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Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:14 am**

Hey there!

I have a big problem with installing MX-21 on my newly built PC.
Sofar I use MX-19 on my notebook without any problem and therefore wanted to use the latest version of it on my new PC.

As for my PC system:
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-PLUS
Bios Version: 2423 x64 08-10-2021
Prozessor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
RAM 32GB
Graficscard: GeForce GTX275 noname brand

On this new PC I want to do a clean install of only MX-21.

What did I do sofar?
I changed the battery on the motherboard as I read that not saving the settings in Bios could be caused by a bad battery. Together with changing the battery I also rest the CMOS.
After this I tried several settings in the Bios so that I could install MX-21. Unfortunately without any success. The best I could get was a freez of the system after the initial set-up screen where it says: "Welcome to MX-21" and where I could choose my language, keyboard layout and time zone. After this initial settings and starting to install MX-21 it shows the next screen where it says something about MX-21 and a couple of dots underneath. On this screen the system freezes and the keyboard and mouse are deactivated.

The very same result I get, doesn't matter what settings I chose in the BIOS.
I tried a couple of combinations as for example but not exclusively:

For every try -> Fast boot disable.

Launch CSM to "enabled"

Boot Device Control to "UEFI and Legacy"

The other three "Boot from" options set to "UEFI only"

OS Type set to "Other OS"

Key Management "cleared"

Boot Option #1 "UEFI: Intenso Alu Line"

Boot Option #2 "Intenso Alu Line"

After those setting I did a "Save Changes and Reset" when leaving the Bios.

Those initial settings I then tried with other combinations and changes in the settings as for example:

Using the option in Bios for "Boot Override -> UEFI: Intenso Alu Line

Or changing the "Boot from" options to "Legacy only" or "Ignore"

Or changing the OS Type to "Windows UEFI mode" and restoring the standard Key Management

Those activities in Bios lead to three different "apparences" of the initial installation screen of MX-21
In some of the approaches I booted to a UEFI welcome screen. In others it even said UEFI Secure Boot (in the combination with OS type set to "Windows UEFI mode") or just showed the entry for installing "MX-21 x64 (October 20, 2021).

As for the version of MX-21 I tried both the MX-21_ahs_x64 and the MX-21_x64 wiht always the same outcome which had been either a straight reboot, not even entering the initial set-up/installation screen, or a freez after setting-up the language, keyboard lay-out and time zone with the keyboard and mouse being deactivated.

Any and all help is very much appreciated.

cheers,

Johannes

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:42 am**

On live session : "Quick System Info" from Menu.

If there's such an option and especially if it's and SSD: Change sata mode to Ahci in Bios. Save and exit.
(If you have Windows, too first open Regedit before that and do this not to make it unbootable.)

And, if it's a Uefi pc: Prepare the usb stick with GPT - Uefi mode. (Otherwise it boots and installs but the installed system doesn't boot due to Grub issues). Then install with that.

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:51 am**

Many thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately I cannot even get into a live session. The "screen" to which I get to is the black one where one can do the very basic first setting for language, keyboard layout and time zone and then start into the live session, installation prozess. I mean, I do not get to the live desktop and therefore don't know how I can provide a "Quick System Info".
For creating the USB-stick I used the provided MX Live Usb Maker in the advanced advanced settings and ticked the box for "GPT-Partitiontable".

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 11:09 am**

Ah, ok. When you were able to access the Welcome Screen have you tried any boot options?

You can press E then type

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nomodeset

after ... quiet splasht

then hit F10 to go on boot.

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 11:27 am**

As in one video I saw, I tried the boot-option "from=usb" but the outcome had been the same with a frozen screen and the keyboard and mouse disabled.

Your other suggestion I will try and report back with the result.

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:23 pm**

Okay, I, once again, created the usb-stick anew using the MX Live USB Maker. As for the .iso I used the MX-21_ahs_x64 and I made sure to tick the box for GPT option.

The Bios setting had been:

Fast Boot "disable"

Launch CSM "enabled"

Boot Device Control "UEFI and Legacy OPROM"

Boot from Network Devices/Storage Devices/PCI-E/PCI Expansion Devices all set to "UEFI only"

Secure Boot - OS Type set to "Other OS"

Boot Option #1 set to "UEFI: Intenso Alu Line, Partition 2"

Boot Option #2 set to "Intenso Alu Line"

And then used the option "UEFI: Intenso Alu Line, Partition2" from "Boot Override" to save and reboot out of Bios.

The next what I then saw was a "Welcome to GRUB!" line on the screen before being transvered to the "Welcome to MX-21_ahs (Wildflower)!" screen.

Here I then set my language, keyboard and timezone before highlighting the "MX-21 ahs x64 (November 22, 2021) entry and hitting "e".
Then I put the "nomodeset" like said in the line which says in total: "linux /antiX/${kernel} quiet splasht nosplash $@" so it finally said: "linux /antiX/${kernel} quiet splasht nomodeset nosplash $@" and had hit F10.
This resulted in a reboot.

Afte the reboot, without entering Bios, I came out at the Syslinux "MX-21 ahs x64 (Novembber 22, 2021)" screen, so I "Switch to Grub Bootloader", set my language, keyboard and time zone again, highlighted the MX-21 line and hitted "e".
Then I had put the "nomodeset" at: "linux /antiX/${kernel} quiet splasht nosplash nomodeset $@" and pushed F10.
This, as well, resulted in a reboot.

