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Linux lite 6.0 doesn't work on asus x205ta

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:09:20 +0800

Hi everyone, I have an Asus X205TA and I wanted to install on it Linux Lite 6.0. I had successfully installed Linux Lite 5.8 on this hardware and it worked, but It Is based on a too old version of ubuntu (20.04lts) and I need a newer version (minimum 22.04lts) because I need libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0. however I completed the installation of Linux lite 6.0 and the installation program showed me "restart now the system" and I clicked on the button, but when my Asus restarted, on the screen was showed UEFI Firmware. After that I selected the boot menu and there were two Ubuntu partitions. The problem was that none of those partitions worked and OS didn't start.

Can someone help me.

P.S. Sorry for my english, I'm not so good with the language.

Cant download ISO

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:13:56 +0800

When I try to download the ISO I get a page that says
" Error 1033
Ray ID: 9cedf97f1948f589 • 2026-02-16 15:10:55 UTC
Cloudflare Tunnel error"

So I downloaded the torrent but when I try and verify (using Linux Mint) it says :
"Download the ISO image again. Its checksum does not match."

Linux Lite boot USB stuck at GRUB

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:42:55 +0800

Hallo,

when I try to boot Linux Lite from USB, the process gets stuck at GRUB, showing “GRUB loading” “Welcome to GRUB” and a blinking cursor.

Here is some more information:
- USB: tried with 2 types: 16 GB USB 3.0 or 64 GB USB 3.2
- Linux Lite Version: tried with 7.8, 7.6 and 6.6 versions, sha256 sum always verified ok
- USB ISO burner: tried with Rufus 4.12 and 4.11 (trying ISO and DD image), Etcher 2.1.4 and Ventoy 1.1.10 on Windows 11
- PC: tried on two old notebooks:
- HP Pavillon dv6-6b07ez: 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5-2430M, 8 GB DDR3 Memory, AMD Radeon HD 6490M video graphics, Intel 6 Series/C200 Chipset, BIOS Insyde Version F.1C, no UEFI, no Secure Boot
- Compaq Presario CQ61: 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 T6500, 4 GB Memory, Mobile Intel 4 Series Chipset Family, Default System BIOS, no UEFI, no Secure Boot.

BTW: On the HP Pavillon I could boot and install Linux Mint 22.2 Xfce without problems. So, I’m really wondering why GRUB doesn’t work in the Linux Lite distro?

Thank you very much in advance for any hint!
Best regards.
Marco

Can't test LinuxLite 7.6 in a VMware® Workstation Pro 25H2 25.0.0.24995812

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:10:59 +0800

Hello virtual machine

Operating system: Windows 11 Pro, 64-bit (Build 22631.3007)
Virtual program: VMware® Workstation Pro 25H2 25.0.0.24995812

See video - i create virlual machine for testing LinuxLite 7.6 - after input username, login-password for user - stopped

Please, help me - why LinuxLite 7.6 stopped after input username, login-password for user in VMware® Workstation Pro 25H2 25.0.0.24995812

Log - see in attach

Video setup LinuxLite 7.6 in VMware® Workstation Pro 25H2 25.0.0.24995812 - see video on link https://disk.yandex.com/i/Cf3G7NwiIzSflA

LinuxLite 7.2 in VMware® Workstation Pro 25H2 25.0.0.24995812 - setup, work perfectly

I find topic https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showt...635&page=3

Solution - in virtualbox, change video display to vboxsvga.

In VMware® Workstation Pro 25H2 25.0.0.24995812 do not change VideoDriver to vboxsvga

  vmware.zip (Size: 29.04 KB / Downloads: 0)

  Снимок экрана 2026-01-18 110931.png (Size: 100.43 KB / Downloads: 5)

  Снимок экрана 2026-01-18 120638.png (Size: 5.78 KB / Downloads: 5)

trying to update (while) using removable disk - Malformed entry in sources.list

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:53:47 +0800

heres my install updates error log:
E: Malformed entry 33 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (absolute Suite Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.

need help

Troubles installing 7.6 on Intel Atom

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:11:57 +0800

So to prefix this, I’m not a Linux guy.

I’m trying to repurpose an old Intel Atom based laptop, it needs to run a browser and low volume stream to Twitch. I first chose Bionic Puppy32 19.03 from an usb stick and it works OK but the browser is funky and I can’t get flatpak to install so I moved on to Linux Lite 7.6.

Booting from an LL USB stick I get one of 2 outcomes (and I can’t figure out the pattern):

90% of the time booting live, direct install or in compatibility mode I get an feather desktop with no control over my mouse (either from the onboard touch pad or a Logitech usb cordless). The mouse pointer is in the centre of the screen so I assume that’s indicating the system thinks I have a pointer? Compatibility mode shows the Logitech driver loading fine but an error with the Bluetooth drivers.

