MX-23 RC3 (Xfce) Feedback thread

[andy]

@fehlix will you please shortly explain your reasoning behind you vdb1, vdb2, and vdb3 partitions? I'm new to manually partitioning: trying to learn more on it. I usually just to a regular install but I'm at a "enthusiastically confused" stage for now. :)

On my KVM/Qemu VM install the partitions are named by the kernel like vdb1, vdb2...

/dev/vdb1 "BIOS_GRUB" : As I do prefere to boot/switch sometimes either within UEFI-boot mode or with classical MBR/BIOS-boot mode, this 1MB sized BIOS_GRUB partition on a GPT-partition table, would keep grub happy, when grub-install'ing
"onto" MBR with grub-install (--target=i386-pc ). The reason: A GPT-partition table do not have unused/free space between the first sector (the real MBR) and the start of the partition, which is needed by MBR-grub-install to place it's own grub core.img onto.

/dev/vdb2 "ESP": This is the ESP (EFI System partition) which grub-install is needing for creating EFI-grub-boot loader, necessary for UEFI-booting

/dev/vdb3 "BOOT": This is the not-encrypted ext4 boot partition, which will hold the boot files for allowing to boot further into the luks-encrypted system at /dev/vdb4
minstall-luks-btrfs-efi.jpg

Why 1MB for vdb1, why 512MB for vdb2, and why 1GB for vdb3?

Hi doodstecsonhere,
VDB1 is for Grub - small program used in first stages of boot - to run kernel and code from /boot (partition or folder)
If disk is partitioned with MBR scheme, it could be installed also in MBR zone of disk, if GPT, Grub can be installed in its dedicated partition or into EFI partition.

VDB2 - EFI partition - (relatively) new technology for storing code used for early stages of boot various operation systems - all in symbiose in one partition.
Windows 10 defaults to 100MB size, but if multiboot it is recommended bigger, for some spare space.

VDB3 - If you are using encryption, Grub currently cannot unlock LUKS2 containers, so for Grub to successfully access next boot code - kernel itself and rest of the Linux - these data must be on separate partition.
Here resides kernels, if you have installed more than one. Therefore at least 1GB.

Regards,
Andy

[doodstecsonhere]

On my KVM/Qemu VM install the partitions are named by the kernel like vdb1, vdb2...

/dev/vdb1 "BIOS_GRUB" : As I do prefere to boot/switch sometimes either within UEFI-boot mode or with classical MBR/BIOS-boot mode, this 1MB sized BIOS_GRUB partition on a GPT-partition table, would keep grub happy, when grub-install'ing
"onto" MBR with grub-install (--target=i386-pc ). The reason: A GPT-partition table do not have unused/free space between the first sector (the real MBR) and the start of the partition, which is needed by MBR-grub-install to place it's own grub core.img onto.

/dev/vdb2 "ESP": This is the ESP (EFI System partition) which grub-install is needing for creating EFI-grub-boot loader, necessary for UEFI-booting

/dev/vdb3 "BOOT": This is the not-encrypted ext4 boot partition, which will hold the boot files for allowing to boot further into the luks-encrypted system at /dev/vdb4
minstall-luks-btrfs-efi.jpg

Why 1MB for vdb1, why 512MB for vdb2, and why 1GB for vdb3?

Hi doodstecsonhere,
VDB1 is for Grub - small program used in first stages of boot - to run kernel and code from /boot (partition or folder)
If disk is partitioned with MBR scheme, it could be installed also in MBR zone of disk, if GPT, Grub can be installed in its dedicated partition or into EFI partition.

VDB2 - EFI partition - (relatively) new technology for storing code used for early stages of boot various operation systems - all in symbiose in one partition.
Windows 10 defaults to 100MB size, but if multiboot it is recommended bigger, for some spare space.

VDB3 - If you are using encryption, Grub currently cannot unlock LUKS2 containers, so for Grub to successfully access next boot code - kernel itself and rest of the Linux - these data must be on separate partition.
Here resides kernels, if you have installed more than one. Therefore at least 1GB.

Regards,
Andy

Thanks, @andy ! My understanding of partitions is getting better. This is helping. :)

[doodstecsonhere]

New RC3 XFCE Feedback

So I resnapshot-ed with MX Snapshot, reinstalled: added a swap partition this time equal to ram size for hibernation ability. Timeshift snapshots confirmed working.