Besides that I check the entry for the "SATA Configuration" and made sure it is set to "AHCI" for the "SATA Mode".

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:29 pm**

If it was just a black screen or so then it would be normal or it would be probably due to graphics card.

But since it is

Yoshio wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:23 pm...resulted in a reboot.

that must be something else: Bios etc.. But this time you had already reset that to factory defaults ..

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:34 pm**

If you like, you can try this:

Boot that usb with the other pc. Then while on live session install the 5.16 kernel (for it's the newest) from Popular Apps tab in "MX Package Installer".

Then: "MX RemasterCC" from Menu.

Finally: "MX Live Usb Kernel Updater".

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:40 pm**

Yoshio wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:14 am...After those setting I did a "Save Changes and Reset" when leaving the Bios.

In fact, just do this:

Reset to defaults ("Load Setup Defaults" or so) then save changes.
Then just change the secure boot to disabled and change to ahci,

then "save & exit".

If still not: Have a look if there's an upgrade available. (by Asus after 08-10-2021)

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:57 pm**

Actually it wasn't set to factory defaults so I did that and to leave the Bios I used then the "Save Changes and Reset" option.
After a reboot I saw at the screen which showed the following informations:

American Megatrends
ASUS TUF Gaming B550M_Plus ACPI Bios Revison 2423
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor
Speed: 3700MHz
Total Memory: 32768MB (DDR4-2666)
USB Devices total: 2 Drives, 2 Keyboards, 1 Mouse, 1 Hub
USB Drive #0: Intenso Alu Line
USB Drive '1: Intenso
Detected Devices...
Intenso Alu LIne
Intenso
SATA6G_1: Samsung SSD 870 QVO 2TB
M.2_2: Kingston SNVS500G
The VGA card is not supported by UEFI driver.
CSM settings have been changed for better compatibility.
For further adjustments, press [F1] to enter Bios setup.
If no adujstments needed, press [F2] to confirm the current settings and enter OS directly.

I then carried on by pressing F2 which brought me back to the "Welcome to MX-21_ahs (Wildflower)!" screen.

What does confuse but not surprises me a bit on the above quoted screen is the entry for the VGA card as it is old being a GeForce GTX275 from one of my old computers. My idea with the graphics card is to reuse it till the prices for a new card a back down to a more affordable level.
What iritates me in the above quote are the entries for the USB Devices as there are currently two external hard drives attached, one USB stick - being the MX-21 live usb stick, one keyboard and one mouse.

So, back at the Welcome screen of MX-21, first I got to the Syslinux and therefore changed to the GRUB, I then did everything as before and made the line look like this: "linux /antiX/${kernel} quiet splasht nosplash nomodeset $@".
This resulted then in getting me to the next screen which says:

MX 21_ahs (Wildflower)
.......

<Alt-F1> Den Bootprozess ansehen <Alt-F10> Hierher zurückkehren

at which the systems freezes again and the keyboard and mouse are deactivated.

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:58 pm**

I use nearly the same board. Mine is a B450-F and settings are nearly identical. My gfx card is a Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti.

Also -> Boot from Network Devices/Storage Devices/PCI-E/PCI Expansion Devices all set to "UEFI only" or "Legacy only". Mine works for either.

I think its your USB stick that you're using. Can you try a different USB stick and create a different Live USB stick and boot from a different USB stick with the default Grub bootloader? Meaning don't use nomodeset. I did not change anything on Grub bootloader line.

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:01 pm**

Just saw your last post about the VGA card. Change the above from UEFI only to Legacy only and see.

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:35 pm**

It may in fact be attributable to that old graphics card. Is it possible for you to remove the graphics card and then try the install?
I too have had some difficulties installing MX21 (KDE and XFCE) with the system freezing during or even shortly after installation. I overcome the issues but with so many variable attempts I'm afraid I've lost track of exactly which solution worked in the end. That said, I think it well might be something to do with kernels one chooses and with your set up being new(ish) I wonder if you should (as has been posted in this thread) try the AHS kernel. You might also try using a different method of burning your liveusb (not that I am saying there's anything wrong with the MXLive usb tool) but Ventoy is a useful tool that's been discussed in the forum before and that might help you out.
Again, I am inclined to think your graphics card is not working happily with the installation routines and if you can bypass it (even temporarily) you may find the nouveau drivers will work (I'm assuming a mismatch here with Nvidia but I may be wrong). Good luck.

Posted: **Sat Feb 26, 2022 4:59 pm**

Last up-date for today and many thanks to all of you who tried to help so far.

I got Ventoy installed on the Intenso Alu Line USB-Stick and copied the .iso onto the stick. Unfortunately it does get me or better said the final result doesn't change. It still ends up with either an immediate reboot or a freez with deactivated keyboard and mouse.

Tomorrow I will search for another USB-Stick and see if this is doing the trick!?

Again, many thanks and I will keep you all up-dated.

Posted: **Sun Feb 27, 2022 10:48 am**

Okay, today I tried the whole thing again with a different USB-Stick. Unrotunately the outcome had been the very same. It either resulted in an immediate reboot or in a freez of the system. It didn't matter if I used Ventoy or setting up the USB-Stick via the MX Live USB Tool.
The only difference I could "achieve" had been the information that, when setting the BIOS entry for the OS Type to "Windows UEFI mode", I saw in a pop-up window. It said:

error: /antiX/vmlinuz has invalid signature.
error: you need to load the kernel first.
Press any key to continue...

