MX-19 Beta 1 Feedback

[Jerry3904]

MX Conkypatch conky shows different date on calendar than on line in conky.
calendar says 23 line says 27th.

Thanks for the comment. Revising the data set now, I wanted to circle back to your comment. The "calendar" is just an icon, not an active object; the good news is that once a month it is going to look right and all will be well in the world again!

[Fibogacci]

My first remarks after running MX-19 Beta 64 bit (Live USB).

1. Just after start MX-19 64bit Live USB memory usage (idle) is about 600 MB (in MX 18 it was about 300 MB less or more if I remember correctly). Is it because of Xfce 4.14?

2. MX Time Settings has no translations (I've checked in Polish and German versions) - it is in English.

3. MX Tweak - after clicking on Panel button, window is appearing below the main MX Tweak window which is still there.

[nixy]

600? That's a lot. I'm hovering around 400.

[SwampRabbit]

I'm trying to get my system specific application install/uninstall scripts set up for MX-19 when it releases. I use these to configure each system in the house quickly.

When adding the MX Test Repo in Synaptic I assume it's supposed to be showing up (at least for now) as "Not automatic: mx(mxrepo.com)" under "Origin".

Synaptic shows this "Not automatic: mx(mxrepo.com)" repo only having 294 packages, but....
MXPI shows 387 total packages in the MX Test Repo

Things like: cpuidtool, tlpui, i-nex used to be in the MX-18 Test Repo but don't exist under MX-19, even in the test repo yet.

I think I saw a post that not all test repo packages have been migrated yet to MX-19, but right now I'm just trying to figure out why Synaptic and MXPI are showing deltas.
The reason I use Synaptic is because I mark all the packages, recommends, and extra libs I use/need... then save out the markings to populate the scripts.
Kinda wonky I know but it works for me.

Also, the Debian Backports tab in MXPI seems to still not do anything, not sure if its supposed to at this point or not.

[dolphin_oracle]

we've changed the way the apt repos work. MX Test Repo now work similar to debian-backports, where you need to specify the -t to install. like this

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apt-get install -t a=mx,c=test 

I'm not sure how to duplicate that in synaptic, although there is probably a way.

also, mxpi counts total packages. synaptic may only be counting different packages, because some packages may be in both main and test. that's a guess though.

we've updated mx-packageinstaller to be able to access debian-backports. it wasn't at first but should after an update.

[SwampRabbit]

@dolphin ok thanks for that info.

Shouldn't clicking on "Origin" in Synaptic and then selecting the repo show everything in that repo though? That was my guess at least.

It's not a big deal, as when searching for packages the same version shows up in MXPI and Synaptic.

[SwampRabbit]

like this

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apt-get install -t a=mx,c=test 

Very cool, always good to learn something new, thanks!

[smilliken]

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System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 4.19.0-5-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19beta-1_x64 patito feo August 25  2019 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro12,1 v: 1.0 serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 9 v: Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Apple model: Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 v: MacBookPro12,1 serial: <filter> 
           UEFI: Apple v: 184.0.0.0.0 date: 04/11/2019 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.8 Wh condition: 62.1/74.8 Wh (83%) volts: 11.9/11.4 
           model: SMP bq20z451 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Discharging cycles: 463 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-5257U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell 
           family: 6 model-id: 3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 2B L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 21598 
           Speed: 1201 MHz min/max: 500/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1201 2: 1200 3: 1200 
           4: 1200 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: l1tf 
           mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds 
           status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
           STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Iris Graphics 6100 vendor: Apple driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:162b 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 2560x1600~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Iris 6100 (Broadwell GT3) v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6 
           compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:160c 
           Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:9ca0 
           Device-3: Broadcom Limited 720p FaceTime HD Camera driver: N/A bus ID: 02:00.0 
           chip ID: 14e4:1570 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-5-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC vendor: Apple 
           driver: brcmfmac v: kernel port: efa0 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:43ba 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 938.97 GiB used: 183.7 MiB (0.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P1SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
           rev: P3CR010 scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 7.46 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 6.10 GiB used: 183.7 MiB (2.9%) fs: overlay 
           source: ERR-102 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.5 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/buster buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 202 Uptime: 9m Memory: 7.70 GiB used: 587.9 MiB (7.5%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.33 

Looks very eye appealing. I'm trying this on a Macbook Pro 2015 and the resolution is very tiny. 2560 x 1600. I need a magnifying glass to read the screen. Running off of a USB Live. BT icon disappeared on my while trying to connect my mouse. WiFi connected right off the hop. The track pad was not user friendly, but probably would adjust that if I were to install on the device.

Internet works just fine.

Poking around the other packages, this seems like it is almost ready for Prime Time.

[asqwerth]

...Looks very eye appealing. I'm trying this on a Macbook Pro 2015 and the resolution is very tiny. 2560 x 1600. I need a magnifying glass to read the screen. ....

Have you tried the 2x scaling function in:



https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/appearance

Window Scaling

You can switch between factor 1x (normal default) and 2x for HiDPI displays. It is advised to restart your session after altering this setting as not all applications may succeed in doing a live-reload.

Why not test it and give your comments/opinion on it in this thread.

[jj1j1]

Why not test it and give your comments/opinion on it in this thread.

I tried it in my dell precision. The display is set to 3840x2160. Initially when I set it to 2x half of the Appearance dialog box blinks out. Bring up another dialog box and it comes back to normal. The xfce panel seems traumatize too. Some icons superimpose over them self, and the whisker menu disappears. If I go to panel preferences, and jiggle the Row Size a bit the icons correct themselves, and whisker menu re appears.