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Installing Linux Lite / Re: BootDevice Not Found - acer aspire s7

« Last post by stevef on Today at 05:39:28 AM »

I'm sure you have already seen, but there are multiple Internet results suggesting problems installing Linux on S7 Ultrabook.
Having read some of them, it appears that at least the early versions of UEFI/BIOS may be locked to booting Windows
Additionally there may be problems with Ubuntu/GRUB not working with RAID.

There are some results which say they were successful (after some struggle).  These include Dual Boot systems so may not reflect your system.

Things that appeared in some of the 'success' threads include
The UEFI/BIOS gave more options if a Supervisor password has been set and then used to access the settings.
Pressing Ctrl S while in the UEFI/BIOS Main screen to reveal hidden options.
Installing with Secure mode enabled not disabled.
Intel RST causing issues and needing to be disabled.
Using rEFInd to get round the GRUB/RAID.

Probably the best summary article I read was this
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295
It is all worth reading, but there is a specific section on Ultrabook

The Linux Lite Hardware DB matches s7-391 on 2 (out of 91,000) records which suggests at least two Linux Lite installs have been done.

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Other / Re: My laptop often frezes

« Last post by stevef on Today at 02:35:07 AM »

Thank you for the response.
Checking the journal was not intended as a solution - just to see if anything of interest was logged prior to the freeze.

As nothing was recorded it seems to confirm whatever happened was a sudden, critical error.

In a home environment, the only suggestion I have is trying to identify a pattern which leads to a freeze.

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Other / Re: My laptop often frezes

« Last post by Thanh Tùng ??ng on April 18, 2024, 10:17:17 PM »

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Welcome to Linux Lite 6.6 tungdt
 
Thứ sáu 19 Tháng 4 2024, 09:09:40
Memory Usage: 711/3305MB (21.51%)
Disk Usage: 22/219GB (11%)
Support - https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ (Right click, Open Link)
 
 tungdt  ~  journalctl -b -1 --since 09:06
-- No entries --
 tungdt  ~  journalctl -b -1 --since 09:05
-- No entries --
 tungdt  ~  1  journalctl -b -1 --since 09:04
-- No entries --
 tungdt  ~  journalctl -b -1 --since 09:03
-- No entries --
 tungdt  ~  journalctl -b -1 --since 09:02
-- No entries --

I tried your solution when my laptop froze, but it didn't work. I waited for the same problem to happen again, and today it finally did so I can send you the error report.

Thank you for the response.
It may be useful to check if anything got logged around the time of the freeze.
Even if nothing was logged that adds a bit of information about your problem

Operate the system as normal until it freezes.
Make a note of the freeze time, then power off and on.

When the system has booted, open a terminal by pressing 'Ctrl' 'Alt' and 'T' together.

In the window that opens enter the command below followed by enter.
Replace the HH:MM after '--since' with a time value.
If your system froze at 07:10, using a value of 07:05 will show the logged events for 5 minutes before the freeze.
You may need to adjust the time period you use.

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journalctl -b -1 --since HH:MM
The output should be a list of time stamped events recorded for the previous boot with an indicator of where you are in the listing.

Press space bar to scroll down the list a page at at time.
Use up and down arrows to move a line at a time.
Once you are at the end of the list you will see something like 'lines 390-410/410 (END)'
Pressing 'Q' will exit from the listing.
Post back with anything that looks suspicious

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Installing Linux Lite / Re: BootDevice Not Found - acer aspire s7

« Last post by tsu02 on April 18, 2024, 12:27:39 PM »

Hi guys

About the disks number, here are the informations in the BIOS :

HDD0 Model Name : LITEONIT CMT-128L3M
HDD0 Serial Number : 002242101572A
HDD1 Model Name : LITEONIT CMT-128L3M
HDD1 Serial Number : 002242101572B

And under Main :

SATA Mode       [RAID Mode]

Thank you.
Without having the same hardware, it is difficult to advise specific steps.
Trying to use the regular GRUB/Ubuntu boot set up might be difficult with hardware RAID.

If you don't want (or need) the system to operate RAID, it may be worth entering the UEFI/BIOS set up again to investigate changing the SATA mode from RAID to AHCI.
This might make things easier.

