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New installation.

Hello,

What is the best mirror for downloading a Artix Linux .iso file in Belgium (Europe) ?
I already downloaded a file from the French mirror, I could install Artix, but the keyboard setting remained US (English) instead of the one I  wanted : Belgian standard : what to do ?
On top of that : I could not open the system settings !

Thanks in advance for your reply.
Best regards.

Re: New installation.

Reply #1 –
Quote from: lukvdl – on
Hello,

What is the best mirror for downloading a Artix Linux .iso file in Belgium (Europe) ?
I already downloaded a file from the French mirror, I could install Artix, but the keyboard setting remained US (English) instead of the one I  wanted : Belgian standard : what to do ?
On top of that : I could not open the system settings !

Thanks in advance for your reply.
Best regards.

Can be more specific, which ISO for example?
For example, in the base ISOs or in TTY mode you could test via
Code: [Select]
loadkeys be-latin1

System settings of what? Xfce, Kde, which one?

Re: New installation.

Reply #3 –
Hello,

I downloaded the artix-plasma-dinit-20250407-x86_64.iso file from the crifo.org French mirror and the Torrent tracker - stable releases.
After installation, I experienced above described problems.

So, what to do ?

Best regards.

Re: New installation.

Reply #4 –
You're not under the impression that getting it from the French mirror would somehow make it pre-configured  to be French, are you? The mirrors are just servers in different locations and serve identical files.

As for setting the keyboard layout, it's unclear what all you've already done during/after installation. It may be your system currently only has the default US English locale generated. Basic system configuration is explained in the wiki.

How is it that you could not open the system settings? (here you probably need advice from someone who actually uses plasma)

Re: New installation.

Reply #5 –
So I've downloaded the ISO. Installed it 6 times. 3 for offline mode and then 3 for online mode. It's quite the ordeal. Buggy.

1 online install worked. But it took so long to download the files (100~150 Kbps) and once done it wouldn't boot into sddm. (Display Manager)
2 offline install worked. No issues.

1 online install got an error and wouldn't finished installing.
1 online install wouldn't change keyboard layout.

1 offline install wouldn't change keyboard layout.

Notes: for the keyboard layout changing bug, I've done it within the Calamares (not sure if it is, but it looks like Calaamares) installer. The only solution that I have tried, is by nuking/deleting the VM and starting over.

as for installation parameters, everything is set to default except for the installer language, set to German/Deutsch
and then set the continent and region to Europe/Brussels.

Of the installations that worked, I could access the system settings so, I haven't been able to reproduce/encounter that problem.

I've used a virtual machine, set 4GB ram, 2 cores for each install except for the last (10GB ram) one.

The only solution I can propose is to redo the installation via offline mode. Anything else, might be better off to wait for someone else as I don't use a desktop environment. Or wait until a distro dev come in.

Re: New installation.

Reply #6 –
@clappingsnowdrop
'Online mode' shouldn't be used as it doesn't really do what it suggests. Or at least does more than it suggests to me.
You might think it just sets up a network connection and auto updates packages but the last time I looked it seemed to be a mode where you could entirely change what packages get installed so the resulting system might be far different to the system you'd get with the 'offline mode'. Maybe it's changed though ?

I wonder how many issues people have with iso installation a due to them picking online because it sounds better ?

To those with issues, changing the keyboard layout will depend on your init. But the answers should be in the wiki.

Re: New installation.

Reply #7 –
Quote from: gripped – on
@clappingsnowdrop
'Online mode' shouldn't be used as it doesn't really do what it suggests. Or at least does more than it suggests to me.
You might think it just sets up a network connection and auto updates packages but the last time I looked it seemed to be a mode where you could entirely change what packages get installed so the resulting system might be far different to the system you'd get with the 'offline mode'. Maybe it's changed though ?

I wonder how many issues people have with iso installation a due to them picking online because it sounds better ?

To those with issues, changing the keyboard layout will depend on your init. But the answers should be in the wiki.


Yeah, you're probably right on that note. I don't really do installs like this. I normally download Xfce, then manually install like using a base install. Xfce so that I can use the wiki, copy pasta commands/my config, or do anything else.

The reason I've done this way is to go and do the same route I think new users would try to install Artix. Which is what I think the original poster lukvdl did (installing via GUI). And It was terrible.

As for the wiki, it doesn't really have any guide on how to change or install things via GUI. The only time calamares was mentioned, is when it was about avoiding it's bugs when doing full disk encryption: https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/InstallationWithFullDiskEncryption#Avoid_the_Calamares_Bugs

Anything else is more about cli mode config/installs. There was no mentioned of an init influencing the keyboard layout and I don't think that makes sense either.

Re: New installation.

Reply #8 –
Quote from: clappingsnowdrop – on
then manually install like using a base install.
This is the way.
I only use the GUI iso's when I want to quickly check something on a default Artix in a vm.
If the GUI iso's went away I wouldn't care but know that's selfish of me.

Re: New installation.

Reply #10 –
Quote from: gripped – on
Quote from: clappingsnowdrop – on
then manually install like using a base install.
This is the way.
I only use the GUI iso's when I want to quickly check something on a default Artix in a vm.
If the GUI iso's went away I wouldn't care but know that's selfish of me.

Quote from: tintin – on
Quote from: clappingsnowdrop – on

As for the wiki, it doesn't really have any guide on how to change or install things via GUI.

However, XFCE is well documented:
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/keyboard



Thanks for the link, and it feels great to find someone who does things manually as well.

But I think both of you guys are missing the point of why I did it. Let's not get sidetracked and actually either help lukvdl (which is the point of this thread) out or move on.

Anyway lukvdl, if you're reading this. Try installing it via offline mode, as for the keyboard layout. Do that test within the installer. If you changed the layout but it doesn't change it into the AZERTY (I'm assuming this is what you want. I am not sure on what layout actually Belgians use.) layout during the test then just restart the PC/laptop then reboot into the live ISO and reinstall again.

Re: New installation.

Reply #11 –
Quote from: clappingsnowdrop – on
Anyway lukvdl, if you're reading this. Try installing it via offline mode, as for the keyboard layout. Do that test within the installer. If you changed the layout but it doesn't change it into the AZERTY (I'm assuming this is what you want. I am not sure on what layout actually Belgians use.) layout during the test then just restart the PC/laptop then reboot into the live ISO and reinstall again.
Sorry for the off-topic answer.
Actually, I've never tried installing offline.
 

Re: New installation.

Reply #12 –

Hello,

Finally, I could install  Artix Linux correctly (and it works !).
I just did what was presented in the following video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz9qi9HYNGs.

Best regards.

Re: New installation.

Reply #14 –
Thanks !