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[Member blur13]

$ inxi -Fz
System: Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM 2.7.0
Distro: antiX-19.3_x64-full Manolis Glezos 15 October 2020
Machine: Type: Unknown System: velocitymicro product: velocitymicro v: velocitymicro serial: <filter>
Mobo: Intel model: DP55WB v: AAE64798-204 serial: <filter> UEFI: Intel
v: WBIBX10J.86A.0336.2012.0626.0141 date: 06/26/2012
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7 860 bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache: L2: 8 MiB
Speed: 2800 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2800 2: 2800 3: 2800 4: 2800 5: 2800 6: 2800
7: 2800 8: 2800
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GT200 [GeForce GTX 260] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920×1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: N/A v: N/A
Audio: Device-1: Creative Labs CA0110 [Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio] driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel 82578DC Gigabit Network driver: e1000e
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Ralink RT2800 802.11n PCI driver: rt2800pci
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 113.27 GiB (24.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 140.58 GiB used: 91.02 GiB (64.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 33 MiB (34.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda7
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 35.8 C mobo: 33.2 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 714 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 485 fan-4: 0
Info: Processes: 225 Uptime: 7m Memory: 7.79 GiB used: 1.17 GiB (15.0%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.06

[Member ModdIt]

Hi ctcx, a week ago I had similar issues with a Transcend stick.

Please try another stick and see if it has similar behaviour.

That will point us in direction of stick or computer/system. Also pls answer sybok.

My stick was accepted by windows which I used to test and later repair, but it was definitely
not ok. It would also write but at snail pace.

Other USB Sticks worked fine with antiX so issue not driven by hardware or my installation
of antiX. I used same computer, just swapped in a drive with Windoze to help fault find.

Finally I found out that the stick was defective, maybe due code design windows was not
detecting the issues.

In my case I was able to update the USB stick controller software using
a tool provided by transcend, the stick is now in use and works fine.

[Member ModdIt]

Hi, as roki wrote you probably need a small boot partition, I met that numerous times.

I have about 200 MiB formatted Fat 32 Marked Boot and ESP. Can be a bit bigger or smaller.

Then root, home, you can of course use a large single partition. I do not swap to SSD.
no need with 8 Gig memory.
If you are able turn off secure boot in BIOS, it is intended to force you to use windoze.

OT: but maybe useful.
Lately I no longer install on own systems, just run from a customised USB sticks is as
fast running as from my internal SSD. I save data to a separate stick or internal drive.
Regular remastering after changes is antiX magic.

Hi,

Trying to get antiX installed on a newish machine that supports EFI (i7, 16gb RAM, 900gb SSD).

SSD passes SMART test & installs.

Tried both custom configuration & auto — the last is auto.

I’ve tried about 5 times (use G-Parted to unmount & delete), but still no boot device is detected by the BIOS (endless load BiOS loop without USB).

The GRUB boot rescue tools are also unable to detect it.

In LIVE USB I can see the files in Space-FM & they appear to work. I can use the MBR repair tool on the install, but it doesn’t seem to help. I also tried antiX update before install, but it ends with after some writes with a blank Ok dialog (also doesn’t seem to help).

Screencaps:

https://i.postimg.cc/WzSR7zq8/ss-00.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/p27jQkZK/ss-01.jpg

NOTE: there are no ‘Secure’ or ‘Fast’ Boot settings (or anything odd) enabled.

Any ideas?