So, still no success.

Unfortunately, as I do not have another graphics card and, at least as far as I know, there is no GPU on the motherboard, I cannot eliminate the GTX275 card from the system to see if this is the rootcause of the problem.

Posted: **Sun Feb 27, 2022 11:43 am**

Do you have SecureBoot enabled? If so, can you disable SecureBoot and try again?

Posted: **Sun Feb 27, 2022 12:17 pm**

You said that you used the Ventoy utility to create the usb install drive. I think that you should try MX's built-in utility instead because while both Ventoy and MX's USB Creator are great utilities, occasionally there will be instances where one will work and the other one won't.

Edited because I misread the OP's first post.

Posted: **Sun Feb 27, 2022 12:27 pm**

First of, Secure Boot by itself cannot be deactivated directly. What can be deactivated is CSM which is responsible for all the UEFI or Legacy settings. To my understanding, once CSM is deactivated, Secure Boot can be set to "Other OS" and the Keys can be deleted. This should then be equal to deactivating Secure Boot.
Unfortunately this doesn't work for me as the status of CSM is, at every reboot or start, set back to enabled with the comment that this is necessary as the graphics card doesn't fulfill the requironments of UEFI. This is not a surprise to me, as the card is pretty old.

As for Rufus, to my understanding this is a Windows Tool?
What I did or used sofar had been the MX Live USB maker, the Ventoy and before using Ventoy I used Balena Etcher all with the same result/outcome.

The notebook I'm using currently MX-19 installed is, in theory, still dual boot with Win7 but I haven't booted into Win7 now for years. I don't know if it is still responding usable once I booted into Win7 and logged in!?

Posted: **Sun Feb 27, 2022 1:21 pm**

@Eadwine Rose, one of the forum's moderators, built her latest desktop on an Asus TUF B450-PLUS GAMING board a couple of years ago. You might PM her for advice on how to disable secure boot in a modern Asus bios.

Posted: **Sun Feb 27, 2022 1:32 pm**

@j2mcgreg thanks for letting me know. I will drop her a line right now. Many thanks.

Posted: **Sat Mar 05, 2022 10:39 am**

I never got a tag, but know that I do not offer support via PM, folks. Your best bet is to google or find a manual, as I have no idea how to do that anymore, it was too long ago.

Well, y'all hit lucky, I have it written down. So this is what I had to do, that is all I can offer.

Go into the Advanced Mode (F7)
Go into ‘Secure Boot’ option under the Boot section
Select Windows UEFI mode, and go into Key Management
Delete Platform Key (PK) to disable secure boot. (Note: Do not delete other keys)
Save and restart to apply settings (F10) and boot with ‘secure boot’ disabled
To restore the key go to ‘Load Default PK’ and press enter, you can reload the default key there
https://www.technorms.com/45538/disable ... os-utility

Posted: **Sat Mar 05, 2022 4:24 pm**

First of, thank You, Eadwine Rose, for your input and help.
Unfortunately the outcome or result had been the same as before with one exception but first of to what I found out, experienced:
- Due to my old graphics card CSM can not be deactivated or better said, when deactivated on the very next reboot it will be activated again as the GTX 275 doesn't support UEFI.
- As for secure boot, the setting for Windows UEFI leads to a freeze as discribed in my posts before. Setting it to "Other OS" leads either to a reboot or a freeze. Why, I don't know.

So, now one might ask but where is the new?
As I had been so frustrated with the experiences I had to made, I downloaded other Linux distros and had no success with anyone of those which I tried and which had been based on AntiX or Arch but I could boot through to the installation desktop on one which is based on Debian/Ubuntu.
As I'm still very much a beginner when it comes down to Linux, I don't know where the differences are here but for now this unfortunately means that I will have to stick with the one which I could get booted to the installation desktop.

Once again, many thanks for all the suggestions and offered help!

Posted: **Sat Mar 05, 2022 6:44 pm**

Yoshio, I empathise with your problem because I have to say that such issues have beset me with the latest iterations of debian/ubuntu derivates. You see, initially I had a terrible time getting MX21KDE installed from a liveusb which I had gone through all of the steps recommended here regarding burning different usbs' via differing methodologies. I still think the issue resides in graphics cards and in particularly the Nvidia drivers and how they interact with the most modern kernels. Have you tried (forgive me if you've already mentioned it as there's a bit of dialogue in this thread now) using one of the very oldest kernels?

Posted: **Sun Mar 06, 2022 12:07 am**

Yoshio It's been my experience using ASUS motherboards that the quality has dropped like a rock. You either have one of the settings set wrong somewhere in the BIOS or a defective motherboard. Make sure all power settings are set to off because it causes freezes with Ryzen CPU's. If it's not that then you have the same problem I had which eventually showed up as a defective motherboard. In my case the freezing started after 11 months but I couldn't find the problem until 13 months which was conveniently for ASUS that it was out of warranty by then.

I use to like ASUS as I used them for all my computer builds, but I will never buy another ASUS product because of how I was treated by ASUS and that ASUS lied to me by falsely claiming the motherboard I had from them had RAID which it didn't have and the short life of the motherboard. I have since then use only Gigabyte motherboards and I recommend you do the same in the future.

