MX-23 beta 1 feedback thread

[anticapitalista]

Your installer is still dated, confusing and difficult to use. Why not switch to the user-friendly Calamares installer which is available on other distros including Debian? I have used it many times and it's a pleasure to work with.

Why don't you tell us exactly why our installer is confusing and dated?
I have used the MX/antiX installer many times and it's a pleasure to use and very customisable compared to calamares.

[MadMax]

Agreed here. The MX installer is one of the better installers out there imo and has more options than a stock calamares installer.

[Adrian]

Calamares, from what I understand, also doesn't work well with our Live system. It's for installing ISO images, not live systems which would make actually things less flexible. In MX if you install or remove a program the installer will install your changes, it's not so on other distros that use Calamares which can be confusing.

People who talk about "outdated" are mostly talking about looks and while the installer is not flashy, it has the normal buttons and looks that go back to years of computing the code itself is just fine and up-to-date. If you are all about the looks I guess you could get a turd put something flashy on it and call it modern.

[Eadwine Rose]

[Melber]

Here are some initial remarks re MX-Fluxbox beta1
...
Default dock (wmalauncher)
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Default dock is NOT showing up on session start. following errors appear (one by one) in ~/.xsession.errors

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--background-color: Argument '<COLOR|GRADIENT>' is missing.
--border-color: Argument '<COLOR|GRADIENT>' is missing.
--hover-background-color: Argument '<COLOR|GRADIENT>' is missing.
--hover-border-color: Argument '<COLOR|GRADIENT>' is missing.

These arguments could instead be added to the TTIPS+ items

Also, mxdk script is missing a sed command...

Can confirm.
DefaultDock.mkdk isn't right.
- pkill wmalauncher command is missing
- Hex colour definitions need to be quoted, otherwise they are being read as comments.

Also, mxdk script is missing a sed command...

?? sed command is there and working for me


To fix replace contents of ~/.fluxbox/scripts/DefaultDock.mxdk with this

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#!/bin/bash
pkill wmalauncher

#set up slit location
sed -i 's/^session.screen0.slit.placement:.*/session.screen0.slit.placement: TopLeft/' $HOME/.fluxbox/init

fluxbox-remote reconfigure; sleep 1

# TOOLTIPS
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-show-delay       250"
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-text-padding     3"
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-border-size		3"
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-foreground-color #ffffff"
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-background-color #1d2324"

#commands for dock launchers

wmalauncher --desktop-file mx-tools.desktop --tooltip-text "MX Tools" --background-color "#1d2324" --border-color "#1d2324" --hover-background-color "#29353b" --hover-border-color "#0f56d9" --window-size 48 $TTIPS & sleep 0.1
wmalauncher --desktop-file custom-toolbox-mxfb.desktop --background-color "#1d2324" --border-color "#1d2324" --hover-background-color "#29353b" --hover-border-color "#0f56d9" --window-size 48 --tooltip-text "Settings manager" $TTIPS & sleep 0.1
wmalauncher --desktop-file mxfb-help.desktop --tooltip-text "Help" --background-color "#1d2324" --border-color "#1d2324" --hover-background-color "#29353b" --hover-border-color "#0f56d9" --window-size 48 $TTIPS & sleep 0.1

[siamhie]

As @ceeslans mentioned struts and iconifiedPattern are still present but I'm getting a slew of new init errors in my .xsession-errors log.
I thought it might be a fluke on initial startup so I deleted the file and rebooted but they all came back.


This is due to double keybinding for same action

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Keys: Invalid key/modifier on line 59): Control Mod1 Bksp :Exit

The struts and iconifiedPattern has a solution mentioned. (comment #7)

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Failed to read: session.screen0.struts
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.struts.1
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.iconbar.iconifiedPattern
Setting default value

These are new.

