MX-23 RC2 (Xfce) feedback thread

[Octagon]

I installed RC2. In installer I selected an existing partition and while the progress bar was moving unchecked creation of the swap file and immediately received the "cannot mount partition" error. It may be a coincidence, of course. On the second try I waited for the progress bar to stop and everything went well.

MX looks like working nicely, but I cannot share a folder in Thunar, it says "net usershare" returned error 255. Sharing with MX Samba Config works and is reflected in Thunar in folder properties.

[j2mcgreg]

@Octagon
We need your computer’s complete profile before we can proceed, so you need to post the output from the QSI utility. The Quick System Info (QSI) utility is located in MX Tools and its output is automatically formatted for use here in the forum. Run the QSI utility, click “Copy for Forum” at the bottom and then just paste it here in your thread.
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[Willem52]

Using Linux MX 23 RC2 Xfce version.
After the last update of MX System Tools d.d. July 21, it gives here an error when using MX System Sounds setting: "This app is Xfce only".
When putting back my MX Linux backup of July 20, 2023, the error is gone! After the system updates again: The same error is back.

[dolphin_oracle]

Using Linux MX 23 RC2 Xfce version.
After the last update of MX System Tools d.d. July 21, it gives here an error when using MX System Sounds setting: "This app is Xfce only".
When putting back my MX Linux backup of July 20, 2023, the error is gone! After the system updates again: The same error is back.

thanks will look into it.

[Jerry3904]

Thanks @Willem52 for posting over from Facebook--much appreciated.

[dolphin_oracle]

Using Linux MX 23 RC2 Xfce version.
After the last update of MX System Tools d.d. July 21, it gives here an error when using MX System Sounds setting: "This app is Xfce only".
When putting back my MX Linux backup of July 20, 2023, the error is gone! After the system updates again: The same error is back.

thanks will look into it.

just sent an update, thanks.

[AlphaElwedritsch]

is hibernation supported in rc2?
if i configure to hibernate when closing the lid in energy option, the laptop does not hibernate. worked in 21.3 without issues
thx

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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_RC2_x64 Libretto July 15  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 840 G5 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 83B2 v: KBC Version 04.6E.00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: HP
    v: Q78 Ver. 01.23.00 date: 11/30/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 8.4 Wh (23.9%) condition: 35.2/50.2 Wh (70.0%) volts: 10.7 min: 11.6
    model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 251
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 8 level: v3
    note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10)
    microcode: 0xF2
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1450 high: 2000 min/max: 400/4000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 5: 2000 6: 2000 7: 2000 8: 2000
    bogomips: 31999
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
    process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony HP HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b5e7
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x3b3d built: 2017 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158
    gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  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: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wwan0 state: down mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-7:2
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 7 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
    sub-v: 100 hci-v: 4.2 rev: 100
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 57.33 GiB (12.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 size: 476.94 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: EXA72H1Q temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 459.69 GiB size: 451.4 GiB (98.20%) used: 57.33 GiB (12.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 17 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap01
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C pch: 34.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2082 libs: 1053 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/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ bullseye main
  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://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list
    1: deb http://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt stable non-free
Info:
  Processes: 263 Uptime: 1d 8h 37m wakeups: 217 Memory: 15.47 GiB used: 2.76 GiB (17.8%)
  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

[l0dr3]

MX looks like working nicely, but I cannot share a folder in Thunar, it says "net usershare" returned error 255. Sharing with MX Samba Config works and is reflected in Thunar in folder properties.

this is a known bug in 'thunar-shares-plugin'!

in bookworm/mx, version is 0.3.1

this bug *should* be fixed in 0.3.2, see: https://gitlab.xfce.org/thunar-plugins/ ... /issues/16

l0dr3

[wltdwiz]

installed mx 23 rc2
& its looking good but did an update today & came up with this error code

Need to get 0 B/264 MB of archives.
After this operation, 31.7 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'python3-ldb' is missing final newline
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

any ideas?

[muskt]

I have figured it out.
My first post was #86. There were a few responses that were either unhelpful, or beyond my abilities to comprehend.
In post #91, I was told to reread a response. I read it repeatedly--I did not understand.
In post #97, DO told me in plain terms what I needed to do, and even added a link that made it all make sense. He didn't tell me how to do it, but left me on my own to figure it out. That was outstanding.
In post #99, PBEAR chimed in and offered help, which was very generous; but, in this case unnecessary.

So, I am in my happy place, now. I learned a lot from this very frustrating experience and am able to use MX as I desire (whether right or wrong).

Thank you all for the assistance--I truly do appreciate it.
Jerry