Re: cannot install MX Linux on Windows 11 laptop
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:51 pm
Current Quick System Info:
Thanks for all the responses. I tried the Brightness Systray with the non AHS MX-Linux release and changing things there would have zero effect. I remember it saying Software brightness. No hardware settting. It still does say Softwware now, but now I can see brightness changes if I adjust the slider. Now I just use the F3 and F4 keys, which double as Brightness controls.
I forgot to mention that the cursor will only move with a mouse attached. Touchpad gets no action with MX Linux on this laptop too.
What happend to Windows? I ended up killing it, or maybe it killed me first.
Initially I tried to resize the partition and restore the system to factory defaults, but it did not work. Computer still starts up with Microsoft's Preparing Automatic Repair, which always fails. Restoring to factory defaults always fails too. Microsoft is not making it easy. I load up GParted off the 'Live' USB.
* The existing 100MB ESP partition was deleted.
* The existing 16MB Microsoft reserved partition with 'unknown' file system (according to GParted) was deleted too.
* I create a new 116MB ESP partition out of those two (100MB + 16MB).
I decided to re-install MX Linux. I still kept the Acer recovery partition but I have no idea if I can use it. I am a mere hobbyist and it may be beyond my grasp. MX Linux is installed. Microsoft is gone. I did experience some strange error messages in MX Linux saying: 'Power Manager has left the Panel, would you like to restart it? Or words to that effect. I am not sure what that was about, but thought I would mention it.
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System: Kernel: 6.0.0-6mx-amd64 [6.0.12-1~mx21+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.0.0-6mx-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_ahs_x64 Wildflower January 15 2023
base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Swift SF114-34 v: V1.03 serial: <filter> Chassis:
type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: JSL model: Labatt_JL v: V1.03 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.03
date: 12/28/2020
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 23.8 Wh (56.3%) condition: 42.3/48.0 Wh (88.1%) volts: 11.2
min: 11.2 model: LGC KT0030G020 AP18C8K type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Discharging cycles: 60
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N4500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Tremont family: 6
model-id: 9C (156) stepping: 0 microcode: 24000023 cache: L2: 4 MiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 4454
Speed: 791 MHz min/max: 800/2800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800
Vulnerabilities: 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 mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: retbleed 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 IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel JasperLake [UHD Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4e55 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:2
chip-ID: 04f2:b6dd class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158 size: 309x173mm (12.2x6.8")
diag: 354mm (13.9")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (JSL) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Jasper Lake HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_icl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:4dc8 class-ID: 0401
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.0.0-6mx-amd64 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: 3000
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:4df0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block:
hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: slave accept
Drives: Local Storage: total: 58.31 GiB used: 7.3 GiB (12.5%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 maj-min: 179:0 vendor: Kingston model: TA2964 size: 58.31 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0x8
scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 24.94 GiB size: 24.38 GiB (97.76%) used: 7.29 GiB (29.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/mmcblk0p3 maj-min: 179:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 116 MiB size: 114.2 MiB (98.45%) used: 282 KiB (0.2%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1 maj-min: 179:1
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2.39 GiB used: 9.8 MiB (0.4%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/mmcblk0p6 maj-min: 179:6
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos: Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1969 lib: 990 flatpak: 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 bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirror.datamossa.io/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
2: deb http://mirror.datamossa.io/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info: Processes: 216 Uptime: 1h 2m wakeups: 17 Memory: 3.65 GiB used: 2.51 GiB (68.7%)
Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A
alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06
Boot Mode: UEFII forgot to mention that the cursor will only move with a mouse attached. Touchpad gets no action with MX Linux on this laptop too.
What happend to Windows? I ended up killing it, or maybe it killed me first.
Initially I tried to resize the partition and restore the system to factory defaults, but it did not work. Computer still starts up with Microsoft's Preparing Automatic Repair, which always fails. Restoring to factory defaults always fails too. Microsoft is not making it easy. I load up GParted off the 'Live' USB.
* The existing 100MB ESP partition was deleted.
* The existing 16MB Microsoft reserved partition with 'unknown' file system (according to GParted) was deleted too.
* I create a new 116MB ESP partition out of those two (100MB + 16MB).
I decided to re-install MX Linux. I still kept the Acer recovery partition but I have no idea if I can use it. I am a mere hobbyist and it may be beyond my grasp. MX Linux is installed. Microsoft is gone. I did experience some strange error messages in MX Linux saying: 'Power Manager has left the Panel, would you like to restart it? Or words to that effect. I am not sure what that was about, but thought I would mention it.