MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback

[imschmeg]

When running the recent beta (MX-19beta-2.1_x64 patito feo September 8 2019) with the systemd advanced boot option. Right click on the MX Updater item in the panel, and nothing happens (no options menu is raised). Mouse clicks elsewhere on the panel work as well as in sysV.

Have tried this when running under both virtualbox and on normal HD partition, with similar results. My virtualbox quickinfo is:

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System:    Host: buster Kernel: 4.19.0-6-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-2.1_x64 patito feo September 8  2019 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Virtualbox System: innotek product: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: Oracle Corporation type: 1 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <filter> BIOS: innotek v: VirtualBox 
           date: 12/01/2006 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 50.0 Wh condition: 50.0/50.0 Wh (100%) volts: 10.0/10.0 
           model: innotek 1 type: Unknown serial: N/A status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2450M bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Sandy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: N/A L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 9967 
           Speed: 2492 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2492 2: 2492 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds 
           status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT Host state unknown 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
Graphics:  Device-1: InnoTek Systemberatung VirtualBox Graphics Adapter driver: vboxvideo 
           v: 6.0.12_Debian r132055 bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 80ee:beef 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           alternate: vboxvideo resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.1 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:05.0 chip ID: 8086:2415 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-6-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 v: 7.3.21-k8-NAPI port: d010 
           bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:100e 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus 
           v: N/A port: d200 bus ID: 00:07.0 chip ID: 8086:7113 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 16.00 GiB used: 176.64 GiB (1104.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 16.00 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 1.0 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 13.97 GiB size: 13.69 GiB (97.98%) used: 5.58 GiB (40.8%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   Message: No sensors data was found. Is sensors configured? 
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: 165 Uptime: 2m Memory: 1.95 GiB used: 545.7 MiB (27.4%) Init: systemd 
           v: 241 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 

[dolphin_oracle]

confirmed. thank you for the report.

[AuthorCraigHansen]

I'm using MX 19 beta 2.1, I backed up my HOME directory on my 1 GB WD Passport external HDD, and although it worked on beta 1, when I plug it in now, the drive icon comes up greyed out and refuses to mount. I have files I need to get to, and cannot. What's wrong?

[dolphin_oracle]

I'm using MX 19 beta 2.1, I backed up my HOME directory on my 1 GB WD Passport external HDD, and although it worked on beta 1, when I plug it in now, the drive icon comes up greyed out and refuses to mount. I have files I need to get to, and cannot. What's wrong?

a password is not asked for when you click on the drive?

[AuthorCraigHansen]

Nope. Just won't mount. At all.

[jackdanielsesq]

Greetings Fehlix

Worked like a charm - thank you ...

Installed KDE-standard - not good, cannot even find/activate 'systemsettings[5]

Any more great ideas?

Regards

Jack

Thank you, Sir - will do and revert soonest ..

Strangely I tried to delete VLC, and synaptic wanted to delete a whole bunch
of libreoffice library files ... coincidence?

Regards

Jack

PS - of course the big test will come when I install KDE standard ...

tried to uninstall FF69, but synaptic wants to install FF60-ESR instead

perhaps this first

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sudo apt remove  'libreoffice-help-*'

[chrispop99]

chris,

lets' purge out any nvidia stuff remaining.

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ddm-mx -p nvidia

reboot, and then try

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sudo apt install bumblebee-nvidia nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs:i386 nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-dkms

Nope; it completed with no errors, only the usual message about needing to reboot to enable the new driver. I did that, but inxi -G shows the Nvidia driver as N/A.

Because I don't really understand any of this stuff, I did a fresh install, and ran the commands again, but got the same result.

Chris

[dolphin_oracle]

optirun "inxi -G" ?

Did you try installing nvidia on beta 1 and is so what was the result.

If.you could post the log I would be obliged

[chrispop99]

optirun "inxi -G" ?

Did you try installing nvidia on beta 1 and is so what was the result.

If.you could post the log I would be obliged

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chris@mx19b2NV:~/Desktop
$ optirun inxi -G
[   34.835869] [ERROR]No bridge found. Try installing primus or virtualgl.

I have not tested on this machine prior to b2 unfortunately. If it would help, I'm happy to install b1 on it and try.

The only other dual-graphics laptop I have is the same make/model - a Dell E6430. I wonder if there is anyone else who could test?

Chris

[dolphin_oracle]

so install virtualgl (although in my tests it should have installed).