MX-21 fluxbox beta 2 feedback thread

[neal]

Small issue I've found on a Fluxbox beta 2 install on my Tuxedo laptop: XF86MonBrightnessDown and XF86MonBrightnessUp keys don't appear to do anything and using the `Brightness Systray` icon populates a very small window at the right side of the panel which seems to be mostly off screen (I can see the top of a button but can't tell what the button is, clicking it doesn't seem to do anything). Please let me know if I've neglected to include any required/useful info.

Thanks!

quick-system-info:

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-8-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.7 info: tint2 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21_fluxbox_beta2_x64 Wildflower September 04  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: TUXEDO product: InfinityBook_S_14_v5 v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: Notebook type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: TUXEDO model: L140CU serial: <filter> UEFI: INSYDE v: 1.07.07RTR3 
           date: 02/17/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 61.7 Wh condition: 68.5/73.9 Wh (93%) volts: 8.2/7.7 
           model: Notebook BAT type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-10510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake 
           family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: C (12) microcode: EA L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 36799 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/4900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 
           5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds mitigation: TSX disabled 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: i915 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9b41 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:02c8 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 5040 bus ID: 06:00.0 
           chip ID: 8086:2723 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 698.65 GiB used: 8.49 GiB (1.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO M.2 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q 
           scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO M.2 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q 
           scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 100.65 GiB size: 98.51 GiB (97.87%) used: 8.35 GiB (8.5%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sdb2 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 356.83 GiB size: 350.17 GiB (98.13%) used: 143.3 MiB (0.0%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb4 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sdb3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atom.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/any/ any main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ bullseye main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
           1: deb http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main
Info:      Processes: 243 Uptime: 10m Memory: 23.22 GiB used: 1.34 GiB (5.8%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

[siamhie]

MX Tweak>Toolbar Settings

The width and height section has the second character cut off (adjusting window size doesn't correct it)

[Senpai]

PS:
To the user that suggested using spacefm as default file manager- it's a great FM- I've been using it for years, in antiX, but it's no longer being actively developed- an antiX forum user called Skidoo forked it, and solved some bugs, made it much lighter- it's called "zzzfm", and you can find it's .deb file in the antiX forum (there are 32/64 bits versions and GTK2/3 versions).

Wow, what a great news! I am a fan of spacefm in Fluxbox, but it was giving me some problems with exfat.... I'm going to try it. We linux users are weird with names.... zzzFM Really?
Thanks

[dolphin_oracle]

PS:
To the user that suggested using spacefm as default file manager- it's a great FM- I've been using it for years, in antiX, but it's no longer being actively developed- an antiX forum user called Skidoo forked it, and solved some bugs, made it much lighter- it's called "zzzfm", and you can find it's .deb file in the antiX forum (there are 32/64 bits versions and GTK2/3 versions).

Wow, what a great news! I am a fan of spacefm in Fluxbox, but it was giving me some problems with exfat.... I'm going to try it. We linux users are weird with names.... zzzFM Really?
Thanks

sounds like something skiddoo would do

[rej]

Thank you - MX 21 Fluxbox is fantastic!!

Small finds:

Resolution not saving on logout or reboot.

Updater automatically closes when done, but it is set not to in "Preferences".

Redshift fails [attachment].

[Jerry3904]

Very glad you like it!

Resolution not saving on logout or reboot.

Click the Menu > Settings > Display > Help about how to save that.

Updater automatically closes when done, but it is set not to in "Preferences".

I've not seen that and it has not been reported--hmmm.

Redshift fails

Ditto -- I'll give it a test.

[rej]

Thanks Jerry!

The only way I could get the resolution to save was by:

Startup add-

#Resolution Settings
xrandr -s 1600x900

Hope there is no down side to that.

I had created the executable shell script in "scripts" and the script path to it in Startup above "exec fluxbox". No change. Maybe I did something wrong - it all looked OK.

I will play with it some more and see if I can get it to start with the proper script via the help instructions.
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Wifi connects automatically sometimes and sometimes the icon needs a little click.

You did a great job on this and it installed extremely light - 4.41gb.

[siamhie]

Having an issue updating two packages. (happens in Synaptic also)



Update: I noticed KDE beta 2 doesn't have apt-notifier listed as an update and updated everything with no issues.




It's been addressed. (From the XFCE beta 2 thread)

Just now in trying to run the latest updates, i got this error message:

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W: Failed to fetch http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/pool/main/a/apt-notifier/apt-notifier_21.09.01mx21%2b1_all.deb
  404  Not Found [IP: 70.40.214.183 80]

I first tried to do the update with MXPI and when it baulked, I switched to Synaptic and after updating the package list, I ran the updates again and it failed but indicated that the problem was with the RIT mirror in Rochester NY. I switched to the Utah mirror, updated the package list again and got the error message above.

I'm having the same issue with Fluxbox beta 2 and the la.mxrepo. KDE beta 2 doesn't have apt-notifier listed as an update and proceeded to update everything this morning with no problems.

thanks. probably a bad sync somewhere. @timkb4cq

[siamhie]

Houston, we have a problem.

Not sure what's happened but I decided to setup my hard drive for a proper dual boot. (boot, home, swap and two root partitions). I installed KDE first, booted up after the install to make sure everything went well. I then installed Fluxbox on the other root partition, everything went well, booted up but I was greeted with a stock Fluxbox desktop and menus.



This is the Fluxbox directory. (no mention of mx_menu and the three folders are empty). Date of the ISO download was Sep 5th.



What's odd is that this is the same ISO I installed with originally before I re-installed everything today. Should I just download a new copy of the ISO or try re-installing with my current ISO?

[Jerry3904]

Did you install mx-fluxbox? And then you need to run MX Flux from the menu to get it set up in your home folder.