MX-23 beta 1 feedback thread

[MadMax]

Just set up the beta in a VM.

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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=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-9-amd64 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_x64 Libretto May 28  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Kvm System: QEMU product: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) v: pc-i440fx-5.2
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 1 v: pc-i440fx-5.2 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: N/A model: N/A serial: N/A BIOS: SeaBIOS v: 1.14.0-2 date: 04/01/2014
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Opteron 63xx class CPU bits: 64 type: SMP arch: Piledriver level: v2
    built: 2012-13 process: GF 32nm family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 2 stepping: 0 microcode: 0x1000065
  Topology: cpus: 4x cores: 1 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 4x 128 KiB (512 KiB)
    desc: d-1x64 KiB; i-1x64 KiB L2: 4x 512 KiB (2 MiB) desc: 1x512 KiB L3: 4x 16 MiB (64 MiB)
    desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3400 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 3400 2: 3400 3: 3400 4: 3400 bogomips: 27199
  Flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
  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 disabled
  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, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Red Hat QXL paravirtual graphic card driver: qxl v: kernel ports: active: Virtual-1
    empty: Virtual-2,Virtual-3,Virtual-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 1b36:0100 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: N/A
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: swrast gpu: qxl note: X driver n/a display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2048x1152 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 542x305mm (21.34x12.01") s-diag: 622mm (24.49")
  Monitor-1: Virtual-1 res: 2048x1152 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.6 256 bits) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW High Definition Audio vendor: Red Hat QEMU Virtual Machine
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:04.0 chip-ID: 8086:2668 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 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI vendor: Red Hat Qemu virtual machine
    type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus v: N/A modules: i2c_piix4 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:01.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7113 class-ID: 0680
  Device-2: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Red Hat QEMU Virtual Machine driver: e1000
    v: kernel port: c000 bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:100e class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 20 GiB used: 7.22 GiB (36.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: QEMU model: HARDDISK size: 20 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2.5+ scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 19.23 GiB size: 18.76 GiB (97.56%) used: 7.17 GiB (38.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: root.fsm
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 768 MiB size: 738.4 MiB (96.15%) used: 45.1 MiB (6.1%) 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: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  Src: lm-sensors+/sys Message: No sensor data found using /sys/class/hwmon or lm-sensors.
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2032 libs: 1032 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://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 209 Uptime: 12m wakeups: 503 Memory: 3.82 GiB used: 1.48 GiB (38.8%) 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)

1. Did the option to select an encryption algorithm get removed from the installer or did I miss it (I checked twice)? Since I'm using hardware without AES acceleration, I prefer Twofish over AES since it's ~30% faster.

2. After the second boot into the installed system, the two Desktop icons - I think they are "MX Help" and "MX Manual" disappear.

3. I have to manually activate and set my keyboard layout after installing which might confuse new users. Is this intended?

4a. when trying to install "wine" from popular apps in MXPI I get this dependency error

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Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
 winehq-staging : Hängt ab von: wine-staging (= 8.9-1mx23+1)
E: Probleme können nicht korrigiert werden, Sie haben zurückgehaltene defekte Pakete.

4b. when trying to install "wine-staging" from MXPI active repositories I get a dependency error for wine-gecko.

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Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
 wine-staging-amd64 : Hängt ab von: wine-gecko2.47.2:amd64 ist aber nicht installierbar
 wine-staging-i386:i386 : Hängt ab von: wine-gecko2.47.2:i386 ist aber nicht installierbar
E: Probleme können nicht korrigiert werden, Sie haben zurückgehaltene defekte Pakete

5. after installing "wine" (8.0~repack4 stable version) from MXPI, then creating a wineprefix, then installing "wine32" from terminal I get "wine: could not load kernel32.dll, status c0000135" when trying to launch winecfg. This is a bug not related to MX and fixed by deleting the wineprefix. The "inaccuracy" might me that wine32 is not installed by default when installing wine, but this is probably also out of the scope of MX development, since these are the Debian repos.

6. Minor: neofetch is only showing "MX x86_64" as OS name, not the full "MX 23 Libretto". This is probably intended.
EDIT: neofetch apparently is not showing number of packages either. Might be a misconfiguration?

[AK-47]

1. Did the option to select an encryption algorithm get removed from the installer or did I miss it (I checked twice)? Since I'm using hardware without AES acceleration, I prefer Twofish over AES since it's ~30% faster.

This was removed around two years ago based on the feedback from a survey on this forum, and a survey on the antiX forum as very few (if any) people actually used it, and more importantly, this can now be achieved by installing to a pre-existing LUKS container.
The encryption algorithm settings were added when installing to pre-existing LUKS containers was not supported. Now that the installer supports installing to pre-existing LVM and LUKS containers, you can now manually create an encrypted container with the desired parameters with cryptsetup luksFormat, open it up with cryptsetup open, and then the installer will see it in the custom partition setup in the Virtual Devices section.

