MX-23 beta 1 feedback thread

[Melber]

@Jerry3904 @i_ri

idesk 0.7.8-0.1.mx23+1
mx-idesktool 23.06.02mx23

something weird going on with svg icons - colours are inverted and transparency shows as black

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png & xpm icons display correctly

[Jerry3904]

No idea yet, haven't even had time to test the new papirus set. Was everything correct with the former set?

[Jerry3904]

I ran a set of MX Tools to see: do these look normal?

[asqwerth]

KDE Connect has similar problems as SAMBA with default firewall settings as noted in earlier comment viewtopic.php?p=726569#p726569.

While it's probably a nice thing to have firewall on by default, maybe there could be a more verbose info about the possible side effects with regularly used services in release docs? This way it might not come as a surprise for many who are used to having firewall off by default. And while it probably would be an overkill solution, maybe even open ports by default if user installs Samba, KDE Connect etc?

In my case after couple tries failing to connect a device with KDE Connect I figured this out while skimming through it's FAQ pointing to add following ufw rules:

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sudo ufw allow 1714:1764/udp
sudo ufw allow 1714:1764/tcp
sudo ufw reload

Good job with the release! Seems promising so far as some deal breaking problems with KDE Desktop version have been ironed out since MX21 / Bullseye.

The graphical frontend for ufw (gufw) has a long list of application preset rules one can choose from to add:

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[Melber]

I ran a set of MX Tools to see: do these look normal?

No, the colours are inverted.
This is happening for me with any svg icon from any icon theme, the issue is not restricted to just mx papirus icons...

[OlafD]

xfce 64bit

Hi,
now I have the problem for the second time:
I start virt-manager (previously I added myself to the group "libvirt" and started libvirtd), start MX21xfce live-iso, start the installation. The VM stops at 15%, I could just give the computer name. The mouse moved only stuttering, but slower than slow motion. Keyboard input was no longer accepted. I could not close any windows either. Ctrl+Alt+Del did not help either.
I had to turn off the laptop without shutting down.

After rebooting the laptop and logging in as user, I got a popup that wanted the password for root to run xkill. I didn't give this password during the installation and so it doesn't work. As user I can not run sudo: I get the message that I am not in the sudoers file.

Before the crash, my user password worked fine.

I can't explain it to myself.

What can I provide you (besides QSI) so that you can possibly find something with your trained eyes and knowledge.
As I said, it happened for the second time now.

Thank you very much in advance.

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Snapshot created on: 20230604_1254
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 rootflags=subvol=@ 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 beta 1_x64 Libretto Juni 04  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro11,1 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 v: Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC v: MacBookPro11,1 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Apple v: 431.0.0.0.0 date: 02/22/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 54.0 Wh (98.9%) condition: 54.6/71.5 Wh (76.3%) volts: 12.9 min: 11.3
    model: SMP bq20z451 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: charging cycles: 998
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-4278U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
    note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x45 (69) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x26
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1200 min/max: 800/3100 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: ondemand
    cores: 1: 1200 2: 1200 3: 1200 4: 1200 bogomips: 20801
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  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: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Apple driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: DP-2 off: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a2e class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 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-2 model: Dell U2717D serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109
    gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440
    min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 note: disabled pos: primary model: Apple Color LCD built: 2013 res: 2560x1440
    dpi: 227 gamma: 1.2 size: 286x179mm (11.26x7.05") diag: 337mm (13.3") ratio: 16:10
    modes: 2560x1600
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Graphics 5100 (HSW GT3)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:9c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Broadcom 720p FaceTime HD Camera driver: N/A pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1570 class-ID: 0480
  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: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Apple driver: wl v: kernel
    modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43a0
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-3.3:9
    chip-ID: 05ac:8289 class-ID: fe01
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0
    sub-v: 4196 hci-v: 4.0 rev: 2467
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 113 GiB used: 17.56 GiB (15.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Apple model: SSD SD0128F size: 113 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 321 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 112.74 GiB size: 112.74 GiB (100.00%) used: 17.56 GiB (15.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 562 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 112.74 GiB size: 112.74 GiB (100.00%) used: 17.56 GiB (15.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 66.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2109 libs: 1071 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://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 246 Uptime: 1h 31m wakeups: 3 Memory: 7.67 GiB used: 4.11 GiB (53.6%) 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: UEFI

Edit 1: The brightness buttons for the screen on the keyboard no longer work either. I do get the popup for the brightness control, but nothing is changed. I have to use the brightness systray.

Edit 2: I think it has something to do with btrfs. I had such a problem also once under Spiral Linux and VirtualBox.
My technical understanding is very minimal, but if I imagine that a VM wants to create an ext4 filesystem on a btrfs host system that it will cause problems there.

Would be nice if I could get some "enlightenment" from you guys ;-)

My plan is to start a fresh install with ext4.

I have no experience with libvirt and virt manager, but I can't imagine the creation of a file with an ext4 file system inside, would matter. but obviously there were major issues if the installation on the virtual machine messed up your real machine. that should never happen.

Do you still want any logs or similar or is it not worth investigating the errors? I would then set up my system again.

[asqwerth]

The issue seems to be related to ntpsec - not to nala.
When starting here in VM,
ntpd is running, but with either an empty /run/ntpd.pid or with a pid which does not exists.
Now when tzdata get upgraded, it triggers a restart of ntpsec -service to restart ntpd,
by fist stopping the daemon with

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service ntpsec stop

which appears to be successfully finished.
But due to the wrong or missing pid in /run/ntpd.pid
ntpd is still running, which can be manually checked after reboot with:

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sudo service ntpsec stop
Stopping NTP server: ntpd.

sudo service ntpsec status
NTP server is running.

tzdata upgrade triggers a restart and hangs b/c it cannot start the already running ntpd.
It hangs exactly 3 minutes to establish a flock with flock -w 180 , due to this start clause.....

Is there a solution to this? I just updated my laptop and the ntp update did indeed lead to the long hanging of nala. I let the upgrade run for a further 20 mins from the time I noticed the upgrade hanging, but in the end I had to close the terminal manually.

[jasalt]

KDE Connect has similar problems as SAMBA with default firewall settings as noted in earlier comment viewtopic.php?p=726569#p726569.
...

The graphical frontend for ufw (gufw) has a long list of application preset rules one can choose from to add:

ksnip_20230609-104408-a.png

Seems useful, maybe note about it in documentation to make less people trip on it? Current manual version shortly mentions Gufw being installed by default (section 4.5.1) but it doesn't seem to be on KDE version at least.. maybe manual sections of services like SAMBA (3.5.4) etc. could point to adding required firewall rules also.

EDIT: Found Firewall settings front-end in KDE System Settings. It has preset for SAMBA at least.

[Jerry3904]

Seems useful, maybe note about it in documentation to make less people trip on it?

@jasalt Can you write me a short sentence or two to use? The Manual is currently being revised for MX-23 so the timing would be perfect.

[ceeslans]

I ran a set of MX Tools to see: do these look normal?

No, the colours are inverted.
This is happening for me with any svg icon from any icon theme, the issue is not restricted to just mx papirus icons...

Same thing happening here. Sofar any/all .svg icons show up with inverted colors, and opaque black background instead of full transparency.
I've commented out idesk and idesktool on my current mxfb23 setup ...