Debian 10 on Asus Zenbook UX433F

vmsda · 08-08-2019, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

add this in conjuction with the others already mentioned. video=1366x768

There was a difference: just four messages on the screen, 3 of them long error codes, the fourth read "couldn't get UEFI db list". After a while, I powered off.

(Pls note I have had Secure Boot and ssd hard drive disabled. But I remember that in the preinstalled Win10 sd1 was defined as EFI.)

Many thks again.

vmsda · 08-08-2019, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

add this in conjuction with the others already mentioned. video=1366x768

There was a difference: just four messages on the screen, 3 of them long error codes, the fourth read "couldn't get UEFI db list". After a while, I powered off.

(Pls note I have had Secure Boot and ssd hard drive disabled. But I remember that in the preinstalled Win10 sd1 was defined as EFI.)

Many thks again.

ondoho · 08-08-2019, 02:58 AM

Repeating myself:

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Originally Posted by ondoho

It could be that Buster is not up-to-date on this one.
The freeze for this release was in the beginning of this year iirc.
Have you tried a less conservative distro, archlinux or some derivate maybe?

vmsda · 08-08-2019, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ondoho

Repeating myself:

My apologies for overlooking your question. Other than Debian 10, I have only tried Ubuntu 18.04, have never worked with any other distros. Perhaps about time I try Arch, if only for the sake of extricating myself out of this quandary.

colorpurple21859 · 08-08-2019, 05:57 AM

do you have this setting in your bios?

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I was able to stop the errors simply by changing a setting in the BIOS from [Customized] to [Standard] for Secure Boot Mode.

got if from here https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2380700 by googling, your error,

vmsda · 08-08-2019, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859

do you have this setting in your bios?

got if from here https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2380700 by googling, your error,

In Asus Zenbook UX433F BIOS, Secure Boot is either Enabled or Disabled, no Customized or Standard; they may have equivalent behaviour but we have no way of knowing, right?

rokytnji · 08-08-2019, 10:55 AM

Running persist usb on this one since I borked hard drive connectors.

Code:

demo@antix1:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.182-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.5.5+git20190610 Distro: antiX-19.b2_x64-full Marielle Franco 13 July 2019 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: Q302LA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Q302LA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: Q302LA.203 date: 05/15/2014 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 43.7 Wh condition: 44.5/50.1 Wh (89%) model: ASUSTeK UX3-44 status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-4030U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell rev: 1 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 15165 
           Speed: 1800 MHz min/max: 800/1800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1800 2: 1800 3: 1800 4: 1799 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 
           Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.182-antix.1-amd64-smp 
Network:   Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7630e 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Foxconn driver: mt7630e v: 2.3.8 port: f040 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 939.12 GiB used: 193.78 GiB (20.6%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: PNY model: USB 2.0 FD size: 7.61 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: External USB 3.0 size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 2.89 GiB used: 88.9 MiB (3.0%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2600 
Info:      Processes: 162 Uptime: 50m Memory: 5.72 GiB used: 769.8 MiB (13.1%) Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 inxi: 3.0.33

Might be above your pay grade though. I know that hard drive change over was above my pay grade now.

vmsda · 08-08-2019, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rokytnji

Running persist usb on this one since I borked hard drive connectors.

Code:

demo@antix1:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.182-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           ......................
Info:      Processes: 162 Uptime: 50m Memory: 5.72 GiB used: 769.8 MiB (13.1%) Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
           gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 inxi: 3.0.33

Might be above your pay grade though. I know that hard drive change over was above my pay grade now.

Given that I am not blessed with a stable environment (not even BIOS and/or GRUB, given the constant screen instability), how do you envisage the submission of such a command? Do you know of any GRUB ISO applicable to ASUS hw in general and my Zenbook UX433F in particular? Because, irrespective of pay grade, that seems to be the only starting point, short of sending the laptop back to the distributor.

rokytnji · 08-08-2019, 05:12 PM

Might have missed the point entirely. I was suggesting a live usb run of another distro instead of dual booting with Windows 10.

Windows 10 was the demise my posted Asus netbook. Killed the drive < mechanically > failing smart tests. Then I broke it even further trying to change out hard drive.

No recovery media or warranty to be had.
So. That is why I mentioned persist usb run. Or live run. Of another distro with other boot options OOTB.

https://www.mxlinux.org/user_manual_...ootloader.html

If you can be patient. MX linux has Debian Buster release almost fleshed out. Should be ready right about fall. Same for antiX also, I think.

My Asus is a touchscreen laptop . Hence why I did not trash it yet. I still gotta figure out frugal install so to run in ram instead of hard drive. So. I kinda sorta feel your pain.

vmsda · 08-11-2019, 08:58 AM

PARTIALLY SOLVED! But not completely. 😩

1. I decided to bring the disabled hard disk back to life after managing to alter the BIOS settings. Then I booted the system, and the Debian 10 I had initially installed came to life.

2. Logged in, password, Gparted, partitions seem ok. BUT

3. The screen problem has not gone away. This is what happens: for instance, when I was logged in to Deb the background was an image of wood. The problem is that it keeps changing from brown to grey, as if a 'curtain' was superimposed on the wood. And this happens once every two seconds, during which time I can still go on typing whatever I wish!

This looks like a graphics driver problem - the Asus has a NVIDIA GeForce MX150. But that same phenomenon also happens during BIOS display time but at a much faster rate.

What do you guys make of this?

vatin · 11-13-2019, 08:45 AM

I have this very model of Asus laptop. Can’t get Linux to install. I’m selling the Asus laptop and get a Thinkpad L390 which is Linux certified.

ondoho · 11-14-2019, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by vatin

I have this very model of Asus laptop. Can’t get Linux to install.

As I wrote before, it's a simple calculation of time.
A very new piece of hardware won't run good on an OS that came out before that hardware came out.
I'm guessing that is partly true for Ubuntu 18.04 also.
Archlinux seems to run just fine on that; probably Manjaro too.

lanaserena01 · 12-11-2019, 02:09 AM

Good to know.

DouglasSmemn · 02-02-2020, 02:18 PM

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, . , Grub , update-grub root.
, - , Debian , ...

didntsellout · 02-08-2020, 11:12 PM

Screw Win10 -- not worth the trouble, IMHO. LOL!
Change out HD for Linux and keep 10 on its own, is what I'd do if I had to keep it, for some unkown reason.
It started with WP5.1 and continues today, if you know what I mean.