MX-18 beta 1 feedback

[Jerry3904]

The installer asks "OK to install GRUB bootloader at ?"

I saw that too, and assumed a root slash was missing.

[Adrian]

I set the timezones, clicked next, and the installer vanished ! (not sure what happened, did I press a wrong button??!!?!?)

Possibly an installer crash, it never happened to me at that step though... not sure what's went on.

[Adrian]

The installer asks "OK to install GRUB bootloader at ?"

I saw that too, and assumed a root slash was missing.

Probably missing a %1 tag or something, easy to fix.

[entropyfoe]

I just grabbed 6 synaptic upgrades and added 26 packages.
Next I'll try and reboot, maybe try the nvidia installer.

Here's the HW info including the disks

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 inxi -F
System:    Host: Ryzen Kernel: 4.19.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 
           Distro: MX-18b1_x64 Continuum December 3  2018 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X370-PRO v: Rev X.0x serial: <root required> 
           UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 1201 date: 10/18/2017 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           Speed: 1884 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1887 2: 1888 3: 1886 
           4: 2049 5: 1887 6: 1891 7: 1877 8: 1874 9: 1904 10: 1883 11: 1888 12: 1893 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 710B] driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: NV106 v: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.6 
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-1-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: igb 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex:  
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 5.02 GiB (0.4%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 100.88 GiB used: 5.02 GiB (5.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 16.60 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 32.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 44 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Info:      Processes: 250 Uptime: 30m Memory: 15.66 GiB used: 1.12 GiB (7.1%) Shell: bash 
           inxi: 3.0.25

[Adrian]

The installer asks "OK to install GRUB bootloader at ?"

I saw that too, and assumed a root slash was missing.

Probably missing a %1 tag or something, easy to fix.

Actually now, it probably doesn't find the boot partition for some reason, will investigate

[asqwerth]

Note that freefreeno states that his installer issues started with updates to mx17.

only installer I have ever gotten to work in the stock mx 17 iso without the updates. The mx 17 iso with updates will not work so something changed and now I cant install apparently in uefi and I don't go for that give up and install how it forces me to stuff.

The changes may have happened before the beta?

Also wonder if it might be the bios setting. Some machines have different settings for each device. E.g the main HDD or ssd may be set to boot UEFI first but USB stick is set to boot legacy first.

Might this confuse the installer?

[entropyfoe]

OK, first try at the MXPI nvidia installer,
Per a post earlier, I enabled the test repo in synaptic.

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Password: 
creating lock ...
===================================
Install drivers for: nvidia
Start at (m/d/y): 12/03/2018 21:05:01
===================================


Candidate is:  384.130-1
Installed is:  (none)

Would you like to check debian-backports for a later version?

Yes or No?

1: Yes
2: No

Enter Number of selection
1
Ok...
Enabling backports repo
Running apt-get update...
Hit:1 http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch InRelease
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease [91.8 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main amd64 Packages [515 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main i386 Packages [509 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Translation-en [393 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/contrib amd64 Packages [7,620 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/contrib i386 Packages [7,252 B]
GePassword: 
creating lock ...
===================================
Install drivers for: nvidia
Start at (m/d/y): 12/03/2018 21:05:01
===================================


Candidate is:  384.130-1
Installed is:  (none)

Would you like to check debian-backports for a later version?

Yes or No?

1: Yes
2: No

Enter Number of selection
1
Ok...
Enabling backports repo
Running apt-get update...
Hit:1 http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch InRelease
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease [91.8 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main amd64 Packages [515 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main i386 Packages [509 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Translation-en [393 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/contrib amd64 Packages [7,620 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/contrib i386 Packages [7,252 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/contrib Translation-en [6,233 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/non-free i386 Packages [19.4 kB]
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/non-free amd64 Packages [29.1 kB]
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/non-free Translation-en [33.8 kB]
Hit:12 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Get:13 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease [91.0 kB]
Hit:14 http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo stretch InRelease
Get:15 http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo stretch InRelease [4,967 B]
Ign:16 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Get:17 http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo stretch/test Sources [286 kB]
Hit:18 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch Release
Fetched 1,993 kB in 6s (307 kB/s)
Reading package lists...

Installing latest nvidia-detect package

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages will be upgraded:
  nvidia-detect
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 121 not upgraded.
Need to get 193 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/non-free amd64 nvidia-detect amd64 390.87-2~bpo9+1 [193 kB]
Fetched 193 kB in 1s (158 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 326248 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-detect_390.87-2~bpo9+1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nvidia-detect (390.87-2~bpo9+1) over (390.87-2~bpo9+1~mx17+2) ...
Setting up nvidia-detect (390.87-2~bpo9+1) ...

Main repo candidate is:   384.130-1
Debian backports candidate is:   390.87-2~bpo9+1
Installed is:  (none)

Which driver do you wish to install

Main repos or debian-backports?

1: Main 384.130-1

2: debian-backports 390.87-2~bpo9+1

3: Exit

Enter Number of selection
2
Ok...



