MX-19 Beta 1 Feedback

[Buck Fankers]

I tried to install the new beta that just came out and everything was going great until the install stalled at 2% formatting swap.

As a work around, if you don't plan to use hibernate, but only suspend, then swap file is better solution than swap partition.
You could try to install without swap partition then after installation is completed, run these 4 commands:

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sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile   <- set the size (4G for 4GB, 8G for 8GB...)
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile         <- set correct permission
sudo mkswap /swapfile            <- format the swap file
sudo swapon /swapfile            <- activate swap file

[blindside]

Thanks so much. Will be working on this after dinner

[jj1j1]

Has anyone got kodi, from mxpi, to install addons in mx19?

[Eadwine Rose]

I have no idea if it will work, will have to test still and haven't gotten that far, but I always just copy over the existing .kodi folder from install to install.

[blindside]

I fell like a frickin complete newbie. I have never had issues installing, but maybe if the partition schemes in gparted were broken down to me, I might be successful. Can anyone tell me, in gparted, how they set up this beta and were successful.

[Eadwine Rose]

Well.. images and thousand words and such.

I do have more than one hard drive, AND a UEFI system, but here are the two hard drives that hold the important info.


18.3 install

sda.jpg

19 beta install

sdc.jpg

That's how I got it all set up.


I don't know who swap on the beta got to be sdc1, I definitely didn't set it up like that, 1 is root, 2 is home and 3 is swap. Maybe I goofed up, or maybe the installer thought it knew better lol. Keeping a close eye when I install the next beta, but this works.

[ChrisUK]

I tried to install the new beta that just came out and everything was going great until the install stalled at 2% formatting swap.

As a work around, if you don't plan to use hibernate, but only suspend, then swap file is better solution than swap partition.
You could try to install without swap partition then after installation is completed, run these 4 commands:

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sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile   <- set the size (4G for 4GB, 8G for 8GB...)
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile         <- set correct permission
sudo mkswap /swapfile            <- format the swap file
sudo swapon /swapfile            <- activate swap file

Unless I've misunderstood - also add

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/swapfile       none    swap    sw      0       0

to /etc/fstab

[blindside]

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I thought the latest version of the installer which should be part of the beta did a swapoff already.

@blindside: It would be nice if you could open a terminal and run

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sudo minstall -E

then copy everything in the terminal and paste it here inside of code tags.

