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title: "Artix Installation ISO"
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subtitle: "Resolving Calamares Issue"
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feathericon: "hard-drive"
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author: Hyperling
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started: 2026-09-06T12:00:00-07:00
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#date: 2026-07-15T14:59:10-07:00
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lastmod: 2026-09-11T09:00:00-07:00
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tags:
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- tech # food, drink, craft, poetry, blog, video, tech, tourism
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- linux
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- arch
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- artix
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- runit
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- systemd
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- gnome
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- lxqt
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- cinnamon
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- iso
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- calamares
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series:
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- sysadmin
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categories:
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- guides # recipes, musings, videos, articles
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- articles
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aliases:
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- /posts/blog/20260906-artix-new-hardware
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- /posts/blog/artix-new-hardware
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- /posts/guides/tech/20260906-artix-new-hardware
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- /posts/guides/tech/artix-new-hardware
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- /artix-new-hardware
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---
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## Intro
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Artix's installer runs fine on my mid 2010s Macbook Air
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, but on my early 2020s NovaCustom the Calamares installer was hanging at 'Gathering System Requirements' as soon as it opened.
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Rather than use the CLI installer for doing all the disk encryption and other setup
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, I chose to resolve these issues so that the environment is as identical as possible to my other laptop.
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Here's how I ended up getting around it.
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## Steps
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1. Create bootable media with a GUI installer as you normally would
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, such as ```sudo dd if=./artix-cinnamon-runit-YYYYMMDD.iso of=/your/device bs=4M status=progress && sync```
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2. Restart the system and boot the media.
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3. Key down to CD/DVD/ISO option and press `e`.
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4. Add `nomodeset` and `modprobe.blacklist=wl` to the kernel options.
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```setparams 'From CD/DVD/ISO: artix.x86_64 ' 'x86_64 nomodeset modprobe.blacklust=wl lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC ...```
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5. Press `ctrl+x` to save and launch the script.
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6. Allow the media to boot the desktop environment.
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7. Try the GUI installer and hopefully it's ready to go.
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- 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.
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After you get it installed
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, if you notice issues with programs rendering properly
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, especially GTK apps where Qt apps work fine
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, [please see this article](/artix-intel-gpu).
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## Bonus
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Once you have Artix installed and have rebooted into it, I recommend enabling the `extra` repo from Arch.
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```
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# Update System
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sudo pacman -Syu
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# Install Package
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sudo pacman -Sy artix-archlinux-support
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# Add Repository
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sudo echo -e "\n\n## Arch Repos (unsupported but recommended) ##\n" >> /etc/pacman.conf
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sudo echo "[extra]" >> /etc/pacman.conf
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sudo echo "/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch" >> /etc/pacman.conf
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# Ensure Success
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sudo pacman -Syy
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```
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## Sources
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The pages I learned about these hacks from.
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- *Artix with FDE* : [https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/InstallationWithFullDiskEncryption#LiveCD.2FLiveUSB](https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/InstallationWithFullDiskEncryption#LiveCD.2FLiveUSB)
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- *Artix Repositories* : [https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Repositories#Arch_repositories](https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Repositories#Arch_repositories)
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---
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[blog.hyperling.com/artix-new-hardware](/artix-new-hardware)
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