Antix boot goes to command prompt. No desktop

[Member Severin]

I installed today Antix19 on one of the few Conroe-E2xxx with 2GB RAM old PC intended to be used for basic IT training in a community center in Brazil.
Did it with a USB drive without any issue, but when rebooting I am stucked to the command prompt, basically as described in this old post:
https://antixlinux.com/forum-archive/antix-boot-goes-to-command-prompt-no-desktop-t4565.html

I think slim is no more supported but I tried to uncomment default_user and auto_login lines and change user name, without any effect. Tried to start slim and though it is installed, it fails to start. Romved it and resintalled it. did also an apt update && upgrade, but it is still the same.

What should I do?

[Forum Admin Dave]

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As you seem to be making it to the console could you write what shows from the command “inxi -G” as it seem like a graphics problem. If the live system loaded fully an “inxi -G” would help for comparison. It may be easier to run “inxi -G > graphics.txt” and then be able to copy and paste the file contents to the forum when running the live system.

Also if you use the live system to post to the forum, the contents of “cat /hddmount/var/log/Xorg.0.log” and “cat /hddmount/var/log/slim.log” may reveal some clues.

Computers are like air conditioners. They work fine until you start opening Windows. ~Author Unknown

[Member Severin]

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Weirdly it booted correctly yesterday and was fully functional (I could install LibreOffice and other softs) but next restart the issue was back.
The inxi -G” command did identify a graphics issue , stating “No advanced graphics data found on this system” (see 1st screenshot) what the boot also identified with a “vga=791 is obsolete. Use ‘set gfxpayload=1024x768x16,1024×768’ before the ‘linux’ command (approx. translation from 2nd screenshot).
New issue: I cannot anymore load the Antix live system.
From the beginning the old PC is plugged it to my own 1920×1080 second screen (my own computer is a laptop).
Should I reinstall the old PC completely from scratch? Is the screen resolution too large for the PC boot (though it worked yesterday without any change)?

Here is the detailed information about the hardware:

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz
Memory : 2282MB (405MB used)
Operating System : Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
User Name : user (Live session user)
Date/Time : Qua 16 Set 2020 23:28:06 UTC
-Display-
Resolution : 1920×1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel – HDA Intel
-Input Devices-
Power Button
Power Button
PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE
USB USB Keyboard
USB USB Keyboard
HDA Intel Front Mic
HDA Intel Rear Mic
HDA Intel Line
HDA Intel Line Out
HDA Intel Front Headphone
-Printers-
No printers found
-SCSI Disks-
ATA WDC WD5000AAKX-0
SMI USB DISK

osgeolive
description: Computer
width: 32 bits
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 2229MiB
*-cpu
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.15.13
serial: 0000-06FD-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 1203MHz
capacity: 2003MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf eagerfpu pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm cpufreq
configuration: id=1
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.1
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:27 memory:fe400000-fe7fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:dc00(size=8) memory:c0000-dffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:28 memory:febf4000-febf7fff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:24 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:90000000-901fffff ioport:90200000(size=2097152)
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:90400000-907fffff ioport:fdf00000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: enp2s0
version: 05
serial: 44:8a:5b:a6:77:b2
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:26 ioport:e800(size=256) memory:fdfff000-fdffffff memory:fdff8000-fdffbfff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:d880(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:d800(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:d480(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:d400(size=32)
*-usb:4
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:febf3c00-febf3fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: e1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:ffa0(size=16)
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:d080(size=8) ioport:d000(size=4) ioport:cc00(size=8) ioport:c880(size=4) ioport:c800(size=16)
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:400(size=32)
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@4
logical name: scsi4
capabilities: scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage

[Forum Admin Dave]

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It looks like you are likely having troubles with the incorrect intel driver or modesetting driver being loaded.
I do not recall the correct way to properly set the driver to use. I think you may be able to specify nomodeset on the kernel line in grub. When grub loads press “e” then at the end type “nomodeset”, followed by “f10” to boot.

This may also help as well.
https://mxlinux.org/wiki/hardware/intel-video-driver/

For live boot, you should be able to choose safe mode for video.

Computers are like air conditioners. They work fine until you start opening Windows. ~Author Unknown

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I am running into similar issue as well, I find I need to login the account in the non-graphic mode and sudo reboot to restart and boot into the desktop. Any idea on how to fix this?

The error messsage I am getting is
Not starting X display manager (slimski); it is not the default display manager.: slimski

[Moderator christophe]

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symbol wrote:

The error messsage I am getting is
Not starting X display manager (slimski); it is not the default display manager.: slimski

Why is it not? Did you install another display manager?
Is this a live or an installed system?
Did you try Dave’s suggestions above?
Please give more details, including what Dave asked for above.

confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019

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Hi Severin,

Perhaps an unhelpful thought…

Can you launch a graphic environment from the login terminal using the startx command?

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