Need driver: nvidia-driver (390.87-2~bpo9+1)
 packages to install are  nvidia-driver nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-dkms libnvidia-encode1 nvidia-xconfig

Continue?
  1) yes (default)
  2) no
Press <Enter> for the default entry
Use 'q' to quit

Frontend: 
Nvidia command  = apt-get install --reinstall -y --force-yes -t stretch-backports nvidia-driver nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-dkms libnvidia-encode1 nvidia-xconfig
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reinstallation of linux-headers-4.19.0-1-amd64 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of firmware-linux-nonfree is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,346 B of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 build-essential amd64 12.3 [7,346 B]
Fetched 7,346 B in 0s (27.0 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 326248 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../build-essential_12.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking build-essential (12.3) over (12.3) ...
Setting up build-essential (12.3) ...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nvidia-settings : Depends: libxnvctrl0 (= 390.48-2~bpo9+1) but 390.67-1~mx17+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
/usr/local/bin/ddm-mx: line 472: creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/bin/ddm-mx: line 473: nvidia-xconfig: command not found
Finished


Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch InRelease                                        
Hit:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease                                    
Hit:4 http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo stretch InRelease                        
Ign:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                  
Hit:6 http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo stretch InRelease                    
Hit:7 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch Release                    
Reading package lists... Done                      

Press <Enter> to exit
t:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/contrib Translation-en [6,233 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/non-free i386 Packages [19.4 kB]
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/non-free amd64 Packages [29.1 kB]
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/non-free Translation-en [33.8 kB]
Hit:12 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Get:13 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease [91.0 kB]
Hit:14 http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo stretch InRelease
Get:15 http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo stretch InRelease [4,967 B]
Ign:16 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
Get:17 http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo stretch/test Sources [286 kB]
Hit:18 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch Release
Fetched 1,993 kB in 6s (307 kB/s)
Reading package lists...

Installing latest nvidia-detect package

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages will be upgraded:
  nvidia-detect
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 121 not upgraded.
Need to get 193 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/non-free amd64 nvidia-detect amd64 390.87-2~bpo9+1 [193 kB]
Fetched 193 kB in 1s (158 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 326248 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-detect_390.87-2~bpo9+1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nvidia-detect (390.87-2~bpo9+1) over (390.87-2~bpo9+1~mx17+2) ...
Setting up nvidia-detect (390.87-2~bpo9+1) ...

Main repo candidate is:   384.130-1
Debian backports candidate is:   390.87-2~bpo9+1
Installed is:  (none)

Which driver do you wish to install

Main repos or debian-backports?

1: Main 384.130-1

2: debian-backports 390.87-2~bpo9+1

3: Exit

Enter Number of selection
2
Ok...



Need driver: nvidia-driver (390.87-2~bpo9+1)
 packages to install are  nvidia-driver nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-dkms libnvidia-encode1 nvidia-xconfig

Continue?
  1) yes (default)
  2) no
Press <Enter> for the default entry
Use 'q' to quit

Frontend: 
Nvidia command  = apt-get install --reinstall -y --force-yes -t stretch-backports nvidia-driver nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-dkms libnvidia-encode1 nvidia-xconfig
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reinstallation of linux-headers-4.19.0-1-amd64 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
Reinstallation of firmware-linux-nonfree is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,346 B of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 build-essential amd64 12.3 [7,346 B]
Fetched 7,346 B in 0s (27.0 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 326248 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../build-essential_12.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking build-essential (12.3) over (12.3) ...
Setting up build-essential (12.3) ...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nvidia-settings : Depends: libxnvctrl0 (= 390.48-2~bpo9+1) but 390.67-1~mx17+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
/usr/local/bin/ddm-mx: line 472: creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf file: No such file or directory
/usr/local/bin/ddm-mx: line 473: nvidia-xconfig: command not found
Finished


Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch InRelease                                        
Hit:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease                                    
Hit:4 http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo stretch InRelease                        
Ign:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                  
Hit:6 http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo stretch InRelease                    
Hit:7 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch Release                    
Reading package lists... Done                      

Press <Enter> to exit

[mmikeinsantarosa]

Maybe set the min heights for the widgets inside tweak's tabs. They can squish down to where they're unreadable.

tweak-min-vert-sizes.png

[freefreeno]

Just to let you know you cleared up my confusion with the root and boot deal and I am using MX again and I just want to say thank all ya'll for your help and once again this is the best forum on the internet.

[Adrian]

But I had problems with installing GRUB to root. The P4 never showed up in the installer window. I don't want to MBR, as that is my main MX 17.1 system. The installer asks "OK to install GRUB bootloader at ?", so maybe it is not seeing that 4th nvme partition for some reason. It offered the option to not install grub, complete installation, and then reboot and use the grub repair tool.

Thanks for this report, the installer is fixed I think, the update should come in a pool shortly, but you can also try the fixed package from here: https://github.com/MX-Linux/gazelle-ins ... _amd64.deb