MX-23 RC2 (Xfce) feedback thread

[entropyfoe]

d_o

What do you think is the origin of all these problems with the RC installer?

What changed from the betas?

I installed both of those as I always have done with MX isos. No problems, but with RC, immediate difference.
I don't recall the host of installer issues in the beta forums.

Was there some key package changed? A Debian thing?

[dolphin_oracle]

d_o

What do you think is the origin of all these problems with the RC installer?

What changed from the betas?

I installed both of those as I always have done with MX isos. No problems, but with RC, immediate difference.
I don't recall the host of installer issues in the beta forums.

Was there some key package changed? A Debian thing?

nope we made a bunch of changes, and they bit us. simple as that.

[entropyfoe]

d_o

Ouch...
But the betas worked well I think, so that is clearly a clue how to again make a good minstall.

Thanks for all your hard work.

Will there be a last candidate released so the last RC can directly roll to final?

[dolphin_oracle]

d_o

Ouch...
But the betas worked well I think, so that is clearly a clue how to again make a good minstall.

Thanks for all your hard work.

Will there be a last candidate released so the last RC can directly roll to final?

that's the plan

[shmu26]

Ok, I think we've found a bug, whereby using preserve leads to deletion of everything in /boot/efi, due to a change in the mounting of the ESP partition in the process.

[muskt]

Greetings all.

I realize that the devs are very active trying to stamp out bugs and get MX23 ready for prime time. That being said, in MX21 there were a couple of folders in the etc folder (/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50local.d) where a file could be created that would allow bypassing the password requirement for most user actions. I am curious if those folders will be included in the final release.

Please be kind and do not attempt to explain the security features, etc. I understand the risks and am willing to accept them. I will repeat that statement for clarity, "I understand the risks and am willing to accept them."

I do not posess the knowledge to create the above listed file structure; but, I do know how to create the file to achieve my goal.

As always thank you all for your hard work and dedication to MX Linux.
Jerry

[dolphin_oracle]

Greetings all.

I realize that the devs are very active trying to stamp out bugs and get MX23 ready for prime time. That being said, in MX21 there were a couple of folders in the etc folder (/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50local.d) where a file could be created that would allow bypassing the password requirement for most user actions. I am curious if those folders will be included in the final release.

Please be kind and do not attempt to explain the security features, etc. I understand the risks and am willing to accept them. I will repeat that statement for clarity, "I understand the risks and am willing to accept them."

I do not posess the knowledge to create the above listed file structure; but, I do know how to create the file to achieve my goal.

As always thank you all for your hard work and dedication to MX Linux.
Jerry

policykit has changed a bit between debian 11 and debian 12. the folders are there but I don't know if what you had set up prior will work or not.

[doodstecsonhere]

I'd like my default sound output and input to be with my attached TV thru HDMI for sound output and my attached webcam with mic for input.

I have set these both as default/fallback via pavucontrol gui of the sound icon on the panel, but with every reboot the default sound input and output are forgotten by the system and I have to set it up all over again.

Every boot/reboot, I have change the sound output everytime in the panel.

What am I missing? What should I do?

My internal laptop speakers are broken so I don't hear the bootup system sounds at login by the time I am able to setup the default to my external speakers (TV via HDMI). I'd like to hear the bootup system sounds I set up. :)

Here's my QSI:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.3.0-2mx-ahs-amd64 [6.3.11-1~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.3.0-2mx-ahs-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_ahs_RC1_x64 Libretto July 13  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: 535U3C v: P01RAG serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: SAMSUNG model: SAMSUNG_NP1234567890 v: SEC_SW_REVISION_1234567890ABCD
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: P01RAG.N43.120612.LEO date: 06/12/2012
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 21.6 Wh (78.8%) condition: 27.4/45.1 Wh (60.7%) volts: 7.7 min: 7.4
    model: SAMSUNG Electronics type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: not charging
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard PID:0055 serial: N/A
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:003f serial: N/A
    charge: 70% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-3: hidpp_battery_2 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD A6-4455M APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver
    level: v2 built: 2012-13 process: GF 32nm family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 0x10 (16) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x6001119
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: enabled cache: L1: 96 KiB desc: d-2x16 KiB; i-1x64 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1355 high: 1414 min/max: 1300/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1296 2: 1414 bogomips: 8384
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity [Radeon HD 7500G] vendor: Samsung Co driver: radeon v: kernel
    alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-3 code: Northern Islands process: TSMC 32nm built: 2010-13
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1,LVDS-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:990a class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Z-Star Micro Vega USB 2.0 Camera. type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a class-ID: 0102
  Device-3: Silicon Motion WebCam SC-13HDL11431N type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-2:3
    chip-ID: 2232:1018 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: r600 gpu: radeon 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: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 pos: primary model: TV Monitor built: 2018 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 60 gamma: 1.2 size: 575x323mm (22.64x12.72") modes: max: 1366x768 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS model: Seiko Epson 0x3246 built: 2011 res: 1366x768 hz: 60
    dpi: 118 gamma: 1.2 size: 293x165mm (11.54x6.5") diag: 336mm (13.2") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1366x768 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.3.0-2mx-ahs-amd64 LLVM
    15.0.6) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity HDMI Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a chip-ID: 1002:9902 class-ID: 0102
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2
    chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Z-Star Micro Vega USB 2.0 Camera. type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  API: ALSA v: k6.3.0-2mx-ahs-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: Samsung Co driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Samsung Co driver: ath9k
    v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0034
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 6-1:3
    chip-ID: 0cf3:3004 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 sub-v: 1
    hci-v: 4.1 rev: 1102
  Info: acl-mtu: 1022:8 sco-mtu: 183:5 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 16.25 GiB (14.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDA120G size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 70RL scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 111.78 GiB size: 109.47 GiB (97.93%) used: 16.25 GiB (14.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 99 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 64.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 55.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2331 libs: 1215 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/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_testing/ ./
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.rise.ph/mxlinux-pkg/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mirror.rise.ph/mxlinux-pkg/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:
  Processes: 212 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 9 Memory: 7.23 GiB used: 1.7 GiB (23.6%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 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)

