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Speaking of lenovos. My last computer with antiX on it .

harry@shop:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.2.0 Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31
    October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 6075BHU v: ThinkCentre M57
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LENOVO serial: <superuser required> BIOS: LENOVO
    v: 2RKT41AUS date: 03/20/2008
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Pentium Dual E2160 bits: 64 type: MCP
    arch: Core2 Merom rev: D cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1484 high: 1729 min/max: 1200/1800 cores: 1: 1729
    2: 1239 bogomips: 7181
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: intel
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: i915 gpu: i915
    resolution: 1280x1024~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 1.4 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Q35
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: r8712u
    bus-ID: 2-6.4:5
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 30.07 GiB (10.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AAKS-00B3A0
    size: 298.09 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 252.52 GiB used: 30.07 GiB (11.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.91 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 136 Uptime: 1m Memory: 3.58 GiB used: 415.3 MiB (11.3%)
  Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1608 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.23

No hiccups yet. This is wireless usb desktop computer.

• This reply was modified 5 months, 4 weeks ago by rokytnji.

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Installed on my Lenovo X201 and it works without any problems or hiccups here:

inxi -zv6
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.2.0 dm: slimski Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base
    Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 3249CTO v: ThinkPad X201
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 3249CTO serial: <superuser required> BIOS: LENOVO
    v: 6QET66WW (1.36 ) date: 05/31/2011
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 79.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 79.3/84.2 Wh (94.2%)
    volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: Panasonic 42T4696 serial: <filter> status: full
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.57 GiB used: 422.7 MiB (5.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i7 M 620 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Westmere rev: 5 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1918 high: 2413 min/max: 1199/2667 boost: enabled cores:
    1: 2413 2: 1615 3: 2084 4: 1562 bogomips: 21279
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5.75 ports: active: LVDS-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046
  Device-2: Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1.6:4 chip-ID: 17ef:4816
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: intel dri: i965
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 model: Lenovo 0x4011 res: 1280x800
    dpi: 125 diag: 308mm (12.1")
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK)
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 5
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.10.153-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 chip-ID: 8086:10ea
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4238
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 20.57 GiB (17.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: THNS128GG4BAAA-NonFDE
    size: 119.24 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 110.9 GiB used: 20.57 GiB (18.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
    label: antiX-Frugal uuid: 943febc0-1b85-4cf5-b6c9-807acb58b1ad
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 6 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2 label: swapantiX uuid: 3772f554-04da-4154-89bc-b1e931af5bad
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0020
  Device-1: 1-1.3:3 info: Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint
    Sensor type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 147e:2016
  Device-2: 1-1.6:4 info: Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 17ef:4816
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0020
  Device-1: 2-1.2:3 info: KYE Systems (Mouse Systems) Trackbar Emotion
    type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 0458:0007
  Device-2: 2-1.4:4 info: Qualcomm Qualcomm Gobi 2000
    type: <vendor specific> driver: qcserial rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 05c6:9204
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1956
Info:
  Processes: 174 Uptime: 1m Init: runit v: N/A runlevel: 2 Compilers:
  gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10/9 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1307 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4
  running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.23

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hello anticapitalista
antiX22 live session kernel -.153 Nov 9
networking devices, wireless, these working
Realtek RTL8192CU drivr rtl8192cu
Realtek RTL8188EUS drivr r8188eu
Ralink RT5370 drivr rt2800usb

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On my Dell Inspiron 15 I7-7559 I got the black screen when I tried to boot. I also get that same black screen trying to boot 5.10.142 from the package installer. I have the Skylake processor with i915 and nVidia Optimus Graphics. I am currently running the 4.9.0.326 kernel and have been using the following boot codes to get it to boot
acpi_osi=!Windows acpi_osi=!Windows i915.preliminary_hw_support=1

I read that the i915.preliminary_hw_support=1 was replaced by i915.alpha_support=1 starting with 4.10 kernels (just learned that). I read that the i915.alpha_support=1 was deprecated and being by i915.force_probe=XXXX (device number) starting with 5.3 kernels. (just learned that).