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$ sudo minstall -E
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
Installer version: 19.8.06
+++ void MInstall::startup() +++
Exec #1: "uname -m | grep -q i686"
Exit #1: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #2: "test -d /sys/firmware/efi"
Exit #2: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
uefi = true
Exec #3: "command -v xfconf-query >/dev/null && su $(logname) -c 'xfconf-query --channel thunar-volman --property /automount-drives/enabled'"
Exit #3: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #4: "command -v xfconf-query >/dev/null && su $(logname) -c 'xfconf-query --channel thunar-volman --property /automount-drives/enabled --set false'"
Exit #4: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #5: "ps -aux |grep -v grep | grep devmon"
Exit #5: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #6: "grep space /home/$(logname)/.desktop-session/desktop-code.*"
SErr #6: "grep: /home/demo/.desktop-session/desktop-code.*: No such file or directory\n"
Exit #6: 2 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
+++ void MInstall::setupkeyboardbutton() +++
Exec #7: "locale -a | grep -Ev '^(C|POSIX)\\.?' | grep -E 'utf8|UTF-8'"
Exit #7: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #8: "grub-probe -d /dev/sda2 2>/dev/null | grep hfsplus"
Exit #8: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #9: "/bin/ls -1 /home | grep -Ev '(lost\\+found|demo|snapshot)' | grep -q [a-zA-Z0-9]"
Exit #9: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #10: "test -d /live/linux/home/demo"
Exit #10: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #11: "dpkg -s samba | grep '^Status.*ok.*' | sed -e 's/.*ok //'"
Exit #11: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
+++ void MInstall::buildServiceList() +++
+++ void MInstall::updatePartitionWidgets() +++
Exec #12: "/sbin/partprobe"
SErr #12: "Error: Partition(s) 1 on /dev/sda have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use.  As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use.  You should reboot now before making further changes.\n"
Exit #12: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #13: "blkid -c /dev/null"
SOut #13: "/dev/nvme0n1: PTUUID=\"327faf03-b588-452e-a9d0-835a95aef2d7\" PTTYPE=\"gpt\"\n/dev/sda1: UUID=\"2019-08-25-19-38-05-00\" LABEL=\"MX-Live\" TYPE=\"iso9660\" PTUUID=\"5d95e9ad\" PTTYPE=\"dos\" PARTUUID=\"5d95e9ad-01\"\n/dev/sda2: SEC_TYPE=\"msdos\" LABEL_FATBOOT=\"EFI-LIVE\" LABEL=\"EFI-LIVE\" UUID=\"6CFD-B910\" TYPE=\"vfat\" PARTUUID=\"5d95e9ad-02\"\n/dev/loop0: TYPE=\"squashfs\"\n"
Exit #13: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #14: "fdisk -l -o DEVICE,TYPE |grep 'EFI System' |cut -d\\  -f1 | cut -d/ -f3"
Exit #14: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #15: "lsblk -brno TYPE,NAME,UUID,SIZE,PARTTYPE,FSTYPE,LABEL,MODEL |sed 's/├─//' |sed 's/└─//'  | grep -E '^(disk|part)'"
Exit #15: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #16: "blkid /dev/sda | grep -q PTTYPE=\\\"gpt\\\""
Exit #16: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #17: "blkid /dev/nvme0n1 | grep -q PTTYPE=\\\"gpt\\\""
Exit #17: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Name Size Model FS | isDisk isGPT isBoot isESP isNative isSwap
"sda" 31010586624 "USB_3.0_FD" "iso9660" | true false false false false false
"sda1" 1441792000 "" "iso9660" | false false false false false false
"sda2" 3284992 "" "vfat" | false false false true false false
"nvme0n1" 500107862016 "Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB" "" | true true false false false false
"nvme0n1p1" 268435456 "" "ext4" | false true false false true false
"nvme0n1p2" 497658363904 "" "" | false true false false true false
"nvme0n1p3" 2147483648 "" "ext4" | false true false false true false
Exec #18: "[ -f /usr/sbin/gparted ] && /usr/sbin/gparted || /usr/bin/partitionmanager"
SOut #18: "======================\nlibparted : 3.2\n======================\n"
SErr #18: "System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.\nFailed to connect to bus: Host is down\nToo few arguments.\nToo few arguments.\n/bin/bash: /usr/bin/partitionmanager: No such file or directory\n"
Exit #18: 127 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
+++ void MInstall::updatePartitionWidgets() +++
Exec #19: "/sbin/partprobe"
SErr #19: "Error: Partition(s) 1 on /dev/sda have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use.  As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use.  You should reboot now before making further changes.\n"
Exit #19: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #20: "blkid -c /dev/null"
SOut #20: "/dev/nvme0n1: PTUUID=\"60443ed4-f97b-4d6b-85b7-7d4eb15da25b\" PTTYPE=\"gpt\"\n/dev/sda1: UUID=\"2019-08-25-19-38-05-00\" LABEL=\"MX-Live\" TYPE=\"iso9660\" PTUUID=\"5d95e9ad\" PTTYPE=\"dos\" PARTUUID=\"5d95e9ad-01\"\n/dev/sda2: SEC_TYPE=\"msdos\" LABEL_FATBOOT=\"EFI-LIVE\" LABEL=\"EFI-LIVE\" UUID=\"6CFD-B910\" TYPE=\"vfat\" PARTUUID=\"5d95e9ad-02\"\n/dev/loop0: TYPE=\"squashfs\"\n"
Exit #20: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #21: "fdisk -l -o DEVICE,TYPE |grep 'EFI System' |cut -d\\  -f1 | cut -d/ -f3"
Exit #21: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #22: "lsblk -brno TYPE,NAME,UUID,SIZE,PARTTYPE,FSTYPE,LABEL,MODEL |sed 's/├─//' |sed 's/└─//'  | grep -E '^(disk|part)'"
Exit #22: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #23: "blkid /dev/sda | grep -q PTTYPE=\\\"gpt\\\""
Exit #23: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #24: "blkid /dev/nvme0n1 | grep -q PTTYPE=\\\"gpt\\\""
Exit #24: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Name Size Model FS | isDisk isGPT isBoot isESP isNative isSwap
"sda" 31010586624 "USB_3.0_FD" "iso9660" | true false false false false false
"sda1" 1441792000 "" "iso9660" | false false false false false false
