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Brian MasinickHey Rok: re. “Blew away the antX install with operator error.”
Do you still have the physical space and partition available to
install an antiX instance alongside MX Linux or did you overwrite
the entire system with that “Blew away…” moment?I usually have multiple distributions, at least on my 2-3 newest
systems, though I do single boot a few of the old ones; almost always
have antiX on those, but I have found through experimentation that
MX Linux also works on a lot of old hardware too.--
Brian Masinick
rokytnjiHey Rok: re. “Blew away the antX install with operator error.”
Do you still have the physical space and partition available to
install an antiX instance alongside MX Linux or did you overwrite
the entire system with that “Blew away…” moment?I do have 39 gig of space for it. Been busy with computers not turning on .
Life sux lately. At least the shop replacement is staying together.
It is what I get for running on older gear and power dips around here locally lately.
My IBM desktop went down today. It had antiX 23 on it. It quit turning on.
NUCs I bought seem worthless with the breakage on those lately. Both quit turning on.
My laptops are all that is working.Sometimes I drive a crooked road to get my mind straight.
Not all who Wander are Lost.
Motorcycle racing is rocket science.Linux Registered User # 475019
How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problemsBrian MasinickDo you have any power surge/power cord extensions that moderate those power fluctuations?
I usually power down completely if I’m expecting bad weather.
One time many years ago when I still lived in Concord, NH we had
an electrical storm. I *think* my neighbor across the street had a
lightning strike in their back yard. I lost a power supply on a
computer that was plugged in, but I don’t think it was physically
powered on, so that electrical surge actually damaged a LOT of
things in the area. I know this because the next day I strolled
into nearby Grolen Communications, where I’d previously purchased
power supplies and other computer electrical parts.They were ALSO affected, their POS terminals were damaged so it
was either cash or buy later. They GAVE me a power supply at no
charge that day as a good will gesture and as a repeat customer.
Needless to say they had an insurance loss and loss of business
for a day or two until their equipment could be replaced; showing
good will to the customers who did show up that day undoubtedly
improved their local reputation and guys like me remember it MANY
years later.--
Brian MasinickBrian MasinickThe stores in Concord, NH and Portsmouth, NH were later closed so the small company could
focus their energy in their primary area of expertise – “by Y2K it was time for GroLen to downsize or face the extinction that many computer companies faced during those trying times. GroLen decided to become more efficient and to concentrate on computer repair, network integration and service. Concord,Portsmouth and the school house closed. … “Only the most proficient employees remained and GroLen retooled itself into becoming truly the area’s most expert at troubleshooting computer problems, protecting and removing spyware and basic affordable web page development and hosting.”
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“We have remained consistent, capable, professional and that has been the key to our longevity. Find out about us by dropping by 814 Elm Street at any time – even to just talk “shop”.https://www.showmelocal.com/profile.aspx?bid=1649554
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinickinfow 11:19:53 AM Greenville: ☀️ +70°F System: Host: antix1-23.1 Kernel: 6.1.60-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.4.4 Distro: antiX-23.1-runit_x64-full Arditi del Popolo 6 November 2023 Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%) CPU: Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 1516 min/max: 1400/4056 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.60-antix.1-amd64-smp) Network: Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 20.82 GiB (8.7%) Partition: ID-1: / size: 46.8 GiB used: 20.82 GiB (44.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 1.23 GiB used: 576 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 ID-3: swap-1 size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p3 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p4 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p5 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p7 size: 35.09 GiB fs: ext4 Info: Processes: 244 Uptime: 17h 2m Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.1 GiB used: 1.99 GiB (28.0%) Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.31-10--
Brian MasinickBrian MasinickNotice the subtle difference between this and my previous entry, almost, but not quite the exact same configuration.
I have multiple instances installed, so I’m free to experiment as much as I desire or as little as I desire, and I still have more options and choices available, including USB instances with ALMOST a complete system, just maybe not always 100% up-to-date.infow 01:52:32 PM Greenville: ☀️ +70°F System: Host: antix23.1-HP-14-fq1025 Kernel: 6.1.55-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.4.4 Distro: antiX-23.1-runit_x64-full Arditi del Popolo 28 October 2023 Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%) CPU: Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 1493 min/max: 1400/4056 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.55-antix.1-amd64-smp) Network: Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 7.31 GiB (3.1%) Partition: ID-1: / size: 47.76 GiB used: 7.31 GiB (15.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 1.23 GiB used: 576 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 ID-3: swap-1 size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 size: 47.85 GiB fs: ext4 ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p4 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p5 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p7 size: 35.09 GiB fs: ext4 Info: Processes: 231 Uptime: 1h 0m Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.1 GiB used: 700.4 MiB (9.6%) Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.31-10--
Brian MasinickBrian MasinickYesterday I showed my two antiX 23.1 instances on /dev/nvme0n1p1 and /dev/nvme0n1p3. This is my antiX 23 instance on /dev/nvme0n1p5
infow 08:39:01 AM Greenville: ⛅ +48°F System: Host: antix-hp-14-fq1025 Kernel: 6.1.55-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.4.4 Distro: antiX-23-runit_x64 bookworm October 27 2023 Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%) CPU: Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 1712 min/max: 1400/4056 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.55-antix.1-amd64-smp) Network: Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 11.82 GiB (5.0%) Partition: ID-1: / size: 47.76 GiB used: 11.82 GiB (24.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 1.23 GiB used: 576 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 ID-3: swap-1 size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 size: 47.85 GiB fs: ext4 ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p7 size: 35.09 GiB fs: ext4 Info: Processes: 216 Uptime: 14m Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.1 GiB used: 697.9 MiB (9.6%) Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.31-12--
Brian MasinickBrian MasinickThe post https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/on-occasion-no-internet-at-startup/#post-123921 seems to be helpful in the startup and general reliability of the Connman network manager approach. For those where this IS NOT the case, I recommend using antix-wifi-switch or configure your system explicitly to use our Ceni network manager. Other choices are possible, but these two options are still supported and avoid bringing in systemd services, hence they are recommended in order to keep the software systemd free.