I haven’t been able to run any kernels above 4.9.0.xxx with antiX thus far, and I guess that’s why. I really want to get my bluetooth headset working (been trying a long time), and I don’t know if its a kernel issue, software issue, or idiot behind the wheel problem 🙂

I guess I will try again. Should I put in 191b in the parameter like this, or an *? i915.force_probe=191b

$ inxi -Zv7
System:
  Host: XPS15-I7 Kernel: 4.9.0-326-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.2.0 vt: 7 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0
    Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 7559 v: 1.3.1
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0H0CC0 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: 1.3.1 date: 12/02/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 1.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 1.3/74.0 Wh (1.7%)
    volts: 12.5 min: 11.4 model: SIMPLO Dell type: Unknown serial: 397
    status: full
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.6 GiB used: 2.98 GiB (19.1%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-6700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    smt: enabled arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 891 high: 900 min/max: 800/3500 cores: 1: 900 2: 890
    3: 875 4: 900 5: 894 6: 888 7: 900 8: 888 bogomips: 41472
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
    clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept
    erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr hle ht hwp
    hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid
    invpcid_single kaiser lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx
    msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs
    pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good rtm sdbg
    sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen9 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:191b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] vendor: Dell driver: N/A
    arch: Maxwell bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:139b class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 1bcf:2b8a class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 507x285mm (19.96x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x04d9 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142
    size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") modes: 3840x2160
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5
    compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-326-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: 20:47:47:79:ba:37
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:3165 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:db:df:f9:95:ac
  IP v4: 192.168.1.120/24 scope: global broadcast: 192.168.1.255
  IP v6: fe80::2db:dfff:fef9:95ac/64 scope: link
  WAN IP: 73.74.35.245
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: 00:DB:DF:F9:95:B0
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 22.44 GiB (1.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Micron model: MTFDDAV256MBF-1AN15ABHA
    size: 238.47 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: 15250FFAEE2D rev: M6T3
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM014-1EJ164 size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: W772Y7N7 rev: DEMG scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 36.74 GiB used: 22.38 GiB (60.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
    label: 06-antiX21F64cp uuid: 418bf995-a432-47db-b6ee-9dd5c3b98c1b
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 533.4 MiB used: 52.8 MiB (9.9%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 label: ESP uuid: 4305-2ACE
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1
    dev: /dev/sdb8 label: swapantiX uuid: 64adcde0-7928-46b0-8591-77633ef74c44
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda2 size: 87.49 GiB fs: ntfs label: OS uuid: 01D2A9BBA8D70CD0
  ID-2: /dev/sda3 size: 473 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A uuid: 486CA8396CA823A2
  ID-3: /dev/sda4 size: 25 GiB fs: ext4 label: 04-antiX21F64s
    uuid: e5d14650-09a0-4a00-927a-5e0ef0cd6134
  ID-4: /dev/sda5 size: 37.5 GiB fs: ext4 label: 05-antiX21F64sp
    uuid: 678d4658-f6c7-4357-a97d-99742a099b30
  ID-5: /dev/sda7 size: 25 GiB fs: ext4 label: 07-PCLinuxOSOpB
    uuid: 56671e82-3229-4239-8aa1-d5380edde6a9
  ID-6: /dev/sdb1 size: 499 MiB fs: vfat label: ESP uuid: 3021-2E43
  ID-7: /dev/sdb11 size: 30 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: c083edf3-8153-4f4c-b309-d1e3c1ce7eee
  ID-8: /dev/sdb12 size: 528.52 GiB fs: ext4 label: vboxdata
    uuid: d4c2ccea-f3df-494e-aebe-be7b0982b822
  ID-9: /dev/sdb2 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A
    uuid: N/A
  ID-10: /dev/sdb3 size: 99.14 GiB fs: ntfs label: OS
    uuid: B8E82381E8233CCE
  ID-11: /dev/sdb4 size: 874 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A uuid: 9E82F75C82F7377D
  ID-12: /dev/sdb5 size: 200 GiB fs: ntfs label: BIGData
    uuid: 77EB221062E7C66A
  ID-13: /dev/sdb6 size: 477 MiB fs: ext4 label: 6-empty
    uuid: 40d4bee3-1517-417f-bc7e-01e9a491b68a
  ID-14: /dev/sdb9 size: 11.31 GiB fs: ntfs label: Image
    uuid: 787E30FB7E30B3AA
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 1bcf:2b8a class-ID: 0e02
  Device-2: 1-5:3 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
  Device-3: 1-6:4 info: Atmel maXTouch Digitizer type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,hid-multitouch,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 03eb:8a96 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: 27.8 C sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1921
Info:
  Processes: 228 Uptime: 28m wakeups: 3 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5
  default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 clang: 11.0.1-2 Packages: 2846
  apt: 2840 flatpak: 6 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.19

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Hi @BobC,
I was wondering if you would consider trying a different approach.

