MX-23 beta 2 feedback thread

[dolphin_oracle]

This thread is for feedback and issue reports MX-23 beta 2, any flavor.

Be sure to include the quick-system-info with your report.

If posting nvidia-installer (ddm-mx) issues, please post the contents of /var/log/ddm.log.
If posting remaster issues, please include the contents of /var/log/live/live-remaster.log
If posting installer issues, please include the contents of /var/log/minstall.log
If posting issues with MX-PackageInstaller “Popular Apps”, please post contents of /var/log/mxpi.log or /var/log/mxpi.log.old (whichever contains the log of your issue).

By the way, the gui for quick-system-info now has a pretty nice log viewer function.

if posting about an application, please be specific on what application.

Original blog post here

[entropyfoe]

Posting from the beta2 right now. Downloaded, md5 is good, burn to 4 GIg stick using MX live creator under the beta1, and boots fine.
Posting from here. I will check the sound, and then hit install to my testing partion, grub to root.

Sound card selected with the MX Tools- sound card selector, it works...hit install.

[pbear]

FYI, there's a typo in the blog link for download of the XFCE 64-bit iso. Says beta1 rather than beta2, generating an error at SourceForge. Can manually click through to the correct file name, but some users might not think to do that. By the way, you might add to Known Issues that the ISO won't at present boot from Ventoy, a problem hopefully to be fixed by future Ventoy update.

Edit: Ventoy has now been updated. The current version (1.0.93) boots the MX-23 beta2 without difficulty. Also still works with older versions (I tested 21.2.1, which was the ISO I had handy).

[dolphin_oracle]

FYI, there's a typo in the blog link for download of the XFCE 64-bit iso. Says beta1 rather than beta2, generating an error at SourceForge. Can manually click through to the correct file name, but some users might not think to do that. By the way, you might add to Known Issues that the ISO won't at present boot from Ventoy, a problem hopefully to be fixed by future Ventoy update.

got it thanks

[peter_li]

Congratulations to the MX Team for this BETA2. I have seen it at first available at Sourceforge, than the announcement on Distrowatch but still miss it when I read the News on https://mxlinux.org/mx-linux-blog/ . Just installed and now writing on it. I dont found a torrent for the Xfce4 or the others, right?

So far it runs good. First time a non Arch Distro detected my Arch based Distro Installations correct so that they should be ready to boot with their multiple entrys in the initrd line:

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initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img

. But what it does not correct detected: my SWAP partition, so I now have only the swapfile which I created during installation, my other Linux installations like Garuda Linux(also Arch based)(maybe cause it is on BTRFS) and openSUSE (they seem to have their special BTRFS partition layout).

Does somebody knew why grub.cfg sometimes states root=UUID... and sometimes root=/dev/sdbXX? There are cases where my internal sda is not shown and then sdb becomes to sda and the boot stops in a dash shell.

Is btrfs fully supported on MX Linux 23?

Will it be okay for small machines like mine to use Firefox or better use Brave or what would you suggest?
I would like to offer torrent download of MX-23 Linux from my small system, have only to check which ports to open or so. Any suggestions?

You want it, so you get it:

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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: 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_beta2_x64 Libretto June 15  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6510 v: 0001 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 02K3Y4 v: A01 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: A17 date: 05/12/2017
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 39.5/62.2 Wh (63.6%) volts: 12.7 min: 11.1
    model: Samsung SDI DELL H139109 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5 M 560 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Westmere gen: core 1 level: v2
    built: 2010-11 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 0x7
  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: 1434 high: 1463 min/max: 1199/2667 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1451 2: 1463 3: 1360 4: 1463 bogomips: 21280
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-5.75 process: Intel 45nm built: 2010 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
    HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: intel
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 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: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: LG Display 0x024b built: 2010 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
    dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell Latitude E6510
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 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 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell Latitude E6510 driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: 7040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10ea class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n vendor: Dell Wireless 1520 Half-size Mini PCIe Card
    driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:4353 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: <filter>
  Device-3: ZyXEL Dual-Band Wireless AC USB Adapter type: USB driver: rtl8812au bus-ID: 2-1.2:4
    chip-ID: 0586:3426 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlan1 state: dormant mac: <filter>
  Device-4: Dell F3607gw v2 Mobile Broadband Module type: USB driver: cdc_acm,cdc_ether,cdc_wdm
    bus-ID: 2-1.6:6 chip-ID: 413c:8184 class-ID: 0202 serial: <filter>
  IF: wwan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Dell DW375 Bluetooth Module type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-1.7:7
    chip-ID: 413c:8187 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.0 lmp-v: 3.0
    sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 3.0 rev: 205
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.06 TiB used: 9.22 GiB (0.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Hitachi model: HDS721010CLA332 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST9160314AS size: 149.05 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: DEM1
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 48.83 GiB size: 47.76 GiB (97.81%) used: 9.17 GiB (19.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda14 maj-min: 8:14
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 315 MiB size: 196.9 MiB (62.50%) used: 59 MiB (30.0%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2066 libs: 1043 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ bullseye main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://mirror.netzwerge.de/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://mirror.netzwerge.de/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mirror.23m.com/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 238 Uptime: 24m wakeups: 2 Memory: 3.69 GiB used: 1.69 GiB (45.7%) 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

[ceeslans]

downloaded MX-Fluxbox-amd64 iso and installed it to a usb3
first impression: this beta2 is smooth and fast running. desktop is setting quickly, no traces of delays from sleeping/delayed startup items. very responsive to mouseclicks and keybinds.