During the installation menus, I didn't click check on the creation of swap file: I only created the swap partition.

Should I have also clicked check on the swap file option after finishing with the partitions menu?
I asked the question because it doesn't seem like swap function is working for my system now. See screenshots for the output of "free -h".

See my full "installation to timeshift testing to swap troubleshooting" flow in the attached screenshots.

Another question: do I really need to create an ESP partition? How big is the recommended size?

My QSI:

Code: Select all

Snapshot created on: 20230726_2149
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
    rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  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 26  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 Mouse PID:003f serial: N/A
    charge: 70% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard PID:0055 serial: N/A
    charge: 55% (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: 1520 high: 1626 min/max: 1300/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1414 2: 1626 bogomips: 8384
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  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, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
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: Silicon Motion WebCam SC-13HDL11431N type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2:3
    chip-ID: 2232:1018 class-ID: 0e02
  Device-3: Z-Star Micro Vega USB 2.0 Camera. type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 2-5.2:4 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositors: 1: xfwm v: 4.18.0 2: Compton v: 1 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: 2-5.2:4 bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a class-ID: 0102 chip-ID: 1002:9902
    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: 5-1:2
    chip-ID: 0cf3:3004 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
    hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1022:8 sco-mtu: 183:5 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 140.44 GiB used: 6.92 GiB (4.9%)
  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
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 28.65 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?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 104.56 GiB size: 104.56 GiB (100.00%) used: 6.92 GiB (6.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 104.56 GiB size: 104.56 GiB (100.00%) used: 6.92 GiB (6.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 68.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 58.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2331 libs: 1216 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/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: 258 Uptime: 42m wakeups: 9 Memory: 7.23 GiB used: 1.87 GiB (25.9%) 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)

P.S. Still can't attach my minstall.log file even if it's archived @fehlix . Dunno what's up. Is there a limit to attachments to only 5 at a time here?

[pbear]

FWIW, this was the post by @AK-47 of which I was thinking:

As to your question about a folder, this was done because we found with Btrfs it is best to use swap in its own subvolume, and since putting it in a folder doesn't do any harm, this is the approach that was adopted across the board.

By the way, I'm still using ext4 across the board, so have hardly any experience with btrfs (except in an occasional VM test box).

[dolphin_oracle]

New RC3 XFCE Feedback

So I resnapshot-ed with MX Snapshot, reinstalled: added a swap partition this time equal to ram size for hibernation ability. Timeshift snapshots confirmed working.

During the installation menus, I didn't click check on the creation of swap file: I only created the swap partition.

Should I have also clicked check on the swap file option after finishing with the partitions menu?
I asked the question because it doesn't seem like swap function is working for my system now. See screenshots for the output of "free -h".

See my full "installation to timeshift testing to swap troubleshooting" flow in the attached screenshots.

Another question: do I really need to create an ESP partition? How big is the recommended size?

My QSI:

Code: Select all

Snapshot created on: 20230726_2149
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
    rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  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 26  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 Mouse PID:003f serial: N/A
    charge: 70% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard PID:0055 serial: N/A
    charge: 55% (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: 1520 high: 1626 min/max: 1300/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1414 2: 1626 bogomips: 8384
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  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, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
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: Silicon Motion WebCam SC-13HDL11431N type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2:3
    chip-ID: 2232:1018 class-ID: 0e02
  Device-3: Z-Star Micro Vega USB 2.0 Camera. type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 2-5.2:4 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositors: 1: xfwm v: 4.18.0 2: Compton v: 1 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: 2-5.2:4 bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a class-ID: 0102 chip-ID: 1002:9902
    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: 5-1:2
    chip-ID: 0cf3:3004 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
    hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1022:8 sco-mtu: 183:5 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 140.44 GiB used: 6.92 GiB (4.9%)
  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
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 28.65 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?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 104.56 GiB size: 104.56 GiB (100.00%) used: 6.92 GiB (6.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 104.56 GiB size: 104.56 GiB (100.00%) used: 6.92 GiB (6.6%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 68.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 58.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2331 libs: 1216 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/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: 258 Uptime: 42m wakeups: 9 Memory: 7.23 GiB used: 1.87 GiB (25.9%) 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)

P.S. Still can't attach my minstall.log file even if it's archived @fehlix . Dunno what's up. Is there a limit to attachments to only 5 at a time here?

you don't need a swap file if you have a swap parttion.

you don't need an ESP unless you boot with UEFI (your system info says BIOS for booting).

the swap should be active. perhaps post your /etc/fstab. perhaps the swap did not get defined properly. it would be easy to add without reinstalling probably.

maybe checking

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sudo blkid
sudo cat /etc/fstab

would be good.