I have had a lot of success and enhanced performance using the liquorix kernel. Your system has the i7 processor, which is fairly new. I have had success on all my x64 systems with the liquorix kernel, even systems that are over 10 years old.

If you want to try it, please first make a backup iso snapshot of your current system. Then,

To install the liquorix kernel, simply type in terminal:

curl 'https://liquorix.net/add-liquorix-repo.sh' | sudo bash

and reboot. This will get you the latest 6.0 kernel. If it works, great. If not, you can so back to your backup iso snapshot.

Just a thought.

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I not only *like* the Liquorix kernels, I *have* to use either Liquorix or xanmod1 kernels. Debian isn’t exactly *Quick* to offer new kernels either.

My newest system won’t recognize all of my hardware; in particular, it doesn’t recognize my wireless firmware so I have to get the kernels and firmware updates from another system and copy them onto my antiX partition and then I can use the system.

On the flip side my oldest systems run very well with old antiX kernels and updates; Liquorix will also work on all of them.

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I like the antiX kernel and the linux-libre kernels too … they consume less energy.
https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/freesh/pool/main/l/

Liquorix , etc. kernels are fine too, more responsive, so it depends of the task to do.

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I found out more about the id on the i915.force_probe= from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/intel_graphics

Arc GPU kernel support

As kernels 6.0 and below do not officially support the Arc GPU family yet, the driver needs to be forced to load.

In your boot loader, use the following kernel parameter:

i915.force_probe=pci_id

The PCI ID is the output of:

$ lspci -nn | grep VGA | sed -n "s/^.\+\[8086:\([[:alnum:]]\{4\}\)\].\+$/\1/p"

You will also need to set your driver in xorg.conf as follows:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

Section “Device”
Identifier “Intel Graphics”
Driver “modesetting”
EndSection

The “fbdev” driver willl also work.

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Thanks @BobC … It is good to know (for my eepc)

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@BobC: Thanks! Helpful research and solution!

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I haven’t had time to test it yet. I just found these possibilities last night. Once a year or so I try to get my headset to work. Someday there will be joy, LOL.

As for testing this, I need to get a test partition setup to be able to test without risking my main system.

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@anticapitalista
Many thanks for the request to try the new antiX kernel, received a few days ago.
For my Asus X71Q, the story is always the same: I installed the image and headers for 5.10.153-antix.1 but, as before, it keeps getting stuck before boot-up is complete. Therefore, I’m continuing to use 5.10.153-gnu1 as before. I don’t have any problem on this hardware, with any of the gnu1 releases of kernel 5.10. I should add that this is specific to my Asus. The other two laptops, listed in my signature below, seem to run without any incompatibility issues with 5.10.xxx-antix.1

Might it not be better for developers to base the antix.1 kernel on gnu1 rather than debian versions of 5.10, in an effort to avoid the hardware incompatibility that has arisen for a number of antix-forum members?

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• This reply was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by mikey777.
• This reply was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by mikey777.

▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

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mikey777 wrote:

Might it not be better for developers to base the antix.1 kernel on gnu1 rather than debian versions of 5.10, in an effort to avoid the hardware incompatibility that has arisen for a number of antix-forum members?

Not really since a gnu kernel (if I understand correctly it is libre) blocks any non-free drivers.
The vast majority of wifi need non-free firmware.

Secondly, I have no idea what the gun devs have patched to their kernels since they haven’t provided the source (or maybe I haven’t found it).

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I retried 5.10.142 and 5.10.153 and both resulted in immediate black screens.

4.19.0.256 did work with the new i915.force_probe=1 code though, so that’s forward progress.