Posted: **Sun Mar 06, 2022 4:13 am**

Almost makes me glad my Asus motherboard is 8 years old :)

Posted: **Sun Mar 06, 2022 4:14 am**

@linexer2016 In this thread @Huckleberry Finn recommended a similar approach but going for the latest kernel. As for now, I only tried both the MX-21_ahs_x64 and the MX-21_x64 as they are provided in the download. I didn't try any older or newer kernels. The only way to give this a try is to do so on my notebook. But it might be worth a try as now the two of you recommended a somewhat similar solution.

@Mauser A defect motherboard had been and still is one of my fears as well. In the very beginning of this thread I wrote about this and what I did to somewhat check it. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way which completely nullifies the possibility of a broken motherboard, especially if it is something not obvious. For now I flashed the Bios itself and up-dated it to the latest version and changed the CMOS battery.

For now I will give it one more try by checken for different kernels and see if this is doing the "trick". If not, I will have to install the Debian-Ubuntu "alternative" as buying a new graphics cards is out of my price range for now.

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:51 am**

To not leave this topic here without a final sort of sum-up even with the now available MX-21.1 revision of MX-Linux I had no success. By now I'm using another distro which is an independent on. Furthermore I tried many different distros and as a summary of all that I haven't been able to find any real similarities between those which worked and those which didn't. What I think I can say is that Arch based distros don't work in my current PC configuration as none of which I tried I could get to boot into live environment. Of the independent ones the results had been mixed, some worked, some didn't. The same goes for Debian based distros.
I then tried to "specify" why some work and others not by checking the kernel but also here I couldn't find any logical connections or similarities. The distro is now running on the kernel 5.15.32-213.current. Other distros I tried also had a 5.15.XX kernel but I couldn't get them to boot into live environment with only one exception. Other kernels, be they higher or lower, didn't show any commonalities either.
What I could find had been the information about the support of the driver which I would need for my graphics card. The graphics card I have is only supported up to the nvidia driver version 340.108 and this is driver version seems to be supported only up to kernel 5.4 LTS. This makes me guess that the problem with being able to boot through to a live environment might have to do with the set-up of the Nouveau driver!?

As for now and to end this thread, I'm waiting for reasonable prices on the graphic card market and once I could buy a new card I will try again to get MX-Linux installed and running.

Many thanks for all the effort and help!

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:51 am**

Just

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inxi -Fxxxza

on any distro it boots and please post within code tags using this icon </>

Also I wish you tried 21.1 Ahs that has 5.16 by default (... yes I know you tried 21.1 MX and 21 Ahs )

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:11 am**

Hey Huckleberry Finn,

I will try the 21.1 Ahs right after this post and see if I can get it booted into live environment.
Right now I'm post from my installed distro and here is the result for the inxi -Fxxxza command:

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.32-213.current arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: initrd=\EFI\com.solus-project\initrd-com.solus-project.current.5.15.32-213
    root=PARTUUID=612d928f-339c-49ba-9c80-6a0d60960351 quiet loglevel=3
    splash systemd.show_status=false rw radeon.si_support=0
    radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1 amdgpu.cik_support=1
    resume=UUID=1c3edf01-942b-410e-833f-7f8bb264e206
  Desktop: Budgie v: 10.6.1 info: budgie-panel, plank wm: budgie-wm
    dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Solus 4.3
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423
    date: 08/10/2021
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
    L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2715 high: 4353 min/max: 2200/4650 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2584 2: 4353
    3: 2918 4: 3578 5: 2554 6: 2783 7: 2184 8: 2194 9: 2178 10: 2191 11: 2866
    12: 2207 bogomips: 88637
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  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: always-on, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] driver: nouveau v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DVI-I-1,DVI-I-2 empty: none
    bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:05e6 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.14 compositor: budgie-wm driver: X:
    loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nouveau
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x285mm (40.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 1055mm (41.54")
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 pos: primary,left model: Idek Iiyama PL2530H
    serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
    size: 544x303mm (21.42x11.93") diag: 623mm (24.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: DVI-I-2 pos: right model: Idek Iiyama PL2530H serial: <filter>
    built: 2021 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
    size: 544x303mm (21.42x11.93") diag: 623mm (24.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  OpenGL: renderer: NVA0 v: 3.3 Mesa 21.3.8 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 09:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.32-213.current running: yes
  Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
  Sound Server-3: JACK v: 1.9.14 running: no
  Sound Server-4: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-5: PipeWire v: 0.3.50 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.67 TiB used: 1.24 TiB (14.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: EDFK0N01
    temp: 48.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Intenso
    model: External USB 3.0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 4096 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 5438 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Seagate
    model: ST330006 51AS size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: CC45 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line
    size: 29.69 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
    serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 55.88 GiB size: 54.75 GiB (97.98%)
    used: 23.92 GiB (43.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 11.01 GiB size: 10.78 GiB (97.86%)
    used: 2.94 GiB (27.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.59 GiB used: 1024 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1449 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 0
  Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.38 vbat: N/A
Info:
  Processes: 315 Uptime: 4h 37m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.33 GiB
  used: 4.2 GiB (13.4%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 Packages: 1338 eopkg: 1298 lib: 388 flatpak: 20
  snap: 20 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.14

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2022 7:38 am**

Till then (and off-topic) Why did you use these? Your card is Nvidia.

radeon.si_support=0 radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1 amdgpu.cik_support=1

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:03 pm**

Okay, I'm back.

