MX-21 KDE/plasma RC1 feedback

[rainfox]

When updating packages via Discover (from the update notification icon in the task bar) the progress bar will stuck at 49%, also the download progress of updated packages is not updated from this point on. Than after some waiting it turns to finished.
Anyone also saw this?

[richb]

When updating packages via Discover (from the update notification icon in the task bar) the progress bar will stuck at 49%, also the download progress of updated packages is not updated from this point on. Than after some waiting it turns to finished.
Anyone also saw this?

I have seen Discover slow at times doing updates. I do not think it is Discover but perhaps a slow server. I use MX's apt notifier for general updates. The advantage is you can see more progress information than Discover. However it cannot make up for a slow server. You can install it from the stable repo as apt-notifier. The other option is to try faster server.

[rainfox]

When updating packages via Discover (from the update notification icon in the task bar) the progress bar will stuck at 49%, also the download progress of updated packages is not updated from this point on. Than after some waiting it turns to finished.
Anyone also saw this?

I have seen Discover slow at times doing updates. I do not think it is Discover but perhaps a slow server. I use MX's apt notifier for general updates. The advantage is you can see more progress information than Discover. However it cannot make up for a slow server. You can install it from the stable repo as apt-notifier. The other option is to try faster server.

Will give apt-notifier a try.
I've seen this behavior of Discover several times, so I thought its not just by chance. Just a small imperfection :-)

[rainfox]

On the sddm login screen; the shutdown/reboot options only work when booted under systemd. Once logged in, the options work fine from the KDE start menu itself, in both init modes.

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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 
           init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-21_KDE_RC1_x64 Wildflower October 5  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: B75M-D3H serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: F15 date: 10/23/2013 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-3470 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) 
           stepping: 9 microcode: 21 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 25541 
           Speed: 3464 MHz min/max: 1600/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3464 2: 3461 3: 3549 4: 3435 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           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: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0152 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa compositor: kwin_x11 
           resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 2500 (IVB GT1) v: 4.2 Mesa 21.2.1 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel 
           port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 1.07 TiB (59.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ABA200 size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
           speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5700 rpm serial: <filter> rev: ABB0 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 17.43 GiB size: 16.99 GiB (97.47%) used: 8.91 GiB (52.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda18 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.05 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
           dev: /dev/sda9 
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/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.tiguinet.net/mx/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mirror.tiguinet.net/mx/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 235 Uptime: 4m Memory: 7.65 GiB used: 844.9 MiB (10.8%) 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 

On two other systems in live mode, once logging off the KDE session the sddm screen also has the reboot/shutdown options greyed out.

Otherwise, as already mentioned with both betas: under systemd, this hdd-installed system still complains about non-existent /etc/machine-id (which does not seem to cause any problem, though)

I'm having the same issue her. The Shutdown/Reboot Buttons in the login screen (SDDM?) are grayed out. How to check whether I'm using systemd or not?
I've installed the "sddm-modified-init" package.

[SwampRabbit]

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Info:      Processes: 235 Uptime: 4m Memory: 7.65 GiB used: 844.9 MiB (10.8%) 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'm having the same issue her. The Shutdown/Reboot Buttons in the login screen (SDDM?) are grayed out. How to check whether I'm using systemd or not?
I've installed the "sddm-modified-init" package.

You'll see it at the bottom of your QSI as Init: systemd, see above where I saved it from baldyeti's QSI they posted.

[markol]

I'm having the same issue her. The Shutdown/Reboot Buttons in the login screen (SDDM?) are grayed out. How to check whether I'm using systemd or not?
I've installed the "sddm-modified-init" package.

Those buttons on login screen are missing (or are greyed out) when more than one user is logged in. Just guessing if this could be the case?

[baldyeti]

I'm having the same issue her. The Shutdown/Reboot Buttons in the login screen (SDDM?) are grayed out. How to check whether I'm using systemd or not?
I've installed the "sddm-modified-init" package.

In my case the problem only occured when booting with sysVinit (the MX default) and was solved by installing the suggested package

[SwampRabbit]

Just a notice for those that check the thread. Scheduled AHS Repo package (Mesa, Intel drivers, some other things) updates will be coming down, you'll get them dependent on your mirrors. If new graphical and hardware issues arise you can blame me.

@mtnstatetechie this "may" help with your RocketLake system.

[Marek]

MX-21 comes with 5.10 (which is a LTS kernel too), not 100% sure what you are talking about, if you are talking about MX-19 look in kernel section of MX PackageInstaller and try another kernel.

Kernel 5.4 is in repo but for mx 19.1. When update to 19.4, this kernel gone. My old laptop work very well witch kernel 4.19, and 5.4. Steam game work perfect, witch kernel 5.4 :D

[SwampRabbit]

Kernel 5.4 is in repo but for mx 19.1. When update to 19.4, this kernel gone. My old laptop work very well witch kernel 4.19, and 5.4. Steam game work perfect, witch kernel 5.4 :D

We don't do updates to Kernel 5.4 though, 4.19 and 5.10 will get updates. You can use whatever kernel you want, but its better and safer to use a updated and stable kernel.