Made a Live USB of sparkylinux-5.8-x86_64-lxqt.iso Everything looks like it will boot correctly but after a while I end up with only a blinking cursor, if I tap the power button the screen bring up the shutdown process. I conclude the OS is working but the DE is not.
I used DD to create the the LIVE USB twice with different flash drives, both have the same issue. I changed BIOS to both Legacy and Ufie, no difference.
USB Live versions of UBUNTU and MXLinux both work correctly.
What could be unique about Sparky?
Have you verified ISO integrity with sha256? What are specs of your PC ?
Yes sha256sum output is correct.
description: Notebook
product: 80WG (LENOVO_MT_80WG_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo ideapad 110S-11IBR)
vendor: LENOVO
version: Lenovo ideapad 110S-11IBR
serial: YD029W2T
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 smp vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=notebook family=IDEAPAD frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=LENOVO_MT_80WG_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo ideapad 110S-11IBR uuid=3CF8628B-D0C1-2017-0409-105440000000
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description: Motherboard
product: Kant
vendor: LENOVO
physical id: 0
version: SDK0J91216 WIN
serial: YD029W2T
slot: Part Component
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: LENOVO
physical id: 0
version: 4HCN10WW
date: 02/22/2017
size: 128KiB
capacity: 6080KiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video pc98 acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot uefi
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vendor: Intel Corp.
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bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHz
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: CHV
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capacity: 2480MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 83MHz
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configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
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slot: L2 Cache
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capacity: 1MiB
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configuration: level=2
*-cache
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configuration: level=1
*-memory
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physical id: 8
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size: 2GiB
*-bank
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serial: 00000000
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width: 8 bits
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*-pci
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product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SoC Transaction Register
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
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width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=iosf_mbi_pci
resources: irq:0
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 35
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
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configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
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*-generic:0
description: Signal processing controller
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Power Management Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
version: 35
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=proc_thermal latency=0
resources: irq:120 memory:91414000-91414fff
*-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
description: SD Host controller
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SD Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 35
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:91415000-91415fff
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SATA Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 35
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:117 ioport:1060(size=32) memory:9141a000-9141a7ff
*-usb
description: USB controller
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series USB xHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 35
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:116 memory:91400000-9140ffff
*-generic:2 UNCLAIMED
description: Encryption controller
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 35
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:91300000-913fffff memory:91200000-912fffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 35
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:121 memory:91410000-91413fff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 35
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:0 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:91500000-916fffff ioport:91700000(size=2097152)
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 35
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:17 memory:91100000-911fffff
*-generic
description: Unassigned class
product: RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=rtsx_pci latency=0
resources: irq:115 memory:91100000-91100fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
version: 35
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:18 memory:91000000-910fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 99
serial: 3c:f8:62:8b:d0:c1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=4.19.0-1-amd64 firmware=29.1044073957.0 ip=192.168.1.116 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:122 memory:91000000-91001fff
*-isa
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product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCU
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 35
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 35
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:9141a800-9141a81f ioport:1040(size=32)
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: TCSUNBOW N8 120G
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
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serial: 2018030900010
size: 111GiB (120GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
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vendor: Windows
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
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size: 527MiB
capacity: 528MiB
capabilities: boot precious readonly hidden nomount ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2019-06-19 02:23:50 filesystem=ntfs label=Recovery modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true name=Basic data partition resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-volume:1
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: MSDOS5.0
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bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
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capacity: 99MiB
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physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
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capabilities: nofs
configuration: name=Microsoft reserved partition
*-volume:3
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vendor: Windows
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bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
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version: 3.1
serial: 3e1336f9-fbfc-704a-bc75-84e5bf9a2cdc
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capacity: 60GiB
capabilities: ntfs initialized
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*-volume:4
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 5
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,5
logical name: /dev/sda5
version: 1.0
serial: b9421c89-3d3a-4e9e-add8-43919a5f06a4
size: 34GiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2019-07-02 07:37:13 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/media/guy/b9421c89-3d3a-4e9e-add8-43919a5f06a4 modified=2019-07-18 11:36:09 mounted=2019-07-18 11:29:33 state=clean
*-volume:5
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 6
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,6
logical name: /dev/sda6
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 1c884f9c-8e65-42a0-b232-bfdc34b6bb20
size: 15GiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2019-07-01 14:02:56 filesystem=ext4 label=rootMX18.1 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2019-07-18 22:59:10 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,noatime mounted=2019-07-18 22:59:14 state=mounted
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:1
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: Ultra Fit
vendor: SanDisk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 1.00
serial: 0101e97c7725d7fa419c
size: 28GiB (30GB)
capabilities: removable
configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdb
size: 28GiB (30GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: signature=549d1df7
*-volume
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: MTOO4018
physical id: 2
logical name: /dev/sdb2
version: FAT12
serial: 3928-ce62
size: 15EiB
capabilities: primary boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat
*-scsi:2
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@1:4
logical name: scsi3
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: USB Flash Drive
vendor: Lexar
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 8.07
serial: 1
size: 7646MiB (8017MB)
capabilities: removable
configuration: ansiversion=4 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdc
size: 7646MiB (8017MB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: signature=549d1df7
*-volume
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: MTOO4018
physical id: 2
logical name: /dev/sdc2
version: FAT12
serial: 3928-ce62
size: 15EiB
capabilities: primary boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat
*-battery
product: Not Smart Battery
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
version: 2016
serial: 1.0
slot: Rear
Have you tried blacklisting Intel driver , or installing system using minicli ISO and removing Intel driver before starting desktop environment ?
No, I have not done either and don't know how to do that. How does one blacklist a driver when you don't have access to the Desktop or the terminal?
Ok. Blacklisting i915 module at boot was not the brightest idea. Just checked that on my computer. Without i915 display server wouldn't even initialize. But playing with 5.8 lxqt in live mode, reminded me about failsafe mode, which will boot your system using vesa driver. And that's what you should do to diagnose the problem.