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Brian Masinick
Starting to make progress on WHY the 5.10 antiX kernels have not been working lately; turns out the 4.9 kernel ALSO stopped working, which I discovered as I started this work. I changed the flags so I have nomodeset and I can see more messages. I’ve also started to read the logs, and I discovered that:
1) When I use our kernels, for some unknown reason they’re not interacting properly with the X server, and 2) slimski is waiting on a lock and/or connection, and gives up.
I’ve yet to determine a cause for either of these things but I’m open to thoughts as I continue to research, diagnose and figure this out.
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
… following up on the above, clearly something changed.
One “HINT” is that it looked like a nouveau x server feature was added in one of the updates, and I found that it took out quite a few of the other X server packages, so I got rid of nouveau and tried to reinstate the regular X server packages. First try, that didn’t fix everything, but I still have a feeling it’s at the root of this issue; I just may have something else hiding in some configuration that needs to be purged before this solution is complete.
Anyway, more than ever, it’s smelling like the kernels are NOT at fault, but the current configuration of the system has some flaws that need to be found and repaired!
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
The FOLLOWING COPY of my previous post is PROOF that our 5.10 series of kernels USED to work GREAT on my Dell Inspiron 5558 laptop, just as I thought:
Here’s my FULL listing of my currently running instance of antiX, as Linus Torvalds would say, “Just For Fun”:
inxi -zv8 System: Kernel: 5.10.88-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.88-antix.1-amd64-smp root=UUID=d6479cf5-4d89-46cd-8905-1b1f7fed2511 ro audit=0 intel_pstate=disable quiet vga=895 selinux=0 Desktop: IceWM v: 2.9.7 vt: 7 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5558 v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Dell model: 086DKN v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: A04 date: 08/06/2015 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.1/41.4 Wh (72.6%) volts: 16.5 min: 14.8 model: Samsung SDI DELL 07G07587587 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full Memory: RAM: total: 7.68 GiB used: 1.07 GiB (14.0%) RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. PCI Slots: Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. CPU: Info: model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell gen: core 5 built: 2015-18 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2F Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 2587 high: 2832 min/max: 500/2401 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 2832 2: 2557 3: 2418 4: 2544 bogomips: 19155 Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush 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 ht ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe 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 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 xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 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: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen8 process: Intel 14nm built: 2014-15 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] vendor: Dell driver: nvidiafb v: kernel alternate: nouveau non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1299 class-ID: 0302 Device-3: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-5:3 chip-ID: 064e:920b class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 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: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31") Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x0484 built: 2014 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.580 y: 0.345 green: x: 0.337 y: 0.573 blue: x: 0.157 y: 0.118 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768 EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 0 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403 Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0 class-ID: 0403 Device-3: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.88-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b3 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> IP v6: <filter> scope: link Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> WAN IP: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-6:4 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: not found rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 27.03 GiB (6.0%) SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0102 scheme: GPT Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: PLDS model: DVD+-RW DU-8A5LH rev: DD11 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 80 GiB size: 78.19 GiB (97.74%) used: 27.03 GiB (34.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 label: antiX-Persist uuid: d6479cf5-4d89-46cd-8905-1b1f7fed2511 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.42%) used: 2.2 MiB (2.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: BOOT uuid: 31E2-D091 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100) ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A uuid: 84f71f56-aca6-4e58-823b-e74e372f3eda Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 80 GiB fs: ext4 label: rootantiX19 uuid: 811c81e8-827e-4ec6-ac44-31dd2beb83ed ID-2: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 80 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A uuid: b3591fa8-69d4-4973-a7f6-6029d02c3c89 ID-3: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 80 GiB fs: ext4 label: endeavouros uuid: 57e534da-374b-450d-aec5-0d98712d8808 ID-4: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 size: 119.03 GiB fs: ext4 label: rootMX21 uuid: 439b56db-fe49-425d-b0d2-fd0d56252b6c USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 11 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 2-3:2 info: KYE Systems (Mouse Systems) Trackbar Emotion type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0458:0007 class-ID: 0301 Device-2: 2-5:3 info: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 064e:920b class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> Device-3: 2-6:4 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 Device-4: 2-8:5 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter> Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2200 Repos: Packages: apt: 1276 