blueicetwice it would be hare brained to not study this https://help.getsol.us/docs/user/quick-start/installation/ or this https://help.getsol.us/docs/user/quick-start/installation/disks.
every distro is particular in prep re: bare metal installs.
try it from ventoy or deicated usb.
make sure you made the partition GPT and let solus do the rest.
there is no single distro you can just hit 'install'' without some prep
Installtion Issue
You installing it from dvd?
interesting most use usb nowdays maybe thats an issue
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blueicetwice This where I got the "Harmony" from
Okay, that's fair. It was when the version came out a long time ago, so I'd forgotten. What I'd asked you, though, was what edition you were using. Now you tell me it's MATE.
MATE is a desktop environment (a DE) that's no longer supported, even by Solus. Solus is about to release version 4.5, in which there will be the usual Budgie, GNOME, and Plasma DEs, but also the newest addition to the Solus family, Xfce, which will be taking the place of MATE. But that's not really important right now, as any of the Solus editions (except maybe GNOME) would be a good choice, and that includes Xfce.
The development team is even working on a utility to help current MATE users transition to Xfce. They won't even need to installl Solus again. It'll be like computer magic.
But if anyone can help you get Solus installed on your home-built computer, it'll be people like Bret, and Axios, and me here in the forum. We've been using Solus for years, and don't have any problems installing it on computers for the first time.
There's nothing wrong with home-built computers, if they have the right components in them. I've built several over the years, starting with a case, and a motherboard, and disk drives. But there's one thing that might keep you from installing Solus on your home-built computer: Solus is designed to run on 64-bit computers only. It won't run on 32-bit machines, which haven't been sold for decades. If that's the kind of processor in your home-built computer, you won't be able to run Solus no matter how many times you try to install it.
Fortunately for you, there are some other distributions that do still offer a 32-bit version, and there's been discussion here recently about them. You could use the forum search feature to find and read those messages. That's if your computer is a 32-bit machine, but we don't know that for sure. Like I said, they haven't been made in decades, but we just don't know what you're working with. That's just one possibility for why you're having trouble installing Solus, but not the only possibility.
Do you know what kind of central processing unit (CPU) is in your home-built computer? Is it Intel? AMD? Something else? And there's always a model name or number, like Pentium or Core 2 Duo. If you could provide us with the make and model of your CPU, we could look it up and find out if it's a 64-bit model, and capable of running Solus. Does your computer have any USB ports? Do you know what those are?
There are lots of us here who can help you to get Solus installed on your computer, if it's able to run a modern operating system. But nobody here is going to be able to help you without knowing the capabilities of your home-built computer, especially what kind of CPU it has. Please see if you can tell us some more about what you're using, and we'll try to help you.
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blueicetwice this is a BIOS rig and
thus GPT is not an option.
I have no idea what a "BIOS rig" is. Do you? Could you please explain it to us, so we can try to help you? And are you trying to install Ubuntu here? I thought this discussion was about installing Solus.
Ax, as a reactionary, I do it the old fashion way. Why ?
- I am a dolt
- Can be used for Disc Golf
- dinner plate
- Blade replacement for table saw
@Brent, tanks for the linkies, I did review them prior to the installations.
Your Geekness, quite a lengthy reply. "Okay, that's fair. It was when the version came out a long time ago, so I'd forgotten." This is what my wife says about me. : < ))
I am pleased dat the pros have arrived at the scene. My original rig [born 2008] was upgraded in 2014, as a
result of a FEMA inspection. I took my 32bit to a casino and doubled down and won. When I replaced the CPU,
I made sure it supported 64bit operations, as well as other parts. I purchase only AMDs, as I despite Intel and
their founding father, Andy Grove.
I will take up your suggestion. Alec, may I have Linux XFCE for $2000, pleaze.
