Late night last night, but finally all is working.
The mechanical assembly was easier than I thought.
But ran into booting problems....
I went with the stock MX 23.5 I had on a stick. What a hassle, Asus and Microsoft are making it harder for Linux guys.
The live USB ran fine, but after installation, no bootable device could be found, despite it being there, and attempting a grub repair.
Googling from the live session, it appears that I need the CSM enabled in the BIOS, but it cannot be enabled with the integrated graphics (on my AMD machine, and apparently on Intel integrated graphics also. [I will research deeper into this, but for now I got it working.]
So, I installed the old nvidia card again, and then it booted after I enabled CSM, Boot device control = UEFI+ legacy OPRM, and booting from UEFI only -> Legacy.
A 7 minute install, ran all the synaptic upgrades.
I ran the uip tool, again appreciation of how useful this little tool is ! All installed programs are back.
Ran the Memtest 86, 5 hours last night , no errors.
Now to transfer all my data back onto the data drives.
So far, very fast, no problems detected yet.
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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 Jan 12 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B650-PLUS WIFI v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3057 date: 10/29/2024
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A level: v4 note: check
family: 0x1A (26) model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xB404023
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 640 KiB
desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3006 high: 3050 min/max: 3000/3800 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 3000 2: 3000 3: 3000 4: 3000 5: 3000 6: 3000
7: 3050 8: 3000 9: 3000 10: 3000 11: 3000 12: 3049 13: 3000 14: 3000 15: 3000 16: 3000
bogomips: 121599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
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: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 470.256.02
non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Fermi 2 code: GF119/GK208
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2010-16 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:128b class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositors: 1: xfwm v: 4.20.0 2: Compton v: 1 driver:
X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96 size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")
diag: 584mm (22.99") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.256.02 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0d:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
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 RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Foxconn
driver: mt7921e v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 09:00.0
chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:3
chip-ID: 0489:e0e2 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
software: no address: <filter>
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 240:8 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.46 TiB used: 541.74 GiB (9.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 31.9 C scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 2B2QKXG7 temp: 30.9 C scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 48.83 GiB size: 47.76 GiB (97.81%) used: 10.42 GiB (21.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 390.62 GiB size: 383.43 GiB (98.16%) used: 107.7 MiB (0.0%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 1 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 64.45 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 0.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 44 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 50%
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2514 libs: 1376 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
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/mx.list
1: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
Processes: 321 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 1 Memory: 62.44 GiB used: 2.24 GiB (3.6%) 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: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
