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siduction with the xanmod kernel; got the 5.19-14 kernel update at first, then used the Synaptic Package Manager to search for the xanmod kernel and headers, found them, and here they are:
pinxi -zv7 System: Kernel: 6.0.0-x64v2-xanmod1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.34 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: siduction 21.3.0 Wintersky - xfce - (202112231826) base: Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 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%) volts: 12.8 min: 11.3 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: not charging Memory: RAM: total: 7.1 GiB used: 921.4 MiB (12.7%) RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. CPU: Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 8 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 2084 high: 4056 min/max: 400/4056 boost: enabled cores: 1: 4056 2: 2071 3: 510 4: 437 5: 4056 6: 4056 7: 437 8: 473 9: 4056 10: 400 11: 4056 12: 400 bogomips: 50303 Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5.1 pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164c class-ID: 0300 temp: 39.0 C Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b6f1 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93") Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1429 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480 OpenGL: renderer: RENOIR (renoir LLVM 14.0.6 DRM 3.48 6.0.0-x64v2-xanmod1) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.0 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403 Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480 Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403 Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.0-x64v2-xanmod1 running: yes Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.59 running: yes Network: Device-1: Realtek vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852ae v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:a85a class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link WAN IP: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0bda:385a class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2 sub-v: a0cd hci-v: 5.2 rev: d9a8 Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 24.76 GiB (10.4%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Toshiba model: KBG40ZNV256G KIOXIA size: 238.47 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: HP00AE00 temp: 28.9 C scheme: GPT Message: No optical or floppy data found. Partition: ID-1: / size: 34.25 GiB used: 24.69 GiB (72.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 label: siduction uuid: e8534128-4ce0-4849-8fc8-4d2a50d8d3e2 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 72.7 MiB (28.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 label: SYSTEM uuid: 669B-9111 Swap: Alert: No swap data was found. Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 label: rootMX21 uuid: 38ddb821-0501-4d8a-9266-fb61ab327075 ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 label: rootantiX21 uuid: e1d85e10-a42a-4ed5-a98e-c860607e6910 ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A uuid: e346e37f-8388-4c6c-b17e-b6ecec4b9547 ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p5 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A uuid: f4d82c2c-b2d1-4708-a9ca-3e777c72924e ID-5: /dev/nvme0n1p6 size: 7.81 GiB fs: swap label: N/A uuid: d5ee9225-6bf8-4ea5-9299-547b7272c289 USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b6f1 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:385a class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 3-2:2 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 Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 42.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 40.0 C Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0 Info: Processes: 286 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 222 Init: systemd v: 251 target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 11/12 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2069 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.0 running-in: xfce4-terminal pinxi: 3.3.22-2--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Brian Masinick
Spam filter license has been updated.
For those who may be interested;
xanmod has a working Version 6.0 Linux kernel.--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Got a V6.0 kernel installed here:
pinxi -zv7 System: Kernel: 6.0.0-x64v2-xanmod1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 vt: 7 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 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%) volts: 12.8 min: 11.3 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: not charging Memory: RAM: total: 7.1 GiB used: 577.5 MiB (7.9%) RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. CPU: Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 8 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 3554 high: 4056 min/max: 400/4056 boost: enabled cores: 1: 4056 2: 4056 3: 2055 4: 4056 5: 2019 6: 4056 7: 4056 8: 4056 9: 4056 10: 4056 11: 4056 12: 2071 bogomips: 50301 Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5.1 pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164c class-ID: 0300 temp: 38.0 C Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b6f1 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93") Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1429 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480 OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.48.0 6.0.0-x64v2-xanmod1 LLVM 11.0.1) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403 Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480 Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403 Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.0-x64v2-xanmod1 running: yes Network: Device-1: Realtek vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852ae v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:a85a class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> IP v6: <filter> scope: link WAN IP: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0bda:385a class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: warning rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 18.8 GiB (7.9%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Toshiba model: KBG40ZNV256G KIOXIA size: 238.47 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: HP00AE00 temp: 25.9 C scheme: GPT Message: No optical or floppy data found. Partition: ID-1: / size: 47.76 GiB used: 18.72 GiB (39.