Atom Netbook, Antix 17 is the only new distro I could get to work

[Member JoeHill]

This is an old Intel Atom N270 netebook with a dodgy BIOS. All the other distros I tried would run/install OK, but give kernel panic within a few minutes and reboot or lock up. Maybe the hardware is fritzing out, or maybe it was systemd issues, but it runs great on Antix17 (Debian Testing). Antix16 failed to load the Intel graphics drive, and left me stuck with 800×600 vesa graphics, but Antix17 is loading the Intel graphics driver correctly..

Anyway great work, and thanks. I like the themes you created for all the window managers. These are the first new icewm themes I’ve seen in a while.

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Howdy and Welcome. Could you post a from a terminal < Try and use the code button , then copy and past into post terminal readout, then hit code button again. Then type in reply. Then the submit button on bottom. inxi -Fxz

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 gcc: 6.3.0
           Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2 Distro: antiX-17_386-full Heather Heyer 24 October 2017
Machine:   Device: other-vm? System: SYLVANIA product: Synet581 v: IA-M10.1E.14 serial: N/A
           Mobo: SYLVANIA model: Synet581 v: IA-M10.1E.14 serial: N/A
           BIOS: INSYDE v: IA-M10.1E date: 04/18/2008
Battery    BAT0: charge: 9.1 Wh 57.4% condition: 15.8/15.8 Wh (100%)
           model: SYLVANIA Synet581 status: Discharging
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom N270 (-HT-) arch: Bonnell rev.2 cache: 512 KB
           flags: (pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 3199
           clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 1600 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.5
           drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x600@58.59hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2
           version: 1.4 Mesa 17.2.4 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCIE Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
           driver: ath5k bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 16.2GB (37.9% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: SanDisk_pSSD_8GB size: 8.2GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: USB_Flash_Disk size: 8.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.2G used: 3.2G (48%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 0.31GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 30.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 139 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 69.4/991.9MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.2.1
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.43 

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