Is there an AHS repo for antix

[MAYBL8]

I know there is one for MX but is there one I can add to antix?
Can I add the MX repo on a antix system?
How would I do that or what is the answer?
Thanks

[JayM]

The closest to antiX AHS there is that I'm aware of is the Debian Sid-based version. If you add MX repos to antiX you'll probably break it. The two distros have many things in common as they're sister-distros (antiX devs have been collaborating with former MEPIS devs to make MX) but they're not the same. That's why the antiX repo that used to be included with MX has been removed, to let the two distros go their own directions independently of one another.

[MAYBL8]

Maybe I should ask the question this way:
I am trying to test out antix on a live usb.
For my system I need the kernel AHS uses to get the system to boot.
I am unfamiliar with antix.
How do I get the newer kernel in antix?

[JayM]

Synaptic Package Installer should show available kernels in a search. You'll want to also install the headers for whatever kernel you choose. There are a lot of 5.x kernels there.

[MAYBL8]

got it
I'll see if that works.

[JayM]

Search for linux then scroll down to the Ls, past all the libraries. Look for linux-headers and linux-image. I don't remember whether Synaptic gives the option to also install recommended packages but if it does I would say yes.

[JayM]

BTW, IIRC Synaptic is found in Applications -> System in the menu.

[Stevo]

MX needs a special program to update a kernel on a Live USB; I'm sure antiX has the same thing.

Or you can install antiX in a virtual machine, upgrade the kernel in that, remove the old one, and make a snapshot of that install to install onto your USB.

[MAYBL8]

Thanks for the suggestions.
I will probably try the Virtualbox idea.
This laptop I have is having difficulty with the different kernels.
Anything above 5.4 and sound won't work. Anything below 5.4 and it won't boot.
It seems like anything above 5.4 and persist won't work on a live usb.
I have a lot of testing to do and it gets more complicated everyday.
Hopefully one day all the devs out there will catch up with my system and get it working completely.
I have a lot of posts scattered out there on all my different projects on this machine.
Thanks for taking the time to try to help.

[MAYBL8]

I used Virtualbox to get the Kernel updated.
That allowed it to boot.
Problem now is I can't get persist to work with new kernel on this laptop.
I will update this post with the QSI in a few minutes.


Can I get some help with thing to try to get persist to work. I don't know what else to try unless we just say it's a no go on this laptop.
Thanks

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$ inxi -Fxx
System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 5.4.7-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Desktop: IceWM 1.6.5 dm: SLiM 
           Distro: antiX-19.2_x64-full Hannie Schaft 27 March 2020 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Convertible System: HP product: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-df1xxx v: N/A serial: <root required> Chassis: 
           type: 31 serial: <root required> 
           Mobo: HP model: 863F v: 54.23 serial: <root required> UEFI: AMI v: F.20 date: 11/29/2019 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 79.0 Wh condition: 79.0/79.0 Wh (100%) volts: 13.1/11.6 model: HP Primary serial: SerialNumber 
           status: Full 
           Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:2992.0006-battery model: ELAN2514:00 04F3:2992 serial: N/A charge: N/A status: N/A 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-10510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: C L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 36799 
           Speed: 4237 MHz min/max: 400/4900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4295 2: 4191 3: 4301 4: 4299 5: 4283 6: 4301 7: 4297 
           8: 4300 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9b41 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A bus ID: 3b:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1d13 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:02c8 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.7-antix.1-amd64-smp 
Network:   Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:02f0 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 0c:dd:24:ab:82:13 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152 bus ID: 4-1.3:3 chip ID: 0bda:8153 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 34:29:8f:74:48:c5 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 533.49 GiB used: 1.73 GiB (0.3%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0202AH size: 476.94 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 
           serial: PHTE922601FP512B-1 
           ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0202AHO size: 27.25 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 
           serial: PHTE922601FP512B-2 
           ID-3: /dev/sda type: USB model: SMI USB size: 29.30 GiB serial: DISK 
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 bus ID: 00:17.0 chip ID: 8086.282a 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 12.16 GiB used: 45.7 MiB (0.4%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 16.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 205 Uptime: 11m Memory: 15.28 GiB used: 808.4 MiB (5.2%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 
           Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 running in: roxterm inxi: 3.0.36 
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