lib: 602 Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free 2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list 1: deb https://liquorix.net/debian bullseye main 2: deb-src https://liquorix.net/debian bullseye main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list 1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list Processes: CPU top: 5 of 187 1: cpu: 21.7% command: chrome pid: 25153 mem: 173.0 MiB (2.1%) 2: cpu: 2.6% command: chrome pid: 12793 mem: 174.0 MiB (2.2%) 3: cpu: 2.5% command: google-chrome-stable pid: 12752 mem: 291.9 MiB (3.7%) 4: cpu: 1.0% command: chrome pid: 12794 mem: 136.9 MiB (1.7%) 5: cpu: 0.9% command: xorg pid: 2106 mem: 71.7 MiB (0.9%) Memory top: 5 of 187 1: mem: 291.9 MiB (3.7%) command: google-chrome-stable pid: 12752 cpu: 2.5% 2: mem: 174.0 MiB (2.2%) command: chrome pid: 12793 cpu: 2.6% 3: mem: 173.0 MiB (2.1%) command: chrome pid: 25153 cpu: 21.7% 4: mem: 169.7 MiB (2.1%) command: chrome pid: 24749 cpu: 0.5% 5: mem: 136.9 MiB (1.7%) command: chrome pid: 12794 cpu: 1.0% Info: Processes: 187 Uptime: 40m wakeups: 2 Init: runit v: N/A runlevel: 2 tool: service Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10/9 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.19--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Well, since I KNEW that this system COULD handle 4.4, 4.9, 4.14, and 4.19 kernels PLUS 5.x kernels, I got tired of trying to find out what broke; having two other antiX 21 USB sticks, I simply REINSTALLED; now I have:
inxi -Fxz System: Kernel: 5.10.137-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 2.9.9 Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5558 v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Dell model: 086DKN v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: A04 date: 08/06/2015 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.1/41.4 Wh (72.6%) volts: 16.9 min: 14.8 model: Samsung SDI DELL 07G07587587 status: full CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell rev: 4 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 2488 high: 2769 min/max: 500/3000 cores: 1: 2769 2: 2395 3: 2395 4: 2395 bogomips: 19155 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-8 bus-ID: 00:02.0 Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] vendor: Dell driver: nvidiafb v: kernel arch: Kepler bus-ID: 08:00.0 Device-3: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-5:3 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 Device-3: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.1 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.137-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 06:00.0 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-6:4 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 6.71 GiB (1.5%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 78.19 GiB used: 6.71 GiB (8.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 98.4 MiB used: 2.2 MiB (2.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 0 Info: Processes: 162 Uptime: 2m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 483.6 MiB (6.1%) Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1593 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.21THAT means I can now TEST the 5.10.142 kernel here shortly, and I’m confident it’ll work!
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Made it! Setting time and a bit touchy getting the new kernels going; had to try a couple of them 2-3 times, but I’ve now verified several of our 4 and 5 series antiX kernels including….
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DRUM ROLL…
antix 5.10.142 revision 2!Here is the proof!
inxi -Fxxz System: Kernel: 5.10.142-antix.2-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 2.9.9 dm: slimski Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5558 v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Dell model: 086DKN v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: A04 date: 08/06/2015 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.1/41.4 Wh (72.6%) volts: 16.9 min: 14.8 model: Samsung SDI DELL 07G07587587 serial: <filter> status: full CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell level: v3 rev: 4 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 2467 high: 2682 min/max: 500/3000 cores: 1: 2682 2: 2396 3: 2395 4: 2395 bogomips: 19154 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-8 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616 Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] vendor: Dell driver: nvidiafb v: kernel arch: Kepler pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1299 Device-3: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-5:5 chip-ID: 064e:920b 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: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x0484 res: 1366x768 dpi: 101 diag: 395mm (15.5") OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0 Device-3: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.142-antix.2-amd64-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b3 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-6:6 chip-ID: 8087:07dc Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 7.37 GiB (1.6%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> Partition: ID-1: / size: 78.19 GiB used: 7.36 GiB (9.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 98.4 MiB used: 2.2 MiB (2.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2200 Info: Processes: 158 Uptime: 0m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 477.4 MiB (6.1%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1595 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.21--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
NOTE that I’ve successfully installed 4 and 5 series antiX kernels on all of my hardware. Even the Acer can BOOT the 4 series; it’s just that it needs our 5 series to provide wireless hardware support for that unit’s wireless interface.
We’re clear on the 142 kernel from this camp, only 1 or 2 users experienced difficulties; their problems may be similar to what I encountered; if so, try booting from the antiX 21 USB, select the version 5 kernel at boot time, then if that works, bring in 5.10.142; I was able to get 5.10.57, 5.10.137, and 5.10.142 all working just this evening, along with pulling in 4.9.0-326 to go along with 4.9.0-279, and verify these too; they all work on the Dell Inspiron 5558 laptop, which is what I had *thought* from the beginning; today after REINSTALLING, though this time I did it with sysvinit, they still work!