[thomasl]

I've installed ffmpeg via MXPI. ffmpeg and ffprobe work as expected but ffplay has a problem:

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1 1~>ffplay IMGP0436.mkv 
ffplay version 5.1.3-1 Copyright (c) 2003-2022 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12 (Debian 12.2.0-14)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libglslang --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librist --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --disable-sndio --enable-libjxl --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-librsvg --enable-libmfx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-libplacebo --enable-librav1e --enable-shared
  libavutil      57. 28.100 / 57. 28.100
  libavcodec     59. 37.100 / 59. 37.100
  libavformat    59. 27.100 / 59. 27.100
  libavdevice    59.  7.100 / 59.  7.100
  libavfilter     8. 44.100 /  8. 44.100
  libswscale      6.  7.100 /  6.  7.100
  libswresample   4.  7.100 /  4.  7.100
  libpostproc    56.  6.100 / 56.  6.100
Could not initialize SDL - No available video device
(Did you set the DISPLAY variable?)
1 1~>echo $DISPLAY 
:0.0

So at first I played around with $DISPLAY but no joy. Then I've googled and tried a couple of remedies, no success either. Another proggy that I've installed (scrcpy) terminates with the same error message. OTOH QMPlay2, mpv and shotcut all work.

EDIT: One of the things I tried was setting SDL_VIDEODRIVER to x11... this produced

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Could not initialize SDL - X11 not available

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Snapshot created on: 20230719_1418
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-10-amd64 [6.1.37-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: quiet
    loglevel=0 hostname=cholatse from=hd bdir=MX23 persist=root!,home!
  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_x64 Libretto July 19  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8615 v: 46.30 serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: AMI v: F.48
    date: 04/08/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.1/38.1 Wh (100.0%) volts: 13.1 min: 11.6
    model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: full cycles: 342
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen/Zen+
    note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108102
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1272 high: 1696 min/max: 1400/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1131 2: 1131 3: 1130 4: 1696 bogomips: 16767
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm
    built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 off: eDP-1
    empty: none bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 57.0 C
  Device-2: Quanta HP Wide Vision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-1.2:4
    chip-ID: 0408:5300 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26") s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: primary model: Acer K242HL serial: <filter>
    built: 2015 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77")
    diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP note: disabled model: AU Optronics 0x21ed built: 2019
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 6 Graphics (raven LLVM 15.0.6 DRM
    3.49 6.1.0-10-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Laptop
    15-cw1xxx driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel
    alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.6
    chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-10-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce,wl,rtl8821ce pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: vboxnet0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:5
    chip-ID: 0bda:b00a class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
    software: no address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 989.75 GiB used: 428.42 GiB (43.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P2SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: P2CR031 temp: 29.9 C scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Generic model: MassStorageClass size: 58.24 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2402 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: 56.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 56.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1863 libs: 926 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
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Processes: 256 Uptime: 35m wakeups: 3 Memory: 13.56 GiB used: 5.95 GiB (43.9%) 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)

[muskt]

Below are 2 screenshots of the polkit-1 folders from my install of 21.3 and 23 RC2.
The top shot is from RC2
There is no "localauthority" folder in the RC2 install.
"Show hidden files" is checked in both installs.
I experienced this same situation in the Alpha, and both Betas.
What am I doing wrong?

Screenshot-RC2.png

Screenshot-21.3.png

Thanks, as always
Jerry