[SOLVED] Installation problem

[tolcan]

Dear Friends,
Please help. I am a new linux user.
I downloaded iso image, made usb installer, I can installed it to my notebooks they all work perfect.
But when I boot my desktop with the same usb / live. It boots up but the screen looks so weird. Please see the attached picture.
Manjaro, Parrot os and many others all work without problems on my desktop. I face this problem only with MX-linux which I want to use on my desktop only.
I also have attached inxi -Fxzr > a.txt file.
Would you please have a look and advice me how to sort this problem out?
Thank you in advance.
And thank you mx linux for staying away from system.d
Kind regards,
T.

Note: My display is high resolution 2560x1440 (Benq GW2765), could it be the problem? After boot up I managed to open the display settings but display was not identified.

[dolphin_oracle]

its probably not the display but it may be the graphics drivers. get a similar problem when I boot my usually 64 bit machine with one of the 32 bit isos (antiX or MX).

on those machines, I use the nomodeset boot parameter. For my intel based machines, the boot code is

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nomodeset i915.modeset=0

the code would be different depending on your graphics hardware.

I think on the 19 series isos, the live-usb will automatically use the appropriate second code if the "nomodeset" code is used, but I don't quite remember.

[tolcan]

Thanks oracle but it did not help. Do you recommend to buy a Graphic card :) ? or should I wait for newer kernels 5.+xx for MX in the future ? I don't know if there is a possibility to update the kernel in the iso file?
Thank you anyway for the prompt reply... :)

[j2mcgreg]

Here's a work around that you could try. Use MX package installer to install a 5 series kernel on one of your working laptops and then create a snapshot of that laptop which you can the use to install MX on the desktop.

[JayM]

For everyone's convenience here's the original poster's computer information:

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System:    Host: mnjrusrdt-pc Kernel: 5.4.6-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.2.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 
           Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z390 DESIGNARE v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z390 DESIGNARE-CF v: x.x serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: F8 
           date: 10/15/2019 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech K520 charge: 70% (should be ignored) status: Discharging 
           Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M310/M310t charge: 55% (should be ignored) 
           status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-9600K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: C L2 cache: 9216 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 44412 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 630 vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.6 driver: intel unloaded: modesetting resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Coffeelake 3x8 GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 19.3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.6-2-MANJARO 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9560 [Jefferson Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 00:14.3 
           IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 
           IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb v: 5.6.0-k port: 3000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 69.77 GiB (15.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 457.45 GiB used: 69.77 GiB (15.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: 27.8 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist 
           1: https://mirror.23media.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
           2: https://mirror.zetup.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
           3: http://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
           4: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
           5: http://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
           6: https://mirror.d-tl.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
           7: http://manjaro.dcc.uchile.cl/stable/$repo/$arch
Info:      Processes: 225 Uptime: 2h 00m Memory: 30.31 GiB used: 2.05 GiB (6.8%) Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 9.2.0 
           Shell: bash v: 5.0.11 inxi: 3.0.37 

[JayM]

Here's a work around that you could try. Use MX package installer to install a 5 series kernel on one of your working laptops and then create a snapshot of that laptop which you can the use to install MX on the desktop.

Or just replace the kernel on the Live USB: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=51575

[tolcan]

Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for your help! My problem is solved.
I will try to explain how it is done so that it might help some other people in the future.
1. download fresh mx_install.iso file. install it on a memory stick(create mx linux live usb). That must be writable. Read only does not work. That is done during creating the live usb creation. (There is a tool in Mx linux for that if you have another working mx linux machine)
2. boot up any computer with the memory stick. install 5.2 or higher kernel on it. (it is in the package manager already)
3. there is a build in tool in mx linux to update the kernel, it will ask you to remaster it. Do it it! When it is done go and check your kernel version (uname -r)
if the kernel on the usb live is updated you are good to go..

Best wishes!
Cheers,
T.

[JayM]

Please edit your original post #1 (via the pencil icon at the top right) and add [SOLVED] to its subject. This makes it easier for others when they're searching the forum looking for solutions to the same question or problem. Thanks.

Also as a note to others, what he's talking about is to burn the MX iso to a USB stick using MX Live USB Maker, not "installing" MX to the USB which would entail running the MX Installer. Apparently there was either something wrong with either the originally-downloaded iso file, with its burn to a USB stick or an issue with running the stock 4.19 kernel on his particular hardware and he needed a newer kernel, that caused the video issues when running a live session (not an installation issue as the OP hadn't even run the installer yet).