I tried to change the SATA mode from RAID to AHCI but when i reboot, it still in RAID. It seems to be more difficult to take it off. And maybe i need to access to a consol (linux lite live ?) to try something else
Let's see !

If you have a clue, i take it ^^

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Updates / Re: Linux Lite Updates - Brave Repositories

« Last post by Şerban S. on April 18, 2024, 11:13:15 AM »

So the curl routine for Ubuntu posted here didn't work for any of you? Seems odd.
https://brave.com/linux/#release-channel-installation
TC

I use Chrome, but from time to time, I change to test one thing or another.
I checked today the directions and it seems that the repositories have some weird glitches.
Although the instructions look clear, I had trouble following them some time ago.
On the other hand, the version downloaded today from SourceForge, is working "out-of-the-box".
In the previous post I gave the details.
The weird thing though is that if you search "Brave", lots of results are fetched and there are at least 4 different versions available for download.

Best regards, Șerban.

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Updates / Re: Linux Lite Updates - Brave Repositories

« Last post by trinidad on April 18, 2024, 08:12:09 AM »

So the curl routine for Ubuntu posted here didn't work for any of you? Seems odd.
https://brave.com/linux/#release-channel-installation
TC

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Updates / Re: Linux Lite Updates - Brave Repositories

« Last post by Şerban S. on April 18, 2024, 05:51:18 AM »

Hi!

The only way I can help you, is testing a scenario.
So:

1. Go to, and download the package:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/brave-browser.mirror/files/
The file name is: "brave-browser-1.65.114-linux-amd64.zip"
Tested, it works, a little bit slow though.
2. Create your own directory (say: /home/Brave-2024/)
Select the directory, then unpack the .zip into this directory.
3. Start Brave, by doubleclicking on the "brave-browser" file. It's already marked as executable.
Tested a few minutes ago, it works.

Good luck!

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Updates / Re: Linux Lite Updates - Brave Repositories

« Last post by stevef on April 18, 2024, 01:27:09 AM »

i tried to install brave by the terminal but it didnt work. then i downloaded the file from the braves website but also then it didnt wanted to open the file.

Although your attempts to install Brave don't appear to have worked, some Brave repositories got added to your system.
The repositories specified require special access but it appears your system doesn't have the necessary setup to access the domains.

This is stopping your update/upgrade process from running.
Simply removing the repositories from the list should allow updates/upgrades to run again, but to try to understand what has happened we need a bit more information.
If we understand what happened, there is a better chance of tidying it up correctly.

Can you provide a link to the instructions you followed for the command line method you used ?
What happened when you followed the inrstuctions to make you think it didn't work ?

Can you provide a link to the file you downloaded ?
What do you mean by 'it didn't want to open the file' ?

Please can you open a terminal and run the command below to list your repositories ?
Paste the results back.

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inxi -r
Thank you

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Installing Linux Lite / Re: BootDevice Not Found - acer aspire s7

« Last post by Şerban S. on April 17, 2024, 09:12:59 PM »

I've tried but the partition is locked...

As you can see on the pic below, i didn't succeed to find the solution :
https://ibb.co/Z22fHRL

It seems to be locked with /dev/md126

For the rest, i've understood your instructions @Serban but unable to go further than the first step

As I said before, I never used RAID.. And probably, I'll never use. I explained why in the previous posts.
So, partitioning, formatting a RAID virtual drive, maybe requires another software, or you missed something during RAID setup.
As far as I remember, there is a firmware utility for RAID SETUP and management.
Maybe you should study this and use this factory software to do the partitioning and then install whatever.
Read carefully the documentation for your RAID implementation.

For my machine, I found this:
https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/desktops-general-locked-topics/how-to-configure-a-raid-volume-on-precision-t1700/647f53d5f4ccf8a8ded3cccc

Best regards.

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Updates / Re: Linux Lite Updates - Brave Repositories

« Last post by sayonara on April 17, 2024, 06:44:00 PM »

i tried to install brave by the terminal but it didnt work. then i downloaded the file from the braves website but also then it didnt wanted to open the file.