dolphin_oracle wrote:That inxi output shows a Ubuntu system. What kernel are.you using with your core sysyem?

It's actually an Xubuntu install I also have on the disk. Since I couldn't boot the antix install I got you a hardware output from Xubuntu. It's the default kernel for 16 Core, I can't boot the system to install anything else.

BitJam wrote:...the missing boot parameter was vga=xxx. This time I suggest you try adding the"nomodeset" boot parameter.

I shall try boot of those momentarily. Then I'll have to manually run a grub-install --recheck /dev/sda to get grub updating the mbr properly. I love Core, but sometimes it doesn't appear to love me. __{{emoticon}}__

BitJam wrote:If"nomodeset" doesn't help then I suggest you try base or full...

Thank you BitJam! I can add"nomodeset" to my growing toolkit of grub hacking fixes. It did work. I have a fully functioning install of MX-15 so I didn't really want to go down the Full road. Base would've been worth a spin.

My next project is going to be to try to fix the cli-installer myself."...[T]he cli installer has a small bug; it neglects to copy over the non-live boot parameters to etc/default/grub." I think the issue is less that copy is neglected and more that there is definitely an issue with grub writing changes to the MBR. I got all kinds of error when I issued grub-install --recheck /dev/sda on the HP noteboot last night...if I get to the bottom of it I shall return I may even haz a patch!

Onwards and upwards.

If anyone is foolhardy enough to join me with Core and proprietary graphics let me offer all the advice I have:

If your Core won't boot edit the GRUB command line (at the GRUB screen instead on selecting your Core install and pressing <enter> press <e>).
at the end of command line (with should contain ro quiet or splash) add vga=795 and/or nomodeset...

If you can boot you're going have some fun installing your proprietary graphics without blacklisting nvidiafb the Debian way. Inserting blacklist=nvidiafb into the GRUB command line will not help.

[*]su to the superuser account.
[*]If it exists rm / etc/modprobe.conf (it probably won't exist)...(remove the extra space after the '/' and before etc).
[*]nano / etc/modprobe.d/nvidiafb.conf...(remove the extra space after the '/' and before etc).
Add the text: <ctrl+o> and <enter> to write out the file, then <ctrl+x> to exit.
[*]Reboot

Installing the proprietary driver with smxi should be a lot more straightforward. Hope this helps.