Calamares installer issue from the Artix Plasma Dinit ISO

01 May 2025, 23:28:59

Hello,

I wanted ti share the following issue and the way to resolve it.

On my Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Intel 12th Gen), the Calamares installer from the Artix Plasma Dinit ISO froze right after launching. This issue did not occur on my older Zenbook (Intel 8th Gen).

Cause:
The problem appears to be related to GPU acceleration (Intel Xe) and possibly missing permissions or background services.

Solution:
Launching Calamares with software rendering resolved the freeze, typing the following command in a a live Terminal: LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 sudo -E calamares

This forces Mesa to use software rasterization instead of GPU acceleration. The -E flag preserves the environment variable when using sudo. The installer proceeded successfully.

Re: Calamares installer issue from the Artix Plasma Dinit ISO

Reply #1 – 02 May 2025, 22:31:02

Thanks for posting the workaround, gotta love Plasma.