$ inxi -zv7
System:
Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.0-264-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Desktop: IceWM 2.3.4 dm: SLiM 1.3.6
Distro: antiX-19.4_x64-full Grup Yorum 20 May 2021
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: H97 Performance serial: <filter>
UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P2.40 date: 07/28/2015
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.66 GiB used: 676.1 MiB (4.2%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4790K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB bogomips: 64001
Speed: 4361 MHz min/max: 800/4400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4361 2: 4381
3: 4368 4: 4332 5: 4398 6: 4368 7: 4397 8: 4347
Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2
bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept
erms est f16c flexpriority fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr hle ht ida invpcid
invpcid_single kaiser lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr
nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln
pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdtscp rep_good rtm sdbg sep smep ss sse
sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASRock driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0412
Device-2: NVIDIA GM200 [GeForce GTX 980 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:17c8
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1680×1050~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NV120 v: 4.3 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0
chip ID: 8086:0c0c
Device-2: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASRock
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:8ca0
Device-3: NVIDIA GM200 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fb0
Device-4: Logitech type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo bus ID: 4-1:2
chip ID: 046d:085e serial: <filter>
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.0-264-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k
port: f080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:15a1
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8187 Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: rtl8187
bus ID: 3-2:123 chip ID: 0bda:8187 serial: <filter>
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-3: Linksys WUSB54GC v3 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT2070L] type: USB
driver: rt2800usb bus ID: 3-5:4 chip ID: 1737:0077 serial: <filter>
IF: wlan1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic mngtmpaddr scope: global
IP v6: <filter> scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.85 TiB used: 2.40 TiB (62.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDXPS960G size: 894.25 GiB
speed: 1.5 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: T0RL scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT256MX100SSD1 size: 238.47 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: MU01 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD My Passport 0827 size: 2.73 TiB serial: <filter> rev: 1012
scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 14.91 GiB
serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data was found.
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 12.46 GiB used: 41.2 MiB (0.3%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /live/boot-dev raw size: 14.91 GiB size: <root required>
used: <root required> fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdd1 label: ANTIX-LIVE
uuid: 0699-CBFA
ID-3: /live/linux raw size: 1.14 GiB size: <root required>
used: <root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop0 label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /media/demo/System Reserved size: 100.0 MiB used: 26.7 MiB (26.7%)
fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb1 label: System Reserved uuid: 8CA29ACDA29ABAE2
ID-5: /media/demo/WD3tbUSB3_00 size: 2.73 TiB used: 2.31 TiB (84.6%)
fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdc1 label: WD3tbUSB3_00 uuid: 24D48569D4853E54
ID-6: /media/demo/sdb2-ata-Crucial_CT256MX1 size: 120.00 GiB
used: 85.27 GiB (71.1%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb2 label: N/A
uuid: 01D76AEB356131E0
ID-7: /media/demo/sdb3-ata-Crucial_CT256MX1 size: 463.0 MiB
used: 9.9 MiB (2.1%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb3 label: N/A
uuid: C48CCC8C8CCC7A86
ID-8: /media/demo/sdb4-ata-Crucial_CT256MX1 size: 20.00 GiB
used: 5.59 GiB (27.9%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb4 label: N/A
uuid: 01D76AEB4635AAA0
ID-9: swap-1 size: 8.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
label: swapantiX uuid: ca602bda-3910-4cb6-b091-0f8ab3d60b2d
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 26.59 GiB fs: ext4 label: rootantiX19
uuid: c3005cb0-680d-4353-b3e7-edad60347bf2
ID-2: /dev/sda3 size: 859.64 GiB fs: ext4 label: homeantiX
uuid: 832bde39-370e-4ebb-8074-913b9735f960
USB:
Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 1-1:2 info: Intel ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 8087:8009
Device-1: 1-1.6:3 info: Western Digital type: Mass Storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1058:0827 serial: <filter>
Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 2-1:2 info: Intel ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 8087:8001
Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 14 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Device-2: 3-2:123 info: Realtek RTL8187 Wireless Adapter type: N/A
driver: rtl8187 interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 0bda:8187
serial: <filter>
Device-3: 3-5:4 info: Linksys WUSB54GC v3 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT2070L]
type: Network driver: rt2800usb interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1737:0077 serial: <filter>
Hub: 3-13:6 info: Texas Instruments TUSB2040/2070 Hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 0451:1446
Device-4: 3-13.1:8 info: Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s chip ID: 045e:002b
Device-5: 3-14:7 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip ID: 046d:c52b
Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0003
Device-6: 4-1:2 info: Logitech type: Video,Audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo interfaces: 5 rev: 3.1
speed: 5 Gb/s chip ID: 046d:085e serial: <filter>
Device-7: 4-5:3 info: SanDisk Ultra type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage
interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip ID: 0781:5581 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 207 Uptime: 16m Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5
Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 running in: roxterm
inxi: 3.0.36

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Dear Users,

I checked the Linux kernel version on both my computers.

