Mageia 8 on T480s [solved]

[murphcid]

Go into MCC -> Software Management -> Configure media sources for install and update

Mark the two medias called "Installation USB/DVD/CD..." and remove them. See the second picture here: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Software_management#The_automatic_way

Got it, Thanks.

[murphcid]

Here is efi, what do I need to do to delete the Ubuntu entries?

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murph@localhost ~]$ sudo efibootmgr
[sudo] password for murph:
BootCurrent: 0003
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 0003,0002,0001,0000,0010,0011,0012,0013,0017,0018,0019,001A,001B,001C,001D,001E,0023
Boot0000* ubuntu
Boot0001* ubuntu
Boot0002* ubuntu
Boot0003* mageia
Boot0010  Setup
Boot0011  Boot Menu
Boot0012  Diagnostic Splash Screen
Boot0013  Lenovo Diagnostics
Boot0014  Startup Interrupt Menu
Boot0015  Rescue and Recovery
Boot0016  MEBx Hot Key
Boot0017* USB CD
Boot0018* USB FDD
Boot0019* NVMe0
Boot001A* ATA HDD0
Boot001B* USB HDD
Boot001C* PCI LAN
Boot001D  Other CD
Boot001E  Other HDD
Boot001F* USBR BOOT CDROM
Boot0020* USBR BOOT Floppy
Boot0021* ATA HDD
Boot0022* ATAPI CD
Boot0023* PCI LAN
[murph@localhost ~]$



[sturmvogel]

I would do it one by one:

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sudo efibootmgr -b 0 -B

to remove the Boot0000 ubuntu boot entry.

Than issue again

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sudo efibootmgr

to check again the entries. Than remove the other two ubuntu entries.

The syntax to remove entries is "efibootmgr -b # -B" to delete entry #. For example, if the entry is Boot0002 ubuntu, then # is 2.

[murphcid]

Thanks, that did it! Ok, all good here, installed Chrome, HTOP, TLP, and things are working well. Thank you for the patience with me! Have a great day.

[sturmvogel]

You are welcome! Glad it works.

Don't forget to mark this topic solved. You can do this by editing your first post of this thread and append [SOLVED] to the title. Thanks ahead.

[murphcid]

Ok, so 24 hours in, and some heavy usage on the T480s with Mageia 8, Some good, some bad, some different. So let me go over them:

The Bad:
Installation; I had to reboot a couple of times and go into BIOS to get the 64 bit EFI version to load, otherwise it would give me a locked up screen forcing a hard power off. This is the first Linux distro I have had any issue with loading.
Again installlation, somewhat confusing in adding myself as the "user" and then not automatically having sudo, having to manually install myself in the wheel group. Finally figured it out so no foul.
Installation where I had ethernet plugged in, and it torched the system, after installing updates. Not used to this, but thanks to those here I got past it and installed in off line mode.
Having to constantly re-insert the USB flash drive to install software was odd, and annoying. This is the only distro I have tried where I have had to do that. And the process to disable this is very non-intuative.

The different:
Cinnamon is OLD, 4.8 vs 5.4 on the latest release. I am sure I can fix this as time goes by.
Software is a little older, not bad, but it gives stability.
Boots a little slowly compared to other distros, but not enough to be annoying.

The Good:
Terminal commands- instead of "apt" I just use "dnf" Works great. No having to relearn command syntax like in Arch based distros where you have to sacrifice animals to the Arch gods, and chant in obscure languages to do anything.
Update via CLI, I actually prefer this to the way that Debian based distros do it. More information, and it seems more efficient. Once I was shown how to disable to irritating need to re-insert the USB drive.
Software update and installation via GUI, pretty nice, pretty clean.
UI is clean and well laid out.
I can feel the Mandrake roots which takes me back to 1999/2000. Having been using an rpm based distro it is pretty nice and fast.
I installed Chrome via .rpm package, and it went very nicely, installed right away.
Update to the 5.15 Kernel via CLI was painless.
Stable, very stable.
Shutdown is fast and clean, no hanging shutdown.
Connection to Wifi and ethernet is solid and clear.

I will keep testing, so far I am not un-pleased with how Mageia 8 is handling matters on the T480s. I will want to see how the upgrade process to Mageia 9 goes. I am a hard core and long time Linux Mint user, and so I rate all distros against Mint. So far I can find no real reason to not keep using Mageia, and KDE is very pretty. Almost too customizable.

[doktor5000]

Please don't forget to mark the thread as solved, by editing the subject of the first post and prefix it with [SOLVED], thanks in advance.

[murphcid]

Please don't forget to mark the thread as solved, by editing the subject of the first post and prefix it with [SOLVED], thanks in advance.