10% (or less) the install ends at a screen asks me for a username/pwd, tried root/admin and other randomness, no joy. But the mouse works!?! (Screen shot below)

I’ve tried Blue Star and I get as far as the splash screen and then hangs, I’m assuming I’m out of resources. Fossapup64 9.6 hangs at nearly the 1st hurdle (initrd.gz).

Fool’s errand?

Tia

why that change in system requirements (RAM)

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:55:31 +0800

Hi all,

my PC is a Lenovo-H520e, offering me 4 GB of RAM.

I´ve been happily using Linux Lite 6.2 on it for quite a while and I´m very satisfied with it.
Seems I will be able to use this version until April 2027. After that point in time there won´t be any security updates any longer and I will need to do a fresh install.

Now I found out the following:

Until (and including) 7.0 it says:

Code:
Minimum Recommended Specs:  768mb ram

Preferred Specs:   1024mb ram+         

That was pretty good. Good enough for me. But the specs suddently changed dramatically.
From 7.2 onwards it says:

Code:
Minimum Recommended Specs:  2GB ram

Preferred Specs:         4GB ram+   

Why that drastic change?

For 7.6 "Minimum Specs" were dropped entirely. Just " Recommended Computer Specs: 4GB RAM"

Until now I can run waterfox browser, sylpheed, thunar and even a virtual machine (1 GB of virtual RAM assigned to it) at the same time without any hiccups.
Meaning the rest of my system getting along just fine with 3 GB of physical RAM during runtime of the VM.

Seems I won´t be able to do things like that anymore with the latest version of Linux Lite.

Such a shame.

Many greetings from Rosika

Little icons problem with LL 7.6

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:59:12 +0800

Hi everyone, I'm having a little problem with Linux Lite 7.6. The Adwaita icons and others in the Control Panel have annoying missing parts. The only ones that work are Papirus and ePapirus. Comparing 6.6 (image 1) which has no problems, 7.6 (image 2) is incomplete. Even worse are the Humanity icons in 7.6 (image 3). I tried copying the corresponding icons in /usr/share/icons from 6.6 to 7.6 without success. The .svg files aren't detected, obviously I'm not capable. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

  ll 6-6.jpg (Size: 176.9 KB / Downloads: 12)
  ll 7-6.jpg (Size: 163.6 KB / Downloads: 12)
  Istantanea_2025-12-13_21-22-49.png (Size: 85.37 KB / Downloads: 12)

where to put boot

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 23:21:55 +0800

I have LLOS 5.8 on a USB external drive. I want to install 6.6 on the same drive and dual boot both. I have 4 additional partitions for this, but am getting hung up on where to put the boot files. The installer is not letting me put the files on the partition I created for it.

after install Linux Lite 7.6 problem with Google Chrome

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 02:26:49 +0800

In both options:
"Loading the Linux Lite 7.6 Live system"
"Direct installation of Linux Lite 7.6"
After installing LL7.6, if I launch Google Chrome from the desktop or using the command in the terminal: "google-chrome", Chrome opens for 2 seconds, after which the current session ends with the loss of all open applications.

The command: "google-chrome" results in the following with details:
in terminal
user ~ google-chrome
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed
[12057:12057:1111/103755.947104:ERROR:media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.cc:1631] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error
[12057:12057:1111/103755.966415:ERROR:components/viz/service/main/viz_main_impl.cc:189] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed
[12113:12113:1111/103757.001708:ERROR:media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.cc:1631] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error
[12113:12113:1111/103757.028610:ERROR:components/viz/service/main/viz_main_impl.cc:189] Exiting GPU process due to errors during initialization
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed
[12126:12126:1111/103757.147677:ERROR:media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.cc:1631] vaInitialize failed: unknown libva error

OR:
error:ui/ozone/platform/x11/ozone_platform_x11.cc249Missing X server or $DISPLY. echo $DISPLAY it's empty, suser ~ omething is wrong with your system's session setup. libva error
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Computer summary:
-Computer-
Processor : Intel® Core™2 CPU T5200 @ 1.60GHz
Memory : 3034MB (651MB used)
Machine Type : Notebook
Operating System : Linux Lite 7.6
User Name : val (val)
Date/Time : Tue 11 Nov 2025 12:43:18 PM EST
-Display-
Resolution : 1280x800 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.2, 128 bits)
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-Input Devices-
Power Button
Sleep Button
Lid Switch
Power Button
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Video Bus
CX 2.4G Receiver
CX 2.4G Receiver Mouse
CX 2.4G Receiver
CX 2.4G Receiver Consumer Control
CX 2.4G Receiver System Control
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
HP WMI hotkeys
HDA Intel Front Headphone
-Printers-
No printers found
-SCSI Disks-
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4084N
ATA KINGSTON SA400S3

val ~ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
05:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
05:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
05:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
05:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
05:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 02)

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 21.1.11 driver: intel
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.2 128 bits)
  v: 4.5 Mesa 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 direct render: Yes

My worries

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:26:35 +0800

I was sitting there looking at the system requirements (new ones) and wondering if I should install it on a laptop like this since I have 8 GB of RAM and an Intel Core i3 1215u.