First of, I did try MX-21.1_x64, MX-21.1_ahs_x64 and Mx-21.1_KDE-x64. All three with the same result that after doing the initial set-up for booting into the live environment, meaning language settings, all of the froze on the next screen which I would call the "boot progress screen" with keyboard and mouse disabled. So the only option to get out of this had been a could start to reboot the machine.

Till then (and off-topic) Why did you use these? Your card is Nvidia.

radeon.si_support=0 radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1 amdgpu.cik_support=1

For this I would like to be able to say that I didn't install them but as they are on the system, they might have been installed somewhat automatically as I didn't install them consciously. As You said, it doesn't make sense as my PC has a nvidia card.
Is it therefore correct to assume that I can savely uninstall the "xorg-driver-video-radeon" and "xorg-driver-video-amdgpu" package?

Now for the requested stuff, if I understood it correctly and this will be somewhat longish and without particular order!

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/custom.seed
  boot=casper iso-scan/filename= quiet splash --
  Desktop: Moksha 0.3.3.16896 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
  Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter>
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423 date: 08/10/2021
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: N/A
  microcode: A201016 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  bogomips: 88640
  Speed: 2868 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
  1: 2869 2: 2871 3: 3597 4: 2870 5: 2871 6: 3587 7: 3593 8: 2874 9: 2871
  10: 2869 11: 2858 12: 3591
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] driver: nouveau v: kernel
  bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10de:05e6
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
  compositor: enlightenment resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-72-generic
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A port: f000
  bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8125
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.67 TiB used: 235.19 GiB (2.6%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G size: 465.76 GiB
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
  serial: <filter> rev: EDFK0N01 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST330006 51AS
  size: 2.73 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter>
  rev: CC45 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line size: 29.69 GiB
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
  ID-5: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Intenso model: External USB 3.0
  size: 3.64 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B
  serial: <filter> rev: 5438 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 15.67 GiB used: 45.0 MiB (0.3%) fs: overlay
  source: ERR-102
Sensors:
  Missing: Required tool sensors not installed. Check --recommends
Info:
  Processes: 263 Uptime: 2m Memory: 31.34 GiB used: 631.8 MiB (2.0%)
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash
  v: 5.0.17 running in: terminology inxi: 3.0.38

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System:
  Kernel: 5.8.0-50-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/custom.seed
  boot=casper iso-scan/filename= quiet splash --
  Desktop: Moksha 0.3.3.16896 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
  Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter>
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423 date: 08/10/2021
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: N/A
  microcode: A201016 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  bogomips: 88633
  Speed: 2195 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
  1: 2195 2: 2195 3: 2194 4: 2187 5: 2190 6: 2190 7: 2193 8: 2187 9: 2194
  10: 2189 11: 2191 12: 2187
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] driver: nouveau v: kernel
  bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10de:05e6
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
  compositor: enlightenment resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.0-50-generic
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A port: f000
  bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8125
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.67 TiB used: 235.19 GiB (2.6%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G size: 465.76 GiB
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
  serial: <filter> rev: EDFK0N01 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Intenso model: External USB 3.0
  size: 3.64 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B
  serial: <filter> rev: 5438 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST330006 51AS
  size: 2.73 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter>
  rev: CC45 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line size: 29.69 GiB
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 15.67 GiB used: 45.1 MiB (0.3%) fs: overlay
  source: ERR-102
Sensors:
  Missing: Required tool sensors not installed. Check --recommends
Info:
  Processes: 265 Uptime: 4m Memory: 31.34 GiB used: 633.1 MiB (2.0%)
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash
  v: 5.0.17 running in: terminology inxi: 3.0.38

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-96-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/custom.seed 
  boot=casper iso-scan/filename= quiet splash -- 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.13 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Lite 5.8 LTS 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa) 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423 date: 08/10/2021 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: N/A 
  microcode: A201016 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 88632 
  Speed: 2193 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2193 2: 2192 3: 2191 4: 2192 5: 2194 6: 2195 7: 2192 8: 2197 9: 2195 
  10: 2186 11: 2195 12: 2195 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] driver: nouveau v: kernel 
  bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10de:05e6 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVA0 v: 3.3 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-96-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A port: f000 
  bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8125 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.67 TiB used: 235.26 GiB (2.6%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G size: 465.76 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
  serial: <filter> rev: EDFK0N01 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Intenso model: External USB 3.0 
  size: 3.64 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B 
  serial: <filter> rev: 5438 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST330006 51AS 
  size: 2.73 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> 
  serial: <filter> rev: CC45 scheme: GPT 
  ID-5: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line size: 29.69 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 15.67 GiB used: 123.5 MiB (0.8%) fs: overlay 
  source: ERR-102 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 0.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 297 Uptime: 4m Memory: 31.33 GiB used: 939.7 MiB (2.9%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.38

