MX-21 RC1 feedback (Xfce)

[Roberto]

I have found that switching the mouse wheel scroll direction does not work everywhere.
In Firefox it works without problems, but in Libreoffice and in Thunar the scroll direction is not reversed.

Here is my configuration:

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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: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21_rc1_x64 Wildflower October 5  2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4291IR6 v: ThinkPad X220 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 4291IR6 serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO v: 8DET76WW (1.46 ) 
           date: 06/21/2018 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 8.3 Wh condition: 21.9/47.5 Wh (46%) volts: 11.1/10.8 
           model: Panasonic 42T4875 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2430M bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Sandy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F 
           L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19137 
           Speed: 1167 MHz min/max: 800/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1098 2: 973 3: 1003 
           4: 1095 
           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 driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0116 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 
           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: 6080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:1502 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver: rtl8192ce v: kernel 
           port: 5000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8176 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 6.58 GiB (2.9%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDHII240G size: 223.57 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 00RL scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 80.00 GiB size: 78.19 GiB (97.74%) used: 6.38 GiB (8.2%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 135.10 GiB size: 131.92 GiB (97.65%) used: 200.7 MiB (0.1%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 7.97 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda4 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1976 
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 http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 223 Uptime: 1h 41m Memory: 7.66 GiB used: 1.53 GiB (20.0%) 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 

[Huckleberry Finn]

@dirkduplooy Just this file is staying the same (purposely, as Dolphin mentioned) /etc/mx-version

So, nothing to worry.. Shortly, you just go on updating & upgrading as always and when final release is in repos, that one will be updated (changed) , too , to show MX-21_x64 Wildflower ...

[Leodudu]

@Leodudu i personally don’t have any Nvidia hardware, used to, but Optimus systems can be tricky in way the GPU connects to the the outputs. Vendor integration can vary from laptop to laptop.

Give everyone a bit of time to look at your issue please, it may take someone knowing more and being able to reproduce this exactly.

I have a Pop!OS with Nvidia driver 470.63.01. If any configuration files help with any information, I can send them to you.

[SwampRabbit]

I have a Pop!OS with Nvidia driver 470.63.01. If any configuration files help with any information, I can send them to you.

Is it acting the same on Pop as it is on MX-21 or is it functioning how expected?

I honestly don't know enough about Optimus setups to help and like I said I don't have Nvidia hardware at all anymore.
@Huckleberry Finn or @JayM have become pretty good at these issues though. And dolphin_oracle is the go-to for the Nvidia Installer, I'm sure he has seen your posts, but like I said people need some time.

There is a ton of information and lists on Optimus laptops out there, I'm searching for Dell G3 3500, is that the the common (friendly) Model of this laptop or is it a G3 35## or other?

Edit: from what you explained earlier (if I remember it right), you may need to use Reverse Prime.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#Reverse_PRIME

Also before messing around with all these settings and config files, it'd be good to have a fresh TimeShift Snapshot BEFORE and AFTER running the Nvidia Driver Installer. Cause troubleshooting can get messy with Optimus laptops (I think we had a dedicated thread for one person that was 100 posts long or some junk).

[entropyfoe]

I just saw and installed the latest RC1 synaptic upgrades.

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Upgraded the following packages:
desktop-defaults-mx-xfce (21.09.02mx21) to 21.10.01mx21
desktop-defaults-mx-xfce-desktop (21.09.02mx21) to 21.10.01mx21
desktop-defaults-mx-xfce-system (21.09.02mx21) to 21.10.01mx21
mx-comfort-themes (21.09.10) to 21.10.01
mx-installer (21.10.04) to 21.10.05
mx-remaster (21.09.01mx21) to 21.10.01mx21

Do I need to reboot to make them all official for testing?