On my desktop with antiX 21, in the Package Installer, I have the new Linux kernels 4.4.0-279 or 4.9.0-279 or 4.19.202 or 5.10.57.

On my laptop with antiX 19 Full, in the Package Installer, I don’t have the new kernels. I made the effort to put a screenshot in English of Package Installer because the installation on my laptop is in French.

The two versions of antiX do not use the same repositories or is this a bug?

Best regards,
Wallon

System:    Kernel: 4.9.0-264-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-264-antix.1-amd64-smp 
           root=UUID=3cafe92e-aadc-43da-b08c-f785f80ec609 ro gfxsave quiet 
           Desktop: IceWM 2.7.0 vt: 7 dm: SLiM 1.3.6 
           Distro: antiX-19.3_x64-full Manolis Glezos 15 October 2020 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: F3U v: 1.0 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: F3U v: 1.0 serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 208 
           date: 07/18/2007 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 5.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 5.0/51.3 Wh (9.8%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.1 
           model: ASUSTEK F3---24 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Full 
Memory:    RAM: total: 1.92 GiB used: 1.24 GiB (64.6%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
PCI Slots: Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K8 rev.F+ 
           family: F (15) model-id: 68 (104) stepping: 1 microcode: N/A cache: L2: 512 KiB 
           bogomips: 6382 
           Speed: 1600 MHz min/max: 800/1800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1600 2: 1600 
           Flags: 3dnow 3dnowext 3dnowprefetch apic clflush cmov cmp_legacy cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de 
           extapic extd_apicid fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce mmx mmxext msr mtrr 
           nopl nx pae pat pge pni pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep sse sse2 svm syscall tsc vme 
           vmmcall 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD RS690M [Radeon Xpress 1200/1250/1270] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 01:05.0 chip-ID: 1002:791f class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Microdia PC Camera (SN9C201 + OV9650) type: USB driver: gspca_sn9c20x 
           bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 0c45:624f class-ID: 0000 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: loaded: radeon display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.3x8.3") 
           s-diag: 398mm (15.7") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 98 size: 331x207mm (13.0x8.1") 
           diag: 390mm (15.4") 
           OpenGL: renderer: ATI RS690 v: 2.1 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-264-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: b800 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 
           class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
           IP v6: <filter> scope: global 
           IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic mngtmpaddr scope: global 
           IP v6: <filter> scope: link 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath5k 
           v: kernel port: b800 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:001c class-ID: 0200 
           IF: wlan0 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: 140.44 GiB used: 6.62 GiB (4.7%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST9120822AS size: 111.79 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> 
           rev: C scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 
           size: 28.65 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> 
           rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
           SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
           Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: MATSHITA model: DVD-RAM UJ-850S rev: 1.22 
           dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw 
           Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram 
           state: running 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 24.41 GiB size: 24.03 GiB (98.43%) used: 6.61 GiB (27.5%) fs: ext2 
           dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: rootantiX 
           uuid: 3cafe92e-aadc-43da-b08c-f785f80ec609 
           ID-2: /media/wallon/DATAWIN raw-size: 2.24 GiB size: 2.23 GiB (99.80%) used: 2.2 MiB (0.1%) 
           fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 label: DATAWIN uuid: 0AE6-1BAB 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 296 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1 
           dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: SWAP uuid: 8e0bee22-319d-44fd-95ed-db7522af6734 
Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 6.84 GiB fs: vfat label: RECOVERY uuid: 1489-5F00 
           ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 67.07 GiB fs: ntfs label: VistaOS 
           uuid: A4448C70448C46D0 
           ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 1 KiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A 
           ID-4: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 37.88 GiB fs: ntfs label: DATA 
           uuid: 7458901B588FDA6E 
USB:       Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
           chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
           Device-1: 1-1:2 info: SanDisk Ultra Flair type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage 
           interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 224mA chip-ID: 0781:5591 class-ID: 0806 
           serial: <filter> 
           Device-2: 1-7:4 info: Microdia PC Camera (SN9C201 + OV9650) type: Video 
           driver: gspca_sn9c20x interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA 
           chip-ID: 0c45:624f class-ID: 0000 
           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 
           Hub-3: 2-2:2 info: Ortek Targus Number Keypad ports: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
           power: 100mA chip-ID: 05a4:9837 class-ID: 0900 
           Device-1: 2-2.2:3 info: Logitech Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse type: Mouse 
           driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA 
           chip-ID: 046d:c019 class-ID: 0301 
           Device-2: 2-2.3:4 info: Ortek Targus Number Keypad (Composite Device) 
           type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
           power: 48mA chip-ID: 05a4:9862 class-ID: 0300 
           Hub-4: 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-5: 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-6: 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 
           Hub-7: 6-0:1 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 
Repos:     Packages: apt: 1751 lib: 814 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http: //it.mxrepo.com/antix/buster/ buster main nonfree nosystemd
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.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.be.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http: //ftp.be.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http: //security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eid.list 
           1: deb http: //files.eid.belgium.be/debian/ buster main
           2: deb http: //files2.eid.belgium.be/debian/ buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onion.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list 
           1: deb https: //deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Processes: CPU top: 5 of 176 
           1: cpu: 33.0% command: yad pid: 13992 mem: 27.0 MiB (1.3%) 
           2: cpu: 26.4% command: firefox-esr pid: 10770 mem: 230.9 MiB (11.7%) 
           3: cpu: 21.4% command: firefox-esr pid: 10657 mem: 437.8 MiB (22.2%) 
           4: cpu: 12.9% command: firefox-esr pid: 11037 mem: 244.9 MiB (12.4%) 
           5: cpu: 11.8% command: app-select started by: python3 pid: 13908 mem: 45.8 MiB (2.3%) 
           Memory top: 5 of 176 
           1: mem: 437.8 MiB (22.2%) command: firefox-esr pid: 10657 cpu: 21.4% 
           2: mem: 247.4 MiB (12.5%) command: firefox-esr pid: 10800 cpu: 7.8% 
           3: mem: 244.9 MiB (12.4%) command: firefox-esr pid: 11037 cpu: 12.9% 
           4: mem: 230.9 MiB (11.7%) command: firefox-esr pid: 10770 cpu: 26.4% 
           5: mem: 144.7 MiB (7.3%) command: xorg pid: 2650 cpu: 3.4% 
Info:      Processes: 176 Uptime: 49m wakeups: 2 Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 
           tool: service Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.0.3-release 
           inxi: 3.3.06 