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Failed to read: session.menuSearch
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.menuSearch
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.opaqueResize
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpinghorizontal
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpingvertical
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.edgeResizeSnapThreshold
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpinghorizontaloffset
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpingverticaloffset
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.opaqueResizeDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.menuSearch
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.opaqueResize
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpinghorizontal
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpingvertical
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.edgeResizeSnapThreshold
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpinghorizontaloffset
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpingverticaloffset
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.opaqueResizeDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.slit.autoRaise
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.toolbar.autoRaise
Setting default value

Also getting pipewire messages (not sure about these as sound works just fine)

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start pipewire
M 08:58:51.780472             mod.rt ../src/modules/module-rt.c:274:pw_rtkit_check_xdg_portal: Can't find org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop. Is xdg-desktop-portal running?
M 08:58:51.780508             mod.rt ../src/modules/module-rt.c:1035:pipewire__module_init: found session bus but no portal
M 08:58:51.781290             mod.rt ../src/modules/module-rt.c:290:translate_error: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
M 08:58:51.781354             mod.rt ../src/modules/module-rt.c:655:set_nice: could not set nice-level to -11: No such file or directory
M 08:58:51.781631             mod.rt ../src/modules/module-rt.c:290:translate_error: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
M 08:58:51.782581             mod.rt ../src/modules/module-rt.c:290:translate_error: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
M 08:58:51.795265          wp-device ../lib/wp/device.c:619:wp_spa_device_new_from_spa_factory: SPA handle 'api.libcamera.enum.manager' could not be loaded; is it installed?
M 08:58:51.795275   script/libcamera libcamera.lua:168:chunk: PipeWire's libcamera SPA missing or broken. libcamera not supported.

This is a stock install with updates applied and Librewolf installed only. I have not done anything else yet.
QSI:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-9-amd64 [6.1.27-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-9-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0
    Distro: MX-23_fluxbox_beta1_x64 Libretto May 28 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C56 v: 2.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) v: 2.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: A.B0 date: 08/11/2022
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0x8701021
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2380 high: 2804 min/max: 2200/4559 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2688 2: 2802 3: 2475 4: 1915 5: 2199 6: 2200
    7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2804 10: 2799 11: 2804 12: 2200 13: 2200 14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 2200
    bogomips: 124799
  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 mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP protection
  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, 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 Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] vendor: Tul / PowerColor
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0b:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:73df class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: Compton v: 1 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00") s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 model: HP X27q serial: <filter> built: 2021
    res: 2560x1440 hz: 165 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (navi22 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49
    6.1.0-9-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 14:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-9-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-2.3:4 chip-ID: 8087:0032
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 8.19 TiB used: 876.42 GiB (10.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 613000WD temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 102000WD temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: ST8000DM004-2CX188 size: 7.28 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter>
    rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 100.26 GiB size: 98.13 GiB (97.87%) used: 6.13 GiB (6.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:6
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 572 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 65 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
    maj-min: 259:1
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 52.0 C mem: 56.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1299
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1823 libs: 908 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,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/librewolf.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.librewolf.net bullseye main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 332 Uptime: 19m wakeups: 2 Memory: 31.27 GiB used: 1.91 GiB (6.1%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[Jerry3904]

Here are some initial remarks re MX-Fluxbox beta1
...
Default dock (wmalauncher)
-------------
Default dock is NOT showing up on session start. following errors appear (one by one) in ~/.xsession.errors

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--background-color: Argument '<COLOR|GRADIENT>' is missing.
--border-color: Argument '<COLOR|GRADIENT>' is missing.
--hover-background-color: Argument '<COLOR|GRADIENT>' is missing.
--hover-border-color: Argument '<COLOR|GRADIENT>' is missing.

These arguments could instead be added to the TTIPS+ items

Also, mxdk script is missing a sed command...

Can confirm.
DefaultDock.mkdk isn't right.
- pkill wmalauncher command is missing
- Hex colour definitions need to be quoted, otherwise they are being read as comments. Let's flag @Adrian so he sees this.

Also, mxdk script is missing a sed command...

?? sed command is there and working for me


To fix replace contents of ~/.fluxbox/scripts/DefaultDock.mxdk with this

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#!/bin/bash
pkill wmalauncher

#set up slit location
sed -i 's/^session.screen0.slit.placement:.*/session.screen0.slit.placement: TopLeft/' $HOME/.fluxbox/init

fluxbox-remote reconfigure; sleep 1

# TOOLTIPS
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-show-delay       250"
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-text-padding     3"
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-border-size		3"
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-foreground-color #ffffff"
TTIPS+=" --tooltip-background-color #1d2324"

#commands for dock launchers

wmalauncher --desktop-file mx-tools.desktop --tooltip-text "MX Tools" --background-color "#1d2324" --border-color "#1d2324" --hover-background-color "#29353b" --hover-border-color "#0f56d9" --window-size 48 $TTIPS & sleep 0.1
wmalauncher --desktop-file custom-toolbox-mxfb.desktop --background-color "#1d2324" --border-color "#1d2324" --hover-background-color "#29353b" --hover-border-color "#0f56d9" --window-size 48 --tooltip-text "Settings manager" $TTIPS & sleep 0.1
wmalauncher --desktop-file mxfb-help.desktop --tooltip-text "Help" --background-color "#1d2324" --border-color "#1d2324" --hover-background-color "#29353b" --hover-border-color "#0f56d9" --window-size 48 $TTIPS & sleep 0.1

Thanks. I saw that yesterday but didn't have time to chase it out.

