MX-23 beta 2 feedback thread

[Eadwine Rose]

@shmu26 Please stop deleting post content. You know how to use the edit function, please edit your posts instead. Thanks.

[shmu26]

@shmu26 Please stop deleting post content. You know how to use the edit function, please edit your posts instead. Thanks.

What's the best thing to do when the whole post is a useless mistake?

[Eadwine Rose]

Edit the post by strike out for instance, so it can still be seen, and state the mistake. Because people respond to it when they see it, and then having it gone devaluates their effort to help you. It is also bad form to remove the entire content.

[shmu26]

Edit the post by strike out for instance, so it can still be seen, and state the mistake. Because people respond to it when they see it, and then having it gone devaluates their effort to help you. It is also bad form to remove the entire content.

Thanks, will do.

@Adrian Although I got MXPI to behave properly, using your old fix, I still ended up with a permanently frozen desktop. Can't figure that one out. I had to run a system restore several times so I could continue testing.

[siamhie]

This is a guide for MXlinux to install protonvpn
https://protonvpn.com/support/official- ... -mx-linux/

The guide to install protonvpn work well with MX21,instead with MX23 the part of "Linux system tray icon" of proton-vpn-gui doesn't work.( the guide ton install for debian seems the same ).

In the guide say to install this package "gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1" but this package does not exist.

It would be great to add "protonvpn" in mx-packageinstaller.

@4ps4all Seems that link is for previous versions of MX. Debian Bookworm doesn't have gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 in it's repo.


Have you tried this method. https://protonvpn.com/support/official- ... pn-debian/

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Linux system tray icon

Please note that we don’t support the system tray icon on Debian 11 
because the package gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 has been depreciated 
and is not present on Debian 11.

[FullScale4Me]

This is a guide for MXlinux to install protonvpn
https://protonvpn.com/support/official- ... -mx-linux/

The guide to install protonvpn work well with MX21,instead with MX23 the part of "Linux system tray icon" of proton-vpn-gui doesn't work.( the guide ton install for debian seems the same ).

In the guide say to install this package "gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1" but this package does not exist.

It would be great to add "protonvpn" in mx-packageinstaller.

The Proton install guide you cite has been written some time ago. It refers to "MX Linux 19+" in the line under the title. It links to a Deb file dated 12-May-2023.

For MX Linux 23 the desktops were updated: Xfce was updated from 4.16 to 4.18 and KDE Plasma was updated from 5.20.5 to 5.27.5

Let us know what their Debian 12 (released June 2023) support plans are. It would be best that you, as a Proton account holder make a support inquiry. MX 19 was based on Debian 10 and MX 21 was based on Debian 11.

ALSO: knowing what that extra bit they ask to be installed (gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1) actually is as that would help in packaging it for MX 23 too. I checked and found:

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$ apt info gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
Package: gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
State: not a real package (virtual)
N: Can't select candidate version from package gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 as it has no candidate
N: Can't select versions from package 'gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1' as it is purely virtual
N: No packages found

[Melber]

@Wallon It is puzzling because no-one else has reported such an issue.

...I've tried several Live sticks. I always had the same problem, the icons on the desktop are not active....

Do you mean you made various live-usbs from the same "bad" iso or did you download the iso again and then make a live-usb from that?
Are the icons active if you boot the "bad" live-usb with English as system language? What about other languages?
Does a right click on inactive icons do anything? It should open an idesk menu.

...Here's the solution for my computers...
F7 Console = ask
Press " Enter
Choose 1920x1080x8 resolution or 1920x1080x16 resolution or 1920x1080x32 resolution.
All the icons on the desktop are active on all my Live USB sticks...

Maybe idesk has a problem with whatever is getting set with auto screen resolution selection on your system rather than the language selection?

[oswald_c]

This is a guide for MXlinux to install protonvpn
https://protonvpn.com/support/official- ... -mx-linux/

The guide to install protonvpn work well with MX21,instead with MX23 the part of "Linux system tray icon" of proton-vpn-gui doesn't work.( the guide ton install for debian seems the same ).