[MadMax]

Alright, sounds good. I'm familiar with cryptsetup, so that's no problem.

Let's continue.

7. when trying to install "veracrypt" from MXPI popular apps I get the following error. The package is not present in a repository.

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Unable to apply some actions, aborting
Couldn't find any package matching "veracrypt", but there are 26 packages which contain "veracrypt" in their description:

8. David Batch processor crashes GIMP when closing it (after installing GIMP Full from MXPI popular apps), probably not a MX problem, but a problem of the plugin.

9. I used to install Discord and Skype as flatpaks. How are they installed from MXPI popular apps? I noticed it downloads a deb file and then installs it manually. Do I still get updates that way?

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10. fsearch is not in the repositories. I think it is/was in the MX 19 repos. Did it get removed?


Overall I have to say, the beta runs really well. Autostart for both Skype and Discord do work properly (didn't work with the flatpaks in MX19, but was also no big issue for me), editing boot options worked, uninstalling Thunderbird and LibreOffice worked. Keyring recognition works (keyring gets the user password as its password) for Google Chrome and Discord.

I also installed the Faba icon theme and switched the WM theme to Greybird-mx and I'm feeling at home already I will keep mx-comfort for the window frames, though. Really like the unintrusive design. I'm looking forward to the final release.

[j2mcgreg]

@j2mcgreg I think your USB issues are very particular to your system hardware, and in particular, your BIOS. I think it is retaining elements that need to be purged. Have a go at completely resetting your BIOS then re-enable/disable those things you need to get it working with Linux.

Thanks for the advice, but I reset the bios a couple of times when I first encountered the reboot loop with MX 21 and it made no difference. I only mentioned this glitch as a sort of "heads up" to the others here who have the same laptop. I also suspect that the fault that is the cause is so obscure, that it's not worth anybody's time to track down.

[dolphin_oracle]

Just set up the beta in a VM.


2. After the second boot into the installed system, the two Desktop icons - I think they are "MX Help" and "MX Manual" disappear.

they shouldn't unless the desktop crashed or they were removed from the home folder.

3. I have to manually activate and set my keyboard layout after installing which might confuse new users. Is this intended?

all the previous methods of setting keyboard config pre-install (even pre-boot of the live-usb) are still present.

4a. when trying to install "wine" from popular apps in MXPI I get this dependency error

thanks for catching those mx-pi entries (wine and veracrypt).

[richb]

There appears to be an error when enabling the test repo. KDE

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2023-05-29 06:44:04.866 DBG default: mx-packageinstaller version: 23.5.03
2023-05-29 06:44:04.929 WRN default: QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName: Connecting slot on_comboRemote_activated() with the first of the following compatible signals: ("activated(int)", "activated(QString)")
2023-05-29 06:44:04.930 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::setProgressDialog() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:04.931 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::setup() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:04.934 DBG default: dpkg-query -f '${Version}' -W flatpak
2023-05-29 06:44:04.984 DBG default: "1.14.4-1"
2023-05-29 06:44:04.985 DBG default: apt-get update --print-uris | grep -m1 -qE '/mx/testrepo/dists/bookworm/test/'
2023-05-29 06:44:05.110 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::loadPmFiles() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:05.210 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::refreshPopularApps() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:05.210 DBG default: +++ QStringList MainWindow::listInstalled() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:05.210 DBG default: dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | cut -f1
2023-05-29 06:44:05.272 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::displayPopularApps() const +++
2023-05-29 06:44:10.754 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::on_tabWidget_currentChanged(int) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:10.754 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::setCurrentTree() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:10.754 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::updateInterface() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:10.754 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::displayWarning(const QString&) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:15.904 DBG default: +++ bool MainWindow::buildPackageLists(bool) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:15.905 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::clearUi() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:15.905 DBG default: +++ bool MainWindow::downloadPackageList(bool) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:18.345 DBG default: apt-get update --print-uris | tac | grep -m1 -oP 'https?://.*/mx/testrepo/dists/(?=bookworm/test/)'
2023-05-29 06:44:18.448 DBG default: apt-get update --print-uris | tac | grep -m1 -oE 'https?://.*/mx/repo/dists/bookworm/main/' | sed -e 's:/mx/repo/dists/bookworm/main/:/mx/testrepo/dists/:' | grep -oE 'https?://.*/mx/testrepo/dists/'
2023-05-29 06:44:18.546 DBG default: "http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/testrepo/dists/"
2023-05-29 06:44:18.547 DBG default: ... downloading:  "http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/testrepo/dists/bookworm/test/binary-amd64/Packages.gz"
2023-05-29 06:44:18.855 DBG default: There was an error downloading the file: "http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/testrepo/dists/bookworm/test/binary-amd64/Packages.gz"
2023-05-29 06:44:18.856 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::ifDownloadFailed() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:18.865 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::on_tabWidget_currentChanged(int) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:18.865 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::setCurrentTree() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:18.865 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::updateInterface() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:27.874 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::on_pushCancel_clicked() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:27.875 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::cleanup() +++

