Problems installing Antix 19.3 full on modern laptop

[Member blur13]

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I just got a new laptop and wanted to install linux distros on it. First problem I encountered was switching SATA configuration to AHCI, but once I had done that I was able to install Linux Mint 20.1 alongside Windows 10. Next thing I wanted to do was install AntiX 19.3. I created the bootable USB stick, boot from USB, and I get the AntiX menu. I select the first option, and then the screen goes blank and nothing happens. I have to shut down the computer manually. I tried the other menu options, fail-safe, etc, but no luck. I tried the same installation USB on an older laptop and it works fine. I’ve installed AntiX on three (old) computers so far with no issues. What could be the issue? Here is the output from inxi Fxz:

System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-62-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X409JA_F409JA
v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X409JA v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X409JA.303 date: 05/25/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.2 Wh condition: 31.2/32.0 Wh (98%)
model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery status: Not charging
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-1005G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ice Lake rev: 5 L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 9523
Speed: 1012 MHz min/max: 400/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1073 2: 1047
3: 1092 4: 1036
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920×1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Smart Sound Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-62-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 00:14.3
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 23.87 GiB (10.0%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM256GDJTNG-8310A
size: 238.47 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 91.34 GiB used: 23.82 GiB (26.1%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1700
Info:
Processes: 191 Uptime: 8m Memory: 7.59 GiB used: 1.14 GiB (15.0%)
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17
inxi: 3.0.38

[Member Xecure]

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Hello.

Your issue is pretty similar to https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/amd-radeon-graphics-issues/#post-50173.
Because the hardware is very very new, its drivers were not included in the Long Term Support kernel 4.9 included by default in antiX. Unfortunately for your case, it seems that the other antiX release with kernel 4.19 doesn’t include support for the newer 10th generation intel CPUs, so it will also not work for you. You need a similar kernel version as the Linux Mint you are running (kernel 5.X).

One of the antiX forum contributors also had problems with his 10th generation intel CPU and recently got it to work with antiX using the 5.8 antiX kernel.
If you want to get antiX to work on your computer, create a live USB with the live usb maker (in antiX), boot live with it on your older computer, install the 5.8 kernel, select to remaster the live USB, then use the live kernel updater to make the newer 5.8 kernel the default and shutdown. Try then to use the live USB with updated kernel to boot in your newer computer.

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General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

[Member blur13]

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Hi Xecure and thanks for your reply.

I tried that solution but it didn’t work. Still the same blank screen after trying to boot from USB. I get some errors while installing the 5.x kernels. I first tried the latest 5.8.16, then 5.8.7, and finally this one:

Install package linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
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==> linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp – Linux kernel, version
5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
found 1 dependencies
found 1 unmet dependencies that will also get installed
linux-headers-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
This package and unmet dependencies will add 329.28 Meg

Do you want to install this package now?
= yes
> no
Press <Enter> to select the highlighted entry
Use ‘h’ for help, ‘r’ to redraw, ‘q’ to go back to the main menu
Installing linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
=> apt-get install linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
linux-headers-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-headers-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 143 not upgraded.
Need to get 59.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 345 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/buster
buster/main amd64 linux-headers-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp amd64
5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-1 [7,692 kB]
Get:2 http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/buster
buster/main amd64 linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp amd64
5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-1 [52.1 MB]
Fetched 59.8 MB in 4s (13.7 MB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp.
(Reading database … 169488 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack
…/linux-headers-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp_5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-1_amd64.deb
…
Unpacking linux-headers-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
(5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-1) …
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp.
Preparing to unpack
…/linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp_5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-1_amd64.deb
…
Unpacking linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-1) …
Setting up linux-headers-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
(5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-1) …
Setting up linux-image-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp-1) …
Warning: Unable to find an initial ram disk that I know how to handle.
Will not try to make an initrd.
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel:
5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/ndiswrapper/1.61/build/make.log for more information.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.6.10-antix.1-amd64-smp
cryptsetup: ERROR: Couldn’t resolve device overlay
cryptsetup: WARNING: Couldn’t determine root device
cryptsetup: WARNING: The initramfs image may not contain cryptsetup binaries
nor crypto modules. If that’s on purpose, you may want to uninstall the
‘cryptsetup-initramfs’ package in order to disable the cryptsetup initramfs
integration and avoid this warning.
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sda6
I: (UUID=d39b73f5-454b-48b8-b174-b561ca8ce931)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
install took 2:13 mm:ss
Updating database …
database update took 0.25 seconds

All the 5.x kernels I tried got the same errors. Maybe this has something to do with it not working?

[Member Xecure]

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See if this ISO works for you. I created it with the Build.iso tool, so it is very similar to antiX 19.3 full x64 but with kernel 5.8.16
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12AFrBt_MnprY_I9wbHHnxHTnRcZw-jmb/view?usp=sharing
I only tested it on a Virtual machine, so I am not sure if it works as I expect.

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[Member blur13]

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It works! Thank you! Now for the fun part, customizing AntiX!

I’m suprised how well AntiX works with a high-resolution screen. Linux Mint was giving me hell, and I had to resize all the window buttons for close/max/min manually because that wasn’t part of their one and only HD-theme.

Thanks again!

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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We are fortunate to have some people in our community who have high resolution monitors and have experience in setting them up and configuring them, then making sure that antiX includes the features needed.

Linux Mint and other distros could do it too but we have the specific details included, thanks to helpful participants.

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