MX-21 KDE/plasma beta 2 feedback thread

[siamhie]

When I was enabling and disabling the conky from the conky manager to see the changes, I would sometimes get logged out

Weird, sounds to me like a conky issue, but why would conky-manager log the computer off? Beats me...

I'm only guessing at this point but when I was loading and unloading the new conky to see if the new changes take effect, conky manager has to reload the conky and KDE threw up a fit. The conky's shipped with MX doesn't display this behaviour (I tested about 6 different ones- load then unload, then load again).

Does this happen with a particular conky, or is it just random?

Is there anything in the syslog maybe?

Yes, it was one conky. manyroads wrote a new conky and when I finished setting it up in Fluxbox, I copied the conky over to KDE but there were some variables missing that KDE needed for it to display properly. So in the process of adding and removing variables, KDE logged me out and right back in. All the other conky's that ship with MX have no problem and now that the conky is finished for KDE, I'm no longer experiencing the issue. Just odd.

This is the new conky he wrote.
viewtopic.php?p=654460#p654460

[siamhie]

Does this happen with a particular conky, or is it just random?

Is there anything in the syslog maybe?

@Eadwine Rose Even tho the system is running fine, I'm curious as to why it happened in the first place. What should I look for in the syslog? It goes back to the 23rd but this happened on the 26th or 27th. (if it helps, when I was logged out of my session, then logged back in, I had to reconnect to the router--my USB wifi nic is on wlan1)

[ladle-hill]

All works fine on my Thinkpad T420 except the wifi connection. The initial wifi connection is attempted and fails multiple times before being abandoned. Likewise when resuming from sleep the connection rarely re-establishes. Manually disconnecting then manually reconnecting gets an immediate connection. Attached is a redacted syslog showing both failed and successful connections.

I've used this as a daily driver for the last 3 weeks and this is the only issue encountered. Tasks include the usual browsing, email and text editing up to compiling code from source. All done without missing a beat!

Thanks to all concerned in developing this. MXLinux continues to be way better than anything else! :)

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.10.0-8-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-21_x64 Wildflower August 22  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4180CV1 v: ThinkPad T420 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 4180CV1 serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: 83ET69WW (1.39 ) date: 03/26/2012 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 18.5 Wh condition: 45.2/47.5 Wh (95%) volts: 10.7/10.8 model: LGC 42T4911 type: Li-ion 
           serial: <filter> status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-2620M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) 
           stepping: 7 microcode: 2F L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 21530 
           Speed: 1638 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1638 2: 1473 3: 2028 4: 1993 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           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: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T420 driver: i915 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0126 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa compositor: kwin_x11 
           resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.1 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1c20 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T520 driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 5080 
           bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:1502 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:4238 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 25.48 GiB (11.4%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX200SSD1 size: 223.57 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: .4 temp: 26 C scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 217.15 GiB size: 212.68 GiB (97.94%) used: 25.38 GiB (11.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 
           ID-2: /boot raw size: 512.0 MiB size: 487.2 MiB (95.16%) used: 104.3 MiB (21.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 5.61 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
           dev: /dev/dm-1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1993 
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
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mt-ansible.ppa.list 
           1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu trusty main
           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
           2: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
           1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com//deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
Info:      Processes: 257 Uptime: 1h 11m Memory: 3.72 GiB used: 1.69 GiB (45.4%) Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 default: 5 
           Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

[junoluna]

@ladle-hill

i am sure the devs will put that right for the next beta but for now

to automatically connect, go to : configure network connections > check 'all users may connect to this network'

[ladle-hill]

Thank you! I really thought I had tried that but when I looked it was unchecked. Checking it seems to have done the trick :)

[markol]

I noticed some weird things after last update:
- restart and shutdown icons missing again from the Application Menu (logout icon remains)
- date on login screen is in unknown language (RTL?)




Could this be related to any of the desktop-defaults-mx* packages?

Here's my 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 
           init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-21_KDE_beta2_x64 Wildflower September 4  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
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: Single Core model: Intel Core i7-4720HQ bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) 
           stepping: 3 microcode: N/A L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 5187 
           Speed: 2594 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 2594 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; 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 
           Type: srbds status: Unknown: Dependent on hypervisor status 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.18.0.0 bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 15ad:0405 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: vmware unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa compositor: kwin_x11 
           resolution: 1648x860~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.1 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.1 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: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 v: kernel port: d020 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: 15.09 GiB used: 254.78 GiB (1688.9%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 15.09 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: 14.18 GiB size: 13.85 GiB (97.71%) used: 7.76 GiB (56.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 896.0 MiB 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:     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/mx.list 
           1: deb https://ftp.arnes.si/mirrors/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb https://ftp.arnes.si/mirrors/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 183 Uptime: 7m Memory: 5.71 GiB used: 968.8 MiB (16.6%) Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 default: 5 
           Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

I only have two locales enabled (en_US and sl_SI), this is my /etc/default/locale:

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#  File generated by update-locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=si_SL.UTF-8

[markol]

Here's the follow up...
I re-added the missing icons (right click, add to favourites) and they are still there after a few reboots.
That weird language thingie on the login screen was a result of a typo in the locale file (si_SL != sl_SI).

[SwampRabbit]

@siamhie there is a 8814 dkms in the repo (obviously will work on any MX-21 version) waiting for your generous testing and feedback

[siamhie]

@siamhie there is a 8814 dkms in the repo (obviously will work on any MX-21 version) waiting for your generous testing and feedback

@SwampRabbit Removed my copy and installed rtl8814 from testing. Installation went without a hitch

rtl8814.jpg

Only thing I see is there's no description, other than that, works just fine.

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$ sudo lshw -class network -short
H/W path                 Device      Class          Description
===============================================================
/0/100/15.3/0            wlan0       network        RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
/1                       wlan1       network        Wireless interface

My 200MB symmetrical connection

Speedtest.png

[SwampRabbit]

@siamhie I have no clue why it isn't showing up with a description, I used the one you referenced but included a pending PR to allow this to work with kernels >=5.12
https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8814au/pull/73
I don't see anything in that commit that would change the adapter from being displayed. This driver doesn't seem to be getting updated, not sure if an issue on the GitHub would get addressed or not.

Do you mind testing with kernel 5.14?
Just to verify it works at least.