MX-23 alpha2 feedback thread

[Eadwine Rose]

When you use a big panel (say 44), the only way to make things look uniform is to set the system tray to huge icons.

Or make a really small (to me that is really small) panel, which makes the weather item kinda useless in my case.

Is there no way to get those icons, pulseaudio and power manager I think they were, to adjust sizes?

[asqwerth]

Previously, @Jerry3904 had posted a gtk hack for scaling the pulseaudio icon to your chosen size. It was from the xfce forum.

You need to add one line of css theming "code" to the gtk.css file (currently empty) in the $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/ folder. And the actual scale ratio used will be different for everyone depending on the monitor display. resolution,panel size, they use.

#pulseaudio-button * {
-gtk-icon-transform: scale(.55);
}

Restart the panel with

xfce4-panel -r

after you make a change.


Perhaps there is a similar thing you can do for power-manager.

[Jerry3904]

Good find. Sure don't remember doing that, but ToZ is always coming up with great css solutions

BTW1: the gtk.css file on my Acer Aspire One 722 testing (Live) machine is not empty but contains a line to import the whisker-tweak file in the same folder

BTW2: @dolphin_oracle above said

also, the power manager systray icon appears to work again, so we could take that particular plugin off the panel

so that may follow the dodo

[Jerry3904]

On that test laptop, I see that in Power Manager > System tab, "On Battery" : System sleep mode is set to "hibernate." That seems a potential source of trouble to me since the individual machine's specs vary so much.

[asqwerth]

Good find. Sure don't remember doing that, but ToZ is always coming up with great css solutions

BTW1: the gtk.css file on my Acer Aspire One 722 testing (Live) machine is not empty but contains a line to import the whisker-tweak file in the same folder

...

I could have sworn my Home gtk.css file was empty in the alpha2 when I added the hack.

It's the mx-comfort theme's css file that has the whisker menu addition.

[Eadwine Rose]

I could have sworn my Home gtk.css file was empty in the alpha2 when I added the hack.

Just checked, all that is in mine is:

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/*set custom gtk3/css code below */

So.. empty for me as well.


Oh, now that I have it open (in 21 at the mo) I can add that code in.

[Jerry3904]

The line in mine may have come from implementing touchpad-indicator or something else

Switched to using the Power Manager icon in the systray > very large, so tried this css code

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#power-manager-button * {
-gtk-icon-transform: scale(.55);
} 

No effect

[abd_bela]

HI every one

Here are some suggestions for the MX23

Security issues

1. in the file /etc/adduser the sudo group is enabled for all users,
this is a breach security. I mean any user can execute any command
using his sudo.
2. In the same file the DIR_MODE=0755 should be 0750 ( I notice in the MX23 it is 700)
but why that 700 ? I think group should be enabled


The boot by default uses initV, The largely most used is systemd,
why not switch to systemd by default?


Now in my version MX21:
The command lsblk gives always RO=0, even if the device is read only
see the following output iso image is mount of course as RO



/opt/iso/finnix-125.iso on /root/t type iso9660
(ro,relatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048,iocharset=utf8)

#lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 489M 0 loop /root/t
sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 579M 0 part /media/mnt1

Regards

[Jerry3904]

The boot by default uses initV, The largely most used is systemd,
why not switch to systemd by default?

From the Home page:

Our Positions
Systemd
Because the use of systemd as a system and service manager has been controversial, we want to be clear about its function in MX Linux. Systemd is included by default but not enabled. You can scan your MX system and discover files bearing systemd* names, but those simply provide a compatibility hook/entrypoint when needed.

MX Linux uses systemd-shim, which emulates the systemd functions that are required to run the helpers without actually using the init service. This means that SvsVinit remains the default init yet MX Linux can use crucial Debian packages that have systemd dependencies such as CUPS and Network Manager. This approach also allows the user to retain the ability to choose his/her preferred init on the boot screen (GRUB). For details, see the MX/antiX Wiki.

[Eadwine Rose]

Power manager icon scaling code that does work in that file:

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#xfce4-power-manager-plugin * {
-gtk-icon-transform: scale(0.6);
}