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Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to linux but I really like everything tech and as such consider myself a little savy.
I just got an Acer 3 Inspire Laptop:
Aspire A325-42
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
GPU: AMD Barcelo [Integrated]
16GB of RAM
1TB NVME SSD
It came preloaded with Windows 11 and I finally decided to make the switch, I was originally gonna use Kubuntu for KDE, but settled on climbing the mountain that is Arch, as I knew the satisfaction of making a system mine and mine alone with all the hard work would feel amazing. I'll be detailing my entire process and will be trying to post the logs when I can.
I grabbed an Arch Iso and Rufus and when i first booted up into Linux it said the buffer wasn't big enough, this was easily solved using another USB. AT this point i was able get all the way to step 2.2 of the Installation Guide which is right before:
pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmwareAfter inputting this my own personal hell began, I spent the next 4-3 hours trying to get the process to finish, because no matter what I did it would always end the in same infinite loop:
firmware failed to ack for leaving ps mode
write rf busy swsi
read rf busy swsiAfter hours I figured out this meant my WiFi card a "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller" was either not connecting to the wifi or not working. Using a combination of "Iwctl" and the ping command i was able to confirm that is was functional right up until the end of the instalation. Once the infinite loop of code that I wrote just before this paragraph starts looping, if i rebooted everything I did stayed, the only things that didn't were the mounting of the /home /root swap and /boot and the mirrorlist as well as me having to reconnect to the WiFi which would work perfectly right up until the end again.
I searched for a long time but almost all solution include updating or downloading drivers which I cannot do (at least I don't think so) during the installation process. As of now I have installed Kubuntu because I needed a laptop for light working tasks and maybe some super light gaming. In here the WiFi also gives me nightmare levels of problems NetworkManager seems to just disable my WiFi because it feels like it and I have tried fixing it by updating and trying a driver, but I don't want Kubutu I want Arch. I mention this in case it is relevant to the Arch problem swell.
I did also try
archinstallbut I ended in the same loop, a wall of red text and a brief section of
22.0s user 7.5s system 39% cpu 1:00.73 those are not the exact numbers but this was 3am and i had spent about 5 hours already digging through forums and my brain wasnt the best, from what I gather I think it was actually installed there but I rebooted without thinking.
I will also attach an imgur link to a few guerilla photos of my installation. I know it is not as good as a log, but it was either that or I missed taking notes in lectures.
https://imgur.com/a/arch-problems-sewVHFn
My plan is to dual boot kubutu and Arch until I can make it work, I can just wipe kubuntu, I have almost nothing on it apart from steam and discord. So I could just go full Arch which is what I want to do, but I've hit a brick wall and I'm reaching out for any amount of help. I'd be more than happy and willing to go through it again for the logs, since I actually really enjoyed and fell in love with the process. I just dont know what command to use and if I need a partion on the USB or not.
I would love to get some help and try out more solutions
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hi. determine your wifi card's kernel module and disable ALL power savings parameters there.
boot iso as add modul parameters to kernel cmdline.
Or use usb-tethering for internet and delay "finding a fix" later after installation.
You can manually copy/paste iso's content, rearrange; but that is not suitable for a newbie.
PS: i dont recomment rufus, ventoy, elana ... to write iso btw.
good & old & dangerous "dd"
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