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Brian MasinickBrian MasinickFor NFL fans in Michigan – the Detroit Lions defeated the Chicago Bears this afternoon to continue their position as a top five
team in the NFL – a HUGE change for a team which last won an NFL title in 1957 – so of the original NFL teams they have gone
the longest without a championship; meanwhile all of the other Detroit teams, the Red Wings (hockey), the Tigers (baseball),
and the Pistons (basketball) have all won multiple championships over the past 50 years but NOT Detroit’s professional
football team. They may not win it all this year either, but they do have a good chance to enter the postseason playoff
picture, where anything is then possible.From the previous post, those changes to the Connman startup, opening up the network manager before the graphical user
interface is initializezd has been working out well here; implemented it on all three of my antiX instances on my HP-14
and so far it has been a success!--
Brian MasinickBrian MasinickOne of the other places I have worked is Boston and the Boston Celtics defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in a close game, 102-100.
Continued success with the Connman change mentioned earlier.
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Brian MasinickBrian MasinickBrian Masinickinfow;sudo ps_mem.py 08:52:05 AM Greenville: 🌦 +46°F System: Host: antix1-23.1 Kernel: 6.1.60-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.4.4 Distro: antiX-23.1-runit_x64-full Arditi del Popolo 6 November 2023 Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%) CPU: Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 1457 min/max: 1400/4056 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.60-antix.1-amd64-smp) Network: Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 20.75 GiB (8.7%) Partition: ID-1: / size: 46.8 GiB used: 20.75 GiB (44.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 1.23 GiB used: 576 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 ID-3: swap-1 size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p3 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p4 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p5 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p7 size: 35.09 GiB fs: ext4 Info: Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.1 GiB used: 834.1 MiB (11.5%) Processes: 234 Uptime: 1h 44m Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.31-13 Private + Shared = RAM used Program 108.0 KiB + 24.5 KiB = 132.5 KiB runit 124.0 KiB + 27.5 KiB = 151.5 KiB runsvdir 156.0 KiB + 49.5 KiB = 205.5 KiB seatd 264.0 KiB + 184.5 KiB = 448.5 KiB startup 388.0 KiB + 102.5 KiB = 490.5 KiB dbus-launch 356.0 KiB + 221.5 KiB = 577.5 KiB udevil 364.0 KiB + 245.5 KiB = 609.5 KiB icewm-session 432.0 KiB + 368.5 KiB = 800.5 KiB getty (3) 724.0 KiB + 271.0 KiB = 995.0 KiB runsv (8) 636.0 KiB + 364.5 KiB = 1.0 MiB devmon 836.0 KiB + 354.5 KiB = 1.2 MiB desktop-session 872.0 KiB + 828.0 KiB = 1.7 MiB sudo (2) 1.2 MiB + 614.5 KiB = 1.8 MiB dbus-daemon (3) 1.8 MiB + 428.5 KiB = 2.2 MiB bash 1.8 MiB + 628.5 KiB = 2.4 MiB udevd 1.9 MiB + 752.5 KiB = 2.6 MiB pipewire-pulse 2.9 MiB + 694.5 KiB = 3.6 MiB at-spi-bus-launcher 3.0 MiB + 672.5 KiB = 3.7 MiB at-spi2-registryd 3.8 MiB + 210.5 KiB = 4.0 MiB connmand 4.2 MiB + 691.5 KiB = 4.9 MiB conky 4.4 MiB + 1.3 MiB = 5.7 MiB slimski 7.2 MiB + 607.5 KiB = 7.8 MiB wpa_supplicant 6.1 MiB + 2.2 MiB = 8.3 MiB icewm 5.6 MiB + 3.3 MiB = 8.8 MiB volumeicon 8.7 MiB + 1.2 MiB = 9.9 MiB pipewire 10.3 MiB + 1.8 MiB = 12.1 MiB wireplumber 12.3 MiB + 4.5 MiB = 16.8 MiB roxterm 25.7 MiB + 2.9 MiB = 28.6 MiB zzzfm 50.8 MiB + 27.2 MiB = 78.0 MiB cmst 75.4 MiB + 25.1 MiB = 100.6 MiB Xorg --------------------------------- 309.9 MiB =================================--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinicksudo ps_mem.py ;pinxi -bop Private + Shared = RAM used Program 112.0 KiB + 16.5 KiB = 128.5 KiB runit 124.0 KiB + 19.5 KiB = 143.5 KiB runsvdir 160.0 KiB + 32.5 KiB = 192.5 KiB seatd 268.0 KiB + 99.5 KiB = 367.5 KiB startup 392.0 KiB + 80.5 KiB = 472.5 KiB dbus-launch 368.0 KiB + 105.5 KiB = 473.5 KiB icewm-session [updated] 356.0 KiB + 141.5 KiB = 497.5 KiB udevil 308.0 KiB + 245.0 KiB = 553.0 KiB getty (2) 660.0 KiB + 191.5 KiB = 851.5 KiB devmon 460.0 KiB + 437.0 KiB = 897.0 KiB avahi-daemon (2) 812.0 KiB + 199.5 KiB = 1.0 MiB desktop-session 768.0 KiB + 245.5 KiB = 1.0 MiB gconfd-2 904.0 KiB + 236.