MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback

[dolphin_oracle]

I see no link to the download URL in the top post ?

there is an announcement post but I went ahead and added a download link.

[Jerry3904]

Trivial:

The Help file for MX Tweak>Other references the option to toggle Hibernate, which isn't supported in 19.

Chris

Not trivial as a general problem. I will go ahead and correct it, but it puts us Devs up against the question: now that most of the Help files are installed by default, how are we going to keep them in sync with updated versions to the online version? Similar situation with FAQS.

[dolphin_oracle]

actually, I didn't realize hibernate wasn't supported.

its still settable in Xfconf. just need to see what its not appearing in mx tweak.

[fehlix]

small thing...volumeicon is grey vs. other icons white...
audioicon.png EDIT: Installation is on hardware, not Live USB...

grey := mute

[chrispop99]

actually, I didn't realize hibernate wasn't supported.

its still settable in Xfconf. just need to see what its not appearing in mx tweak.

Originally Xfce 4.14 was meant to have a hybrid hibernation system, which on the face of it looked good, but I guess it didn't work.

Chris

Edit:

I enabled both Hibernate, and Hybrid Sleep in xconf; all they seem to do is log you out.

[dolphin_oracle]

actually, I didn't realize hibernate wasn't supported.

its still settable in Xfconf. just need to see what its not appearing in mx tweak.

Originally Xfce 4.14 was meant to have a hybrid hibernation system, which on the face of it looked good, but I guess it didn't work.

Chris

Edit:

I enabled both Hibernate, and Hybrid Sleep in xconf; all they seem to do is log you out.

same here. might depend on systemd

[ChrisUK]

No external media (usb hdd) in Thunar side pane (Live session)

Install fails with format error - Selecting external USB HDD partition fails to format... after dismissing error dialog installer hangs

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System:    Host: mx18 Kernel: 4.9.0-11-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: MX-18.3_x64 Continuum March 14  2018 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: RV411/RV511/E3511/S3511/RV711 v: N/A 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: SAMSUNG model: RV411/RV511/E3511/S3511/RV711 serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix 
           v: 03PA.M001.20110312.XW date: 03/12/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 5.4 Wh condition: 5.4/47.5 Wh (11%) model: SAMSUNG Electronics 
           status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3 M 380 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
           rev: 5 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20217 
           Speed: 933 MHz min/max: 933/2533 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 933 2: 933 3: 1066 4: 933 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GT218M [GeForce 315M] vendor: Samsung Co driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: NVA8 v: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Samsung Co 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Device-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 02:00.1 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.0-11-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Askey 
           driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A port: 2000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co 
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 4000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 16.99 GiB (1.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM048-2E7172 size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 49.26 GiB used: 16.99 GiB (34.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: 49.0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 55 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
/usr/bin/strings: Warning: could not locate '/sbin/init'.  reason: Permission denied
Info:      Processes: 192 Uptime: 1h 32m Memory: 5.70 GiB used: 681.6 MiB (11.7%) Init: SysVinit 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 inxi: 3.0.33 

[dolphin_oracle]

No external media (usb hdd) in Thunar side pane (Live session)

Install fails with format error - Selecting external USB HDD partition fails to format... after dismissing error dialog installer hangs

Code: Select all

System:    Host: mx18 Kernel: 4.9.0-11-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: MX-18.3_x64 Continuum March 14  2018 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: RV411/RV511/E3511/S3511/RV711 v: N/A 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: SAMSUNG model: RV411/RV511/E3511/S3511/RV711 serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix 
           v: 03PA.M001.20110312.XW date: 03/12/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 5.4 Wh condition: 5.4/47.5 Wh (11%) model: SAMSUNG Electronics 
           status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3 M 380 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
           rev: 5 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20217 
           Speed: 933 MHz min/max: 933/2533 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 933 2: 933 3: 1066 4: 933 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GT218M [GeForce 315M] vendor: Samsung Co driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: NVA8 v: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Samsung Co 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Device-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 02:00.1 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.0-11-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Askey 
           driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A port: 2000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co 
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 4000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 16.99 GiB (1.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM048-2E7172 size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 49.26 GiB used: 16.99 GiB (34.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: 49.0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 55 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
/usr/bin/strings: Warning: could not locate '/sbin/init'.  reason: Permission denied
Info:      Processes: 192 Uptime: 1h 32m Memory: 5.70 GiB used: 681.6 MiB (11.7%) Init: SysVinit 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 inxi: 3.0.33 

did you plug it in before or after starting the installer?

[dolphin_oracle]

Trivial:

The Help file for MX Tweak>Other references the option to toggle Hibernate, which isn't supported in 19.

Chris

Not trivial as a general problem. I will go ahead and correct it, but it puts us Devs up against the question: now that most of the Help files are installed by default, how are we going to keep them in sync with updated versions to the online version? Similar situation with FAQS.

we have to update the apps. its the only way to do it and have them local.

I would prefer not to correct it at this time, as 18.3 is still stable. and still uses the online text (I think, not sure about that). I want to play around with the how's and whys of why hibernate isn't working first.

[ChrisUK]

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did you plug it in before or after starting the installer?

Before - obviously available in the installer drop-down, but as I said, not in Thunar.