System: Kernel: 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7
wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: GA-970A-UD3 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis:
type: 3 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-970A-UD3 serial: <filter> BIOS: Award v: F4 date: 10/13/2011
Battery: Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K360 serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech M705 serial: <filter> charge: 50%
status: Discharging
CPU: Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10
L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm bogomips: 33827
Speed: 1393 MHz min/max: 800/2800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1953 2: 1742 3: 1851
4: 1042 5: 805 6: 1829
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GF114 [GeForce GTX 560] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia
v: 390.157 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1201
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1280x102460Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 560/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.157 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1002:4383
Device-2: NVIDIA GF114 HDMI Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0e0c
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.15.0-91-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte
driver: r8168 v: 8.048.00-NAPI port: ee00 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 128.72 GiB (6.9%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD1003FZEX-00K3CA0 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: <unknown> serial: <filter>
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000HHTZ-04N21V0 size: 465.76 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000HHTZ-75N21V0 size: 465.76 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition: ID-1: / size: 915.33 GiB used: 128.72 GiB (14.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 41%
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-focal.list
1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu focal main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejee2008-ppa-focal.list
1: deb http: //ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu focal main
Info: Processes: 289 Uptime: 4h 33m Memory: 15.61 GiB used: 4.74 GiB (30.4%) Init: systemd
v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 alt: 9 Client: Unknown python3.8 client
inxi: 3.0.38
[ IF YOU FIND MY WIFE'S MEASUREMENTS, PLEASE DELETE !!!]
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while running the DVD (solus live environment), open the Gparted tool.
Your existing Ubu will show a 1MB boot partition, then a swap, then the system files.
If there is no space then after that, then Solus may offer to shrink the Ubu crap ("Install Solus Alongside of X") option.
If there IS a bunch of room for Solus then highlight the non-Ubu space in Gparted and format it to GPT.
Hopefully Solus will direct itself there.
OR
Solus should give you the opportunity to direct the install there (there=new gpt partition).
Since we don't know that...
...in fact there are still important things we don't know, chiefly because I suck going back and re-reading...
at what exact point in the GUI Install process does Solus fail? What step? What does it say? Does it just freeze? Or abort? Send a pic of what it looks like when you open Gparted in the live dvd. That will help. Pics of the wife not necessary
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blueicetwice OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 560/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.157 direct render: Yes
this will be deprecated (unsupported by nvidia) in solus and the homegrown Nouveau will work fine.
I did not get the impression your Gigabyte product is "too new" for Solus--that's where common installs for 4.4 fail (new ISOs coming as you know)
EDIT: XFCE may be a month of two away if I had to guess as an observer. try budgie.
other thoughts: re-burn your Mate DVD for the hell of it. Pay attention to Solus's prep demands. I always find if I deviate then I've made a live medium useless and I try try again.
Question remains: at what stage does install Fail?
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With 3 disks is this a multi Os boot setup?
If it is might explain it (I am no expert at multi boot)
Lunch time..lol
Your Eminence: tank goodness, I am not alone !
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/blank-cd-dvd-blu-ray-discs/ci/13279
BIOS, is the "starter" for the PC. Only senior PC users still use dat term.
BTW, there is no KFCE download available at the Solus website.
https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/devops/articles/what-is-bios/
Brent, my rig will not allow for GPT partition ! Both "disc" and "geeparted" show
a successful installation, with Das Boot. Neverthebloodyless, when starting the boot
it is not in the boot option. Odd, however, it does show up in the Grubhub Customizer. !
I can not load any pixs, Brent. There were two abortions and the others stated "successful
installation." Could this be an Ubuntu or Mint ploy or plot ?
AX, fix this issue and lunch is on me.
I have tree HDD, with a single OS and each. I try not to comingle.
The only multi boot dat I understand, was in basic training.
blueicetwice ......in my limited understanding, the bios just guarantees a Grub install (I think) and Solus would meke the Grub partition itse;f..still don't see the correlation.
It is utterly mindbogglind to me that Solus tells you installation was a success on boot then aborts on launch...
To me this means one of two things:
1) incompatible Graphics card (longshot)
2)Or more likely Axios is right: the other jealous distros are interfering. My advice is UNPLUG the other two then boot solus again. I am predicting success. Something is goofy in the boot then if what you say (Solus says install was successful) is correct.
Hang in there. this distro is well worth it and I've tried most.