[dolphin_oracle]

There appears to be an error when enabling the test repo. KDE

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2023-05-29 06:44:04.866 DBG default: mx-packageinstaller version: 23.5.03
2023-05-29 06:44:04.929 WRN default: QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName: Connecting slot on_comboRemote_activated() with the first of the following compatible signals: ("activated(int)", "activated(QString)")
2023-05-29 06:44:04.930 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::setProgressDialog() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:04.931 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::setup() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:04.934 DBG default: dpkg-query -f '${Version}' -W flatpak
2023-05-29 06:44:04.984 DBG default: "1.14.4-1"
2023-05-29 06:44:04.985 DBG default: apt-get update --print-uris | grep -m1 -qE '/mx/testrepo/dists/bookworm/test/'
2023-05-29 06:44:05.110 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::loadPmFiles() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:05.210 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::refreshPopularApps() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:05.210 DBG default: +++ QStringList MainWindow::listInstalled() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:05.210 DBG default: dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | cut -f1
2023-05-29 06:44:05.272 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::displayPopularApps() const +++
2023-05-29 06:44:10.754 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::on_tabWidget_currentChanged(int) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:10.754 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::setCurrentTree() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:10.754 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::updateInterface() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:10.754 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::displayWarning(const QString&) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:15.904 DBG default: +++ bool MainWindow::buildPackageLists(bool) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:15.905 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::clearUi() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:15.905 DBG default: +++ bool MainWindow::downloadPackageList(bool) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:18.345 DBG default: apt-get update --print-uris | tac | grep -m1 -oP 'https?://.*/mx/testrepo/dists/(?=bookworm/test/)'
2023-05-29 06:44:18.448 DBG default: apt-get update --print-uris | tac | grep -m1 -oE 'https?://.*/mx/repo/dists/bookworm/main/' | sed -e 's:/mx/repo/dists/bookworm/main/:/mx/testrepo/dists/:' | grep -oE 'https?://.*/mx/testrepo/dists/'
2023-05-29 06:44:18.546 DBG default: "http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/testrepo/dists/"
2023-05-29 06:44:18.547 DBG default: ... downloading:  "http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/testrepo/dists/bookworm/test/binary-amd64/Packages.gz"
2023-05-29 06:44:18.855 DBG default: There was an error downloading the file: "http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/testrepo/dists/bookworm/test/binary-amd64/Packages.gz"
2023-05-29 06:44:18.856 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::ifDownloadFailed() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:18.865 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::on_tabWidget_currentChanged(int) +++
2023-05-29 06:44:18.865 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::setCurrentTree() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:18.865 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::updateInterface() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:27.874 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::on_pushCancel_clicked() +++
2023-05-29 06:44:27.875 DBG default: +++ void MainWindow::cleanup() +++

thanks. this is a known issue as the test repo is empty and the backports repo does not exist.

[Gaer Boy]

My install has failed twice. Using custom formatting, defining root & swap partitions and labelling root partition 'MX23-B1'. On boot gives error 'No such device'. UUID doesn't seem to appear in minstall.log.

minstall.log

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System:    Kernel: 6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64 [6.0.7-1~mx21+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_ahs_x64 Wildflower November 22  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B550I AORUS PRO AX v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550I AORUS PRO AX v: x.x serial: <filter> 
           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: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 50 (80) stepping: 0 microcode: A50000B cache: 
           L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 93423 
           Speed: 1511 MHz min/max: 1400/3900 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1503 
           2: 1497 3: 1495 4: 1499 5: 1212 6: 1681 7: 1497 8: 1440 9: 1639 10: 1496 11: 1210 
           12: 1498 
           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 vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.0 
           chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.5") 
           diag: 184mm (7.2") 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (LLVM 14.0.5 DRM 3.48 6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           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 
           bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel 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 port: f000 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: 0:0 sco-mtu: 0:0 link-mode: slave accept 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 252.35 GiB (12.0%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 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 
           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: 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-4: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 type: USB vendor: Lexar model: USB Flash Drive 
           size: 3.66 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 1100 scheme: MBR 
           SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 30 GiB size: 29.36 GiB (97.87%) used: 13.94 GiB (47.5%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sdc5 maj-min: 8:37 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.45%) used: 941 KiB (0.9%) fs: vfat 
           dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 
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: 38.1 C mobo: 16.8 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 32.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2413 lib: 1255 flatpak: 0 
           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://free.hands.com/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://free.hands.com/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://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:      Processes: 341 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 5 Memory: 15.06 GiB used: 1.91 GiB (12.7%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

MX23 root partition is /dev/sdc6. QSI from MX21.

