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  • #89359
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      Thanks Wallon! I’ve been using a couple of my other systems today, but this gives me something to examine; not sure there is much more I can do other than what I’ve already done by keeping a few other kernels available. But your note at least provides me with a plausible example for the frequent problems I’ve seen on that system.

      Now I’m back with an OLD system that has a partially broken hinge between the keyboard section and the laptop monitor, but I’ve been able to get more life out of this one with an old 4.9 kernel and a light antiX configuration; here’s a 2008 HP laptop, my oldest current system!

      inxi -b
      System:
        Host: antix21 Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64
          Desktop: IceWM v: 2.9.7 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30
          October 2021
      Machine:
        Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC
          v: F.0E serial: <superuser required>
        Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 30C9 v: KBC Version 75.28
          serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68MSP Ver. F.0E
          date: 11/04/2008
      Battery:
        ID-1: C23D charge: 36.7 Wh (49.2%) condition: 74.6/74.6 Wh (100.0%)
      CPU:
        Info: dual core Intel Core2 Duo U7600 [MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 933
          min/max: 800/1200
      Graphics:
        Device-1: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics driver: i915
          v: kernel
        Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: intel gpu: i915
          resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
        OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM (CL) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5
      Network:
        Device-1: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Network driver: e1000e
        Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network
          driver: iwl4965
      Drives:
        Local Storage: total: 74.53 GiB used: 3.62 GiB (4.9%)
      Info:
        Processes: 172 Uptime: 5m Memory: 1.93 GiB used: 325.9 MiB (16.5%)
        Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.21

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        Hello, today i’am in my Raspberry Pi 4 with 04GB of RAM and Raspberry Pi OS aarch64 (based on Debian). I wish I was using Devuan, but unfortunately its performance sucks.

        $ sudo inxi -Fxxz
        System:    Kernel: 5.15.61-v8+ aarch64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Console: tty 0 wm: Mutter DM: LightDM 
                   Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
        Machine:   Type: ARM Device System: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.1 details: BCM2835 rev: c03111 serial: <filter> 
        CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: N/A variant: cortex-a72 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: ARMv8 rev: 3 
                   features: Use -f option to see features bogomips: 432 
                   Speed: 1500 MHz min/max: 600/1500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1500 2: 1500 3: 1500 4: 1500 
        Graphics:  Device-1: bcm2711-hdmi0 driver: vc4_hdmi v: N/A bus ID: N/A chip ID: brcm:fef00700 
                   Device-2: bcm2711-hdmi1 driver: vc4_hdmi v: N/A bus ID: N/A chip ID: brcm:fef05700 
                   Device-3: bcm2711-vc5 driver: vc4_drm v: N/A bus ID: N/A chip ID: brcm:gpu 
                   Display: server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: mutter driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev 
                   resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz s-dpi: 96 
                   OpenGL: renderer: V3D 4.2 v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
        Audio:     Device-1: bcm2711-hdmi0 driver: vc4_hdmi bus ID: N/A chip ID: brcm:fef00700 
                   Device-2: bcm2711-hdmi1 driver: vc4_hdmi bus ID: N/A chip ID: brcm:fef05700 
                   Device-3: bcm2835-audio driver: bcm2835_audio bus ID: N/A chip ID: brcm:bcm2835_audio 
                   Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.15.61-v8+ 
        Network:   Message: No ARM data found for this feature. 
                   IF-ID-1: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
                   IF-ID-2: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
        Drives:    Local Storage: total: 14.84 GiB used: 3.28 GiB (22.1%) 
                   ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: SC16G size: 14.84 GiB serial: <filter> 
        Partition: ID-1: / size: 14.28 GiB used: 3.25 GiB (22.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2 
                   ID-2: /boot size: 255 MiB used: 30.5 MiB (12.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1 
        Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 100 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /var/swap 
        Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.2 C mobo: N/A 
                   Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
        Info:      Processes: 192 Uptime: 11m Memory: 3.78 GiB used: 945.2 MiB (24.4%) gpu: 76 MiB Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 
                   target: graphical.target Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: apt: 1422 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 
                   running in: lxterminal inxi: 3.3.01

        CPU =>Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40 GHz 04 Cores / 08 Threads.
        RAM =>12 Gb DDR3 1333
        GPU =>Palit GeForce GT 1030 2Gb GDDR5 (Driver Nvidia Current)
        Monitor => Samsung SyncMaster T22A300
        Goldentech GT-H61

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          Yippee! I got into the antiX 5.10.142 kernel on my Dell Inspiron 5558; it took some experimentation; here’s how I did it:

          earlier, I was able to boot in, but I used nomodeset; that had the consequence of not giving me any usable device to get into the X server, but at least I was able to boot, so I verified that indeed the kernel works.

