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by newguy
Tue May 12, 2020 10:50 am
Forum: General
Topic: MX 19.1 - problems and solutions
Replies: 10
Views: 1662

Re: MX 19.1 - problems and solutions



Thanks for the tip on using the profile manager in Mozilla product,s BC206. That will be helpful in the future so I don't need to mess about with profiles.ini files.

Side note, I found another proble when I upgraded my laptop today:

8. MX 19 does not include the ecryptfs software previously ...
by newguy
Mon May 11, 2020 5:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MX 19.1 - problems and solutions
Replies: 10
Views: 1662

Re: MX 19.1 - problems and solutions

Thanks for the tip on using the profile manager in Mozilla product,s BC206. That will be helpful in the future so I don't need to mess about with profiles.ini files.

Side note, I found another proble when I upgraded my laptop today:

8. MX 19 does not include the ecryptfs software previously found ...
by newguy
Mon May 11, 2020 1:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MX 19.1 - problems and solutions
Replies: 10
Views: 1662

Re: MX 19.1 - problems and solutions

Thanks asqwerth for the tip on using VirtualBox. I tried the "-style fusion" flag and it worked. VirtualBox is still ugly, placing black text on a bright white background, but at least it's not white font on a white background so I can see what I'm doing now. This is much better.

I also agree the ...
by newguy
Mon May 11, 2020 10:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: MX 19.1 - problems and solutions
Replies: 10
Views: 1662

MX 19.1 - problems and solutions

This past weekend I upgraded my MX Linux 17.1 box to MX 19.1. Well, I say "upgrade", but what I did was perform a fresh install of 19.1 on my root partition and simply kept my /home partition from the former install.

The initial install of 19.1 went well and most of my desktop settings (apart from ...
by newguy
Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback
Replies: 595
Views: 60730

Re: MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback



Great, thank you. I'm looking forward to the final release.
Question: Will MX's Btrfs layout be compatible with Timeshift? I think it uses the Ubuntu-style layout and it would be a handy option to have under MX.


good question. I don't really know what timeshift requires.


According to the ...
by newguy
Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback
Replies: 595
Views: 60730

Re: MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback



I am giving the 2.1 Beta a whirl and so far it has been mostly positive. The only serious issue I've encountered so far is during the install process.

If I choose to format my root partition with Btrfs the installer accepts this and then, when it begins formatting my partitions, it pops up an ...
by newguy
Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback
Replies: 595
Views: 60730

Re: MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback

I am giving the 2.1 Beta a whirl and so far it has been mostly positive. The only serious issue I've encountered so far is during the install process.

If I choose to format my root partition with Btrfs the installer accepts this and then, when it begins formatting my partitions, it pops up an error ...
by newguy
Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: So ... PinePhone, what do we think?
Replies: 1
Views: 1561

Re: So ... PinePhone, what do we think?

I will probably get one, assuming it's easy to install UBports on it at launch, or buy the OS bundled with the phone. I've been running Ubuntu Touch on a Pro 5 for about three years and really like it. My phone's battery is starting to show its age, so I plan to replace it around the time the ...
by newguy
Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Beep sound shut down [Solved]
Replies: 27
Views: 4616

Re: Beep sound shut down [Solved]


This may shed some light on the issue:
https://superuser.com/questions/636533/debian-7-shutdown-beep
and also
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=614893
Supposedly sysvinit was patched in 2018 and fixed this in version 2.92 but MX has version 2.88. If neither my first suggestion ...
by newguy
Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What init system do you use on MX, the default (sysVinit) or systemd?
Replies: 108
Views: 32778

Re: What init system do you use on MX, the default (sysVinit) or systemd?

As the upstream dev for sysvinit, it's nice to see lots of people still find it useful.

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