Here are some initial findings

xsession-errors
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~/xsession-errors file keeps showing a number of errors/warnings, mostly related to pipewire (rtkit, libcamera etc) as well as xfce4-clipman issues.

No fluxbox errors were recorded in xsession-errors, nor logged to ~/.fluxbox/log.
Fluxbox only shows (harmless) warning about not being able to open fluxbox.cat: [Warning: Failed to open file (fluxbox.cat). For translation, using default messages.]
If you see that message, you can resolve it by executing following commands:

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cd /usr/share/fluxbox/nls
sudo ln -is en_US.UTF-8 $(locale | grep LANG | cut -d= -f2)

Also showing continuous 'Helpers.IconFetcher-WARNING' messages, about missing paths to 'font.png' and 'background.svg' icons. To solve this, suggest to edit following *.desktop files in /usr/share/applications:

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- mxfb-font.desktop        : Icon=org.gnome.fontmanager
- mxfb-backgrounds.desktop : Icon=preferences-desktop-wallpaper 

Icons will then display correctly in rofi/appfinder --> and warning messages are gone.

mxfb-font
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gtk 'subpixel' value is not written/saved to ~/.gtk-2.0 and ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini.
apparently the "gtk-xft-rgba= " line is failing in both files.
after manually adding the line in both files, then the chosen value is correctly written.

more to follow as it comes along.

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
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0
    Distro: MX-23_fluxbox_beta2_x64 Libretto June 15 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Sony product: VPCF23P1E v: C609XFKA serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: R2150V3
    date: 07/22/2011
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.9/57.2 Wh (67.9%) volts: N/A min: 123.5
    model: Sony Corp. type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: full
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M315/M235 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-2670QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2
    built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1260 high: 1985 min/max: 800/3100 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 798 2: 1455 3: 1450 4: 880 5: 902 6: 957 7: 1985 8: 1657
    bogomips: 35120
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GF108M [GeForce GT 540M] vendor: Sony driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free:
    series: 390.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~late 2022) arch: Fermi code: GF1xx process: 40/28nm
    built: 2010-16 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0df4 class-ID: 0300 temp: 49.0 C
  Device-2: Ricoh USB2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-1.2:3 chip-ID: 05ca:18c0
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: Compton v: 1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :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: LVDS-1 model: Chi Mei Opto 0x1600 built: 2011 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 130
    gamma: 1.2 size: 374x192mm (14.72x7.56") diag: 420mm (16.6") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x350
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NVC1 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Sony 6
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF108 High Definition Audio vendor: Sony driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0bea 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 AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Foxconn Unex DHXA-225
    driver: ath9k v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 168c:0032 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Sony driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 9000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 252.42 GiB used: 5.66 GiB (2.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 14.32 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingfast model: N/A size: 223.57 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61.3 scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 14.53 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 10 GiB size: 9.75 GiB (97.45%) used: 5.53 GiB (56.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 3.32 GiB size: 3.19 GiB (96.20%) used: 125.7 MiB (3.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1024 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3
    maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 49.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1804 libs: 883 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 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://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free
  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://nl.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 237 Uptime: 34m wakeups: 76 Memory: 5.77 GiB used: 1.34 GiB (23.2%) 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)

[chrispop99]

I dont found a torrent for the Xfce4 or the others, right?

Torrents are only provided for Final versions.

Chris

[operadude]

Quick (dumb?) Question about Installing:

I had previously installed Beta-1 on an old, legacy machine using Root, Home & Swap on 3 different partitions (with one "Logical" Partition). I want to wipe those partitions and re-install Beta-2.

However, since by default Beta-2 uses a Swapfile, can I install Beta-2 on just 1 partition on that old machine? With /Root/Home, and the Swapfile, on just 1 partition?

My question is: where does that Swapfile reside? I'm assuming it's NOT on a separate partition, right? Does it go in /Root/Home (automatically)?

I want to correctly set-up the partitions on that old (MBR) machine, and minimize the number of partitions (max=4). I know I can do as before, but I'd like to use the minimum number of partitions possible!

Can I get-away with installing Beta-2 on only 1 partition?
(And, I cannot do a "Whole Disk" install-- other stuff on that drive already)

[Melber]

mxfb-font
gtk 'subpixel' value is not written/saved to ~/.gtk-2.0 and ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini.
apparently the "gtk-xft-rgba= " line is failing in both files.
after manually adding the line in both files, then the chosen value is correctly written.

The subpixel selection option was removed for exactly this reason.
Seems like the mxfb-accessories package is yet to be updated with the latest version of mxfb-font.

[i_ri]

hello dolphin_oracle
mxfluxbox
XDG_ is empty.

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demo@mx1:~
$ echo $XDG_DESKTOP_DIR

demo@mx1:~
$ echo $(xdg-user-dir DESKTOP)
/home/demo/Desktop
demo@mx1:~
$ 

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Distro: MX-23_fluxbox_beta2_x64 Libretto June 15  2023
Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7
Host: mx1 Kernel: 6.1.0-9-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64  
CPU: dual core Intel Core i3 530 (-MT MCP-) speed/min/max: 1290/1200/2933 MHz
Up: 1d 6h 9m 
Mem: 1804.3/7803.7 MiB (23.1%)
Procs: 202 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.26