Fornhamfred
Posts: 309 Joined: Sun May 02, 2010 12:49 pm
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by Fornhamfred Sat Jun 07, 2025 3:30 am
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Snapshot created on: 20250607_0612
System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto March 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8Z68-V LX v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0703 date: 10/21/2011
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse B330/M330/M331 serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-2500K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2
built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1675 high: 1770 min/max: 1600/3700 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1605 2: 1717 3: 1608 4: 1770 bogomips: 26485
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: disabled; RSB
filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Turks XT [Radeon HD 6670/7670] vendor: Hightech Information System driver: radeon
v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-2 code: Evergreen process: TSMC 32-40nm
built: 2009-15 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s ports:
active: VGA-1 empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6758 class-ID: 0300
temp: 36.5 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: radeon
dri: r600 gpu: radeon display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1360x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 360x204mm (14.17x8.03") s-diag: 414mm (16.29")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 mapped: VGA-0 model: LG (GoldStar) W1946 serial: <filter> built: 2010
res: 1360x768 hz: 60 dpi: 85 gamma: 1.2 size: 406x229mm (15.98x9.02") diag: 466mm (18.4")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1360x768 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.1.0-37-amd64 LLVM 15.0.6)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 6
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 3-2:3 bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 1130:1620
chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0300 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500/6600 / 6700M Series] vendor: Hightech
Information System driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa90 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Tenx USB AUDIO type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-37-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK P8P67 and other
motherboards driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 227.52 GiB (10.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: B1D1 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DL003-9VT166 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter>
rev: CC32 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: TransMemory size: 14.44 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 30.27 GiB size: 29.63 GiB (97.87%) used: 24.74 GiB (83.5%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.45%) used: 535 KiB (0.5%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 50.78 GiB size: 49.68 GiB (97.84%) used: 17.08 GiB (34.4%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 11.93 GiB used: 46.4 MiB (0.4%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 26.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 36.5 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2572 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2567 libs: 1345 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 5
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
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/megasync.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_12/ ./
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
Processes: 232 Uptime: 2h 18m wakeups: 30 Memory: 3.81 GiB used: 1.74 GiB (45.7%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
Following latest updates USB Maker is reporting Error encountered in live usb creation process.
This problem is on both my machines.
Eadwine Rose
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Posts: 14716 Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:10 am
#2
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by Eadwine Rose Sat Jun 07, 2025 3:31 am
Would be very nice if we could see WHAT the error was.
MX-23.6_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-37amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.20.0 * 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Fornhamfred
Posts: 309 Joined: Sun May 02, 2010 12:49 pm
#3
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by Fornhamfred Sat Jun 07, 2025 4:36 am
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/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N -C off --from=/media/Backups/MX-Snapshots/snapshot/snapshot-20250607_0611.iso -t /dev/sdg
program: live-usb-maker
started: Sat 7 Jun 06:31:53 BST 2025
version: 2.41.19-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64
OS: MX 23.6 (Libretto)
found lib: /usr/local/lib/cli-shell-utils/cli-shell-utils.bash
lib version: 2.41.05-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
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Found man page: live-usb-maker.1
Will use target device /dev/sdg (14.4G TOSHIBA TransMemory)
Will use source file /media/Backups/MX-Snapshots/snapshot/snapshot-20250607_0611.iso
Found grub config 2.0
Estimated extfs overhead for 14731M is 36M
Total Used Extra
entire drive 14.4 GiB 14.4 GiB 1 MiB
main partition 14.4 GiB 5.12 GiB 9.27 GiB
uefi partition 50 MiB 32 MiB 18 MiB
Ready to make live-usb on device sdg
... by copying file /media/Backups/MX-Snapshots/snapshot/snapshot-20250607_0611.iso
>> partition-clear
Total bytes: 15500574720
Total blocks: 30274560
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdg bs=512 count=34
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdg bs=512 count=34 seek=64
> dd status=none conv=notrunc if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdg bs=512 count=34 seek=30274526
> partprobe /dev/sdg
>> partition-make
Using msdos partitioning
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sdg unit MiB mklabel msdos
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdg seek=1024 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sdg unit MiB mkpart primary 1 14731
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sdg unit MiB set 1 boot on
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdg seek=15084544 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sdg unit MiB mkpart primary 14731 14780
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sdg unit MiB set 2 esp on
> partprobe /dev/sdg
> wait_for_file /dev/sdg1
>> makefs-bios
> mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit -m0 -i16384 -J size=32 /dev/sdg1
mke2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to rectify.
