MX-19 Beta 3 Feedback

[Srdjan]

I use this workaround by adding a "Fast Shut Down" or "Fast Power Off" button.
using this command "sudo poweroff" on the panel:
fast_power_off.png
and the Whisker menu , replacing original shut-down command by "sudo poweroff":
Fast_Shut_Down.png

Is there anything important that default shutdown option
in MX Linux do? I will try that "Fast shutdown", but I am
curious if sudo powerof is there and removes this issue, why is it not default?

And since it is sudoing as user - will it ask me everytime to provide password in order to perform shutdown?

Mate, I had the same "issue" - login box popping up during shut down.
Go to "boot options" on MX Tools menu and change the "Boot to" - choose the MX-19 with systemd

I know that soulution, but I don't want to opt to systemd just for this. Fexlix gave me
a good solution just to change shut down command and it works great, no artefacts, no
nothing just black screen and system shuts down in like 1 second (sudo poweroff)

I added it like this, just new launcher on panel, put it far right with this icon and sudo poweroff comand and works great.

Screenshot-5.png

Maybe this could be made to be default, because if new users are greeted with that kind
of login / shutdown as first simple thing, they could ask themselves how other thinks work
if this is handled sloppy :)

[fehlix]

User demo is not able to read the contents of the boot device : no permission.
"$ ls /live/boot-dev
ls: cannot access '/live/boot-dev': Permission denied
"
"mount" shows : '/dev/sdb1 on /live/boot-dev'
"sudo ls -al /live/boot-dev" gives '/drwxrwxr-x 12 demo demo 32768 Jan 1 1970 .'

Any help to allow me to access the "/live/boot-dev" directory and its subdirectories
"sudo chmod +r /live/boot-dev" doesn't help --> 'ls: cannot access '/live/boot-dev': Permission denied'

Thank you.

How was LiveUSB created? If not with live-usb-maker, that might be the reason.

[Jerry3904]

No, I described exactly what I mean. Here's the scenario:
There's one user and root
The user is configured to auto login
I need to change this user's settings in User manager (as the root)
Once the system is loaded, I log out as the User and the system pops up the login window
I log in as the root and try to change the user's name in the User Management window
System responds it cannot be done, because that user is still logged in
Same thing happens if I try to "change User" instead of logging out (green button or yellow button)
I also cannot change any of the usser's settings while I'm logged in as that user - even though the system asks for root password

Maybe you could boot to Live, then navigate into the installed version file system and alter the config file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf so that line 88 (Options > Line numbers) is commented out as it is in mine

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#autologin-user=jb

[fehlix]

The user is configured to auto login
I need to change this user's settings in User manager (as the root)
Once the system is loaded, I log out as the User and the system pops up the login window
I log in as the root and try to change the user's name in the User Management window
System responds it cannot be done, because that user is still logged in

You can check whether you logged out properly from the user session:
run this command on the command line when logged-in as root:

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who

If you only used "switch user" the other user is still logged-in.

[Eadwine Rose]

An inconsistency:

default right click - delete was removed from the options in the File Manager, however it is still present on the Desktop when I want to remove something from there. Shouldn't that hold the same settings as in File Manager?

[bpr323]

An inconsistency:

default right click - delete was removed from the options in the File Manager, however it is still present on the Desktop when I want to remove something from there. Shouldn't that hold the same settings as in File Manager?

I noticed that too - "delete" absent from context menu in Thunar, only "move to trash" - PITA

[Eadwine Rose]

Not a pita, easily solved in the preferences I think.. Somewhere. I forgot where. It was removed because..

well some people are too eager


Ah.. preferences - behavior tab. Right at the bottom tick that thing.

[ikke]

User demo is not able to read the contents of the boot device : no permission.
"$ ls /live/boot-dev
ls: cannot access '/live/boot-dev': Permission denied
"
"mount" shows : '/dev/sdb1 on /live/boot-dev'
"sudo ls -al /live/boot-dev" gives '/drwxrwxr-x 12 demo demo 32768 Jan 1 1970 .'

Any help to allow me to access the "/live/boot-dev" directory and its subdirectories
"sudo chmod +r /live/boot-dev" doesn't help --> 'ls: cannot access '/live/boot-dev': Permission denied'

Thank you.

How was LiveUSB created? If not with live-usb-maker, that might be the reason.

Did a frugal install my own way : copied directory "/antiX" to usb stick and appropiate boot entry in '/boot/grub/menu.lst' on that usb stick
With MX 18 there were no problems ...

[dolphin_oracle]

There is a bug not smashed, even though I reported it on beta2.1 or maybe before that even.

Open a root thunar in a folder that has spaces renders the error no such file or directory as it only sees the first word.




Solution
Thunar - Edit - configure custom actions - open root thunar here - cogwheel.

Change command to:

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mx-pkexec thunar "%f"

edit: make that file manager.
is it no longer called thunar? I guess I missed something

got it thanks.

[fehlix]

User demo is not able to read the contents of the boot device : no permission.
"$ ls /live/boot-dev
ls: cannot access '/live/boot-dev': Permission denied
"
"mount" shows : '/dev/sdb1 on /live/boot-dev'
"sudo ls -al /live/boot-dev" gives '/drwxrwxr-x 12 demo demo 32768 Jan 1 1970 .'

Any help to allow me to access the "/live/boot-dev" directory and its subdirectories
"sudo chmod +r /live/boot-dev" doesn't help --> 'ls: cannot access '/live/boot-dev': Permission denied'

Thank you.

How was LiveUSB created? If not with live-usb-maker, that might be the reason.

Did a frugal install my own way : copied directory "/antiX" to usb stick and appropiate boot entry in '/boot/grub/menu.lst' on that usb stick
With MX 18 there were no problems ...

The important info would be what filesystem is frugal installed on?