MX-23 beta 2 feedback thread

[peter_li]

But what it does not correct detected: my SWAP partition, so I now have only the swapfile which I created during installation,

I found out now:

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sudo blkid
...
/dev/sdb6: UUID="3c53b71b-9495-4e33-a35a-c634602cd40b" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="ee946357-d891-4c07-b86e-4bc74850a1af"

This was not added to my /etc/fstab as I expected during the installation:

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# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=93ec028b-5eac-4c2a-9429-3c0b8df5435f / ext4 noatime 1 1
UUID=7366-5199 /boot/efi vfat noatime,dmask=0002,fmask=0113 0 0
/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0

So I added it now by hand:

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# Dedicated swap partition 
UUID=3c53b71b-9495-4e33-a35a-c634602cd40b none swap defaults 0 0

which results to this:

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$ sudo swapon -a -v
swapon: /dev/sdb6: Signatur gefunden [Seitengröße=4096, Signatur=swap]
swapon: /dev/sdb6: Seitengröße=4096, Swapgröße=8469348352, Gerätegröße=8469348352
swapon /dev/sdb6
swapon: /swapfile: bereits aktiv -- wird ignoriert
$ swapon -s -v
Dateiname				Typ		Größe		Benutzt		Priorität
/swapfile                               file		2097148		0		-2
/dev/sdb6                               partition	8270844		0		-3

which works now. But the system names it sdb where I think it should be sda.

Maybe this page in the MX Wiki could be improved(cause mostly empty)?

[Eadwine Rose]

Glad to report that the nvidia driver installs fine on the machine here and things seem to be working ok. Currently in 21 but I wager no info is needed, as it is working. :)

[andy]

Hello @dolphin_oracle,
Installer failed Phase 3 - Grub installation failed.
Installing on BTRFS with encryption, alongside Windows (EFI partition preserved, formerly there was MX23 alpha, on EXT4 w/o encr.).
Created BRTFS subvolumes @, @home in installer.
minstall.log attached.

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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=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23_KDE_beta2_x64 Libretto
    June 15 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq Pro 6300 SFF v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 4 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 339A serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Hewlett-Packard
    v: K01 v03.08 date: 04/10/2019
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-3220 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2
    built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  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: 1845 high: 1885 min/max: 1600/3300 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1868 2: 1885 3: 1863 4: 1767 bogomips: 26338
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports: active: VGA-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0152 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 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: VGA-1 model: Dell E2420H serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2500 (IVB GT1)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 7
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 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 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: ASUSTek UT220 Pro wireless/WT300 type: USB driver: hid-generic,usbhid bus-ID: 1-1.4:4
    chip-ID: 0b05:185f class-ID: 0301
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 585.05 GiB used: 13.3 GiB (2.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA050 size: 465.76 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A750
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2CW120A3 size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 400i scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB model: General size: 7.5 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 5.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2425 libs: 1333 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala 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://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 224 Uptime: 34m wakeups: 6 Memory: 7.63 GiB used: 2.99 GiB (39.1%) 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: UEFI

[dolphin_oracle]

But what it does not correct detected: my SWAP partition, so I now have only the swapfile which I created during installation,

I found out now:

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sudo blkid
...
/dev/sdb6: UUID="3c53b71b-9495-4e33-a35a-c634602cd40b" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="ee946357-d891-4c07-b86e-4bc74850a1af"

This was not added to my /etc/fstab as I expected during the installation:

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# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=93ec028b-5eac-4c2a-9429-3c0b8df5435f / ext4 noatime 1 1
UUID=7366-5199 /boot/efi vfat noatime,dmask=0002,fmask=0113 0 0
/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0

So I added it now by hand:

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# Dedicated swap partition 
UUID=3c53b71b-9495-4e33-a35a-c634602cd40b none swap defaults 0 0

which results to this:

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$ sudo swapon -a -v
swapon: /dev/sdb6: Signatur gefunden [Seitengröße=4096, Signatur=swap]
swapon: /dev/sdb6: Seitengröße=4096, Swapgröße=8469348352, Gerätegröße=8469348352
swapon /dev/sdb6
swapon: /swapfile: bereits aktiv -- wird ignoriert
$ swapon -s -v
Dateiname				Typ		Größe		Benutzt		Priorität
/swapfile                               file		2097148		0		-2
/dev/sdb6                               partition	8270844		0		-3

which works now. But the system names it sdb where I think it should be sda.

