spookykidmm/zen_installer

Graphical installer for Arch Linux

zen_installer's Issues

Misdetection of Intel processor by grub installation

I have a AMD CPU but the Installation seems not to have detected it correctly, so I wonder.

In the grub.cfg is stated something like:
initrd Intel-ucode.img Linux-lts.img

But should be:
initrd Intel-ucode.img Linux-lts.img

Skip partitioning as new option

I am testing out this installer and I had already installed arch linux and lxde. So partitioning was already behind me.

Wondered if the possibility could be added to skip certain functions altogether and just be able to install packages for example.

Mate-revenge-desktop cannot be installed: gksu is missing.

I tried to install mate-revenge-desktop and I noticed pacman won't install it because of missing gksu. Gksu is now an AUR package.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gksu/

See this announce on arch-dev mailing list: https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2018-April/029224.html

Edit: a screenshot showing the error message.

Root shell set to '/usr/bin/' after install

After install I was unable to sudo su - with my user, even though sudo otherwise seems to be working properly.

$ sudo su -
su: failed to execute /usr/bin/: Permission denied

This appears to be because root's shell is set to '/usr/bin/'.
root:x:0:0::/root:/usr/bin/

Changing the default shell to /bin/bash resolves all issue.

I'm guessing the issue is with this line.

zen_installer/zif

Line 560 in b566c7b

else arch_chroot 'sudo pacman -S --noconfirm "$shell";chsh -s /usr/bin/"$shell"'

Checking to see if $shell is set or setting a default might help to resolve.

DOES NOT WORK

I don't know what is is what and how to use it. It does not work. After installation finished OS is not installed.

FIX THIS THING AND MAKE IT WORK.

Request:Please install os-prober

Please install os-prober before generating grub.cfg so that the other operating Systems on my pc could also be found and started.

Not so much of an issue as a request?

Would it be possible to use this under ArchBang iso? Given a user needs a working network connection could I add a small script to source script and run it?

trying to install this broke nvidia drivers for me

i tried installing this some days ago and it didnt install at all. when i installed another distro i realized the nvidia drivers stopped working even though they were installed. so games are on 1fps for me on any linux distro after i tried using this

Wont install

attempted to install. Used multiple usb's I would select the options and when it comes to the intallation it would be done in 3 seconds then when I look at the partitions it would make a partition but its not bootable and when I make it bootable it wont work. Please Help

allow lightdm or a command line only

title^

Need dosfstools and mtools for UEFI install

It appears dosfstools and mtools are not present on install for working with a FAT32 filesystem for the ESP partition. I did a word search on the zif and no occurrence of either package? Am I mistaken that these two should be included? Thanks.

Can't Dualboot with Windows

Hi,
So when I try to dualboot, first, Windows won't show in GRUB, and second, when I add it to Grub Menu, I just get an Error that says something like: "No Bootable System found, press Ctrl + Alt + Del for restart."

Am I doing something wrong?

If you already made a Dualboot with Windows and Zen Installer/Arch, I would be very happy if you could show me how to do it! (I have one hard drive.)

Not so much of an issue as a offer to contribute?

Are you interested to get contributors?

I am not a devloper but can offer to test and publish informations about Zen Installer on my german website: https://wiki.mxlinuxusers.de

password not remembered

ran the install twice with deepin as the desktop and both times after the deepin login screen came up, it didn't recognize the password I created during the install

Stuck on boot Zen Boot screen in kvm

I wanna try Zen in a vm before installing it to my pc,but it doesn't work.
It looks like this:

I use Manjaro Kde and Virt Manager,this happens if I boot into the Zen installer,so before arch is installed and before I can even enter Zen.

Pacmac cache

It's been downloading pacmac cache for 20m now? I assume the cache wouldn't be such a massive blob? I have 300mbps internet and am installing on nvme.
Is it just frozen? How should I log errors? If I launch the terminal there's constant out of space errors but the drive is 1tb blank
I assume it says out of space because the usb is not writable after making the bootable zen image. However in other lde the terminal etc would write to ram...

Getting "Minimal BASH like line editing is supported GRUB" Error

Seems like the installer doesn't set up grub quite right. Tried manual and automatic partitioning, but I get the same result every time.

I'm running 2 drives with Windows installed on one drive. and Manjaro on the other.

Updating your Zen Installer

Would be nice if you brought this up to date. currently it's two years old. I installed Arch using it and all went well except for what's two minor issues. I truly think it's perfect for installing Arch.

check to be sudo in beginning

I had just filled in everything and then it says me I need to be sudo.

best put it in the beginning - the check if you started as sudo or not

started this on an installed system... that is probably why it never came up before

Crashes on G5 SE Ryzen edition

I get to the part after selecting the partition. I choose the disk and then right after that it crashes, terminal screen with messages that x server can't get the display. It stars a new session after this, but it's just not the same and get's sucking on the partition creation for UEFI.

It also has issues booting. I does the 30sec timeout not finding the USB so you need to take it out and switch ports after that, then it's fine to continue boot.

Possible to add LVM on LUKS

Hi,

thanks for the installer!

Would it be possible to add LVM on LUKS to support full disk encryption?

Add capability to allocate mount points to partitions

Currently, when the zen installer launches gparted, there is no option to create different mount points (eg. /home, /, /etc ...)

Instead the installer simply asks 2 questions for / & /home after gparted quits.

Can this be done from inside gparted? (Just like ubuntu for example)

tab instead of a new line

zen_installer/zif

Line 495 in 62d8824

then echo -e "\t[spooky_aur]" >> /mnt/etc/pacman.conf;echo "SigLevel = Optional TrustAll" >> /mnt/etc/pacman.conf;echo -e "Server = https://raw.github.com/spookykidmm/spooky_aur/master/x86_64\n" >> /mnt/etc/pacman.conf

hi,
it is not better to use a new line (/n) instead of a tab (/t)?

Wrong password message for added user

After Installation I rebooted and tried to login as the added user but got only the hint "Wrong Password". To Login as root which uses the same Password was successfull.

Can't boot in the os after installing

I installed it on my pc and everything worked during the installation,but then if I try to boot I get "Please select bootable device" (the error that I get when there is nothing that can be booted).