[solved] AntiX 19.3 runit x64 won’t start X from Live USB

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My notebook is a MEDION Akoya E6416 with Broadwell-U chipset and an Intel Core i5 5200U CPU with integrated Intel HD Graphics 5500. It has two 8 GiB DDR3 RAM sticks and came with Windows 8.1.

I downloaded the antiX-19.3-runit_x64-full.iso, did the MD5sum-check (passed), and put it onto a known-to-work 32 GiB USB stick with Rufus v3.13 (from Windows 8.1).

I changed the boot order in UEFI to start from the USB stick, and all worked well until the start of X. Whichever Option I choose from the boot menu, it just sits there with a completely black screen, only a frozen mouse cursor is visible in the middle of the screen. None of the Alt+F1, Alt+F2 etc key combos work, I have to press the power button to restart the machine.

Could it really be that this middle-aged and very common chipset/CPU/graphics combo is not supported by the kernel used in this ISO?

Do you need any more information about this system?

Thanks for your efforts.

• This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by Linux_Newbee. Reason: marked it as solved

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There’s a version with a newer kernel available.
You could download the antiX-19.3-runit_x64-full.iso from here and try it out
https://mirrors.evowise.com/mxlinux-iso/ANTIX/Final/antiX-19/4.19_kernel/

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@caprea
Thanks a lot for the speedy reply. Will try this out right away and give feedback, if this solved the problem.

UPDATE: Hooray, it works! Thanks a lot!

• This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by Linux_Newbee.

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