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Having to work on an old and slow laptop with only 1.5GB RAM, I tried the Opera browser instead of Firefox ESR.
Do not know why, but Opera seems much faster and less prone to disruptions due to heavy swapping than Firefox

With Antix 19.3

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

Needless to say I now have the following installed:

inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  Desktop: IceWM 2.7.0 
  Distro: antiX-21-b2-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 21 August 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 3249CTO v: ThinkPad X201 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 3249CTO serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO 
  v: 6QET66WW (1.36 ) date: 05/31/2011 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 78.1 Wh (98.2%) condition: 79.5/84.2 Wh (94.4%) 
  volts: 12.0 min: 10.8 model: Panasonic 42T4696 status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7 M 620 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Nehalem rev: 5 cache: L2: 4 MiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 21279 
  Speed: 1386 MHz min/max: 1199/2667 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1386 2: 2273 3: 1421 4: 1467 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 
  Device-2: Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-1.6:6 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel 
  resolution: 1280x800~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e 
  v: kernel port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
  port: 1880 bus-ID: 02:00.0 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 5.19 GiB (4.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: THNS128GG4BAAA-NonFDE 
  size: 119.24 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 110.87 GiB used: 5.19 GiB (4.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 6 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1962 
Info:
  Processes: 185 Uptime: 41m Memory: 7.57 GiB used: 1.08 GiB (14.3%) 
  Init: runit runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1562 Shell: Bash 
  v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.06 

