diff --git a/content/posts/guides/tech/20260906-artix-on-newer-hardware.md b/content/posts/guides/tech/20260906-artix-on-newer-hardware.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f439093 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/guides/tech/20260906-artix-on-newer-hardware.md @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +--- +draft: true +pinned: false +hidden: false +title: "Artix Installation ISO" +subtitle: "Resolving Calamares Issues" +feathericon: "monitor" +author: Hyperling +started: 2026-09-06T12:00:00-07:00 +#date: 2026-07-15T14:59:10-07:00 +#lastmod: 2026-07-15T14:59:10-07:00 +toc: true +audio: false +images: +tags: + - tech # food, drink, craft, poetry, blog, video, tech, tourism + - linux + - arch + - artix + - runit + - systemd + - gnome + - lxqt + - cinnamon + - iso + - calamares +series: + - sysadmin +categories: + - guides # recipes, musings, videos, articles + - articles +aliases: + - /posts/blog/20260906-artix-new-hardware + - /posts/blog/artix-new-hardware + - /posts/guides/tech/20260906-artix-new-hardware + - /posts/guides/tech/artix-new-hardware + - /artix-new-hardware +--- + +## Intro + +Artix's installer runs fine on my mid 2010s Macbook Air, but on my early 2020s NovaCustom the Calamares installer was hanging at Gathering System Requirements. Here's how I got around it. + +## Steps + +1. Create bootable media with a GUI installer as you normally would, such as ```sudo dd if=./artix-cinnamon-runit-YYYYMMDD.iso of=/your/device bs=4M status=progress && sync``` +2. Restart the system and boot the media. +3. Key down to CD/DVD/ISO option and press `e`. +4. Add `nomodeset` and `modprobe.blacklist=wl` to the kernel options. ```setparams 'From CD/DVD/ISO: artix.x86_64 ' 'x86_64 nomodeset modprobe.blacklust=wl lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC ...``` +5. Press `ctrl+x` to save and launch the script. +6. Allow the media to boot the desktop environment. +7. Try the GUI installer and hopefully it's ready to go. + - If not, run `calameres -d` from the terminal rather than launching the desktop shortcut to see if any obvious errors appear, then troubleshoot from there. + +After you get it installed +, if you notice issues with programs rendering properly +, especially GTK apps where Qt apps work fine +, [please see this article](/artix-intel-gpu). + +## Bonus + +Once you have Artix installed and have rebooted into it, I recommend enabling the `extra` repo from Arch. + +``` +# Update System +sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm + +# Install Package +sudo pacman -Sy artix-archlinux-support + +# Add Repository +sudo echo -e "\n\n## Arch Repos (unsupported but recommended) ##\n" >> /etc/pacman.conf +sudo echo "[extra]" >> /etc/pacman.conf +sudo echo "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch" >> /etc/pacman.conf + +# Ensure Success +sudo pacman -Syy +``` + + +## Sources + +The pages I learned about these hacks from. + +- *Artix with FDE* : [https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/InstallationWithFullDiskEncryption#LiveCD.2FLiveUSB](https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/InstallationWithFullDiskEncryption#LiveCD.2FLiveUSB) +- *Artix Repositories* : [https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Repositories#Arch_repositories](https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Repositories#Arch_repositories) + +--- + +[blog.hyperling.com/artix-new-hardware](/artix-new-hardware)