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I am atempting to upgrade to 21.1 from 19.1 using the iso MX 21.1_x64 downloaded 12th June. I maded a live USB which appears to load OK with the items on the welcome screen working except for the Install.
I get no visible response but it seems to be doing something as a repeated selection of the install command reports that it is running in the background and asks that I kill it. I created a second live USB on a different stick but the results are the same.

The system is
System:
Kernel: 4.19.0-20-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-20-amd64
root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.14.0
vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo March 31 2021
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2344BPU v: ThinkPad T440p
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 2344BPU v: 0B98417 PRO serial: <filter>
UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO v: G1ETB7WW (2.77 ) date: 06/05/2018
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 10.2 Wh (96.2%) condition: 10.6/47.5 Wh (22.2%)
volts: 11.6 min: 10.8 model: LGC 45N1005 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Not charging
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-3520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21
cache: L2: 4 MiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 23147
Speed: 1197 MHz min/max: 1200/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1197 2: 1197
3: 1197 4: 1197
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GF108M [NVS 5400M] driver: N/A alternate: nvidia
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0def class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.14.0 driver:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3")
s-diag: 583mm (23")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 132
size: 309x174mm (12.2x6.9") diag: 355mm (14")
Monitor-2: VGA-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.6") diag: 551mm (21.7")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile v: 4.2 Mesa 18.3.6
compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0bea class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.19.0-20-amd64 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 12.2 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T440p
driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 7080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153a
class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 10 Mbps duplex: half mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel modules: wl port: efa0 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.4:5 chip-ID: 0a5c:21e6 class-ID: fe01
serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1
lmp-v: 4.0 sub-v: 220e hci-v: 4.0 rev: 1000
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch sniff
link-mode: slave accept
service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 22.67 GiB (4.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS545050A7E680
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: AF10 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 19.53 GiB size: 19.1 GiB (97.79%)
used: 10.65 GiB (55.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
ID-2: /home raw-size: 78.12 GiB size: 76.4 GiB (97.79%)
used: 12.02 GiB (15.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2567
Repos:
Packages: 2163 note: see --pkg apt: 2155 lib: 1080 flatpak: 8
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 buster-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info:
Processes: 211 Uptime: 6h 58m wakeups: 11 Memory: 7.48 GiB
used: 1.5 GiB (20.0%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in
default: Bash v: 5.0.3 running-in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.3.06

I've been running MX for a while with no problems with previous version upgrades.
Thanks for help offered.

Can you just do this please ? (original QSI already had these code tags but you skipped them when manually copying)

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westover wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:35 pmworking except for the Install.

What about this? In a terminal:
Just btw. it's best to first update & upgrade then start installation (as the installer itself will also be the latest version)

Or at least, first:

silly question, but when you selected the installer on the desktop of the live USB, did you double click? I believe default usage is single click so I'm wondering if a double click would have made installer run twice, which might be causing the lack of visible response (ie maybe there are 2 instances trying to run at the same time?).

Another question, did you check the hashsum of the iso you downloaded?

Just checked hashsum on download which matches that given on Mirrors page.
Single click used to select install
Here is a re-run of the QSI data
I did try running minstall (rather than minstall-launch) in the terminal and got a large number of fails and eventually a stall. It was way beyond my expertise to make any sense of this!!

Thanks for all the suggestions - I'll keep fiddling with it. I did wonder if it was something to do with video drivers as my machine is blessed with Optimus and I recall some issues in the past.

Your usb drive could be defective or dying, so try a different one.

Also, how did you create the install drive? The best chances of success lie with MX's own Live USB Maker, Rufus on Windows, or DD from the command line.

For pendrive and disks checks there is "HD Tune Pro" for Windows. I don't know whether it has alternative for Linux. You need to error scan & see speed map if there is any problem with your drive it will be noticed.

Thanks for all suggestions from the forum.The issue is resolved although I think it may be if not unique certainly rare.I typically operate with a monitor as my working screen and keep the lap top lid closed (lack of room!).Trying to get more information on the issue I opened the lid and found an entirely different screen, and one with a working install script.

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