I was not done yet, but I will do as you ask.

[benmc]

Having to constantly re-insert the USB flash drive to install software was odd, and annoying

This something that only occurs with the Classical install method, it does not occur with the "Live" installers
As not everyone is able to access reliable high speed / high bandwidth internet, the packages available on the install media are available for later install as default.
They are a subset of common packages that most users are likely to avail themselves of.

for example, you have installed Plasma, but as a cinnamon user prefer nemo, it is available for offline installation, should you have no access to the internet.
should you have been given / purchased the install media, as opposed to personally downloaded it, it is your own mini repo.

there have been many discussions regarding weather to change this default, and it always comes down to availability or not of reliable internet.

[murphcid]

I must say I really like the way the terminal handles updates. So much data, and it lets me know exactly what is being downloaded and installed. Went back to Plasma since Cinnamon is too old. Plasma is almost too configurable. Battery life is pretty decent, so far no major issues, but I am waiting on Mageia 9.

[murphcid]

Got it, thanks. Ok, it is pretty stable, KDE is working good. Off to Best Buy tomorrow for a new battery. I am looking forward to Mageia 9.

[morgano]

The reason it asks for the media is to avoid downloading using internet to save bandwidth.
Useful, but with most users having fast internet nowadays, i wonder if that should not be changed to not be the default...

[murphcid]

The reason it asks for the media is to avoid downloading using internet to save bandwidth.
Useful, but with most users having fast internet nowadays, i wonder if that should not be changed to not be the default...

You know, I do agree with you. Tried to download extra wallpapers and could never connect for some reason, but my internet has been acting up a little today. Once I have a new battery in this laptop, it should work superbly. I am a little distracted right now, it looks like we are going to lose our golden retriever real soon, and it is painful watching her growing old literally in front of us. Last week she was fine, now she is having trouble standing.

If after the testing on the t480s, I might install it on the HP Dev One laptop.

[Germ]

Sorry about your pup. We have a white pit who will turn 11 next month. He's a big marshmallow and a great dog. I'm really dreading the day.

[murphcid]

Sorry about your pup. We have a white pit who will turn 11 next month. He's a big marshmallow and a great dog. I'm really dreading the day.

Thank you. It is like she is aging before our eyes.

Well the T480s is off to Best Buy for a battery replacement, and once back, it will be the Mageia road warrior. It just reminds me of the old Mandrake Linux I started with so, I am having a severe case of nostalgia.

[Germ]

Yea, I've been playing with Linux Mint on my second laptop. It's really nice but it's no Mageia.

[murphcid]

Yea, I've been playing with Linux Mint on my second laptop. It's really nice but it's no Mageia.

One of the things I really like is how instead of "apt" I just type "dnf" and the commands are the same. Plus I really like how Mageia/Fedora systems show what is downloading, and all the information you are provided. I have Mint as a main driver on three of my laptops, which is what I came back to Linux and learned. But now that I have the T480s, I can experiment, and I had no idea Mageia was even out there. Several places on the internet had claimed it was a dead distro which I am very happy to find is not the case. I have three 14" laptops which I take out to the coffee shops to spend time. One of them is now on Mageia.

I find that the 14" size is, for my use cases, optimal for me. Others may want a larger or smaller laptop, but for me the 14" size is ideal. I had a Macbook Pro 2015 which had Linux installed since Apple decided it no longer would work with updates. I loaded POP!_OS on it and gave it to a friend, who loves it. He is now looking a Gnome Mageia to try out.

[murphcid]

Ok got it back, Chrome installed, things are looking good. The battery was not a 100% replacement being somewhat shorter than the original battery. But it seems to work and none of the Lenovo issue with not being able to use a 3rd party battery. Got my wallpapers installed, and so it looks like Mageia 8 and later 9 will be getting a long road test.

[Germ]

Enjoy!

[zxr250cc]

Hi all,

As a bottom feeder frequently buying used Think Pad laptops from fleabay the first thing to do is to manually format any drive you are going to do an install into and then go into the installation. This will remove issues with grub and clean the trash left over from any ones prior use. Left overs make a real mess on an install with most any distribution you might choose to use.

[mab33]

I have a Lenovo WiFi problem:

In my case (Mageia-8 installed on a Lenovo IdeaPad 141au7) MCC fails to show a WiFi option at all, although 'lspci' shows an entry "Network Controller Intel Corp'n device 51f0 (rev 01)".

So at the moment I have a laptop that can't use WiFi....

Suggestions very welcome!

Maurice Batey (Surrey, UK) (Only 90)

[doktor5000]

My suggestion would be the same reminder as in the other thread:

please open a new thread