Creating filesystem with 3770880 4k blocks and 942848 inodes
Filesystem UUID: d6f2737d-5af2-4df1-8aae-2e611631c24c
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208
Allocating group tables: 0/116 done
Writing inode tables: 0/116 done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 0/116 done
> tune2fs -L Live-usb /dev/sdg1
tune2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
> wait_for_file /dev/sdg2
>> makefs-uefi
> mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n LIVE-UEFI /dev/sdg2
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
> partprobe /dev/sdg
> wait_for_file /dev/sdg1
> mkdir -p /run/live-usb-maker/main
> mount -t ext4 /dev/sdg1 /run/live-usb-maker/main
> wait_for_file /dev/sdg2
> mkdir -p /run/live-usb-maker/uefi
> mount -t vfat /dev/sdg2 /run/live-usb-maker/uefi
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdg1 ext4 15G 24K 15G 1% /run/live-usb-maker/main
/dev/sdg2 vfat 49M 512 49M 1% /run/live-usb-maker/uefi
>> copy-uefi
copy from iso to uefi partition
files [Ee][Ff][Ii] version
> cp --no-dereference --preserve=mode,links --recursive /run/live-usb-maker/iso/EFI /run/live-usb-maker/uefi/.
Fix Dell uefi memtest bug
> cp /run/live-usb-maker/uefi/EFI/BOOT/grubx64.efi /run/live-usb-maker/uefi/EFI/BOOT/fallback.efi
>> copy-main
> rm -rf /run/live-usb-maker/main/boot.orig
copy from iso to main partition
vm.dirty_bytes = 20000000
copy /antiX/vmlinuz
> cpio -pdm --quiet /run/live-usb-maker/main/
> e4defrag -v ./antiX/vmlinuz
e4defrag 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
ext4 defragmentation for ./antiX/vmlinuz
[1/1][1/1]./antiX/vmlinuz: 100% extents: 1 -> 1 [ OK ]
Success: [1/1]
copy /antiX/initrd.gz
> cpio -pdm --quiet /run/live-usb-maker/main/
> e4defrag -v ./antiX/initrd.gz
e4defrag 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
ext4 defragmentation for ./antiX/initrd.gz
[1/1][1/1]./antiX/initrd.gz: 100% extents: 1 -> 1 [ OK ]
Success: [1/1]
copy remaining files ...
> cpio -pdm --quiet /run/live-usb-maker/main/
copy pids: 14785 14788
cpio: /run/live-usb-maker/main//./.disk: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 0: No such file or directory
cpio: /run/live-usb-maker/main//./.disk: Cannot change mode to rwxr-xr-x: No such file or directory
cpio: /run/live-usb-maker/main//./.disk: Cannot utime: No such file or directory
Error: Error while copying files to main partition of live usb
live-usb-maker took 24 minutes and 7 seconds.
vm.dirty_bytes = 20000000
vm.dirty_ratio = 0
Last edited by
Fornhamfred on Sat Jun 07, 2025 6:00 am, edited 1 time in total.
Eadwine Rose
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by Eadwine Rose Sat Jun 07, 2025 4:56 am
Then edit it and use the code.
MX-23.6_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-37amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.20.0 * 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Fornhamfred
Posts: 309 Joined: Sun May 02, 2010 12:49 pm
#6
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by Fornhamfred Sat Jun 07, 2025 6:03 am
On my laptop live usb maker does not run at all just reports the error and so there is no file to attach.
Eadwine Rose
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Posts: 14716 Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:10 am
#7
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by Eadwine Rose Sat Jun 07, 2025 6:07 am
Please run from the terminal and post the output in code tags.
MX-23.6_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-37amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.20.0 * 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
j2mcgreg
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Posts: 6858 Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:04 pm
#8
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by j2mcgreg Sat Jun 07, 2025 6:16 am
Fornhamfred wrote: Sat Jun 07, 2025 6:03 am
On my laptop live usb maker does not run at all just reports the error and so there is no file to attach.
Is the error message consistent with all USB flash drive brands?
HP 15; ryzen 3 5300U APU; 500 Gb SSD; 8GB ram
Fornhamfred
Posts: 309 Joined: Sun May 02, 2010 12:49 pm
#9
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by Fornhamfred Sat Jun 07, 2025 6:18 am
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lf@mx:~
$ mx-live-usb-maker
mx-live-usb-maker version: 25.6
LUM is: "/usr/bin/live-usb-maker"
Options: "-N"
Target device: "sdg" Raw size (bytes): 15500574720 Size (GB): 14
Source filename property: "/media/Backups/MX-Snapshots/snapshot/snapshot-20250607_0611.iso"
ISO file size (bytes): 5462032384
/usr/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N -C off --from="/media/Backups/MX-Snapshots/snapshot/snapshot-20250607_0611.iso" -t /dev/sdg
lumlog "/tmp/live-usb-maker.log"
tac /var/log/live-usb-maker.log | sed '/^={60}=$/q' | tac > /tmp/live-usb-maker.log
Adrian
Developer
Posts: 8987 Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:42 am
#10
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by Adrian Sat Jun 07, 2025 8:31 am
It says that there's a log at /tmp/live-usb-maker.log any relevant info there?
Also, can you please try something for me, what if you run the CLI tool directly, "live-usb-maker" it's not that complicated, do you have the same issue with it? You should have the command you need to run in the output:
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live-usb-maker gui -N -C off --from=/media/Backups/MX-Snapshots/snapshot/snapshot-20250607_0611.iso -t /dev/sdg
(just make sure it's the correct drive)
