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BillyBadBoy
Hi, I’m having problems installing AntiX. This is what I’ve done so far:
[1] Copied the iso image to a usb stick using ‘USB Writer’
[2] Booted to the usb stick with my Asus notebook:
– the menu appeared
– I set the keyboard to en/GB
– I ran AntiXThe desktop appeared OK, but then I realised that the touchpad and the wifi weren’t working.
[3] At this point I temporarily gave up with AntiX and tried installing MX linux from another usb stick:
– I booted to the usb stick
– saw that the touchpad/wifi were working OK
– went ahead and did a full install of MX (completely removing the windows o/s)[4] A couple of days later (after I had got hold of an ethernet/usb adapter), I thought I would try AntiX again.
– I booted to the same AntiX usb stick that I’d used before
– the menu appeared
– I set the keyboard to en/GB
– I tried to run AntiXBut, unlike in [2] above, the desktop does NOT appear. Instead it leaves me at the command prompt, suggesting that I do a cli install.
As a sanity check I tried using another AntiX usb stick – but the results are the same. It appears that installing MX linux has done something that prevents AntiX from booting properly.
Any ideas about what I can do to fix this?
- This topic was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by BillyBadBoy.
punranger
A partial suggestion to point 2:
Try loading a different kernel when running the USB. This sometimes resolves wifi issues. Not sure about the touchpad, though.
If you can get a system info output by running “inxi –full” from the usb and post it here, that might be helpful. You can do that from MX too.
MX and antiX share some properties, so I’m guessing you’re right about point 4, but I’ll let the experienced guys respond to that…
antiX linux: The best way to revive an old computer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCTaUAP6sSg
rokytnji
Looks like antiX is picking up that added wifi adapter and is dropping to cli install.
What happens when you remove it? Then boot the antiX USB.
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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problems
anticapitalista
Which version of antiX?
Which version of MX?
Which kernel did you boot into?Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
antiX-22-net_x64-net.iso
MX-21.3_x64.iso
kernel: whatever the default isI’ve just tried to install the base image and managed to get a little further.
I was able to boot to the desktop and start the full installation, but it soon failed.
I attach screenshot of the live logs – it complains about not being able to prepare the required partitions.Attachments:
Hi, it’s not an added wifi adapter – it’s built in to the laptop.
more info: here is the system info from the MX installation:
System: Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 [5.10.162-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash Desktop: Xfce 4.18.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower January 15 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop E210MAB_E210MA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> Mobo: ASUSTeK model: E210MAB v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: E210MAB.304 date: 05/20/2022 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.3/38.0 Wh (100.6%) volts: 7.9 min: 7.9 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Discharging CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N4020 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Goldmont Plus family: 6 model-id: 7A (122) stepping: 8 microcode: 1E cache: L2: 4 MiB flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 4377 Speed: 898 MHz min/max: 800/2800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 898 2: 1022 Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected Type: l1tf status: Not affected Type: mds status: Not affected Type: meltdown status: Not affected Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected Type: retbleed status: Not affected Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: Intel GeminiLake [UHD Graphics 600] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3185 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 13d3:5a11 class-ID: 0e02 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") s-diag: 414mm (16.3") Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 136 size: 256x144mm (10.1x5.7") diag: 294mm (11.6") OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 600 (GLK 2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:3198 class-ID: 0403 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-21-amd64 running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave driver: rtl8821ce v: v5.5.2.1_35598.20191029 modules: rtw88_8821ce,wl port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek RTL8152 Fast Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152 bus-ID: 1-3:4 chip-ID: 0bda:8152 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter> IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:3 chip-ID: 13d3:3557 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> Info: acl-mtu: 820:8 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park link-mode: slave accept Drives: Local Storage: total: 58.24 GiB used: 8.12 GiB (13.9%) ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 maj-min: 179:0 model: G1J38E size: 58.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0x8 scheme: GPT SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data. Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 54.98 GiB size: 53.82 GiB (97.88%) used: 8.12 GiB (15.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2 maj-min: 179:2 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 282 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1 maj-min: 179:1 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p3 maj-min: 179:3 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 Repos: Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1980 lib: 990 flatpak: 0 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free 2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main Info: Processes: 183 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 85 Memory: 3.67 GiB used: 912.4 MiB (24.3%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 Boot Mode: UEFI- This reply was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by rokytnji. 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rokytnji
On something that new I would use the full iso since kernel 5.10 is included on that iso.
It is under advanced boot options on grub screen. Thanks for clearing up the wifi question.
All versions default to using our legacy 4.9.0-326 kernel. 5.10 kernels are available.
https://antixlinux.com/updated-antix-sid-iso-files-available/
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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problemsMy first attempt (with antiX-22-net_x64-net.iso) presumably used kernel 4.9 since it’s the default.
On my latest attempt (with antiX-22_x64-base.iso) I chose the ‘modern’ kernel.But is the kernel version relevant? With the base image I able to bring up the desktop and begin the installation process, but it fails because it can’t “prepare the required partitions” (see the screenshot above). This sounds like something is fundamentally wrong.
Update: I’ve now managed to install AntiX!!!
There were 2 issues:
[1] The first issue is down to my stupidity. I hadn’t noticed that the drop-down for selecting the destination drive was defaulting back to my usb stick!!! (Note that the MX installer does not do this – it defaults to my laptop’s hard disk).
[2] Even after correcting [1] the installation was failing because it could not format the partitions. I was using the default setting – with the slider to the right. The installation worked, however, if I move the slider to the left (and allocate a ‘home’ partition). (Note that with MX I was able to install with the slider completely to the right).
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