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Brian Masinick

[Member vaclav]

Nice on the old Toshiba! I’m posting from an Acer Aspire One D150 from 2008. I saved this thing from the landfill and upgraded the RAM and swapped in an SSD. I love giving things a long life, and I’m stoked that AntiX still supports 32-bit architectures and avoids system-D.

[Member Kjellinux]

christophe wrote:

@Kjellinux – If your goal is still the same – seeing what runs well on old hardware – using a live USB:

1. boot with that live-cd you made earlier.
2. use antiX to make a live-usb with Live-USB-Maker (under applications > antiX) – choose fully-featured, and use the defaults.
3. Reboot with USB from now on – when you boot, choose persistence option (F5) p_static_root; then choose F8 to save the configuration, so each time it will keep that default until changed.
4. During boot it will ask for a persistence file size – choose something like 3 GB, if using that 16GB stick. It will then offer to make a swap file – go ahead and let it.

See how you like that – That’s test #1.

Tell us how it goes….

@christophe

Here is how it went…

1. Worked fine, just like before.
2. Took a while to realise i needed to chose the option “Clone running live system“.
3. Went with “p_static_root” (your first post stated f_static_root).
4. Accepted suggested 4GB file size. No offer to make swap file. On next boot tried custom option and 3GB file size. Now I was offered to create a swap file. (I guess you have to choose custom.)

Betwen steps 2 and 3, I decided to change to the previously created USB with 64 bit full, so as to be able to evaluate as many functions as possible.

There have been many recommendations to use the Live USB Maker. This does indeed appear to be a convenient tool, but not until you are already running antiX. Before that, I find it to be a bit of catch 22/hen and egg situation. Most people today don’t have optical drives, which leaves you with finding some utility to flash the .iso file to a USB (or other type of flash memory). I have tested a few, and all the ones I tested overwrote the preconfigured swap partition. Fortunately I managed to insert a swap file after the .iso was flashed to the USB. I suspect there might be a better/more correct way to do this, but until I find out how, I’ll settle for having a working live USB that allows me to test the system.

One practical problem I encountered was the limitation of having only 512MB RAM. Running antiX base from the CD, I tried to download antix 64 bit full, but the system froze/crashed. My guess, without knowing for certain, is that it ran out of RAM.

From my testing so far, I conclude that antiX performs well enough, running from a live USB on my test rig, for me to find it useful to do further tests. These further tests will include minimising needed hardware requirements, adapting antiX to make it as “Windows user friendly” as possible and a few other things. If (or rather when) questions arise in connection with my furhter testing, I will create new threads.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Kjellinux.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Kjellinux.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Kjellinux.

[Member Kjellinux]

anticapitalista wrote:

I cannot reproduce this running live from usb device.
Are the menus in Swedish?

Yes.

I downloaded .iso files and created USBs using Rufus 3.15.1812 on a Dell Optiplex 990 running Windows 10. After this I shrank the single partition and created a swap partition using GParted running Slacko Puppy 6.3.2 on the test rig, Acer Aspire 3100.

[Anonymous]

well with 512 mb ram and a swapfile you should be able to run a web browser with
a tab or two. test, take notes, and post results for it. might try antiX-19 32-bit iso
since mostly has a low ram usage too. does your acer-3100 have ati or intel video since some
other chips are a problem. SIS video has proven trouble. can you post
inxi -Fxz
of the test machines so other readers know what the running machine has?
wifi chips can be trouble on some too.