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB runsv (10) 756.0 KiB + 604.0 KiB = 1.3 MiB finder (2) 1.2 MiB + 484.5 KiB = 1.7 MiB dbus-daemon (3) 704.0 KiB + 1.5 MiB = 2.2 MiB sudo (3) 1.7 MiB + 580.5 KiB = 2.2 MiB udevd 1.9 MiB + 618.5 KiB = 2.5 MiB pipewire-pulse 2.2 MiB + 438.5 KiB = 2.6 MiB conky 3.1 MiB + 594.5 KiB = 3.6 MiB bash (3) 3.8 MiB + 118.5 KiB = 3.9 MiB connmand 4.0 MiB + 904.5 KiB = 4.8 MiB slimski 4.8 MiB + 447.5 KiB = 5.3 MiB at-spi2-registryd 4.8 MiB + 502.5 KiB = 5.3 MiB at-spi-bus-launcher 5.0 MiB + 1.2 MiB = 6.2 MiB pipewire [updated] 5.4 MiB + 1.2 MiB = 6.6 MiB icewm [updated] 7.4 MiB + 555.5 KiB = 7.9 MiB wpa_supplicant 8.0 MiB + 1.5 MiB = 9.5 MiB wireplumber [updated] 7.1 MiB + 3.9 MiB = 10.9 MiB volumeicon 7.7 MiB + 6.2 MiB = 13.9 MiB roxterm 23.1 MiB + 6.8 MiB = 29.9 MiB zzzfm 65.1 MiB + 28.6 MiB = 93.7 MiB Xorg 747.7 MiB + 144.7 MiB = 892.5 MiB firefox-bin (12) --------------------------------- 1.1 GiB ================================= System: Host: antix23-hp-14-fq1025 Kernel: 6.1.55-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.4.4 Distro: antiX-23-runit_x64 bookworm October 27 2023 Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%) CPU: Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 2874 min/max: 1400/4056 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.55-antix.1-amd64-smp) Network: Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae Drives: Local Storage: total: 296.24 GiB used: 25.07 GiB (8.5%) Partition: ID-1: /live/boot-dev size: 46.8 GiB used: 21.02 GiB (44.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 ID-2: /media/LIVE-UEFI size: 48.2 MiB used: 12.4 MiB (25.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2 ID-3: /media/Live-usb size: 56.73 GiB used: 4.04 GiB (7.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 size: 1.23 GiB fs: vfat ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p5 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 ID-5: /dev/nvme0n1p6 size: 7.81 GiB fs: swap ID-6: /dev/nvme0n1p7 size: 35.09 GiB fs: ext4 Info: Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.1 GiB used: 2.76 GiB (39.0%) Processes: 246 Uptime: 20m Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.31-13--
Brian MasinickBrian MasinickRunning on a new USB Flash Drive with a remastered instance of antiX 23 Live.
Works great!--
Brian MasinickBrian MasinickSince having the excellent results with a Live antiX 23 environment, I tried running Live multiple ways.
The method that’s been working out best for my particular scenarios has been to use an installed instance,
put whatever software configuration I want, update not only packages, but also self-installed
versions of Web browsers in my own private directory.For this configuration, taking an installed instance and running ISO Snapshot, then Live USB Maker
creates a USB Flash Drive that is the functional equivalent of the installed version.I’ve had less success, some at times, with Frugal persistence; however if I remaster my configuration,
I’m having issues obtaining the results I’m expecting, so undoubtedly I am combining features that
appear to compete with one another, either overwriting stuff or consuming too much space.So my advice to would be experimenters – go with one approach or another – mixing them will only
work if you use one specific method and stick with it for that live image. I suppose if you have
intimate knowledge of every step it will be possible to use that knowledge to your advantage;
otherwise keep it simple; use one thing and decide whether to continue to use it or another
method; if you change approaches, I recommend rewriting a known working ISO image and proceed
from it.--
Brian Masinick
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