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author: Hyperling
date: 2026-09-06T12:00:00-07:00
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## 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' as soon as it opened.
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' as soon as it opened.
Rather than use the CLI installer for doing all the disk encryption and other setup
, I chose to resolve these issues so that the environment is as identical as possible to my other laptop.
Rather than use the CLI installer for doing all the disk encryption and other setup,
I chose to resolve these issues so that the environment is as identical as possible to my other laptop.
Here's how I ended up getting 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```
1. Create bootable media with a GUI installer as you normally would,
such as:
```console
$ 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 ...```
```conf
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 `calamares -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).
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.
Once you have Artix installed and have rebooted into it,
I recommend enabling the `extra` repo from Arch.
```
```shell
# Update System
sudo pacman -Syu
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# 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
sudo echo "Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch" >> /etc/pacman.conf
# Ensure Success
sudo pacman -Syy
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## Introduction
After installing Artix with LXQT and `runit` on my NovaCustom laptop I was finding that many GUI applications were failing to run properly.
When running the failing applications via terminal to see output, there were all sorts of `dconf` related errors.
These were related to issues in the `/run/user/` hierarchy, such as the `1000` directory not being created
When running them via terminal to see the error output there were all sorts of `dconf` related errors.
These were related to issues in the `/run/user/` hierarchy, such as the `1000` directory not being created.
When trying to get it and elogind working properly the directories were just getting deleted if created manually.
Eventually this being related to dconf helped me realize that it was only the GTK programs such as `kitty`, `transmission-gtk`, `gnome-system-monitor`, etc.
Eventually this helped me realize that it was only the GTK programs such as `kitty`, `transmission-gtk`, `gnome-system-monitor`, etc.
Apps such as `qterminal`, `firefox`, and `transmission-qt` were working with no issues!
This seemed odd since on my mid-2010s Macbook everything had been working flawlessly from the start, but it was installed with a Cinnamon `runit` ISO
, so I thought maybe I was missing some graphics drivers that come with GTK desktop environment.
After doing some pacman-fu with `-Qqn` from the Macbook to the newer system it still did not resolve the issues
, so I figured it must be something specific to the laptop
, similar to how the ISO needed booted with `nomodeset` [see this article](/artix-new-hardware).
This seemed odd since on my mid-2010s Macbook everything had been working flawlessly from the start, but it was installed with a Cinnamon `runit` ISO,
so I thought maybe I was missing some graphics libraries that come with a GTK desktop environment.
After doing some pacman-fu with `-Qqn` from the Macbook to the newer system it still did not resolve the issues,
so I figured it must be something specific to the laptop,
similar to how the ISO needed booted with `nomodeset` [see this article](/artix-new-hardware).
The steps below are what got me successfully running all GUI applications properly with Intel Integrated 12th-gen XE graphics.
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Check the GPU and driver in use.
```shell
```console
$ lspci -k -d ::03xx
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 0c)
DeviceName: VGA compatible controller
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Kernel modules: i915, xe
```
Ensure the Intel drivers are all installed.
You may need to enable the 32-bit repo in `pacman.conf` with these two lines.
```shell
sudo pacman -Sy mesa vulkan-intel lib32-mesa lib32-vulkan-intel intel-media-driver
```
You may need to enable the 32-bit repo in /etc/pacman.conf first.
```shell
$ sudo vi /etc/pacman.conf
```conf
[lib32]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
```
```console
$ sudo vi /etc/pacman.conf
```
Get the PCI ID (value after the colon in [xxxx:yyyy]).
Ensure all the Intel drivers are all installed.
```shell
```console
$ sudo pacman -Sy mesa vulkan-intel lib32-mesa lib32-vulkan-intel intel-media-driver
```
Grab the PCI ID of the GPU (value after the colon in [xxxx:yyyy]).
```console
$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:46a6] (rev 0c)
```
Switch to `xe` driver using the PCI ID above in the kernel parameters for GRUB.
`i915.force_probe=!46a6` and `xe.force_probe=46a6` do this.
```shell
```console
$ sudo vi /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='quiet i915.force_probe=!46a6 xe.force_probe=46a6 ...'
$ sudo update-grub
```
Enable `xe`'s hardware acceleration modes (GuC and HuC).
So it should look something like this:
```shell
echo 'options xe enable_guc=3' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/intel-xe.conf
```ini
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='quiet i915.force_probe=!46a6 xe.force_probe=46a6 ...'
```
Then reload GRUB to install the changes.
```console
$ sudo update-grub
```
Remove legacy drivers which may get in the way.
```shell
sudo pacman -Rns xf86-video-intel
```console
$ sudo pacman -Rns xf86-video-intel
```
Reboot the system.
```shell
reboot
```console
$ sudo reboot
```
Check which driver is now in use.
```shell
```console
$ lspci -k -d ::03xx
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 0c)
DeviceName: VGA compatible controller
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Validate whether GTK applications are happy now.
In my case, `kitty`, `gnome-system-monitor`, `codium`, `transmission-gtk`, `mullvad-vpn`, and all other GTK apps are now all running properly and their GUI interfaces are now working flawlessly. :D
In my case, `kitty`, `gnome-system-monitor`, `codium`, `transmission-gtk`, `mullvad-vpn`,
and all other GTK apps are now all running properly and their GUI interfaces are now working flawlessly. :D
Artix is feeling fast as ever and the simplicity of using a feature-complete init system like `runit` are at their full power! >:)
Artix is feeling fast as ever and the simplicity of using a feature-complete init system like `runit` is at its full power! >:)
## Credits
Thanks to Ask Brave for helping me troubleshoot this.
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