I’m a fan of runit; I’ve been using it for quite some time on the Dell and the Acer; the antiX 21 stick to reinstall just happened to work properly for me here today; I may have made or updated the other one on another system; neither here nor there, the good news is we have more proof that the kernel will work for another Dell model, something commonly used in the USA, so we’ll have plenty of people able to use these images. So that’s more good news for this week.
I’m in the middle of my medicinal “cocktail” to improve my current illness; that didn’t stop me today from proving this once and for all!
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DRUM ROLL…
antix 5.10.142 revision 2!Congrats!
Finally working… You spent lots of time on this during your recovery. Greatly appreciated…
It looks like the subset of users/hardware having problems with kernel 5.10.142 is now significantly reduced.Live antiX Boot Options (Previously posted by Xecure):
https://antixlinuxfan.miraheze.org/wiki/Table_of_antiX_Boot_ParametersBrian Masinick
Yeah, I think that whoever is still having issues with the 5.10.142 kernel either has hardware that can’t handle any of the 5 series kernels OR they have a situation similar to what I had. In my case, somewhere along the line I had an X server issue; I came back to the system, thought it was resolved, but when looking closer today, only a fraction of the packages were in place, and the ones I was using didn’t interact well with our setup. Moreover, I think there was some unwanted cruft there too. Had I been feeling a little better I would have hacked around more, but I decided it was more important to get an active tester on board with this image; of the 2-3 people having problems, I’ve probably been in the community longer than both of the others combined, so I thought the experience was important and if we really did still have issues, clearly identify what they were; fortunately I was able to determine, as I had been suspecting, that the actual culprit was a package update flop that damaged my overall X server configuration. Reinstalling at this stage in the project was quicker than diagnosing that mess any further.
If I were younger, faster, and healthier this week, I may still have gone that route; instead at least we have a viable solution. 142 is clear on runway 1!
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Brian Masinick
Appreciate all your work, Brian.
Hope you feel better soon.
Thanks! The one “problem” that still rears it’s head is that with multiple kernels installed, when I switch kernels or start up the 142 kernel after a poweroff, it seems to do the long hunt for /dev. However, IF I try a few times, or first boot to a 4.9 kernel, then instead of a poweroff shutdown, do a reboot, that seems to help. Haven’t determined the root cause of this remaining issue, but a message about SELinux is one possible clue. That one I’m still doing a bit of follow-up detective work on!
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
I’m here using a Live USB with antiX 21 and I’m setting it up with one of the flavors of Frugal persistence and see how well it goes today.
I set my inxi.conf to allow me to update it here, so this is what we have right now, including the browser running:
inxi -Fxz System: Kernel: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 2.8.0 Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5558 v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Dell model: 086DKN v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: A04 date: 08/06/2015 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.1/41.4 Wh (72.6%) volts: 16.9 min: 14.8 model: Samsung SDI DELL 07G07587587 status: full CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell rev: 4 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 2449 high: 2613 min/max: 500/3000 cores: 1: 2613 2: 2396 3: 2395 4: 2395 bogomips: 19157 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-8 bus-ID: 00:02.0 Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] vendor: Dell driver: N/A arch: Kepler bus-ID: 08:00.0 Device-3: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-5:4 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 Device-3: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.1 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 06:00.0 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-6:5 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: stopped rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 475.77 GiB used: 19.7 GiB (4.1%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 28.64 GiB Partition: Message: No partition data found. Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /live/boot-dev/swap-file Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2200 Info: Processes: 141 Uptime: 29m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 957.1 MiB (12.2%) Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1572 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.21--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
So far this is working out fine; I’m here now with the Palemoon Web browser that I added through Package Installer. The current version appears to be up to date. Good!
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
I’m still here with the Frugal instance I started earlier. I went through most of my Email and initial forum messages to read using the current release of Palemoon.
Now I switched over to the Firefox ESR that comes with the antiX 21 release, though I did UPDATE the software, so I’m getting Firefox ESR 91.13.0esr at the present moment, which I believe is the CURRENT ESR until the versions shift – the next round of Firefox releases is nearly upon us. (I have another topic with the various Firefox versions and updates with the specifics).--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
I just shifted to Firefox instead of Firefox-ESR. This one is showing up today as Firefox 104.0.1.
I started this one up from the command line, with “apulse firefox” to see if the sound on this Frugal instance will work.
Answer: it does work.--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Continuing with — using a Live USB with antiX 21 with one of the flavors of Frugal persistence.
One of the things I was concerned about when running like this for a long time was something mentioned earlier by someone – USB getting very hot.
In my case I tried to put as much of this instance BACK into my persistent state and I think it’s working.
The USB is still on and it is warm but not super hot; the one I have is plastic; that would have been a disaster!Anyway my next step is to turn this guy off and then come back and see if it retained the persistence I created; in the past it’s worked fine.
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