MX-23 RC3 (Fluxbox) Feedback thread

[Adrian]

Pushed a fix, the next custom-toolbox should fix the translations.

[m_pav]

I have a little concern about the potential for confusion within the installers custom partitioning. Check the screenshots for examples.

For an experiences operator, this is a trivial thing, but how many are going to be tripped up with OEM variations in partition label names?
This is a drive only used for Linux, we use our normal naming convention and the EFI-SYSTEM label is very easily identified as, EFI, an operator can easily move forward with confidence.

Screenshot_EFI.jpg

However, OEM provisioned Windows machines can introduce a heap of confusion. Here is a 2020 Lenovo, where the EFI partition is labelled SystemDrv

Screenshot_SystemDrv.png

There are other labels I've seen like ESP and this is covered in the accompanying help column, but I think it needs a tiny bit more.
Should we give a little thought about verbage or a que in the notification that will assist to minimise the confusion when (not if) it arises and in the accompanying help, add something that may assist with what is displayed in the 2nd pic, remembering that they will not all be the same.

[wdscharff]

Fringe issue, I wanted to mention est anyway :
current xanmod and liquorix kernels are not installed because of configuration problems and dkms errors.

Everything else works, but i couldn't try out much, my current line to the internet carries the bits one by one. for the rc3 fluxbox iso it took 6 hours over night, so testing and trying out is no fun.

[Wallon]

Hello.

I'll start with the positive for the Live USB key in [fr] and [fr_BE].

The ISO works much better, well done to the developers.
I no longer have to select the screen resolution with the F7 Console key.
I can now right- or left-click on the desktop icons.
The menus are better translated, but not everything is perfect. I've noticed the same thing as fehlix, some translations are missing.

MX Installer: I installed on an excellent Samsung USB 3.1 key (called "Champagne Silver" - 400 MB/s). This drive has been tested on Windows (CrystalDiskMark) and Linux (Gnome-Disk). I got read speeds of 400 MB/s with Exfat, Ext2 and f2fs formatting.

I installed on a single f2fs partition to avoid journaling file system.

Here's my fstab, which is super simple;
# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=7999d807-6ec1-420c-8d3c-53fb1785296c / f2fs noatime 0 1
/swap/swap swap swap defaults 0 0

For MX Installer, the headings in the "Choose partitions" table are no longer translated! It used to be translated. See my printscreen.

Here is the desktop info;

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-10-amd64 [6.1.38-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-10-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_fluxbox_RC3_x64
    Libretto July 24 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: 1750 high: 2700 min/max: 800/3300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 2700 3: 2700 4: 800 bogomips: 21599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 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: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
    active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,DVI-I-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1401
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 33.0 C
  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: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x285mm (40.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 1055mm (41.54")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left model: AOC 2590G5 serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 size: 544x303mm (21.42x11.93") diag: 623mm (24.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: right model: MD20830 serial: <filter> built: 2016
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NV126 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 chip-ID: 046d:082d bus-ID: 00:1f.3 class-ID: 0102
    chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s 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: k6.1.0-10-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: 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: 1.47 TiB used: 12.05 GiB (0.8%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 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-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 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
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Samsung model: Flash Drive size: 119.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  ID-4: /dev/sdi maj-min: 8:128 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: SD9SN8W256G size: 232.89 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1012 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 59 GiB size: 59 GiB (100.00%) used: 11.88 GiB (20.1%) fs: f2fs dev: /dev/sdc1
    maj-min: 8:33
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 30.0 C pch: 43.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 33.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 441
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1839 libs: 899 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://mirror.tiguinet.net/mx/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 230 Uptime: 1h 15m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.57 GiB used: 1.97 GiB (12.6%) 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)

[Wallon]

I checked the SHA256 and MD5 of my ISO. It's all OK.
But why is MX Fluxbox so slow?
The first boot with the dynamic MX Linux logo is horribly slow!
Every time I click on icons (for example "Settings Manager"), I have to wait a very long time before I get a window.
Something is strangling MX Fluxbox. I've never seen this even with Debian 12 Gnome on my PC?

Here is HTOP with only 2 tabs open in Firefox.

[i_ri]

hello dolphin_oracle
minstall entire success on machine WallE.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-10-amd64 [6.1.38-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-10-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_fluxbox_RC3_x64 Libretto
    July 24 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: HP-Pavilion product: AY022AA-ABA p6330f v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: Hewlett-Packard type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: MSI model: IONA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 5.15
    date: 06/25/2010
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3 530 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Westmere gen: core 1 level: v2
    built: 2010-11 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x25 (37) stepping: 2 microcode: 0x11
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1302 high: 1382 min/max: 1200/2933 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1338 2: 1290 3: 1382 4: 1200 bogomips: 23411
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-5.75 process: Intel 45nm built: 2010 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0042 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: intel dri: crocus 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: VGA-1 mapped: VGA1 model: AOC 2436 serial: <filter> built: 2010 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 5
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d800 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: c080 bus-ID: 00:1f.2
    chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 17.16 GiB (0.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA200 size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: ABB0
    scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide size: 29.25 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  ID-3: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide size: 14.56 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.27
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 29.25 GiB size: 28.62 GiB (97.86%) used: 8.63 GiB (30.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdf1 maj-min: 8:81
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1808 libs: 886 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://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 203 Uptime: 59m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.62 GiB used: 1.21 GiB (15.9%) 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)

[Wallon]

The Fluxbox general menu does not work properly.
Option: Update -> does nothing! No window opens.
Option: Deactivate -> MX Tweaks window opens!

[Wallon]

When I right-click on the Videos icon or the Software icon, I get a menu that isn't translated.
Look at my prinstscreen.

[Wallon]

When I close Roxterm, I get a message from MX Linux that is not translated.
Look at the printscreen.

[Wallon]

With "MX Package Installer", I was unable to install java.
I had to clean up the packages with Synaptic.
To install java, you need to install the "default-jdk" package.
This needs to be corrected in "MX Package Installer".