artix, a few more small edits.

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content/posts/guides/tech/20260906-artix-on-newer-hardware.md

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+---
+draft: false
+pinned: false
+hidden: false
+title: "Artix Installation ISO"
+subtitle: "Resolving Calamares Issue"
+feathericon: "hard-drive"
+author: Hyperling
+started: 2026-09-06T12:00:00-07:00
+#date:    2026-07-15T14:59:10-07:00
+lastmod: 2026-09-11T09:00:00-07:00
+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' 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.
+
+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```
+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 `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).
+
+## Bonus
+
+Once you have Artix installed and have rebooted into it, I recommend enabling the `extra` repo from Arch.
+
+```
+# Update System
+sudo pacman -Syu
+
+# 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)

content/posts/guides/tech/20260911-intel-gpu-stuff.md

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+---
+draft: false
+pinned: false
+hidden: false
+title: "Artix w/ Intel Integrated XE Graphics"
+subtitle: "Resolving GTK Rendering Issues"
+feathericon: "monitor"
+author: Hyperling
+started: 2026-09-11T08:00:00-07:00
+#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
+  - intel
+  - xe
+  - i915
+  - gtk
+  - qt
+series:
+  - sysadmin
+categories:
+  - guides # recipes, musings, videos, articles
+  - articles
+aliases:
+  - /posts/blog/20260911-artix-intel-gpu
+  - /posts/blog/artix-intel-gpu
+  - /posts/guides/tech/20260911-artix-intel-gpu
+  - /posts/guides/tech/artix-intel-gpu
+  - /artix-intel-gpu
+---
+
+## 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 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.
+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).
+
+The steps below are what got me successfully running all GUI applications properly with Intel Integrated 12th-gen XE graphics.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Check the GPU and driver in use.
+
+```shell
+$ 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
+        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 4041
+        Kernel driver in use: i915
+        Kernel modules: i915, xe
+```
+
+Ensure the Intel drivers are all installed.
+
+```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
+[lib32]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+```
+
+Get the PCI ID (value after the colon in [xxxx:yyyy]).
+
+```shell
+$ 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.
+
+```shell
+$ 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).
+
+```shell
+echo 'options xe enable_guc=3' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/intel-xe.conf
+```
+
+Remove legacy drivers which may get in the way.
+
+```shell
+sudo pacman -Rns xf86-video-intel
+```
+
+Reboot the system.
+
+```shell
+reboot
+```
+
+Check which driver is now in use.
+
+```shell
+$ 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
+	Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 4041
+	Kernel driver in use: xe
+	Kernel modules: i915, xe
+```
+
+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
+
+Artix is feeling fast as ever and the simplicity of using a feature-complete init system like `runit` are at their full power! >:)
+
+---
+
+[blog.hyperling.com/artix-intel-gpu](/artix-intel-gpu)

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