MX-23 beta 2 feedback thread

[Wallon]

Dear @Jerry3904,

You need to review the localisation for [fr_BE].

When I save information from the Quick Info PC program, I get a window that opens and asks "Open with zzzFM"?
zzzFM is used by antiX and not by MX Linux.
I don't know if zzzFM is compatible with MX Linux.
I have used SpaceFM a lot with MX Linux but not zzzFM.

Even the "Exit Options" button is not translated into [fr_BE]!

[davemx]

To close up the Conky issue...

In the built-in version of geeky-tower that comes with MX-23beta, the colours for ${downspeedgraph and ${upspeedgraph default to 000000 000000. It should be changed to FFFFFF FFFFFF for the release. What threw me in some of the replies I got, was that people were saying that 000000 000000 defaults to black, and I still couldn't see it when I put a light background behind it. It doesn't default to black, it defaults to transparent. Which is why the replies I got made no sense to me. What is odder, is that in the previous version, MX21, these colour settings appeared to be ignored, they came out white — I tried the MX23 version of geeky-tower on my MX21 install and I could see the graphs. This suggests that if some of the Conky scripts haven't been changed since MX21, they may need to be!

Anyway, I've solved my issue, and hopefully helped the developers make the final MX23 perfect!! I'd expect nothing less.

P.S. I'm guessing that in 000000 000000 or FFFFFF FFFFFF, one figure is colour, the other is opaqueness.

[ceeslans]

To close up the Conky issue...
>snip<
P.S. I'm guessing that in 000000 000000 or FFFFFF FFFFFF, one figure is colour, the other is opaqueness.

No, it is not.
As clarified in the conky man-pages:
downspeedgraph (netdev) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use -l switch. Takes the switch `-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values change depending on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and see).

[Jerry3904]

So what change do we need to make?

[davemx]

So what change do we need to make?

Ensure that colours for down-and-up-speedgraph are FFFFFF FFFFFF and not 000000 000000.

[davemx]

To close up the Conky issue...
>snip<
P.S. I'm guessing that in 000000 000000 or FFFFFF FFFFFF, one figure is colour, the other is opaqueness.

No, it is not.
As clarified in the conky man-pages:
downspeedgraph (netdev) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)
Download speed graph, colours defined in hex, minus the #. If scale is non-zero, it becomes the scale for the graph. Uses a logarithmic scale (to see small numbers) when you use -l switch. Takes the switch `-t' to use a temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values change depending on the amplitude of a particular graph value (try it and see).

I see. Well, if the background itself for the conky script is black, but made transparent so it comes out see-through grey, then the graph will be the same see-through grey and you won't be able to see it against any desktop, light or dark.

[ceeslans]

Perhaps use the gradient combo 000000 FFFFFF ???
The graph would start clear white and fades out to dark grey.
Actually, shouldn't this be decided by the author?

[CharlesV]

Of all the default backgrounds, the gradient combo 000000 FFFFFF works well with all of them, except one, and stays with the authors color scheme also .

Edit: I guess it would matter where the tower was placed too ;-/

[siamhie]

Why not use a middle ground color like grey (808080) so that it shows on both light or dark colored backgrounds.

grey.png

[4ps4all]

Is it possible to have drivers for a usb wifi adapter "wifi ac1300 Archer t3u plus tplink" in the kernel without to have to add them ?

lsusb
ID 2357:0138 TP-Link 802.11ac NIC
iwconfig
Bit Rate:400 Mbit/s

Kernel 6.1 does not seem to have these drivers. I tested some other newer kernel (liquorix 6.2 ) with not good results. The usb wifi adapter was very slow or not stable.

I found a guide to install the driver , with this driver the USB wifi Adapter seems quite stable with 6.1 kernel.
Anyway to have to install wifi drivers does not seem a simple thing (you need another way to access internet for example). I made a search for the module which is called RTL8822bu in synaptic , but it's not present any module with that name.

this is the link to the driver and the guide
https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu