MX-23 alpha2 feedback thread

[dolphin_oracle]

Testing software to be installed.

MXPI megasync:

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Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 megasync : Depends: libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Downloaded the highest, 11, from their site, same thing, so 11 doesn't work on Bookworm.

Then downloaded the one in testing https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_testi ... _amd64.deb

That installs without issues and works (haven't tested yet, but it installing without probs is better than it not installing ) so the entry in MXPI needs adjusting.

Lets watch this one in the week or so after debian 12 becomes stable instead of testing.

[Jerry3904]

Trying to eject a USB within Thunar on AAO (Live) gives me an error msg that root access is necessary (not on MX-21.3). Haven't had time to test on HP.

[Gaer Boy]

With limited time, a brief test and report. Running live, all seemed to work as expected. Although I needed AHS for MX-21 the vanilla version is fine in MX-23.

Installing, I missed the grub setting for the first time ever. I think it was because grub setting used to be at the end and now it's near the beginning. I was careless, so not a criticism. I never install grub on alpha/beta versions and rarely on RCs. I then messed up changing grub but MX Boot Repair on MX-21 and reinstall of MX-23 solved that.

No problems with the main applications I use, although haven't tried KMyMoney yet. I used MX User Installed to list my apps on MX-21, reduced it on MX-23 and tried 4 items - Asunder, KMyMoney, Master PDF Editor v4 and Vivaldi. Master PDF Editor 4 & Vivaldi were reported not available, although both installed via MX Package manager without problem.

Overall, looks very good to me. QSI:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-7-amd64 [6.1.20-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-7-amd64 root=/dev/sda6
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_alpha2_x64 Libretto April 7  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B550I AORUS PRO AX v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550I AORUS PRO AX v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: F11 date: 12/31/2020
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270 serial: <filter> charge: 100%
    (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M185 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 4
    level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80)
    stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA50000B
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1399 high: 1400 min/max: 1400/4464 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1400 2: 1398 3: 1397 4: 1400 5: 1400 6: 1400
    7: 1400 8: 1400 9: 1400 10: 1400 11: 1400 12: 1400 bogomips: 93426
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 27.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: Samsung SyncMaster serial: <filter> built: 2011
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305 gamma: 1.2 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.54") diag: 184mm (7.2")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49
    6.1.0-7-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-7-amd64 running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
    software: no address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 7.45 GiB (0.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM005 HD103SJ size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 00E5 scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD110 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A8J0
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 30 GiB size: 29.36 GiB (97.87%) used: 7.45 GiB (25.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
    maj-min: 8:6
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.45%) used: 941 KiB (0.9%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb11
    maj-min: 8:27
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 33.1 C mobo: 27.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 27.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2135 libs: 1152 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Processes: 313 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 5 Memory: 15.05 GiB used: 1.33 GiB (8.8%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.25
Boot Mode: UEFI

[chrispop99]

Trying to eject a USB within Thunar on AAO (Live) gives me an error msg that root access is necessary (not on MX-21.3). Haven't had time to test on HP.

Not seeing that here.

Chris

[dolphin_oracle]

Trying to eject a USB within Thunar on AAO (Live) gives me an error msg that root access is necessary (not on MX-21.3). Haven't had time to test on HP.

Going to need more information on the setup. I cannot duplicate this one on an updated full install. There are messages about needing to finish writing information, but if a user has mounted a usb, then that same user should be able to unmount it.

[siamhie]

Corrected my snapshot issue. Although I updated grub on MX23, I didn't update grub on fluxbox which is where the boot loader is located. Now snapshot reports the amdgpu parameter as does my QSI.
(I don't normally dual boot so I learned something new)

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[Eadwine Rose]

/etc/smartd.conf same, which I need to put a device scan adjustment line into to scan once every five hours rather than the default five minutes.

Just dragging up an older comment from me here. I have checked in the syslog and it puts an output in there every half hour. Better than the five minutes that it was, but still, when you have syslog displaying in conky and four drives... that is a big output that isn't needed that often:

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2023-04-13T10:41:36.496309+02:00 eadwinemx23a2 smartd[2946]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 75 to 72
2023-04-13T10:41:36.500838+02:00 eadwinemx23a2 smartd[2946]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 75 to 72
2023-04-13T10:41:36.502590+02:00 eadwinemx23a2 smartd[2946]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 73 to 71
2023-04-13T10:41:36.506946+02:00 eadwinemx23a2 smartd[2946]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 74 to 72

I used to change the line in /etc/smartd.conf

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DEVICESCAN -d removable -n standby -m root -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner

to

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DEVICESCAN -i 18000 -d removable -n standby -m root -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner

so it would only scan every five hours.

Is there an alternative location to put that in, since /etc/smartd.conf doesn't exist anymore?

Unbelievable.. the thing needs to get generated first, and apparently it is now finally present.

*makes additional note about that in her notes*

Yay me. NEXT!

[siamhie]

How can I get the password field to populate the asterisks when authenticating? I loaded XFCE-21.3 live ISO and I can see them there.


(fluxbox example below)

password.jpg

[dolphin_oracle]

How can I get the password field to populate the asterisks when authenticating? I loaded XFCE-21.3 live ISO and I can see them there.


(fluxbox example below)

password.jpg

they should have askteriks the only one I know of that has issues is the network-manager wifi password prompt and then only with certain themes, the mx-comfort-dark theme included.

[siamhie]

How can I get the password field to populate the asterisks when authenticating? I loaded XFCE-21.3 live ISO and I can see them there.


(fluxbox example below)

password.jpg

they should have askteriks the only one I know of that has issues is the network-manager wifi password prompt and then only with certain themes, the mx-comfort-dark theme included.

I can't remember if I switched to a dark theme prior to setting up my WiFi but the password showed as long as I checked the box. This happens when opening MXPI.