          This time, I got in by selecting S and vga=vesa, so I went into single user mode, then issued telinit 5 to go the graphical user mode. I believe this system supports 1366xsomething, so that’s the next thing I’ll do; change the boot video parameter to something this display can support.

          I’ll check that using inxi’s “G” option to determine the capabilities, then keep the correct string handy. That ought to do it!

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            Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x0484 res: 1366×768 hz: 60 dpi: 101; so the correct video resolution to use is 1366×768 for the Dell 5558; noted; now to take some notes to get the correct boot command for that resolution (I knew this once, but it’s a fact long forgotten, but I’ll look it up and then keep this information handy!

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              I also got in with selecting S and vga=vesa on the linux line` with the 5.10.142 kernel, and when I got to the prompt, I just pressed Ctrl-D and went to multi-user mode successfully. Quite a hack, but at least I can get in!

              I tried to set the mode to 1366×768 by editing /etc/default/grub, explicitly setting GRUB_GFXMODE to 1366×768, then running update-grub; that alone still doesn’t get it, but booting in single user mode, and then going to multi-user mode with VESA set does appear to work, and once in, inxi -G reports at least that 1366×768 IS the mode; it STILL bugs me that the Liquorix kernels and the version 4 kernels DON’T require any manual boot line hacking whatsoever, but I at least have a way to get in now with the 5.10 kernels as well as the other kernels.

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                it STILL bugs me that the Liquorix kernels and the version 4 kernels DON’T require any manual boot line hacking whatsoever,

                Similarly, the jxself gnu linux libre kernels (versions 4 or 5), which I’m running on an Asus laptop, don’t require any hacking either – they just work.

                ▪ 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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                  @mikey: that’s good to know, thanks!

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                      Today’s info running Kernel: 5.19.0-9.1-liquorix-amd64 on my Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5558:

                      inxi -Fxxz 
                      System:
                        Kernel: 5.19.0-9.1-liquorix-amd64 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: N/A
                          serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
                        Mobo: Dell model: 086DKN v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
                          v: A18 date: 12/30/2019
                      Battery:
                        ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.1/41.4 Wh (72.6%)
                          volts: 16.7 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: 2397 high: 2401 min/max: 500/2401 boost: enabled cores:
                          1: 2398 2: 2397 3: 2395 4: 2401 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 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: N/A
                          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: 2-5:3 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: k5.19.0-9.1-liquorix-amd64 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: 2-6:4 chip-ID: 8087:07dc
                        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: 21.28 GiB (4.8%)
                        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: 21.27 GiB (27.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
                        ID-2: /boot/efi size: 98.4 MiB used: 7.4 MiB (7.5%) 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: 55.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C
                        Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2200
                      Info:
                        Processes: 169 Uptime: 1h 5m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 1.89 GiB (24.6%)
                        Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1
                        alt: 10 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1602 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4
                        running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.21

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                        Hooray! I’m in the process of replacing my Acer Aspire A515-55 with ” HP 14 Laptop, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD Storage, 14-inch Full HD Display, Windows 11 Home, Thin & Portable, Micro-edge & Anti-glare Screen, Long Battery Life (14-fq1025nr, 2021)”, ordering through Amazon, expecting it Thursday, September 22 – Friday, September 23.

                        The Acer Aspire A515-55 had a 10th generation Intel core i3 processor and it was reasonably responsive, but I had a lot of trouble with the Acer Firmware and system configuration tool. From the very beginning, it took me a couple of weeks to figure out how to enable AHCI capabilities so that I could replace Windows 10 with a few Linux distributions. Then, when I did, most of the time when I inserted a USB, unless it was formatted only a certain way, a tool they had called “Linpus” would come up, but half of the time, it wouldn’t even detect the USB Flash drive I was inserting, so when I’d run our Live USB Maker, for instance, this was a big problem. If I created everything using only the dd capabilities, SOMETIMES I’d have better results, but not always; it got tiring figuring out when things would work and when they wouldn’t.

                        To add insult to injury, the configuration tool got obscured and I couldn’t access it for quite a while (months). I wanted it back, scoured through on-line documents and finally found a way to get it back, only to discover that when I did, I had it password protected; I looked everywhere, including the original box to see if I had the written password saved somewhere; still haven’t found it, so I decided to get rid of this system entirely. Performance is decent when it is working properly, but it has the worst system BIOS/ control center of any system I’ve used throughout my lifetime.

                        A friend of mine told me that the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U system is a much more price/performance capable model, and the other old HP systems I have in the corner have easy to use BIOS units, so I’m looking forward to the change; should have it here by Friday!