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed 
  boot=casper iso-scan/filename= quiet splash -- 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.0 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423 date: 08/10/2021 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: N/A 
  microcode: A201016 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 88626 
  Speed: 2234 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2196 2: 2196 3: 2196 4: 2197 5: 2210 6: 2468 7: 2206 8: 2203 9: 2210 
  10: 2196 11: 2196 12: 2202 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] driver: nouveau v: kernel 
  bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10de:05e6 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVA0 v: 3.3 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-91-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A port: f000 
  bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8125 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.67 TiB used: 1.59 TiB (18.4%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G size: 465.76 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
  serial: <filter> rev: EDFK0N01 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Intenso model: External USB 3.0 
  size: 3.64 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B 
  speed: <unknown> serial: <filter> rev: 5438 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST330006 51AS 
  size: 2.73 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> 
  serial: <filter> rev: CC45 scheme: GPT 
  ID-5: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line size: 29.69 GiB 
  block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> 
  serial: <filter> scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 15.67 GiB used: 27.9 MiB (0.2%) fs: overlay 
  source: ERR-102 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 0.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 298 Uptime: 1m Memory: 31.34 GiB used: 919.1 MiB (2.9%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38

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System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-12-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/live/vmlinuz boot=live live-config 
  live-media-path=/live quiet splash -- 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: muffin 5.2.1 
  dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: LMDE 5 Elsie base: Debian 11.2 bullseye 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423 date: 08/10/2021 
CPU:
  Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 
  family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: N/A microcode: A201016 
  L2 cache: 3 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 88632 
  Speed: 2137 MHz min/max: 2200/4650 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2137 2: 2162 3: 2128 4: 2125 5: 2189 6: 2162 7: 2162 8: 2148 9: 2167 
  10: 2192 11: 2194 12: 2177 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  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: always-on, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] driver: nouveau v: kernel 
  bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10de:05e6 class ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x285mm (40.0x11.2") 
  s-diag: 1055mm (41.5") 
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90 
  size: 544x303mm (21.4x11.9") diag: 623mm (24.5") 
  Monitor-2: DVI-I-2 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90 
  size: 544x303mm (21.4x11.9") diag: 623mm (24.5") 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVA0 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
  class ID: 0403 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-12-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel 
  port: f000 bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8125 class ID: 0200 
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.67 TiB used: 1.59 TiB (18.4%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G 
  size: 465.76 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: EDFK0N01 
  temp: 48.9 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB 
  size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Intenso 
  model: External USB 3.0 size: 3.64 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B 
  logical: 4096 B serial: <filter> rev: 5438 scheme: MBR 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Seagate 
  model: ST330006 51AS size: 2.73 TiB block size: physical: 512 B 
  logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: CC45 scheme: GPT 
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line 
  size: 29.69 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  serial: <filter> scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 15.66 GiB used: 46 MiB (0.3%) fs: overlay 
  source: ERR-102 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.1 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 277 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.33 GiB 
  used: 1.26 GiB (4.0%) Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
  gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: apt: 2005 lib: 1000 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash 
  v: 5.1.4 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.01

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.5-76051505-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper_pop-os_21.10_amd64_nvidia_debug_15/vmlinuz.efi 
  boot=casper live-media-path=/casper_pop-os_21.10_amd64_nvidia_debug_15 
  hostname=pop-os username=pop-os noprompt modules_load=nvidia --- 
  Desktop: GNOME 40.5 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM3 41.rc 
  Distro: Pop!_OS 21.10 base: Ubuntu Impish 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423 date: 08/10/2021 
CPU:
  Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 
  family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: A201016 cache: 
  L2: 3 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 88634 
  Speed: 3714 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 3714 2: 3713 3: 4641 4: 3713 5: 3713 6: 3713 7: 4641 8: 3713 9: 3770 
  10: 3713 11: 3713 12: 3713 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] driver: N/A 
  alternate: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia bus-ID: 07:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:05e6 class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: fbdev,nouveau unloaded: modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 271x203mm (10.7x8.0") 
  s-diag: 339mm (13.3") 
  Monitor-1: default res: 1024x768 hz: 76 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.1 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.2 
  compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 09:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.5-76051505-generic running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.32 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel 
  port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.67 TiB used: 1.59 TiB (18.4%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G 
  size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: EDFK0N01 
  temp: 48.9 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB 
  size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Intenso 
  model: External USB 3.0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B 
  logical: 4096 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 5438 scheme: MBR 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Seagate 
  model: ST330006 51AS size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B 
  logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: CC45 scheme: GPT 
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line 
  size: 29.69 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A 
  serial: <filter> scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: N/A size: 15.66 GiB used: 197.5 MiB (1.2%) fs: overlay 
  source: ERR-102 
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured? 
Info:
  Processes: 315 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.33 GiB 
  used: 1.72 GiB (5.5%) Init: systemd v: 248 runlevel: 5 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 alt: 11 Packages: apt: 1841 lib: 947 flatpak: 0 
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.06

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System:
  Kernel: 5.16.0-3-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/live/vmlinuz boot=live live-config
    live-media-path=/live locales=de_DE.UTF-8 -- quiet splash findiso=
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel, vala-panel
    wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: SparkyLinux 7 (Orion-Belt)
    base: Debian bookworm/sid
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423
    date: 08/10/2021
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
    L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2987 high: 3592 min/max: 2200/4650 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3534 2: 2865
    3: 2873 4: 2875 5: 2870 6: 2874 7: 3592 8: 2874 9: 2873 10: 2873 11: 2873
    12: 2874 bogomips: 88636
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown 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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
    IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] driver: nouveau v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DVI-I-1,DVI-I-2 empty: none
    bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:05e6 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x285mm (40.0x11.2")
    s-diag: 1055mm (41.5")
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 pos: primary,left model: Idek Iiyama PL2530H
    serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
    size: 544x303mm (21.4x11.9") diag: 623mm (24.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: DVI-I-2 pos: right model: Idek Iiyama PL2530H serial: <filter>
    built: 2021 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2
    size: 544x303mm (21.4x11.9") diag: 623mm (24.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  OpenGL: renderer: NVA0 v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.6 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 09:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.0-3-amd64 running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.67 TiB used: 235.14 GiB (2.6%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: EDFK0N01
    temp: 48.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Intenso
    model: External USB 3.0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 4096 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 5438 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Seagate
    model: ST330006 51AS size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: CC45 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line
    size: 29.69 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
    serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 265 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.33 GiB
  used: 1.25 GiB (4.0%) Init: systemd v: 250 runlevel: 5
  target: graphical.target tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 alt: 11
  Packages: apt: 1830 lib: 1045 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