[Member Kjellinux]

For some reason, unknown to me, this thread took an unexpected detour. I’m not looking to get a new and better computer. I have the computers I need right now. In fact, it is not entirely easy to find harware that is low spec enough to test the lower limits for what can still run a Linux distribution. I can upgrade my test rig, an Acer Aspire 3100 with 512 MB RAM whenever I wish. I already have the RAM modules needed to upgrade to 1, 2 and 4 GB (maximum). I also have a 120 GB SSD waiting. Eventually those uprgrades will be made, but right now, doing so would defeat the purpose of my testing. In fact, I have a machine incoming that’s even older and lower specs.

I managed to solve the swap partition problem. I realised that by reversing the order of things, I could create a bootable USB first (using whatever utility) and after that was finished, I used GParted to shrink the main partition and create a swap partition. Having a swap partition made quite some difference. I’m currently in the process of testing base and full, 32 and 64 bit to see how they perform in comparison with other distributions that I have alredy tested. When I’m done with that, I will start looking into persistence.

[Moderator christophe]

@Kjellinux – If your goal is still the same – seeing what runs well on old hardware – using a live USB:

1. boot with that live-cd you made earlier.
2. use antiX to make a live-usb with Live-USB-Maker (under applications > antiX) – choose fully-featured, and use the defaults.
3. Reboot with USB from now on – when you boot, choose persistence option (F5) p_static_root; then choose F8 to save the configuration, so each time it will keep that default until changed.
4. During boot it will ask for a persistence file size – choose something like 3 GB, if using that 16GB stick. It will then offer to make a swap file – go ahead and let it.

See how you like that – That’s test #1.

Tell us how it goes…. 😉

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by christophe.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by christophe.

confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019

[Member Kjellinux]

After a week of watching YouTube videos, reading forum posts and various other material, I started testing.

At first, I used GParted to format a number of USB sticks with a DOS partition table, an 11GB main partition (ext4) with the boot flag set and a 2GB linux-swap with swapon activated.

Next, I used my Dell Latitude D610 (with 2GB RAM) running Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon to download and burn antiX 19.4 base to a CD. Since the D610 was powered up anyway, I booted antiX 19.4 base from the CD. It booted without problems and ran as well as could be expected with a 15-ish year old computer. Before turning off the D610, I also downloaded antiX 19.4 full and used the USB Image Writer included in Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon to create a bootable USB stick with antiX 19.4 full. The USB Image Writer overwrote the preformatted partitions, so I lost the 2GB swap partition.

After this, I switched over to my test rig, the Acer Aspire 3100 with 512 MB RAM. First I booted antiX 19.4 base from the CD. It booted and ran without problems. One strange thing was that according to the Task Manager, it idled at a RAM usage of 86 MB, while at the same time the RAM usage was 101 MB according to Conky. Next I booted antiX 19.4 full from the USB stick. As expected, it booted faster from the USB stick than from the CD. Most programs ran without problems, but when I opened the web browser (that turned out to be Firefox on full, as opposed to SeaMonkey on base), the system came to a halt, despite more than 100 MB unused RAM. I suspect it would have worked better with a Swap partition.

As a last attempt to get up and running with a Swap partition, I switched to my Dell Optiplex 990 running Windows 10. Here I downloaded antiX 19.4 base and used Rufus (as recommended on the antiX home page) to create a bootable USB stick. Much to my disappointment, Rufus also overwrote my preconfigured partitions.

This is about as far as I have come by now. During my testing of various versions of Puppy Linux, I was taught to create bootable USB sticks with Swap partition “manually” by extracting the content of the .iso file and copying all the files to the main partition of the preconfigured USB stick. Is this the way to go with antiX as well, or is there a better and more “correct” method?

I would like to find a solution to this problem before I start looking into persistence, so that I can compare test results with other distributions that I have tested.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Kjellinux.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Kjellinux.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Kjellinux.

[Anonymous]

I would use the full version since you have a 16gb usb stick. the difference
is in the number of programs and drivers not ram usage with full vs. base.
If you can make a swap partition on the hard drive of about 2gb.
I would stay with the 4.9 kernel on those old laptops.