I answer your questions in order.
To boot the pendrive with the iso image I turn on the PC, with the pendrive in the USB port, interrupt the booting with F8, from the list of options I choose the pendrive created with (https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html)
Para crear el usb de arranque sigo las instrucciones de ventoy, luego copio las isos al pendrive y las ejecuto como mencioné anteriormente.
En ese mismo pendrive tengo la iso de Manjaro, la de Antix y la de Mabox.
Como ya dije en posteos anteriores, primero bajé la última iso disponible, la más actual, como falló, bajé la anterior, volvió a fallar entonces bajé esta última, precisamente pensando que el problema podría ser el kernel, pero según veo en mi Conky, estoy usando el 6.12.20 así que ese no es el problema, durante mucho tiempo usé el 5.10…, descartados problemas con el kernel luego de probar otros, dejo que Mabox decida cual usar.
I rule out problems with the pendrive since I was able to install Manjaro on my other PC with exactly the same hardware as this one I use with Mabox, I used the pendrive with Mabox on the Dell Vostro notebook and it worked perfect, it also works with Antix, in fact, I have another pendrive with persistence to take with me when I travel and for testing that also works perfectly fine.
I tried the 4 USB ports of the pc and in all of them I got the same error.
If I insist on using Mabox is because I really put my heart in the Distro, I find it excellent and of those I have used and have in use is the one that gives me more satisfaction.
I understand that there is a learning curve and that you, like many in the Manjaro Forum believe that they are not Distros for beginners, and possibly they are right, but I am willing to go the way to learn. I’m just asking for a little guidance, and I don’t think I’m doing too badly. in fact, I’ve been using Mabox since 2022, I inadvertently dragged the mouse with my arm one night while I had the file manager open and moved system files all over the tree and was forced to perform a new installation.
At no time do I doubt your knowledge, your work, your effort and the quality of Mabox.
I really wish I could dedicate more time to my learning, but I have a disabled daughter who requires my attention and to whom I dedicate my life, in the times she leaves me free I try to work and study, my wife is the breadwinner, she is retiring in 2 years and we will change roles, i.e. I will work more and she will take care of the child. I am 64 years old, I do the best I can.
I also spend time in my talks with friends to spread the use of Linux in general and Mabox in particular. Anyway, this is getting offtopic.
I understand that the conflict is in my hardware, here is the result of inxi -zv8
claudio@Claudio-Mabox ~ $ inxi -zv8
System:
Kernel: 6.12.20-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=eaf47a78-5bb0-45b8-9857-8d7edfaebf7b rw quiet
resume=UUID=b6c8299f-6640-47b8-8545-24e0f88a4203 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: N/A wm: Openbox v: 3.6.1 with: tint2 tools: avail: i3lock
vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Mabox base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5KPL-AM SE v: X.0x
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 0702 date: 08/20/2010
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 4 GiB available: 3.81 GiB used: 1.45 GiB (38.0%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 4 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 2 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM A1 type: DDR2 detail: synchronous size: 2 GiB
speed: 667 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A
Device-2: DIMM B1 type: DDR2 detail: synchronous size: 2 GiB
speed: 667 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Pentium E5200 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1
built: 2008 process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23) stepping: 6
microcode: 0x60F
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1343 min/max: 1200/2500 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1343 2: 1343 bogomips: 10002
Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc
cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est fpu fxsr ht lahf_lm lm mca
mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse pse36
pti rep_good sep sse sse2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tsc vme xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASUSTeK P5KPL-VM driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-4
process: Intel 65n built: 2006-07 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: none
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:29c2 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X:
loaded: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting alternate: vesa dri: i915
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37")
s-diag: 485mm (19.11")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 mapped: VGA1 model: Samsung SA300/SA350 serial: <filter>
built: 2010 res: mode: 1600x900 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
chroma: red: x: 0.639 y: 0.341 green: x: 0.325 y: 0.624 blue: x: 0.153
y: 0.039 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 440x250mm (17.32x9.84")
diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1600x900, 1440x900, 1280x800,
1152x864, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 640x480, 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel i915 platforms: device: 0 egl: 1.4
drv: i915 device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: egl: 1.4 drv: i915 surfaceless:
egl: 1.4 drv: i915 x11: drv: swrast inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 2.1 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.2-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 128 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 3.72 GiB unified: yes
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: kscreen-doctor
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.20-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
tools: pw-cli,wpctl
Server-4: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active
with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pamixer,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e800
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 225.74 GiB used: 28.65 GiB (12.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: HDS728080PLAT20
size: 76.69 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown>
tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: A21B scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD1600AABS-61PRA0 size: 149.05 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 6H05
scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: TSSTcorp model: CDDVDW SH-S203D rev: SB00
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 28.32 GiB size: 27.71 GiB (97.83%) used: 11.16 GiB (40.3%)
fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: N/A
uuid: eaf47a78-5bb0-45b8-9857-8d7edfaebf7b
ID-2: /home raw-size: 46.41 GiB size: 45.38 GiB (97.78%)
used: 17.49 GiB (38.5%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A uuid: f0ef4674-ef5a-47f0-b140-84966410292f
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.95 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: b6c8299f-6640-47b8-8545-24e0f88a4203
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 29.53 GiB fs: vfat label: MARTE
uuid: EF71-4BE5
ID-2: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 78.13 GiB fs: vfat label: JUPITER
uuid: 98C0-D06A
ID-3: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 38.83 GiB fs: vfat label: SAGITARIO
uuid: EEE4-4FDC
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Holtek Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 04d9:1503 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-2:3 info: Silicon Labs USB OPTICAL MOUSE type: mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 10c4:8108 class-ID: 0301
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: 38.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 964 case-1: 0
Power: 12v: 12.62 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.39 vbat: N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1287 libs: 301 tools: pamac,yay
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
1: https://repo.maboxlinux.org/stable/$arch/
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://manjaro.ipacct.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 149
1: cpu: 20.6% command: firefox pid: 82800 mem: 681.4 MiB (17.4%)
2: cpu: 16.0% command: firefox pid: 83247 mem: 326.8 MiB (8.3%)
3: cpu: 4.4% command: firefox pid: 83364 mem: 297.9 MiB (7.6%)
4: cpu: 3.1% command: pulseaudio pid: 81967 mem: 41.4 MiB (1.0%)
5: cpu: 2.3% command: firefox pid: 83115 mem: 168.4 MiB (4.3%)
Memory top: 5 of 149
1: mem: 681.4 MiB (17.4%) command: firefox pid: 82800 cpu: 20.6%
2: mem: 326.8 MiB (8.3%) command: firefox pid: 83247 cpu: 16.0%
3: mem: 297.9 MiB (7.6%) command: firefox pid: 83364 cpu: 4.4%
4: mem: 168.4 MiB (4.3%) command: firefox pid: 83115 cpu: 2.3%
5: mem: 148.2 MiB (3.7%) command: firefox pid: 87010 cpu: 0.2%
Info:
Processes: 149 Power: uptime: 59m states: freeze,standby,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle,shallow wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform
avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 1.51 GiB
Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: terminator
inxi: 3.3.38
I hope I have answered your questions.
Some changes in Mabox are not in my favour so I will try to disable them like screen lock, hibernation, etc.
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