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System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-11-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/live/vmlinuz-5.10.0-11-amd64 boot=live components quiet 
  splash findiso= 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2423 date: 08/10/2021 
CPU:
  Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 
  family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: N/A microcode: A201016 
  L2 cache: 3 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 88627 
  Speed: 2191 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2191 
  2: 2191 3: 2194 4: 2194 5: 2190 6: 2193 7: 2194 8: 2189 9: 2193 10: 2186 
  11: 2195 12: 2195 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  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: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
  STIBP: always-on, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] driver: nouveau v: kernel 
  bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10de:05e6 class ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x285mm (40.0x11.2") 
  s-diag: 1055mm (41.5") 
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90 size: 544x303mm (21.4x11.9") 
  diag: 623mm (24.5") 
  Monitor-2: DVI-I-2 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90 size: 544x303mm (21.4x11.9") 
  diag: 623mm (24.5") 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVA0 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 class ID: 0403 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-11-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel 
  port: f000 bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8125 class ID: 0200 
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.67 TiB used: 235.17 GiB (2.6%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS500G 
  size: 465.76 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
  lanes: 4 rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: EDFK0N01 temp: 49.9 C scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB 
  size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Intenso model: External USB 3.0 
  size: 3.64 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B serial: <filter> 
  rev: 5438 scheme: MBR 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line 
  size: 29.69 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> 
  scheme: MBR 
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST330006 51AS 
  size: 2.73 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> 
  rev: CC45 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 15.66 GiB used: 28 MiB (0.2%) fs: overlay 
  source: ERR-102 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.8 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 274 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.33 GiB used: 1.18 GiB (3.8%) 
  Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: 
  apt: 1767 lib: 1062 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.01

All those information had been take directly out of the individual live environments. I hope this helps to shed some light on this topic.

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:54 pm**

Update your BIOS to the latest and see if issue is still there -> Your motherboard has a newer BIOS -- Version 2604 dated 2022/03/07

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2022 7:48 am**

So, since it boots fine (like Debian does with the same kernel and though most of these are live-sessions, too): it's something with the installer. You can start the installer (purposely) from terminal with:

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minstall-launcher

and maybe take screenshots (photo) where it freezes . (If it was not freezing completely you could also post /var/log/minstall.log )

I wonder what happens (just to test and if you like only, just out of curiosity) if you first install Calamares from MXPI then start it and try to install with that (

)

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:14 am**

Doesn't top show what process IDs might be hogging up the system?

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:46 am**

Can be installed MX21 in systemd mode? Maybe there is something which the installer prefers! A thought.

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:52 am**

asinoro wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:46 am Can be installed MX21 in systemd mode?

No systemd on live-session .

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:37 am**

Per post #7 in this thread from the Republic of Gamers forums:

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.p ... it-enabled

CSM needs to be disabled for a UEFI install.

After finding this I reread the entire thread and you never mention whether you set an Administrator's password. Did you? On most modern motherboards, setting an Administrator's password is necessary to gain access to the advanced options like the ability to disable Secure Boot.

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:37 pm**

Many thanks for the many replies. I will do me best to answer them one by one.

@razor2021 - Thanks for letting me know that there is a bios up-date available. I already did one, so that shouldn't be too big of a deal to do another one. Just have to remember the single steps.
As for your second question, unfortunately not as I get stuck at the screen which "directly" shows up after the screen at which one can set language and choose between:

MX-21 x64

Virtual Box Video

Boot from Hard Disk

Memory Test

Switch to Grub Bootloader

This loading screen says something like:

(Welcome to) MX-Linux
. . . . . . . .

And at the bottom something about a key combination to display something but as at that point the keyboard and mouse are already deactivated there is nothing I can do except a cold or hard start.

@j2mcgreg - No, I never set a Administrator password for my motherboard but I still can enter the advanced settings and for disabling CSM I followed the instructions which I got here in this thread. These instruction actually made it at all possible to install a Linux distro. Before finding and understanding those instruction I haven't been able to boot into any of the live environments.

@Huckleberry Finn - I will have to reread your post tomorrow morning as it is already a bit late tonight. After doing so and giving it a try I will report back here about my progress.

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2022 7:15 pm**

@Yoshio wrote:

No, I never set a Administrator password for my motherboard but I still can enter the advanced settings and for disabling CSM I followed the instructions which I got here in this thread. These instruction actually made it at all possible to install a Linux distro. Before finding and understanding those instruction I haven't been able to boot into any of the live environments.

