MX-23 RC2 (Xfce) feedback thread

[Eadwine Rose]

Please post your Quick System Info using Copy for forum, thanks.

[dolphin_oracle]

@muskt I don't have a work around at this time for the issue, but thank you for the report. We are looking into it.

[muskt]

Response to #19.
I am not trying to be nasty, just ignorant.
I have absolutely no idea what "code tags" are. After copying that huge mass of "stuff", I went forward and posted it hoping for the best.
Please educate me and I will do my best to comply.
If #21 is intended for me====muskt====I will submit it after I learn how.
For #22, I truly appreciate your efforts. I shall wait patiently, & hope something develops.
Thanks Kindly,
Jerry

[Eadwine Rose]

I see you found out, so thanks for applying the tags :)

[j2mcgreg]

I see you found out, so thanks for applying the tags :)

I did it for him this time and then pm'd him instructions for future use.

[muskt]

Here, I hope, is my QSI file.
I really hate being ignorant.
Thanks for the assistance.
Jerry

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-10-amd64 [6.1.37-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash
  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_RC2_x64 Libretto July 15  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2806 date: 10/27/2022
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus M705 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech K350 serial: <filter> charge: 70% (should be ignored)
    rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA201016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2199 high: 2200 min/max: 2200/4850 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 2194 2: 2196 3: 2200 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200
    7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2200 13: 2200 14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 2200
    bogomips: 121368
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 980] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nouveau v: kernel
    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: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: DVI-I-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:13c0
    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: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 444x277mm (17.48x10.91") s-diag: 523mm (20.6")
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 model: Samsung SyncMaster serial: <filter> built: 2007 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60
    dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 size: 474x296mm (18.66x11.65") diag: 559mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes:
    max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NV124 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:0fbb class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-10-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 Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:10 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 200f hci-v: 5.2 rev: 200f
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 946.63 GiB used: 2.04 GiB (0.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 1B4QFXO7 temp: 35.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB model: SRT USB size: 15.12 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1100
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.53 GiB used: 3 MiB (0.0%) priority: 32767 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2065 libs: 1047 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
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 325 Uptime: 1h 19m wakeups: 39 Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 2.51 GiB (16.2%) 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: UEFI

[Eadwine Rose]

Don't worry, you're learning, and that is all ok :)

[Wkmaurom]

Esperience MX Linux 23 RC2 64=bit
Good evening, my name is Mauro and I live in Italy. I've been using linux for over 20 years. Lately I had abandoned it a bit because with an old notebook I was afraid of compromising the Windows 10 installation. A Windows 10 Pro that was no longer able to load in biblical times. I have had a new notebook with decent hardware for a month now and have tried the VMWare Player 17 experience. I have used many VM in the past without ever trying VMWare. In one month, taking advantage of the VM I tested many distributions (at least 20) but today, testing MX Linux 64-bit I really liked it. It was an immediate feeling. And it turned out to be even more enjoyable than the other distro I kept: Linux Mint. The only problem I had, after installing the various drivers, was the Italian localization of various apps such as LibreOffice (which I then downloaded manually). Hi everyone

[fehlix]

This is the follow on to post #16.
To prevent asking, I do not install Grub on a new Linux install. I leave it on the 21.3 install, and update it there--it has worked for me in this manner for the last 2-3 version installs.
I do not know if my method is correct.
Anyway, Here is the requested log.

OK, I may see some issues related to the installer.
The show stopper in you case is this:

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2023-07-15 14:28:31.438 DBG default: SOut #165: "update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-10-amd64\n"
2023-07-15 14:28:31.438 DBG default: SErr #165: "mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for /\nmkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check:\ngrep -r MODULES /etc/initramfs-tools\n\nError please report bug on initramfs-tools\nInclude the output of 'mount' and 'cat /proc/mounts'\nupdate-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-10-amd64 with 1.\n"
2023-07-15 14:28:31.439 DBG default: Exit #165: 1
2023-07-15 14:28:31.439 DBG default: -- FAILED Phase 4 - Failed to update initramfs. --

Now, let's assume that's the only one.
May be you can do this:
Before trying to install again.
When booted with the MX LiveUSB do
open Xfce-terminal command line and create a file using this command:

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echo MODULES=most | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/modules-most

you would be asked to enter demo's user name which is also the password "demo".
The above will create simple text file ( /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/modules-most )
with just one line

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MODULES=most

When done do start the installer again, and it should now not fail to update the initramfs.
Thanks

[argonaut459]

If you use Ventoy to create the install drive, you must upgrade to the latest version. the earlier versions of Ventoy are incompatible with MX 23.

That's an important info to have, cause I wanted to complain about not being able to even run a live session, will have to see if how much of a hassle setting up the same stick with new ventoy is.