problem with pychess

[bartkremers]

I have a problem with running pychess in MX23 KDE version. I get the message that ...pychess/main.py has no execution rights after a fresh install of pychess. Maybe somebody has the same issue?

Thanks for the help
regards Bart

[CharlesV]

Welcome in!

Please post your QSI. ( MX Menu, Quick System Info, Copy for Forum, Paste here )

And did yo install from the MX Package Installer or from some place else?

[bartkremers]

I have installed it with MX Package installer.I have installed pychess on a Kubuntu VM and that works fine! I can't find the cause why it isn't working on MX23 KDE?

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-35-amd64 [6.1.137-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-35-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.6.1_KDE_x64 Libretto
    May 18 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C95 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: B550M PRO-VDH (MS-7C95) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 2.60 date: 01/14/2021
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse B330/M330/M331 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 4
    level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80)
    stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA50000B
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1608 high: 3900 min/max: 1400/3900 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1400 2: 1400 3: 1400 4: 1400 5: 1400 6: 1400
    7: 3900 8: 1400 9: 1400 10: 1400 11: 1400 12: 1400 bogomips: 93426
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET, no microcode
  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: always-on; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK104 [GeForce GTX 770] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nouveau v: kernel
    non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: DVI-I-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 10:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1184 class-ID: 0300 temp: 39.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3600x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 952x285mm (37.48x11.22") s-diag: 994mm (39.12")
  Monitor-1: DVI-I-1 pos: bottom-l model: Samsung SyncMaster serial: <filter> built: 2008
    res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 size: 474x296mm (18.66x11.65") diag: 559mm (22")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,top-right model: Samsung S27R65
    serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
    size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 24.2.8-1mx23ahs renderer: NVE4 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK104 HDMI 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: 10:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:0e0a class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 30:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 30:00.6
    chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-35-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 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 RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
    bus-ID: 2a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-7.2:4 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0
    sub-v: 22bb hci-v: 4.0 rev: 22bb
  Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 459.66 GiB (12.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 1B4QFXO7 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA2000M8500G size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: S5Z42105 temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 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-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements 10B8
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1012
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 97.66 GiB size: 95.56 GiB (97.86%) used: 16.95 GiB (17.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 500 MiB size: 499 MiB (99.80%) used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 457.88 GiB (98.31%) used: 119.71 GiB (26.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p5 maj-min: 259:1
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: 39.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 39.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 1020
Repos:
  Packages: 2788 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2782 libs: 1509 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 6
  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://nl.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://nl.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 288 Uptime: 6m wakeups: 512 Memory: 15.52 GiB used: 2.02 GiB (13.0%) 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: UEFI

[j2mcgreg]

I just installed it on my HP 17 (XFCE) and it went without a hitch.
On which of your three internal drives did you install MX? I'm asking because your Seagate HDD is about twelve years old and could be the source of your problem (if it's in play).

[Stevo]

Try purging and reinstalling it, maybe that will help. It's kind of like doing a power cycle on a modem to fix it...