I've tried to install AntiX 12 (full) on two different occasions, two different PCs, one laptop, one desktop.

Actually, the initial install went smooth as oil. The problem arises when I do my first package update (about 600 packages) and at some point something goes wrong. Although I can't say exactly what it is, it appears that some packages are expecting some libraries/directories, but are empty. (makes sense, it's a new install!)

Well, after the update, I reboot, and I am never able to get to the login in page. A lot of command-line stuff, and that's where it stops.

Was I doing something wrong?

I'm wanting to give AntiX a whirl as an audio production distro, since it's so lightweight. And, I've always liked the simplicity of it.


brian

There is nothing wrong with going for 13 instead of 12. It sounds like your breakage is maybe being unfamiliar with Debian testing, AntiX, and Updating/distro-upgrade.

I still have a AntiX 11 install chugging along (base iso install) and a AntiX 8.5 (core install). But I am well practised with running this distro.

Try the 13 full iso. You won't be disappointed and during the install process. You are asked if you want stable.testing.or unstable to run before your install.
Otherwise. Change in AntiX 12

antixcc>system>edit config files>debian.list or sources.list in /etc/apt/sources.list


uncomment (get rid of #) in front of deb and comment out testing entries that are enabled. Then run as root apt-get update.

rokytnji wrote:There is nothing wrong with going for 13 instead of 12. It sounds like your breakage is maybe being unfamiliar with Debian testing, AntiX, and Updating/distro-upgrade.

I still have a AntiX 11 install chugging along (base iso install) and a AntiX 8.5 (core install). But I am well practised with running this distro.

Try the 13 full iso. You won't be disappointed and during the install process. You are asked if you want stable.testing.or unstable to run before your install.
Otherwise. Change in AntiX 12

antixcc>system>edit config files>debian.list or sources.list in /etc/apt/sources.list

Code: Select all

# Debian Stable
# Enabled for maximum stability.
#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free 
#deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free 

uncomment (get rid of #) in front of deb and comment out testing entries that are enabled. Then run as root apt-get update.

Ok, I'll try 13 next time. Either full or base, since base would let me add things little by little as I need them, which I like. (I use Bodhi Linux too, and that is a very basic distro, to let you add things as you want. Very quick to install, very stable too.)

I'm hoping to get a new PC in the coming months, so I'll try 13 then. I'm still using 8.5 (I think) on my oldest PC, a Compaq Presario 2700 with 256mb RAM. It does what it can, but does it very nicely. __{{emoticon}}__

brian

The 130 updates probably changed something in Xorg so try reinstalling the graphics drivers, using smxi, if neccesary.

Alanarchy wrote:The 130 updates probably changed something in Xorg so try reinstalling the graphics drivers, using smxi, if neccesary.

Could be..
I just remember at some point Synaptic"trying to recover package" installation or something like that.. and from that point on, there were various errors. I would have copied the results to paste them, but after rebooting the system got stuck; all I could do was re-install.

I'll try 13 in the future. This was really the only time I've had problems with antiX. Most of the time it works like a charm. __{{emoticon}}__


brian