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Q4cmo

Member

Registered: 2026-06-08

Posts: 2

Fresh Install - GRUB and afterwards

Hello support,

I need help with Desktop-Profiler (selection of a Software-Profile), because I can not finalize or configure the new installation.

Hardware:
Acer Switch 3

Problem Description:
Booted Q4OS Andromeda Plasma Live, went through istallation process, everything went fine until the last step of
"grub-install ....."

Finally I found out, that the Acer Switch 3 has no NVRAM which can be written to and I invoked the "grub-install ...." command while still
in Live mode from command line, but now with the two addtional parameters "--no-nvram" and "--removable".
This went fine and I can boot the system from disk.

But now starts the problem: After fresh install, one is then "forced" to select a Software-Profile in the Desktop-Profiler App,
but I always get the PopUp, that this is not possible for Live-Systems - but I am not anymore in Live mode,
because I alreday booted from disk (mmcblk).

So I tried to prevent the GUIs to circumvent the problem by using the command line and by selecting a Software-Profile "by hand".

But I had no success.

Could you please show me a solution to this problem? Any help is appreciated!

Thanks in advance

Q4cmo

q4osteam

Q4OS Team

Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 6,212

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Re: Fresh Install - GRUB and afterwards

Welcome to the forum

After fresh install, one is then "forced" to select a Software-Profile in the Desktop-Profiler App, but I always get the PopUp, that this is not possible for Live-Systems - but I am not anymore in Live mode,...

This issue has nothing to do with Grub installation. If the file "/etc/q4oslivemedia" still exists in your system, just remove it and try Desktop profile setup once again. The question remains, why the installer didn't remove the file upon the install process.

Q4cmo

Member

Registered: 2026-06-08

Posts: 2

Re: Fresh Install - GRUB and afterwards

Hello Q4OS Team,

thanks for the hint. After deleting the "/etc/q4oslivemedia" file, everything worked as expected.

I think, the "q4oslivemedia" file was not deleted by the install routine, because it stopped by the "grub-install ....." error before, not able to execute following commands until the routines end.

My be you can update the PoUp of the Desktop-Profiler with an additional note, to delete this fie if not any more in Live mode.

Thank you again for your support!

Q4cmo