I think that you should at least try setting an administrator's password to see if you can then disable CSM and Secure Boot. Secure Boot has to be disabled in order to boot MX. You can always clear the administrator's password later if you wish.

edited for spelling mistake

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:52 pm**

Yoshio wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:37 pm...
This loading screen says something like:
(Welcome to) MX-Linux
. . . . . . . .
And at the bottom something about a key combination to display something ...

Yep, it says you can press Alt + F1 to see the flowing text (boot process). So, you can change the boot parameters beforehand: Remove the splasht also change splash to nosplash : Shortly, press E on Grub and do it like ro quiet nosplash and hit F10 to go on boot. (Then take a photo.). (Probably it gets stuck at: "waiting for /dev to be fully populated" )

Yoshio wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:37 pm @Huckleberry Finn - I will have to reread your post tomorrow morning as it is already a bit late tonight.

Sure :) (And it's 04:29 AM here at the moment

)

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:37 pm**

You may need these steps to really disable secure boot:

https://www.technorms.com/45538/disable-enable-secure-boot-asus-motherboard-uefi-bios-utility wrote:
Step-By-Step: Make A Backup Of Existing Keys And Disable Secure Boot

Plug-in a USB drive.

Restart your computer and enter into the BIOS utility by pressing the Asus BIOS key applicable to your system. In my case, it was DEL. Keep an eye out for instructions on the first screen. This should load up the Asus UEFI BIOS utility interface.

Go into the Advanced Mode (F7 or any other key as specified).

Go into the ‘Secure Boot‘ option under the Boot section.

Ensure the proper OS Type is selected, and go into Key Management.

Select ‘Save Secure Boot Keys‘ and press enter.

Select the USB drive when asked to ‘Select a File System‘.

Four key files named PK, KEK, DB, and DBX are saved to the USB.

Delete Platform Key (PK) to disable secure boot. (Note: Do not delete other keys)

Save and restart to apply settings (usually F10) and boot with ‘secure boot’ disabled.

Shortly, most steps , usb etc. are just to backup first. Main idea is "Delete 'Platform Key' " , Save and restart .

Posted: **Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:24 am**

Off course, there is always the possibility to install MX21 on one computer and to migrate to another, as long the partition size is the same with the gparted. You can do this with an Ethernet crossover cable, or external USB drive and the help of the forum if you don't know how to do this.

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2022 6:17 am**

Sorry, had been a bit busy over the weekend.

By now I up-dated the bios and set a admin PW. Unfortunately that didn't help to change anything.

@Huckleberry Finn - thanks for your post again. That is exactly how I did, do it and for deleting the Platform Key it works and this actually what makes it at all possible to boot, at least, in the live environments of some of the distros I tried. Unfortunately CSM always gets set back to "enabled" with the remark that this is necessary due to my graphics card.

The only bit of new information I could gain is the following:

Augenblickliche Bootparameter it says: "BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet nosplash nomodeset lang=de_AT kbd=at tz=Europe/Vienna

This is the point where the whole system freezes and keyboard and mouse are deactivated.

With the start parameters: "quiet" and "nosplash" I do get a reboot of the system, no freeze.

With MXPI, I guess, MX-Linux's Package Installer is meant? If so, unfortunately, I cannot get to it as I cannot boot into the live environment.

@asinoro - What You wrote in your post, that had been something I had been thinking about as well. I was wondering if this could be an option. I would have the option to install MX on an external hard drive using my old notebook and then copy this external installation over to the internal SSD of my new PC. Do You think that this is going to work?

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2022 7:33 am**

Yoshio wrote: Mon May 02, 2022 6:17 am @asinoro - What You wrote in your post, that had been something I had been thinking about as well. I was wondering if this could be an option. I would have the option to install MX on an external hard drive using my old notebook and then copy this external installation over to the internal SSD of my new PC. Do You think that this is going to work?

By migrating the MX21 you have the option that you can boot first with systemd and then migrate it, it is an option that do not exist in the live medium of MX. Secondly, from schroot method of any other Linux live medium you can access the MX system and perform command to install or remove applications.
And maybe will boot ok without any problem, as long you have installed another Linux preferably Ubuntu based, that has the boot repair, and gives you also the possibility to access the MX21 through it.

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2022 9:45 am**

If you ran the MX21 live-only off a USB stick and leave this session up, does it also freeze over time? In theory, running a live session of the USB stick is loading it all into RAM and also runs the same PC components mostly. If that does not freeze, it's puzzling to know why it continues to freeze on your main PC.

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2022 3:03 pm**

Yoshio wrote: Mon May 02, 2022 6:17 am...
The only bit of new information I could gain is the following:
Augenblickliche Bootparameter it says: "BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet nosplash nomodeset lang=de_AT kbd=at tz=Europe/Vienna
This is the point where the whole system freezes and keyboard and mouse are deactivated.

With the start parameters: "quiet" and "nosplash" I do get a reboot of the system, no freeze.

Yes, but if you applied it like that, it's nomodeset that did the trick. And (if you say yes) it means Nouveau was unable to be loaded with MX though it was possible with same kernel on Debian ... Whatever.. If that's true, just boot to live session with nomodeset (or as you did with nosplash), and install, then you may/may not install Nvidia Driver or 5.16 kernel etc.. (The rest is easy)

Yoshio wrote: Mon May 02, 2022 6:17 amWith MXPI, I guess, MX-Linux's Package Installer is meant?...

Yep.

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Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up

Re: MX-21 installation freezes after initial set-up