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 label: rootantiX21 uuid: e1d85e10-a42a-4ed5-a98e-c860607e6910 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 256 MiB used: 72.7 MiB (28.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 label: SYSTEM uuid: 669B-9111 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 label: N/A uuid: d5ee9225-6bf8-4ea5-9299-547b7272c289 Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 label: rootMX21 uuid: 38ddb821-0501-4d8a-9266-fb61ab327075 ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p4 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A uuid: e346e37f-8388-4c6c-b17e-b6ecec4b9547 ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p5 size: 48.83 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A uuid: f4d82c2c-b2d1-4708-a9ca-3e777c72924e ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p7 size: 35.09 GiB fs: ext4 label: siduction uuid: e8534128-4ce0-4849-8fc8-4d2a50d8d3e2 USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b6f1 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:385a class-ID: e001 serial: <filter> Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 3-2:2 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 Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: CPU: 40.4 C mobo: N/A GPU: amdgpu temp: 37.0 C Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0 Info: Processes: 282 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 104 Init: runit v: N/A runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1665 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm pinxi: 3.3.22-2--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Most of the time I open the terminal and collect the information stats BEFORE I open a Web browser. The previous report shows 577.5 MiB memory used; that’s clearly BEFORE the opening of the browser, but it does include the cost of the pinxi command, the terminal emulator, Conky and the few other tools that are already running.
Add in the browser and those numbers jump to 1.51 GiB (21.3%); still LOTS of free memory!
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Between the Liquorix and xanmod kernels, users who have NEWER equipment, have plenty of memory for advanced caching operations and other advanced features, these two alternate kernel sources are similar and both offer excellent interactive performance. I’ve added xanmod now to two distributions and I’ve been using them with good results for the past two days.
For those with older systems, our 4.9 kernel is excellent, and if you still need a REALLY old one, the 4.4 kernels are still available (4.4.296 is a helpful choice).
LOTS of great kernel options out there for us!
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Updating Linux kernels; both Liquorix and linux-xanmod-edge have updates today; I’ll reboot and try them both out later.
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Here is an update with the newer xanmod 6.0.1 kernel:
pinxi -v3 System: Host: brian-antix-hp-14fq1025nr Kernel: 6.0.1-x64v2-xanmod1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 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%) volts: 12.7 min: 11.3 model: HP Primary status: not charging CPU: Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 8 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 3394 high: 4056 min/max: 400/4056 boost: enabled cores: 1: 4056 2: 4056 3: 2071 4: 4056 5: 4056 6: 4056 7: 2071 8: 4056 9: 2071 10: 4056 11: 2071 12: 4056 bogomips: 50304 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5.1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 temp: 39.0 C Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:2 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.48.0 6.0.1-x64v2-xanmod1 LLVM 11.0.1) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Network: Device-1: Realtek vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852ae v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: d8:80:83:b7:f8:bd Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 20.03 GiB (8.4%) Info: Processes: 285 Uptime: 1m Memory: 7.1 GiB used: 587.6 MiB (8.1%) Init: runit runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1668 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 pinxi: 3.3.22-3--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Back in action after a long weekend vacation to the Atlantic seacoast.
I’ll update my antiX environment in a little while, either modifying this note or adding another informational update.
Regarding recent kernel discussions, there really isn’t enough difference in size or speed to make an argument in any direction.
It’s more a question of what your hardware can handle. For really new systems, you can’t use any of the kernels unless you have an Ethernet connection because the WiFi modules on new computers require newer firmware and thus newer kernels. The really old systems usually can handle new kernels, but there are efficiencies to be gained with the older kernels, provided the security updates are applied.
I went back to some pretty old systems and most CAN run newer kernels, but there are a few exceptions, depending on the hardware you use; with the commodity systems I’ve used from major manufacturers such as HP, Dell, and Lenovo, they’re pretty good with most kernels, but in some cases, we can’t guarantee; some hardware support has been dropped in the newest kernels, so some users may HAVE to use a 4 series kernel.