[thinkpadx]

brief comments: A quick walk through the wildflowers


i finally had a chance to burn the rc1 and try it a bit. burned it onto a dvd to run it live via a memorex cd/dvd usb writer (/player). i did not get a chance to look through everything and i generally don't when i check out a live version. need to make sure trackpad and wireless works and i can begin tweaking things as i need them. I am picky and once i set it up i leave stuff - so trying to find all the settings stuff takes time which is a pain to redo a system for me. however, looks nice and runs nicely and i did not see anything re: glitches. some of the pwer and window settings seem to work though there seems to be a bit of difference vs 19. maybe different looks or options and settings. sorry for not being specific or documenting the little variables but as i said it looks nice and useable for daily use. i did not try the wireless hp 8600 but with hplip stuff it should load and work nicely. the quick system info

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-6-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo October 15  2019 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 3626F5U v: ThinkPad X201 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 3626F5U serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO v: 6QET46WW (1.16 ) 
           date: 06/07/2010 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 45.4 Wh condition: 45.5/48.8 Wh (93%) volts: 12.3/11.1 
           model: JingYi 08K8193 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5 M 540 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem 
           family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 2 microcode: 11 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20216 
           Speed: 1419 MHz min/max: 1199/2534 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1414 
           2: 1434 3: 1385 4: 1373 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds 
           status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; 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, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0046 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: intel resolution: 1280x800~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile v: 2.1 Mesa 18.3.6 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:3b56 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-6-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
           port: 1820 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:10ea 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 1880 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:4239 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 21.66 GiB (7.3%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS725032A9A364 size: 298.09 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> 
           rev: C70F scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 296.06 GiB size: 290.41 GiB (98.09%) used: 21.66 GiB (7.5%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1988 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           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/ buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 211 Uptime: 42m Memory: 3.66 GiB used: 815.1 MiB (21.8%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

it's an old thinkpad x 201 my slower but daily beater workhorse. i have a faster nicer x220 in my office - trackpad is glitchier on that one using mx19 and did not try 21 on it.

i tried the mx19 rc1 the same way as such, and installed and never looked back. so generally from my walk through the widlflowers i can say it is rather sweet and fresh and looks and smells great - heh heh !!!


it also shutdown in less than a second which is the quickest shutdown i have seen esp whe running from a live cd/dvd.
there are usually a lot of files neede to be read etc to cloe it and end the trial.

wish i had a bit more time to try a bit more but as stated earlier - i did not see anything wrong or bad jump out at me! Nice work! Thanks to everyone. now to find the time and all of the areas that need to be tweak to install it for my likes.

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[SwampRabbit]

I just saw and installed the latest RC1 synaptic upgrades.
....

Do I need to reboot to make them all official for testing?

I "think" a log out and login will work, but I know that rebooting works, since your testing an RC.... do whatever you want lol

[thinkpadx]

I wanted to add that i did not try the suspend which i use everyday.

[Leodudu]

Also before messing around with all these settings and config files, it'd be good to have a fresh TimeShift Snapshot BEFORE and AFTER running the Nvidia Driver Installer. Cause troubleshooting can get messy with Optimus laptops (I think we had a dedicated thread for one person that was 100 posts long or some junk).

I now have a fresh new installation, without the Nvidia driver.
The notebook is a g3 15 3500.
Which configuration files should I upload before installing the Nvidia driver?

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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: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21_rc1_x64 Wildflower October 5  2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: G3 3500 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0W4V06 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.9.0 date: 06/01/2021 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.0 Wh condition: 67.9/68.0 Wh (100%) volts: 15.3/15.2 
           model: SMP DELL 72WGV13 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A 
           family: 6 model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: EA L2 cache: 12.0 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 62399 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/5000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 
           5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 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 status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9bc4 
           Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile] vendor: Dell driver: N/A 
           bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1f15 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~144Hz 
           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 cAVS vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci 
           bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:06c8 
           Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f9 
           Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec type: USB 
           driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-1.1.2:9 chip ID: 08bb:2902 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 5000 
           bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:06f0 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus ID: 3c:00.0 
           chip ID: 10ec:2502 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 223.77 GiB (24.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
           rev: 2B2QEXM7 scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
           rev: 3B2QEXM7 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 923.25 GiB size: 907.69 GiB (98.31%) used: 5.97 GiB (0.7%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 
           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/nvme1n1p3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 70.0 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/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://mirror.ufam.edu.br/mx/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 291 Uptime: 14m Memory: 15.40 GiB used: 1.17 GiB (7.6%) 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 

[ronbu]

I am unable to install MX-21 RC1 Xfce on a Lenovo Ideapad 3 Laptop. The touchpad isn't working. While I do know the code to get touchpad to work on an already installed distro. I am unable to partition the hard drive without touchpad working. I'd like to do a dual boot of MX Linux with Windows 10.