[MXRobo]

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Re: 16 Things to do after installing MX
3. Fire up synaptic and load about 30 programs (adds to maybe 240 packages with all dependencies)
Such as audacity, k3b, ksnip, bleachbit, ripperx, handbrake, scid, stockfish, eboard, espeak....
I really should automate this with aptik !

Re # 3 above, I'd use Universal Package Installer first, then synaptic or MXPI.

Do you mean the MX tool User Installed Packages?

Yes, I have aids Lexy.

[doodstecsonhere]

you don't need a swap file if you have a swap parttion.

you don't need an ESP unless you boot with UEFI (your system info says BIOS for booting).

the swap should be active. perhaps post your /etc/fstab. perhaps the swap did not get defined properly. it would be easy to add without reinstalling probably.

maybe checking

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sudo blkid
sudo cat /etc/fstab

would be good.

Thanks, @dolphin_oracle ! :)

Here's the output of sudo blkid:

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$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda2: LABEL="swapMX" UUID="cfc2fa51-87aa-440c-a067-2a465137ac15" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="8a6e74b9-02"
/dev/sda1: UUID="678a6bb7-9229-4255-a889-85f46f09d149" UUID_SUB="cd68599e-9108-41fe-977b-b92b349ff599" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="btrfs" PARTUUID="8a6e74b9-01"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL_FATBOOT="LIVE-UEFI" LABEL="LIVE-UEFI" UUID="6553-E9B0" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="eb7b3783-02"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Live-usb" UUID="9ab9919f-8cc5-4672-b98c-38b0d9f79b12" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="eb7b3783-01"

Here's the output of sudo cat /etc/fstab:

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$ sudo cat /etc/fstab 
# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=678a6bb7-9229-4255-a889-85f46f09d149 / btrfs subvol=@,ssd,discard=async,noatime,compress=zstd:1 1 1
UUID=678a6bb7-9229-4255-a889-85f46f09d149 /home btrfs subvol=@home,ssd,discard=async,noatime,compress=zstd:1 1 2
UUID=cfc2fa51-87aa-440c-a067-2a465137ac15 SWAP SWAP discard 0 2
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Feedback? :)

[dolphin_oracle]

@DoodMann

fstab acutally looks correct.

**edit*** no, SWAP should be swap (lowercase) in the /etc/fstab. make that change and

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sudo swapon -a

and check free again.

[doodstecsonhere]

@DoodMann

fstab acutally looks correct.

**edit*** no, SWAP should be swap (lowercase) in the /etc/fstab. make that change and

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sudo swapon -a

and check free again.

@dolphin_oracle you tagged someone else. I LIKE that nickname tho hahaha hey @DoodMann

"sudo swapon -a" isn't outputting anything after the changes.

"/etc/fstab" content originally was:

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# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=678a6bb7-9229-4255-a889-85f46f09d149 / btrfs subvol=@,ssd,discard=async,noatime,compress=zstd:1 1 1
UUID=678a6bb7-9229-4255-a889-85f46f09d149 /home btrfs subvol=@home,ssd,discard=async,noatime,compress=zstd:1 1 2
UUID=cfc2fa51-87aa-440c-a067-2a465137ac15 SWAP SWAP discard 0 2

Changed it into:

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# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=678a6bb7-9229-4255-a889-85f46f09d149 / btrfs subvol=@,ssd,discard=async,noatime,compress=zstd:1 1 1
UUID=678a6bb7-9229-4255-a889-85f46f09d149 /home btrfs subvol=@home,ssd,discard=async,noatime,compress=zstd:1 1 2
UUID=cfc2fa51-87aa-440c-a067-2a465137ac15 swap swap discard 0 2

But let me try rebooting if it helps.

[figueroa]

@doodstecsonhere A successful swapon -a won't output anything. But, feel free to add -v, i.e. swapon -av.

Also, "dmesg | grep swap" will show you activation of swap.
ADDED: use "dmesg -T | grep swap" to show you human readable date/time in the dmesg output.