MX-19 Feedback

[dolphin_oracle]

• Menu => Disk Manager opens "nothing". Same when logged in as "root".
  
  And on terminal:
  

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  $ sudo disk-manager
  WARNING : python-notify is not installed, disable notification
  WARNING : python-notify is too old, disable notification
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/sbin/disk-manager", line 85, in <module>
      main(args, opts)
    File "/usr/sbin/disk-manager", line 58, in main
      app = DiskManager()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/DiskManager/DiskManager.py", line 129, in __init__
      self.setupTreeView()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/DiskManager/DiskManager.py", line 223, in setupTreeView
      "selected_order").upper()))
  AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'SORT_ASCENDiNG'

• I can't see "Ownership to User" in Thunar context menu (which was handy). Yes, maybe I add manually (grabbing from 18.3) but I wish it turns back with updates..

• Root account never saves the conky. (Created a .conky there with just my fav. conky in). Even when you click "Conky Toggle " to turn it on again, it opens "Conky Manager" , then you select it again and start.. each time..

the change ownership functions were removed long ago. they were causing a lot of problems with accidental clicks.

disk-manager opens OK here. it is a very old app though so maybe there is some problem with a particular mix of libs or even theme.

root account isn't designed to operate X so I'm not shocked that something doesn't work when logged in as root. but in this case the cuplrit is the way conkytoggle searches for the current user under /home rather than anywhere. you can try the attached change and see if it works for you. maybe we will update that.

[asqwerth]

Nothing wrong with Disk Manager here. I've installed MX19 3 times on real metal, 2 on the same PC and once on laptop. I always use Disk Manager because I have a shared Data partition that I automount as my first step after installing MX.

I believe that the conky program itself without CM will search $HOME/.conkyrc and if not there, /etc/conky/ for the applicable conky. [unless you run it with a script or command pointing it to a different location]

Once CM is installed, it searches $HOME/.conky by default, but CM has settings to allow you to add other locations/folders it can search for conkies.

Problem with CM is that it only detects conkies made using the old syntax (conky package versions before 1.10). The new syntax conkies don't get listed in CM.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Dolphin, thank you. In fact before trying the attached one, there's been the update. It's ok for the root account (perfect).

But this time it's the vice-versa: The user account : When you click conky-toggle ok, it turns it off but you can't turn on, and when you open the c. manager you find the conky (all) unchecked..

Meanwhile, the Disk Manager doesn't work on my 18.3 ,too, with same output when run on terminal..
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The actual reason why I'm logging as "root" (normally I almost never) and mentioned "disk manager" (that one also .. I never need normally) :

In Thunar to open other partitions I need to type password ..

I'd done it on 18.3 simply, but can't remember how I changed the permissions..

On root account right-click => permissions ... owner "root" is fixed ..
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I'd edited a file I guess ...

[dolphin_oracle]

the toggle itself is working fine here, but maybe I got some sort of language issue.

can you provide, for your user, "echo $HOME" please?

on your other thing, there is a mx-tweak feature for allowing mounting of internal drives by regular users.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Thank you Dolphin. After rebooting it's normal. (Sorry). Maybe it was due to trying after blackscreen and logging in after Ctrl Alt Backspace ..

Meanwhile the output is /home/huckleberry

Also it's fine on 18.3, too both before & after update..

[dolphin_oracle]

Thank you, I will.

Meanwhile, updated 18.3 , too and it works normal for user on 18.3 ..

its also possible that in your testing things are just out of sync. enabling the conky in CM and running it from there should set things back to normal.

if everything is blank in CM, then the toggle won't do anything anyway.

[sunrat]

The actual reason why I'm logging as "root" (normally I almost never) and mentioned "disk manager" (that one also .. I never need normally) :

In Thunar to open other partitions I need to type password ..

I'd done it on 18.3 simply, but can't remember how I changed the permissions..

You may be able to use a PolicyKit rule to enable mounting partitions as user.
Create a file:
/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/10-desktop.policy.pkla
with this content:

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[Mounting, checking, etc. of internal drives]
Identity=unix-group:admin;unix-group:storage;unix-user:USER;
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-*;org.freedesktop.udisks2.drive-ata-smart*
ResultActive=yes

Change USER to your username.
You probably need to create the storage group and add your user to it.
But doesn't Disk Manager allow you to configure this?

[dolphin_oracle]

The actual reason why I'm logging as "root" (normally I almost never) and mentioned "disk manager" (that one also .. I never need normally) :

In Thunar to open other partitions I need to type password ..

I'd done it on 18.3 simply, but can't remember how I changed the permissions..

You may be able to use a PolicyKit rule to enable mounting partitions as user.
Create a file:
/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/10-desktop.policy.pkla
with this content:

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[Mounting, checking, etc. of internal drives]
Identity=unix-group:admin;unix-group:storage;unix-user:USER;
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-*;org.freedesktop.udisks2.drive-ata-smart*
ResultActive=yes

Change USER to your username.
You probably need to create the storage group and add your user to it.
But doesn't Disk Manager allow you to configure this?

FWIW, the policy kit rule is what mx-tweak uses.

[sunrat]

FWIW, the policy kit rule is what mx-tweak uses.

I knew MX could do it somehow. Just wondering why Huckleberry had to switch to root to do it.

[Huckleberry Finn]

I didn't have to.. Was trying to remember how I did previously.