Thanks for all the effort you put in 🙂

$ inxi -Zv7
System:
Host: XPS15-I7 Kernel: 4.19.0-256-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.2.0 vt: 7 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0
Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021
base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 7559 v: 1.3.1
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0H0CC0 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.3.1 date: 12/02/2018
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 1.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 1.3/74.0 Wh (1.7%)
volts: 12.5 min: 11.4 model: SIMPLO Dell type: Unknown serial: 397
status: full
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.52 GiB used: 3.19 GiB (20.6%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-6700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP
smt: enabled arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/3500 cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900
4: 900 5: 900 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900 bogomips: 41472
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr hle ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor
movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp
rep_good rtm sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer
tsc_known_freq vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology xtpr
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen9 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:191b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] vendor: Dell driver: nvidiafb
v: kernel arch: Maxwell pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:139b class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB
driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 1bcf:2b8a class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920×1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 507x285mm (19.96×11.22″)
s-diag: 582mm (22.9″)
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x04d9 res: 1920×1080 dpi: 142
size: 344x194mm (13.54×7.64″) diag: 395mm (15.5″) modes: 3840×2160
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.19.0-256-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 20:47:47:79:ba:37
Device-2: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3165 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:db:df:f9:95:ac
IP v4: 192.168.0.110/24 scope: global broadcast: 192.168.0.255
IP v6: 2601:248:102:7be0::d9bd/64 scope: global
IP v6: 2601:248:102:7be0:2db:dfff:fef9:95ac/64 type: dynamic mngtmpaddr
scope: global
IP v6: fe80::2db:dfff:fef9:95ac/64 scope: link
WAN IP: 2601:248:102:7be0::d9bd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: 00:DB:DF:F9:95:B0

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anticapitalista wrote:

mikey777 wrote:

Might it not be better for developers to base the antix.1 kernel on gnu1 rather than debian versions of 5.10, in an effort to avoid the hardware incompatibility that has arisen for a number of antix-forum members?

Not really since a gnu kernel (if I understand correctly it is libre) blocks any non-free drivers.
The vast majority of wifi need non-free firmware.
Secondly, I have no idea what the gun devs have patched to their kernels since they haven’t provided the source (or maybe I haven’t found it).

I found this quote from Wikipedia which might be of general interest while on the subject of the 5.10 gnu kernels:
“Linux-libre is a modified version of the Linux kernel that contains no binary blobs, obfuscated code, or code released under proprietary licenses. In the Linux kernel, they are mostly used for proprietary firmware images. While generally redistributable, binary blobs do not give the user the freedom to audit, modify, or, consequently, redistribute their modified versions.”

So, as gnu kernels appear not to be ‘corrupted’ by “binary blobs” (whatever they are) and rogue code etc, I would have thought it’s easier to work with them. However, I suppose it’s the “obfuscated code” that helps the 5.10 debian kernel (and by inference the antix.1 kernel) to work with proprietary drivers, but at the same time makes it incompatible with some hardware. Needless to say, I really know very little on the subject …

That said, my Atheros and Realtek network drivers appear to work smoothly with the 5.10.153-gnu1 kernel on my Asus X71Q – their spec is as follows:

asus@X71Q:~
$ inxi -n
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:22:43:62:e4:a1
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: fa:16:7e:67:07:00
asus@X71Q:~
$ inxi 
CPU: dual core Intel Pentium Dual T3200 (-MCP-)
speed/min/max: 1995/1000/2000 MHz Kernel: 5.10.153-gnu1 x86_64 Up: 21m
Mem: 1271.9/3897.8 MiB (32.6%) Storage: 1.82 TiB (42.3% used) Procs: 159
Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.19

• This reply was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by mikey777.
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▪ 32-bit antix19.4-core+LXDE installed on :
- (2011) Samsung NP-N145 Plus (JP04UK) – single-core CPU Intel Atom N455@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM, integrated graphics.
▪ 64-bit antix21-base+LXDE installed on:
- (2008) Asus X71Q (7SC002) – dual CPU Intel T3200@2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 Series, integrated graphics
- (2007) Packard Bell Easynote MX37 (ALP-Ajax C3) – dual CPU Intel T2310@1.46GHz, 2GB RAM. Graphics: Silicon Integrated Systems.

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