[Joseph DeGarmo]

When testing MX-23 KDE beta in a virtual machine, logging out and starting a new session causes the audio source to drop out. Only rebooting fixes it. Issue occurs on systemd as well and happens on both X11 and Wayland. Is this a VirtualBox issue or does this occur on physical hardware as well? I never have this issue when testing Debian 12 RC KDE and Q4OS 5 testing. And of course, I don't have this issue on my Fedora 37 KDE production machine when Pipewire is used.

[siamhie]

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Failed to read: session.menuSearch
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.menuSearch
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.opaqueResize
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpinghorizontal
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpingvertical
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.edgeResizeSnapThreshold
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpinghorizontaloffset
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpingverticaloffset
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.opaqueResizeDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.menuSearch
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.opaqueResize
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpinghorizontal
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpingvertical
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.edgeResizeSnapThreshold
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpinghorizontaloffset
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.workspacewarpingverticaloffset
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.opaqueResizeDelay
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.slit.autoRaise
Setting default value
Failed to read: session.screen0.toolbar.autoRaise
Setting default value

Seems I got rid of those new init messages. On initial boot-up I was set to the MX-comfort style, so I set it to MX-comfort-dark then deleted the .xsessions-error file and after a reboot those entries disappeared.
I then set it back to MX-comfort, deleted the .xsessions-error file once again and rebooted and now they don't show up anymore.

MX-23-b1 fluxbox (QSI in post #16)

[dolphin_oracle]

MX-23 Xfce 32-bit.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-9-686-pae [6.1.27-1] arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-9-686-pae
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  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_beta1_386 Libretto May 28  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude D610 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 8 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A06 date: 10/02/2005
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 45.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 45.7/48.8 Wh (93.6%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.1
    model: Sony DELL 00 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Pentium M bits: 32 arch: M Dothan built: 2003-05 process: Intel 90nm family: 6
    model-id: 0xD (13) stepping: 8 microcode: 0x20
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 1 smt: <unsupported> cache: 2 MiB note: check
  Speed (MHz): 800 min/max: 800/1733 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand core:
    1: 800 bogomips: 3458
  Flags: nx pae sse sse2
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RV370/M22 [Mobility Radeon X300] vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel
    alternate: radeonfb,amdgpu arch: Rage-9 code: Radeon IGP process: TSMC 110nm built: 2003-08 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DVI-D-1,SVIDEO-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:5460 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: r300 gpu: radeon display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99") s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS res: 1024x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: ATI RV370 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW AC97 Audio vendor: Dell Latitude D610 Laptop
    driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1e.2 chip-ID: 8086:266e class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-9-686-pae status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express vendor: Dell Latitude D610
    driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:1677 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network driver: ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq
    modules: wl bus-ID: 03:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:4220 class-ID: 0280
  IF: eth1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-1:2
    chip-ID: 413c:8103 class-ID: fe01
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.1 lmp-v: 1.2
    sub-v: 679 hci-v: 1.2 rev: 679
  Info: acl-mtu: 384:8 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 30.76 GiB used: 8.15 GiB (26.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Transcend model: TS32GPSD330 size: 29.82 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0121 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 962 MiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 29.81 GiB size: 29.17 GiB (97.87%) used: 7.36 GiB (25.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1024 MiB used: 2.5 MiB (0.2%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3112
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2025 libs: 1026 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,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
Info:
  Processes: 181 Uptime: 4h 13m wakeups: 2 Memory: 1.96 GiB used: 907.2 MiB (45.1%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12 Client: shell wrapper
  v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

When attempting to play an MPG video file, VLC opens then crashes. (Works with SMPlayer, works on 64-bit)

Chris

I'm actually having trouble playing videos in any player. will investigate thanks.