In the guide say to install this package "gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1" but this package does not exist.

It would be great to add "protonvpn" in mx-packageinstaller.

The Proton install guide you cite has been written some time ago. It refers to "MX Linux 19+" in the line under the title. It links to a Deb file dated 12-May-2023.

For MX Linux 23 the desktops were updated: Xfce was updated from 4.16 to 4.18 and KDE Plasma was updated from 5.20.5 to 5.27.5

Let us know what their Debian 12 (released June 2023) support plans are. It would be best that you, as a Proton account holder make a support inquiry. MX 19 was based on Debian 10 and MX 21 was based on Debian 11.

ALSO: knowing what that extra bit they ask to be installed (gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1) actually is as that would help in packaging it for MX 23 too. I checked and found:

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$ apt info gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
Package: gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1
State: not a real package (virtual)
N: Can't select candidate version from package gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 as it has no candidate
N: Can't select versions from package 'gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1' as it is purely virtual
N: No packages found

gir1.2-appindicator is in both the main MX21 repo https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/pool/main/li ... _amd64.deb (Maintainer: SwampRabbit) and the MX21 Test repo https://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/pool/tes ... _amd64.deb (Maintainer: Steven Pusser). ProtonVPN therefore installs fine for me in MX21 with the system tray icon.

The absence of gir1.2-appindicator in Bullseye also affects quodlibet - https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet/issues/3842.

If one of the current maintainers in MX21 could do so for MX23 it would be very welcome.

[Wallon]

Dear @Melber ,

In summary, the MX Fluxbox ISO image has always been good and I have always checked the SHA256 and MD5 signatures. I have never had a problem with the MX Fluxbox beta 2 - 64 bits ISO image. I downloaded the MX Fluxbox ISO image several times and the signatures were always good.

I have never had a problem with my USB keys. They are of good quality!

I always checked with "Arandr" if the resolution was good on my Live USB sticks. But that doesn't seem to be enough.

When I do "F7 Console" when I start up my Live USB sticks to choose the right resolution, I can right-click on the desktop icons. I get an English menu or a new help window.

I've installed Nvidia's proprietary driver because there's screen tearing with the "nouveau" driver. The installation went well.

For the moment, my MBR installation (Legacy) is working well in [fr_BE].

Kind regards,
Wallon

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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
    init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  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: Desktop Mobo: MSI model: H170M PRO-VDH (MS-7982) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 2.F0 date: 06/27/2018
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-6400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S gen: core 6 level: v3
    note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> 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: 1200 min/max: 800/3300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 1200 2: 1200 3: 1200 4: 1200 bogomips: 21599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 525.105.17
    non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm
    built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1401 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:3
    chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 1060x301mm (41.73x11.85")
    s-diag: 1102mm (43.38")
  Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90 size: 544x303mm (21.42x11.93")
    diag: 623mm (24.52") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65")
    diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 525.105.17 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960/PCIe/SSE2
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 1-6:3 bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 046d:082d
    chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fba class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.24 TiB used: 13.84 GiB (1.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Samsung model: Flash Drive size: 119.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1100
    scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-2: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 vendor: Kingston model: SUV400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: D6SD scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdh maj-min: 8:112 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1SB102 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 59 GiB size: 59 GiB (100.00%) used: 13.84 GiB (23.5%) fs: f2fs dev: /dev/sda1
    maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 5 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C pch: 46.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 47 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2090 libs: 1096 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: 205 Uptime: 24m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.57 GiB used: 1.7 GiB (10.9%) Init: systemd
  v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[keos]

What do i have to do update yt-dlp?

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keos@kaos:~
$ sudo yt-dlp -U
Available version: stable@2023.07.06, Current version: stable@2023.03.04
ERROR: As yt-dlp has been installed via apt, you should use that to update.  If you're on a stable release, also check backports.
keos@kaos:~
$