Regarding the minimum system requirements

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 15:44:09 +0800

Greetings to all Linux Lite users, this might be a slightly unusual question. Why have the minimum system requirements for Linux Lite itself increased over the past two years? Besides, Xfce is lighter, and I'm not talking about the software, that's all clear, but the OS itself. I think two years ago it was 981 MB, but now it's 4 GB, and Ubuntu has lower requirements. The question is, what's the reason for such a sharp increase in Linux Lite system requirements?

ASUS x206HA black screen after Linux Mint install

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:44:51 +0800

HELLO,
I am having an issue at the moment with an older laptop of mine. It is an ASUS x206HA with Intel Atom processor. On it i had Linux mint and decided to switch to Linux Lite. I inserted the USB ran the setup, everything seemed well and then the machine restatrts after it finished the install.
On the screen was something like remove installation USB and press enter. I did and from then the laptop does not boot. It also does not show the ASUS logo anymore, and i can't install other Linux or Windows. I create the bootable USB and when i want to move further with the install the screen stays black. Anything i do the screen is black. I tried to reset the BIOS, remove battery and connect an external monitor. Nothing, only black screen.
I can't find an answer anywhere and hope to find it here. Thank you all! Intel Atom® x5-Z8350 Intel Atom® x5-Z

after Lite install, unstable screen on old Asus x50SL

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:54:27 +0800

Hello, newbie here as well as to Linux in general. Windows user up until now.
I have a few ancient laptops lying around that I'm thinking of bringing back to life installing a light Linux version. Hence, Linux Lite seems like a good candidate.
I went through the moves of installing ver 7.6 and installed all available updates; it said no driver updates are available.
Yet I get an extremely unstable display and can't seem to solve the problem trying every available graphics resolution (see attached video: in it, 1280*800 is being used).
I looked on about every forum I could find to look for help on this issue, but can't find a thing.
Hoping someone can give me a tip? Maybe another member managed to get a working install on a similar old machine?
Joining a inxi dump below, maybe there's something strange in there?
Thanks in advance,
Lio

INXI result
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System:
Host: linuxlite-F5SL01 Kernel: 6.8.0-85-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 Distro: Linux Lite 7.6 LTS
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: F5SL v: 1.0
serial:
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: F5SL v: 1.0 serial:
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 301 date: 06/19/2008
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.8 Wh (99.0%) condition: 39.2/47.3 Wh (82.9%)
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo T5450 bits: 64 type: MCP cache:
L2: 2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 998 min/max: 996/1660 cores: 1: 1000 2: 996
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD RV620/M82 [Mobility Radeon HD 3450/3470] driver: radeon
v: kernel
Device-2: Chicony 1.3 MPixel UVC Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 driver: X: loaded: radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: r600 gpu: radeon
resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,r600,swrast
platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
renderer: AMD RV620 (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.8.0-85-generic LLVM 20.1.2)
Audio:
Device-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Azalia Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-85-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 191 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
driver: sis190
IF: enp0s4 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:22:15:7f:f3:45
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter
driver: ath5k
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: 00:22:43:01:cd:a4
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 20.89 GiB (4.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G1R0A-68A4W0
size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 182.28 GiB used: 20.88 GiB (11.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 59 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (10.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 77.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 3 GiB available: 2.9 GiB used: 1.27 GiB (43.9%)
Processes: 218 Uptime: 1h 28m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.34

Default Date Format

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 09:34:29 +0800

Hi, I know this will be basic.. apologies , however I'm one of those people who is non technical user and have been using LL for several years..

I just installed 7.6

How do I change the date format from US to UK? ( I'm located in Australia) When I installed LL I set the region to Australia.

I googled and found this https://linuxopsys.com/change-default-da...t-in-linux

from this guidance I found that locale shows LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"

I have edited en_US file to update the formats however it has had no effect..

The en_AU file looks fine.. however I cant see that it is being used

Any help would be appreciated... I'm happy to re-intsall if I have to

Thanks and kind regards