"sda2" 3284992 "" "vfat" | false false false true false false
"nvme0n1" 500107862016 "Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB" "" | true true false false false false
"nvme0n1p1" 314572800 "" "vfat" | false true false true false false
"nvme0n1p2" 16106127360 "" "ext4" | false true false false true false
"nvme0n1p3" 8589934592 "" "swap" | false true false false true true
+++ bool MInstall::validateChosenPartitions() +++
+++ bool MInstall::saveHomeBasic() +++
+++ bool MInstall::checkTargetDrivesOK() +++
+++ void MInstall::cleanup(bool) +++
Exec #25: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/boot/efi"
SErr #25: "umount: /mnt/antiX/boot/efi: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #25: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #26: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/proc"
SErr #26: "umount: /mnt/antiX/proc: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #26: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #27: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/sys"
SErr #27: "umount: /mnt/antiX/sys: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #27: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #28: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/dev/shm"
SErr #28: "umount: /mnt/antiX/dev/shm: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #28: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #29: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/dev"
SErr #29: "umount: /mnt/antiX/dev: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #29: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #30: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/home"
SErr #30: "umount: /mnt/antiX/home: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #30: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #31: "/bin/umount -lR /mnt/antiX"
SErr #31: "umount: /mnt/antiX: not found\n"
Exit #31: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
+++ bool MInstall::makePartitions() +++
Exec #32: "swapoff /dev/nvme0n1p2"
SErr #32: "swapoff: /dev/nvme0n1p2: swapoff failed: Invalid argument\n"
Exit #32: 255 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #33: "/bin/umount /dev/nvme0n1p2"
SErr #33: "umount: /dev/nvme0n1p2: not mounted.\n"
Exit #33: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
 ---- PARTITION FORMAT SCHEDULE ----
Root: "/dev/nvme0n1p2" -1
Home: "/dev/nvme0n1p2" 0
Swap: "/dev/nvme0n1p3" 0
Boot: "/dev/nvme0n1p2" 0
ESP: "" 0
BIOS-GRUB: ""
Exec #34: "/sbin/sgdisk /dev/nvme0n1 --typecode=2:8303"
SOut #34: "The operation has completed successfully.\n"
Exit #34: 0 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #35: "partprobe"
SErr #35: "Error: Partition(s) 1 on /dev/sda have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use.  As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use.  You should reboot now before making further changes.\n"
Exit #35: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
+++ bool MInstall::formatPartitions() +++
+++ bool MInstall::makeLinuxPartition(const QString&, const QString&, bool, const QString&) +++
Exec #36: "mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/nvme0n1p2 -L \"rootMX19\""
SErr #36: "mke2fs 1.44.5 (15-Dec-2018)\nThe file /dev/nvme0n1p2 does not exist and no size was specified.\n"
Exit #36: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
+++ void MInstall::cleanup(bool) +++
Exec #37: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/boot/efi"
SErr #37: "umount: /mnt/antiX/boot/efi: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #37: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #38: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/proc"
SErr #38: "umount: /mnt/antiX/proc: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #38: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #39: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/sys"
SErr #39: "umount: /mnt/antiX/sys: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #39: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #40: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/dev/shm"
SErr #40: "umount: /mnt/antiX/dev/shm: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #40: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #41: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/dev"
SErr #41: "umount: /mnt/antiX/dev: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #41: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #42: "/bin/umount -l /mnt/antiX/home"
SErr #42: "umount: /mnt/antiX/home: no mount point specified.\n"
Exit #42: 32 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)
Exec #43: "/bin/umount -lR /mnt/antiX"
SErr #43: "umount: /mnt/antiX: not found\n"
Exit #43: 1 QProcess::ExitStatus(NormalExit)

[Buck Fankers]

Unless I've misunderstood - also add

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/swapfile       none    swap    sw      0       0

to /etc/fstab

Oh, yes, how did I miss this line, it was late, sorry and thanks for correction!
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sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile    <- set the size
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile     <- set correct permission
sudo mkswap /swapfile      <- format the swap file
sudo swapon /swapfile      <- activate swap file
/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0 <- add this line to /etc/fstab

To add last line to fstab, you can highlight last line with mouse, copy, run in the terminal:

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sudo nano /etc/fstab

Move cursor to the bottom of the text in new line and paste it there then save changes with: Ctrl-X

[chrispop99]

I've just tried the new MX Date and Time application from the latest updates. It's very slick!

Presumably the MX Time Settings application will be removed in the future?

Chris