Maybe this page in the MX Wiki could be improved(cause mostly empty)?

so if I understand correctly you specified both a swap partition an a swapfile during installation, but only the swapfile was created/used?

[dolphin_oracle]

Hello @dolphin_oracle,
Installer failed Phase 3 - Grub installation failed.
Installing on BTRFS with encryption, alongside Windows (EFI partition preserved, formerly there was MX23 alpha, on EXT4 w/o encr.).
Created BRTFS subvolumes @, @home in installer.
minstall.log attached.

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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=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23_KDE_beta2_x64 Libretto
    June 15 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq Pro 6300 SFF v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 4 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 339A serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Hewlett-Packard
    v: K01 v03.08 date: 04/10/2019
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-3220 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2
    built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  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: 1845 high: 1885 min/max: 1600/3300 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1868 2: 1885 3: 1863 4: 1767 bogomips: 26338
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports: active: VGA-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0152 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 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: VGA-1 model: Dell E2420H serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2500 (IVB GT1)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 7
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 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 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: ASUSTek UT220 Pro wireless/WT300 type: USB driver: hid-generic,usbhid bus-ID: 1-1.4:4
    chip-ID: 0b05:185f class-ID: 0301
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 585.05 GiB used: 13.3 GiB (2.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA050 size: 465.76 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A750
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2CW120A3 size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 400i scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB model: General size: 7.5 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 5.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2425 libs: 1333 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala 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://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 224 Uptime: 34m wakeups: 6 Memory: 7.63 GiB used: 2.99 GiB (39.1%) 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: UEFI

thank you for the log. gold star!

looks like we may need to set another parameter, one we haven't needed to before:

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G default: Exec #164: chroot /mnt/antiX grub-install --force-extra-removable --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=MX23 --recheck
2023-06-16 15:44:24.510 DBG default: SErr #164: "Installing for x86_64-efi platform.\ngrub-install: error: attempt to install to encrypted disk without cryptodisk enabled. Set `GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y' in file `/etc/default/grub'.\n"

@Adrian @anticapitalista @AK-47

[andy]

I have repeated the installation process just with the change of filesystem to EXT4, encrypted, and Home on the root partition. All went well. I can attach the log, if needed, too. (Writing from another machine)

[andy]

One idea:
@dolphin_oracle,
may I ask for input box in installer on encryption page, where I can input parameters to override encryption? Like encryption algo, keysize, hash algo, etc...
It would be nice if it shows actual encryption parameters (commandline args), and initially disabled, to not allow users to mess with it. Beside it the checkbox "allow finetuning of encryption. Only for advanced users.", which will enable the inputbox, making it editable.
It would be awesome to have it like that. I am sure there will be users grateful for that. Not everybody uses AES, and/or SHA512.

[pbear]

User can get latest pre-release Ventoy builds from https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/actions,
which do work since MX related adjustments have been applied.

Thanks. Will give that a try this evening (morning here, at the moment).

[dolphin_oracle]

One idea:
@dolphin_oracle,
may I ask for input box in installer on encryption page, where I can input parameters to override encryption? Like encryption algo, keysize, hash algo, etc...
It would be nice if it shows actual encryption parameters (commandline args), and initially disabled, to not allow users to mess with it. Beside it the checkbox "allow finetuning of encryption. Only for advanced users.", which will enable the inputbox, making it editable.
It would be awesome to have it like that. I am sure there will be users grateful for that. Not everybody uses AES, and/or SHA512.

we used to have that, but in looking at a lot of log files, I don't think anyone actually used it, so it was removed. Probably not high on the list to add back, but we will keep it in mind.

[dolphin_oracle]

I have repeated the installation process just with the change of filesystem to EXT4, encrypted, and Home on the root partition. All went well. I can attach the log, if needed, too. (Writing from another machine)

that would be great for comparison.