[dolphin_oracle]

My install has failed twice. Using custom formatting, defining root & swap partitions and labelling root partition 'MX23-B1'. On boot gives error 'No such device'. UUID doesn't seem to appear in minstall.log.

minstall.log

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System:    Kernel: 6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64 [6.0.7-1~mx21+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_ahs_x64 Wildflower November 22  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B550I AORUS PRO AX v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550I AORUS PRO AX v: x.x serial: <filter> 
           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: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Zen 3 family: 19 (25) model-id: 50 (80) stepping: 0 microcode: A50000B cache: 
           L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 93423 
           Speed: 1511 MHz min/max: 1400/3900 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1503 
           2: 1497 3: 1495 4: 1499 5: 1212 6: 1681 7: 1497 8: 1440 9: 1639 10: 1496 11: 1210 
           12: 1498 
           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 vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.0 
           chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.5") 
           diag: 184mm (7.2") 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (LLVM 14.0.5 DRM 3.48 6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           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 
           bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.0.0-3.1mx-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel 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 port: f000 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: 0:0 sco-mtu: 0:0 link-mode: slave accept 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 252.35 GiB (12.0%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 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 
           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: 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-4: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 type: USB vendor: Lexar model: USB Flash Drive 
           size: 3.66 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 1100 scheme: MBR 
           SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 30 GiB size: 29.36 GiB (97.87%) used: 13.94 GiB (47.5%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sdc5 maj-min: 8:37 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.45%) used: 941 KiB (0.9%) fs: vfat 
           dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 
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: 38.1 C mobo: 16.8 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 32.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2413 lib: 1255 flatpak: 0 
           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://free.hands.com/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://free.hands.com/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://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:      Processes: 341 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 5 Memory: 15.06 GiB used: 1.91 GiB (12.7%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

MX23 root partition is /dev/sdc6. QSI from MX21.

did you install grub? the log indicates no. so how did you try to boot the mx23 installation

[Jerry3904]

A couple of dock items @Adrian on my AAO 722

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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
  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: Laptop System: Acer product: AO722 v: V1.08 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
    v: 1.08 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Acer model: JE10-BZ serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Acer v: 1.08 date: 12/06/2011
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 6.6 Wh (18.0%) condition: 36.7/57.7 Wh (63.7%) volts: 10.6 min: 11.1
    model: Sanyo AL10A31 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD C-60 APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Bobcat level: v1
    built: 2011-13 process: GF 40nm family: 0x14 (20) model-id: 2 stepping: 0 microcode: 0x5000119
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB
    L2: 1024 KiB desc: 2x512 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 997 high: 1023 min/max: 800/1000 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 971 2: 1023 bogomips: 3990
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 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 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 Wrestler [Radeon HD 6290] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: radeon v: kernel
    alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-2 code: Evergreen process: TSMC 32-40nm built: 2009-15 ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9807 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Suyin WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-1:2 chip-ID: 064e:d214
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: r600 gpu: radeon display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS model: AU Optronics 0x325c built: 2011 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
    dpi: 136 gamma: 1.2 size: 256x144mm (10.08x5.67") diag: 294mm (11.6") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1366x768 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD PALM (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.1.0-9-amd64 LLVM 15.0.6)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Wrestler HDMI Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:1314 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383 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: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: atl1c
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:2062
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On driver: ath9k
    v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 256.17 GiB used: 5.9 GiB (2.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT275MX300SSD1 size: 256.17 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: R040 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 49.63 GiB size: 48.55 GiB (97.82%) used: 5.52 GiB (11.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 198.53 GiB size: 194.36 GiB (97.90%) used: 394.5 MiB (0.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 67.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 67.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1822 libs: 907 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://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 197 Uptime: 1d 18h 4m wakeups: 15 Memory: 7.49 GiB used: 1.49 GiB (19.9%)
  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)

1. If I put the dock on autohide, the portion showing is too thin (apparently near zero) to catch with the cursor--which defeats the whole purpose. Unsure ATM if that is just this machine.
2. As Melber (?) mentioned, dockmaker is taller than the screen and the size can't be changed in the usual manner (Alt+RightClick). Putting the 4 new elements into two columns would probably solve it for this resolution.