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by travis82
Thu Jul 31, 2025 3:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Things that are GREAT about MX Linux
Replies: 20
Views: 2209

Re: Things that are GREAT about MX Linux

I'm using MX-Xfce (SysVinit boot) on my workstation, MX-plasma (systemd boot) on my laptop and MX-Fluxbox on my pendrive. Fortunately MX developers decision to offer these three DEs fits my need. And I really like the idea of dual init on my system. The MX Tools is another great feature that I like ...
by travis82
Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:45 am
Forum: Package Requests - MX-23
Topic: virtualbox-kvm
Replies: 1
Views: 113

virtualbox-kvm

Hi

virtualbox-kvm uses KVM backend as the underlying hypervisor. It lets users to use virtualbox gui and vdi based machines without the need of virtualbox kernel driver. I have tested it on Arch linux and it is fully functional. Simpler to configure and run virtual machines than virt-manager and ...
by travis82
Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:11 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Updating packages in Plasma [Solved]
Replies: 3
Views: 115

Re: Updating packages in Plasma [Solved]

Thank you Sir. It worked.
by travis82
Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:24 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Updating packages in Plasma [Solved]
Replies: 3
Views: 115

Updating packages in Plasma [Solved]

Sorry folks if my question seems amateurish.

I have MX XFCE on my PC and MX Plasma on laptop. On my PC updating packages is done with a lite nifty tool with a dedicated icon in system tray. On my laptop Plasma Discover is doing so. But I hate Discover, It's slow and buggy. By the way, it seems that ...
by travis82
Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Problem with screen resolution using live persistent on multiple devices [Solved]
Replies: 6
Views: 208

Re: Problem with screen resolution using live persistent on multiple devices [Solved]


... /usr/lib/modprobe.d/video-card-disable.conf file and ...

In the meantime: did you create it yourself? No such file by default.

You can even try renaming it to .old (to disable completely) and boot without any additional parameters:

sudo mv /usr/lib/modprobe.d/video-card-disable.conf ...
by travis82
Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:15 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Problem with screen resolution using live persistent on multiple devices [Solved]
Replies: 6
Views: 208

Re: Problem with screen resolution using live persistent on multiple devices [Solved]

Sorry
I posted the OP from my phone. Here is the QSI of my work machine:

System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-13-amd64 [6.1.55-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: persist_all
quiet splasht nosplash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 ...
by travis82
Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:12 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Problem with screen resolution using live persistent on multiple devices [Solved]
Replies: 6
Views: 208

Problem with screen resolution using live persistent on multiple devices [Solved]

Hi
I decided to use MX live persistent as my production system on home and office machines. There are reasons for this decision that I am not going to explain here. However I have some issues with live persistent.
Putting aside speed related issues that I ask in separate thread, there is a problem ...
by travis82
Tue Aug 22, 2023 2:03 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Problem with creating containerized distro using distrobox [Solved]
Replies: 3
Views: 248

Re: Problem with creating containerized distro using distrobox [Solved]

l0dr3 wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 7:10 am
sudo apt install uidmap

should solve the issue

l0dr3
That solved the issue. I wonder why this package hasn't been listed as podman dependency.

Thanks
by travis82
Mon Aug 21, 2023 7:00 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Problem with creating containerized distro using distrobox [Solved]
Replies: 3
Views: 248

Problem with creating containerized distro using distrobox [Solved]

Hi, I have a problem with creating Fedora container using distrobox. Please have a look:

$ distrobox-create -i fedora:38
Image fedora:38 not found.
Do you want to pull the image now? [Y/n]:
Error: command required for rootless mode with multiple IDs: exec: "newuidmap": executable file not found ...

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