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                          Naturally one of the first things I’ll do is replace Windows 11 with some Linux distributions, but I may take it for a quick spin before saying “Adios!” 🙂

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                            Using EndeavourOS for a bit on my Dell Inspiron 5558 laptop:

                            inxi -zv4
                            System:
                              Kernel: 5.19.9-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
                                Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.1 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
                            Machine:
                              Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5558 v: N/A
                                serial: <superuser required>
                              Mobo: Dell model: 086DKN v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
                                v: A18 date: 12/30/2019
                            Battery:
                              ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.1/41.4 Wh (72.6%)
                                volts: 16.7 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: 798 min/max: 500/3000 cores: 1: 798 2: 798 3: 798
                                4: 798 bogomips: 19161
                              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: nouveau
                                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: 21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: intel,modesetting
                                gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
                              OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa
                                22.1.7 direct render: 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: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
                              Device-3: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb
                                bus-ID: 2-6:4
                            Drives:
                              Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 17.93 GiB (4.0%)
                              ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB
                            Partition:
                              ID-1: / size: 78.19 GiB used: 17.92 GiB (22.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
                              ID-2: /boot/efi size: 98.4 MiB used: 7.4 MiB (7.5%) fs: vfat
                                dev: /dev/sda1
                            Info:
                              Processes: 167 Uptime: 31m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 1.92 GiB (25.1%)
                              Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: 851 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
                              inxi: 3.3.21

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                              Back to antiX:

                              pinxi -v5
                              System:
                                Host: Brian Kernel: 5.19.0-10.1-liquorix-amd64 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: N/A
                                  serial: <superuser required>
                                Mobo: Dell model: 086DKN v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
                                  v: A18 date: 12/30/2019
                              Battery:
                                ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.1/41.4 Wh (72.6%)
                                  volts: 16.7 min: 14.8 model: Samsung SDI DELL 07G07587587 status: full
                              Memory:
                                RAM: total: 7.68 GiB used: 1.03 GiB (13.4%)
                                RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
                                  required.
                              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: 2400 high: 2401 min/max: 500/2401 boost: enabled cores:
                                  1: 2397 2: 2401 3: 2401 4: 2401 bogomips: 19156
                                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: 2-5:3
                                Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
                                  unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris 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 API: ALSA v: k5.19.0-10.1-liquorix-amd64 running: yes
                              Network:
                                Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 06:00.0
                                IF: wlan0 state: up mac: b4:6d:83:44:f0:02
                                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: 20:47:47:d5:7c:0f
                              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: B4:6D:83:44:F0:06
                              Drives:
                                Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 22.06 GiB (4.9%)
                                ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB
                                Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: PLDS model: DVD+-RW DU-8A5LH rev: DD11
                                  dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
                              Partition:
                                ID-1: / size: 78.19 GiB used: 22.05 GiB (28.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
                                  label: rootantiX21 uuid: dadd5816-6e4a-468d-93ea-6639bf91d990
                                ID-2: /boot/efi size: 98.4 MiB used: 7.4 MiB (7.5%) fs: vfat
                                  dev: /dev/sda1 label: BOOT uuid: 31E2-D091
                              Swap:
                                ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2
                                  label: N/A uuid: 84f71f56-aca6-4e58-823b-e74e372f3eda
                              Sensors:
                                System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C
                                Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2200
                              Info:
                                Processes: 150 Uptime: 11m Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers:
                                gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1604 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 pinxi: 3.3.21-16

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                                I finally found a reliable, reproducible solution to my stuck antiX boots with the 5.10 kernel series.
                                Though once in a great while they just work, a reliable way, particularly on my Dell Inspiron 5558 laptop is to go into /etc/default/grub, eg.
                                sudo geany /etc/default/grub and search for GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet”; change it to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”nofb” instead, and for
                                good measure, set

                                GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768x32,auto
                                set GFXPAYLOAD=keep

                                save the file, and run `sudo update-grub’ and then /boot/grub/grub.cfg should contain
                                linux /boot/vmlinuz-5.10.142-antix.2-amd64-smp root=UUID=dadd5816-6e4a-468d-93ea-6639bf91d990 ro nofb
                                or something similar for the antiX kernels; it doesn’t hurt any of them, but it ensures that the 5.10 kernels will boot without the framebuffer, which has been causing problems, as I discovered when I took off the quiet flag.

                                Problem solved.

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                                Brian Masinick

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                                  Reference that confirmed my suspicion: https://support.digium.com/community/s/article/How-to-disable-the-Linux-frame-buffer-if-it-s-causing-problems
                                  (there are other similar articles available too).

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