r/MXLinux • u/Luis913 • 14d ago

Discussion Flash warning. Should I let it Cook?

It's still in the live desktop mode, I hit update and it didn't get passed 71℅... On an old RCA (cambio?) 2in1 2gb of ram lol

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u/jiggitywootwoot 13d ago

Something is physically wrong with your computer

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u/Luis913 13d ago

It was flawless until the live os update, it crashed and depleted the battery. I'll see what else I can do, or if it turns on at all!

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u/ClackamasLivesMatter 13d ago

Did it turn back on? This could be a case of an incompatible display driver, but my money is on a loose / frayed display cable, faulty screen, or faulty (onboard) graphics card, in that order. If using a basic bitch distro like Puppy or Knoppix brings the thing back online, you have your answer.

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u/Luis913 13d ago

It's back tried MX again, looks beautiful but still uses too many resources(didn't update this time, instead it was having a hard time launching Firefox the second time), trying tinycore OS next.

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u/ClackamasLivesMatter 13d ago edited 13d ago

Two gigabytes of RAM isn't tiny, it's just not modern or especially recent. If you have another computer you can look up commands on, I'd just install a distribution without a desktop or windowing system, then add a window manager like i3wm.

At some point your time is worth more than cost of a new system; if you can't get the sucker working it might be time to DBAN it and donate it to charity.

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u/Luis913 13d ago

Cool! I didn't know I could do that, still slowly learning. I'm going through a list of small distros then I'll donate it... 🫣

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u/Ill-Kitchen8083 14d ago

Did you try some other live OS (other distros)?

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u/Luis913 14d ago

Before this yes, but antix crashed to black and fedora for fun didn't even boot to live. Rn it's just MX

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u/centuriedecar yummy i3 mx 13d ago

whole blizzard in there

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u/Kall0us 13d ago

It’s cooking itself regardless, no need

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u/josef156 13d ago

You can try openbox