SOLVED - Catfish Not Working

[kevtardis]

Hope I'm posting this in the right place

Running MXLinux 23.6, (xfce) fully updated.

Haven't run Catfish for a while, but when I clicked on the start menu icon, nothing happens.

Here's what I get when I try to run catfish from a terminal



I uninstalled an reinstalled the package, and the same thing is happening.

Is it me? Or is there something else going on?

[Stevo]

What version of catfish is this? It should be the current 4.20.1 in MX 23 main, which is not showing python errors for me.

Also, you can copypaste terminal text into a post here, enclosed in code <> tags. No need for screenshots.

[timkb4cq]

g-io-error-quark is often the result of a developing problem with a hard drive. You might want to run GSmartControl to check your drive's health.
It would help if you would post your QuickSysytemInfo as per the forum rules.

[kevtardis]

Sorry for not getting back sooner - I was out a couple days.

I have the current version of Catfish (4.20.1-0.1~mx23+1) from the repos.

GsmartControl shows none of my HDs are supported (even after refreshing all my devices).

Here is the QSI:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-33-amd64 [6.1.133-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-33-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto July 31  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 7010 v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0YXT71 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A13 date: 03/25/2013
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-3470 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2
    built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  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: 1681 high: 1695 min/max: 1600/3600 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1695 2: 1674 3: 1663 4: 1692 bogomips: 25542
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  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 status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow 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: disabled; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
    HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0152 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
  Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: ASUS VA24E serial: <filter> built: 2023 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: 4.2 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2500 (IVB GT1)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 7 driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-33-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber
    status: off 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f080
    bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 10.92 TiB used: 7.12 TiB (65.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000VM003-1CT164 size: 1.82 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter>
    rev: ES22 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EDAZ-11SLVB0
    size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1031 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EDAZ-11SLVB0
    size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1030 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EARX-00PASB0
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2021
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 21 GiB size: 20.56 GiB (97.94%) used: 10.49 GiB (51.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.45%) used: 240 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 110.84 GiB size: 108.54 GiB (97.93%) used: 10.47 GiB (9.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2420 libs: 1219 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 non-free-firmware
  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 non-free-firmware
  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: 268 Uptime: 61d 2h 9m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 3.15 GiB (20.3%)
  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)

I can do an fsck if necessary. Not familiar with any other available disk health tools.

Thanks for the advice so far.

[Stevo]

Are you starting gsmartcontrol with sudo or as root? Or you could try qdiskinfo from the test repo. It asks for sysadmin permission when run from the menu. It's another front end to smartmontools.

[kevtardis]

When I issued 'sudo gsmartcontrol' command, it worked as expected.

My drives 'passed'. Not sure if there are any specific areas of the reports I shoulld be looking at for more info...

[heavy metal]

When I issued 'sudo gsmartcontrol' command, it worked as expected.

My drives 'passed'. Not sure if there are any specific areas of the reports I shoulld be looking at for more info...

@ OP: Hi, any value on these below that is Not Zero (0) will tell you there's a problem with the HDD, hope this helps, cheers!

Raw Read Error Rate
Reallocated Sector Count
Reallocation Event Count
Current Pending Sector Count

P.S. Thank you, Your post reminded me to refresh the catfish search index database, catfish is working as intended on my main PC with MX Linux 23.6 libretto XFCE!

[heavy metal]

Are you starting gsmartcontrol with sudo or as root? Or you could try qdiskinfo from the test repo. It asks for sysadmin permission when run from the menu. It's another front end to smartmontools.

Thanks for the heads up, I installed "qdiskinfo" from the enabled repo on MX Package Installer and is working very good!

[kevtardis]

We had a huge electrical storm, which blew out my UPS (or else the UPS battery happened to die at the same time). All my desktops and external devices shut down.

After plugging everything back into a power strip and rebooting my MXLinux box, Catfish started from the start menu as per normal.

One of those mysteries I guess. Will mark this as solved. Thanks to all for your help and input.