Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C

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5 years 8 months ago #197838 by BigJohnT
Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C was created by BigJohnT
I'm trying to install Debian 10 on a ASUS PRO H410M-C with a Seagate ST250DM000-1BD14 SSD. I've tried a bunch of versions of Debian and Ubuntu and after installing at boot up I can see the login prompt for a second then I have to do Ctrl Alt F2 to login to the command line but no desktop at all. Trying a live images does nothing that I can see, just a blank screen.

Running the live Lubuntu 19 from the CD as ugly as it is with the bird on the desktop works!

I've seen people mention something bout SSD being so fast that lightdm fails to load. A stock install and systemctl status lightdm shows it failed. Adding
Code:
[LightDM] logind-check-graphical=true
and systemctl status lightdm shows it as active but still no desktop.

I'm a bit stumped and have been beating my head on the desk for a week trying to figure this out.

SSD and MB info
Code:
sudo dmidecode -t 2 # dmidecode 3.2 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 3.2.0 present. Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product Name: PRO H410M-C Version: Rev 1.xx Serial Number: 200468358604483 Asset Tag: Default string Features: Board is a hosting board Board is replaceable Location In Chassis: Default string Chassis Handle: 0x0003 Type: Motherboard Contained Object Handles: 0 sudo lshw -c disk *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST250DM000-1BD14 vendor: Seagate physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: KC45 serial: 5VY7TV7H size: 232GiB (250GB) capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=f04ed4b5-5861-4b05-945c-8e6ec258f9eb logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096

Another tid bit of information the MB will not boot from any of my HDD's that have working OS's on them, the bios can check the smart thing but they do not show up as a boot option...

Thanks
JT

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5 years 8 months ago #197846 by tommylight
Replied by tommylight on topic Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C
Enable or disable CMS in BIOS, disable UEFI if possible, and add "nomodeset" to grub.
Sorry, messed up eyes.

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5 years 8 months ago #197855 by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C
No CMS or UEFI selections in the BIOS.

grub
Code:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"

In the morning during free time I'm going to download debian standard and install openbox and see if that works.

JT

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5 years 8 months ago #199085 by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C
Just booted up from the Linux Mint Mate 20.1 live iso and everything seems to work fine, I guess Debian is broken somewhat.

JT

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5 years 8 months ago #199088 by tommylight
Replied by tommylight on topic Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C
If by any chance you might need QtVCP or the likes or compiling something, use the 19.3, 20 has plenty of issues with Python 2/3.
P.S.
Are you using the free version of Debian or the non-free?
Non-free usually works ok with almost everything.

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5 years 8 months ago #199133 by rodw
Replied by rodw on topic Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C
It would be interesting to try Tommy's method for quick and easy installs for Debian Bullseye as the PREMPT_RT patch exists for it. It also includes the driver for the 2.5gb network driver used on the Odroid H2+ which would make life a lot easier to use this cool PC.

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5 years 8 months ago #199630 by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C

tommylight wrote: If by any chance you might need QtVCP or the likes or compiling something, use the 19.3, 20 has plenty of issues with Python 2/3.
P.S.
Are you using the free version of Debian or the non-free?
Non-free usually works ok with almost everything.


I tried non-free Debian.

So far Linux Mint 20.1 and 20 will run from the Live iso but fail to install with an error about the CD/
DVD drive being broken but I'm using a USB stick. I guess I'll burn a DVD and see what happens. I've tried both installing the extra stuff and not. The install makes it to the copying files part then fails. Error 5 Input/Output Error

forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=218581

Going to try 19.3 next.

JT

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5 years 8 months ago #199646 by rodw
Replied by rodw on topic Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C
People have been saying to unplug the USB drive at that error, wait 5 min and reinsert and the install proceeds.

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5 years 8 months ago #199650 by tommylight
Replied by tommylight on topic Install Debian 10 on ASUS PRO H410M-C
Are you trying to create a LinuxCNC/Mint20 ISO?
I did that with 19.3 but it would fail to install correctly, but user BeagleBrains managed to do a proper ISO of 19.3.
Did not try it with 20 or 20.1 as the normal procedure takes about 20 minutes.
I have a feeling removing and inserting USB on Mint has no effect, Mint is much better at finding it's belongings ! :)

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5 years 8 months ago #199662 by BigJohnT
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Just trying to install an OS right now of any kind that can have a preempt kernel.

JT

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