh L300 but will show you how I personally set up on my lovely old HP G60 3Gig such that making a screencast video causes no stress on CPU-RAM. Going no where near the slow zone before SWAP or needing Zram.
The simple way – Just install screencast app and perhaps a video editor too? No matter which of the AntiX versions you prefer – DO NOT ADD to the panel. DO NOT HAVE anything else running. DO NOT HAVE Conky running – junk it, along with Bluetooth, MTPaint whatever. 🙂 Just simple basics – I know some don’t – common sense really. I then remove apps from the panel followed by a shedload of stuff that’s not required using Synaptic: using Mark for Complete Removal 🙂
Congratulate yourself for now being leaner and meaner – no longer an Obese Bloatmaster in the crawler lane 🙂 Saving on energy too – longer battery usage – as the system runs cooler without fans being on meltdown control – Hey saving the planet too 🙂 ALL GOOD 🙂
Do a reboot and then go to the Control Center and under Software; execute Antix Autoremove. Disable Wi-Fi then reboot again and then click Restart to refresh panel.
Okay; we are almost ready to rock 🙂 Think about your game plan – or story board. Perhaps rehearse it twice then fire up your screencast app and once you have it set up how you like, minimize it to the panel. Have your wristwatch next to the keyboard in your field of view being ready to use keyboard shortcut; start recording when the second hand is at 12 o’clock. Stop when 57s have elapsed. Save you video as Test-01 or similar. Review your video content to see if you could improve it? If so – send it to trash and have another go 🙂 When satisfied use imgur to upload and grab a link or whatever 🙂 Simple, Sorted. It is just that easy!
Now ADD – Yes, add performance monitors to the panel and start recording again to see how lean and mean your system is 🙂 You don’t need to see them again so now remove them – simple…!
Our leader champions leaner and meaner as do most Arch or Endeavour users who promote KISS 🙂 Keep It Simple Stupid 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Here are a few sub 60s screencast videos from my system – Enjoy..
Below – brief details of Tosh L300 Laptop…
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