MX-21 beta 2 feedback thread (xfce)

[SwampRabbit]

Just a heads up .... I just sent updated libxfce4ui, docklike, and whiskermenu packages for inclusion in the repo.

It will take some time to get them actually added then populate to mirrors.

Just figured I'd mention these directly in case issues start popping up.

[ronievron]

Two issues that I had. First, the monitor layout that I configure is not saved. Second, I had to add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
options snd-hda-intel model=generic
Here's my sysinfo

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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: Awesome 4.3 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21_beta2_x64 Wildflower September 4  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Notebook product: X170KM-G v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Notebook model: X170KM-G serial: <filter> UEFI: INSYDE v: 1.07.04 date: 01/11/2020 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 96.5 Wh condition: 96.5/96.5 Wh (100%) volts: 16.4/14.4 model: Notebook BAT type: Li-ion 
           serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:       Topology: 8-Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A family: 6 model-id: A7 (167) 
           stepping: 1 microcode: 40 L2 cache: 16.0 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 112128 
           Speed: 1713 MHz min/max: 800/5100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 998 2: 989 3: 1001 4: 975 5: 980 6: 1001 7: 1001 
           8: 1000 9: 1000 10: 997 11: 977 12: 1000 13: 991 14: 1032 15: 995 16: 989 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           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 status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: nvidia v: 460.56 
           bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:2560 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1600~60Hz, 1920x1080~144Hz, 1920x1600~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.56 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:43c8 
           Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:228e 
           Device-3: GN Netcom Jabra BIZ 2400 II type: USB driver: jabra,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-1.1:4 
           chip ID: 0b0e:2453 serial: <filter> 
           Device-4: Logitech HD Webcam B910 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 1-2:16 chip ID: 046d:0823 
           serial: <filter> 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:43f0 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek Killer E3000 2.5GbE vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 6c:00.0 
           chip ID: 10ec:3000 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 2.01 TiB (55.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0 size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 512 B 
           logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 614600WD temp: 51 C scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Corsair model: MP400 size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
           serial: <filter> rev: 3103 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 1.81 TiB size: 1.78 TiB (98.37%) used: 1019.53 GiB (55.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 47 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           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/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 403 Uptime: 12h 55m Memory: 125.68 GiB used: 15.54 GiB (12.4%) 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 

[SwampRabbit]

Two issues that I had. First, the monitor layout that I configure is not saved. Second, I had to add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
options snd-hda-intel model=generic
Here's my sysinfo

Code: Select all

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: Awesome 4.3 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21_beta2_x64 Wildflower September 4  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 

Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: nvidia v: 460.56 
           bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:2560 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1600~60Hz, 1920x1080~144Hz, 1920x1600~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.56 direct render: Yes 
           
Audio:     Device-1: Intel vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:43c8 
           Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:228e 
           Device-3: GN Netcom Jabra BIZ 2400 II type: USB driver: jabra,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-1.1:4 
           chip ID: 0b0e:2453 serial: <filter> 
           Device-4: Logitech HD Webcam B910 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 1-2:16 chip ID: 046d:0823 
           serial: <filter> 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 

Thanks for testing and posting.

First issue, we have no way of testing this without someone trying the Awesome DE, this is the Beta 2 feedback thread for Xfce. It would be interesting to know if the issue exists for you under a Xfce session though and how (what tool and what settings you used) you tried to set it under both Awesome and Xfce. But again, this is the feedback thread for Xfce.

Second issue... I'm not an audio hardware or configuration person, hopefully someone else will chime in. I'm sure its something small, maybe even related to the next things.


Somethings I noticed about your install:

Its really new hardware, you might want to switch to a newer kernel and maybe enable the AHS repo while your at it.

Your Intel iGPU isn't showing up in your QSI, do you know why that might be, like did you configure it to not use the Intel iGPU and Nvidia GPU?
When you used Nvidia Driver Installer it should have asked you if you wanted to set it up as an Optimus enabled install, which is what you want unless you want the Intel iGPU off all the time.

[markol]

I installed beta2 on my dear Asus EEE (1000HG) and everything worked out of the box. Took me some time to set it up, but it works.
Due to its small screen (1024x600) buttons in the bottom row sometimes cannot be clicked. This is probably the only problem I encountered so far.
Because of this annoyance it used to run MX19.3 with KDE from Debian repos (it's a 32bit machine) - and almost without glitches. So I tried to install the latest plasma (well, 5.20) but it looks like it is just too much :)

I will play with it a bit more and let you know if something weird pops up

[oops]

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Due to its small screen (1024x600) buttons in the bottom row sometimes cannot be clicked. This is probably the only problem I encountered so far.
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I agree, all developed applications have to be tested first within a small screen like your, to avoid this kind of issue.
But you can move the related window by the key: "Alt+right click mouse and drag " to show the "OK button"

[markol]

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Due to its small screen (1024x600) buttons in the bottom row sometimes cannot be clicked. This is probably the only problem I encountered so far.
...

I agree, all developed applications have to be tested first within a small screen like your, to avoid this kind of issue.
But you can move the related window by the key: "Alt+right click mouse and drag " to show the "OK button"

Nope, doesn't work. The bottom border of the box (e.g. MX Tweak) is below the screen bottom border. It cannot be resized or moved (verticaly)

[oops]

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Nope, doesn't work. The bottom border of the box (e.g. MX Tweak) is below the screen bottom border. It cannot be resized or moved (verticaly)

... Strange, that usually works.

In XFCE, when holding down Alt and then clicking anywhere in a window with the left button will move that window (as if by dragging the title bar), or resize the windows when clicking and dragging with the right button.

[Procenko]

What differences of Xfce in Debian and Xfce in MX? Are there any features assembling xfce for MX that affect for performance and stability of system?

[dolphin_oracle]

What differences of Xfce in Debian and Xfce in MX? Are there any features assembling xfce for MX that affect for performance and stability of system?

xfce has no differences, except we have a few more bug fixes.

[ddw867]

Just a quick note of a little weirdness that happened yesterday.
I usually keep the same SD card in my laptop for purposes of doing daily backups, while the computer was off I removed it and inserted another SD card to look something up, powered up, then off when I was done, removed other SD card.
Later on, powered up with my usual SD card inserted and could not access it, was like there was no SD reader at all, system did not recognized ANY SD card removal or insertion.
USB flash drives and DVD's were fine.
Tried booting to a live USB of MX19 and still no SD recognition.
For lack of any other thing to do took out the laptop battery and reinserted, works fine now.
Weird, never had that happen before, something got hung up somewhere.
Cheers