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Here with antiX and a brand new 6.0.2-x64v2-xanmod1 Linux kernel. I’ve only seen a few 6.0 kernels; EndeavourOS has them; I found this source late last week; it’s the way to go if you want the latest kernel for your recent vintage system; you can try them out if you wish for other systems too; search for xanmod Linux kernel.
pinxi -b System: Host: brian-antix-hp-14fq1025nr Kernel: 6.0.2-x64v2-xanmod1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 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: 4056 min/max: 400/4056 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.48.0 6.0.2-x64v2-xanmod1 LLVM 11.0.1) Network: Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 18.47 GiB (7.7%) Info: Processes: 268 Uptime: 0m Memory: 7.1 GiB used: 577 MiB (7.9%) Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.22-6--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
The information script inxi is actively in development; the development implementation, pinxi shows that there have now been 7 updates toward the 3.3.23 (or however the next version is numbered). antiX on new systems requires a different kernel in order to support wireless networking, so I’ve been using the 6.0.2-x64v2-xanmod1 or the latest xanmod1 kernel recently on my newest computer:
pinxi -b System: Host: brian-antix-hp-14fq1025nr Kernel: 6.0.2-x64v2-xanmod1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 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: 4056 min/max: 400/4056 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.48.0 6.0.2-x64v2-xanmod1 LLVM 11.0.1) Network: Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 18.6 GiB (7.8%) Info: Processes: 284 Uptime: 1m Memory: 7.1 GiB used: 581.4 MiB (8.0%) Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.22-7- This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by Brian Masinick.
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
With the Firefox Developer Edition running here, this is the basic information that is displayed by the information tool, which I have copied to my personal ~/bin directory so I can freely control it as I prefer. I also have edited the /etc/inxi.conf file as follows:
cat /etc/inxi.conf B_ALLOW_UPDATE='true'— this allows me to update the “official” copy of inxi too; you’re on your own if you choose to do this and you actually know and understand what you’re doing!
inxi -b System: Host: brian-antix-hp-14fq1025nr Kernel: 6.0.2-x64v2-xanmod1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 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: 3599 min/max: 400/4056 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.48.0 6.0.2-x64v2-xanmod1 LLVM 11.0.1) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 Network: Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 19.09 GiB (8.0%) Info: Processes: 270 Uptime: 9m Memory: 7.1 GiB used: 1.36 GiB (19.1%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.22--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
… “hint” for the curious and creative ones:
1) sudo geany /etc//etc/inxi.conf
2) change B_ALLOW_UPDATE=’false’ to B_ALLOW_UPDATE=’true’
3) Save and exit geany.
4) now you can run sudo inxi -U and it will update the inxi information script when there is a newer version available.The easier, safer way, in my opinion, is to copy /usr/bin/inxi to a personal directory, for example, cp /usr/bin/inxi /home/my-id/inxi
The file is owned by root, but it’s ownership and permissions are:ls -l inxi -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1154827 Oct 11 10:24 inxiso when you copy it, the permissions will remain the same, but if you DON’T use sudo and simply use cp, since it IS readable and executable, it’s possible to copy it into a private location without using special permissions, rights, or a privileged account.
There you have it; if you want to have your own copy of inxi to update, read, experiment with, etc., there you go!
Those interested in pinxi can see if they can figure it out; otherwise if I’m around, I may be able to provide details. I am going to be away for several days to visit family.
Leaving tomorrow morning early.--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
One other note: unless you either add the location where you copy this, or any other executable file, to your PATH, you will have to provide either a relative path or an absolute path in order to run your program, whether inxi or something else.
The default location of inxi, /usr/bin, IS in the default PATH so it works.
This is basic stuff, but I mention it for those who are “learning” how to do things. Hope this stuff interests someone beside me at some point; if not, this is sort of a journal of some of the things I do with antiX. That’s what I originally created this thread for; occasionally others “chime in” (and you may do so, as long as it’s about similar things to what I share here, perhaps with your own personal preferences).
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