MX 25 Beta 1 Feedback thread

[Jerry3904]

LA failed for me early this morning, but I switched to Salt Lake City and all went smoothly.

This is irritating from an end user's perspective.

Not during beta testing...it's an expected part of the process.

[Jerry3904]

On MXFB b1 (systemd) updated.

I'm starting a professional conference paper on a new machine that has a very sensitive touchpad. So I enabled touchpad-indicator in startup but the package is not in Debian. And now I seem to remember that @Stevo got it for us before from the Dev's repo.

Will make a package request and then if successful (both inits?) will ask to have it included in the build.

[5th.attempt]

VirtualBox 7.1.12_Debian
MX25 (LUKS encrypted)
KDE: 6.3.6
Kernel: 6.12.43+deb13-amd-64
using 8GB RAM


This is my personal recommendation and quick look and feel (UX) to give a feedback how user will see a new Operating Systeme if they want to switch to mx linux and see the distribution first time.

Installation:

seems that there is no information to „eject the Source Media /ISO/DVD and Reboot the system“,
after installation into the virtual machine. At the first try VB booted the Install media iso, later from SSD.

GFX recommendation:

- For the first feeling i would choose "Nuvole" as the default wallpaper.
- Default Breeze Dark (i think the most people would prefer Dark as well, they would be happy)
- Default Conky Style - MX-APInfo-debianUpdate-coloursMod (maybe modified to top-right) - just to have more information for the first start, without searching
- The Oxygene Cursor looks awesome

Issues:

- sometimes the numpad seems not active when popup for root passphrase is needed, solution: on/off numpad manually
- no scrollbar when resize „Desktop Folder Setting“ Window (Tab „Icons“)
- i would like to see the start menu subfolders list is not over the taskbar
- i got a distorted preview in the taskbar hovering „system setting“ task, and it keeps distorted
- Dolphin ARROW UP would be nice as Default (navigate into root folder workflow stuck)
- i really don't know who is playing mahjongg but i uninstalled all games at the first run, so i would uninstall more stuff
- mx cleanup has a time out that closes a window. if i want to remove wifi drivers and just type „Y“ for accepting the deletion but no ENTER...after a time the popup closes without any action or warning – would be nice to have SIZE data available as well
- sometimes i got a flying submenue in the start menu when hovering faster over the app categories, so they seems disconnected from the startmenue
- „Brightness and Color“, well its „Brightness and Night Light“ – Brightness affecting Conky Lines, that dissappear below 100% brightness
- MX Tool Brightness Systray (xrandr) is titeld as MX TWEAK and has no Live-Preview-Effect on the Desktop, SAVE has no effect.
- a saved QSI.txt in „Downloads“ can not open via KATE, Libre Office or Okular from „choose application“ popup. ERROR: org.kde.kate was not found; please enter a valid path to an executable program. But i can open Kate and drag and drop the file into it. Also i can open the File in Kate from Desktop

Discover general:

to see installed Games/ or other Categories Discover has no option to quick access the category of installed apps, also i can not search for categories, so if i want to uninstall mahjongg i need to search the word or scroll for ever,

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System:
  Kernel: 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
    avail: kvm-clock,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.12.48+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=<filter>
    ro quiet splash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.13.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
    dm: SDDM Distro: MX-25_KDE_beta1_x64 Infinity September 21 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 13
    (trixie)
Machine:
  Type: Virtualbox System: innotek GmbH product: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <x>
    Chassis: Oracle Corporation type: 1 serial: <x>
  Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
    BIOS: innotek GmbH v: VirtualBox date: 12/01/2006
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-14600K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 14 level: v3
    note: check built: 2022+ process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x12F
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 16 MiB desc: 4x4 MiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 4x24 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3512 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 3512 2: 3512 3: 3512 4: 3512 bogomips: 28099
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection mitigation: Aligned branch/return thunks
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT Host state unknown
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected; BHI: Retpoline
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.20.0.0 ports: active: Virtual-1
    empty: Virtual-2, Virtual-3, Virtual-4, Virtual-5, Virtual-6, Virtual-7, Virtual-8
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 15ad:0405 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: vmware unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: vmwgfx display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: Virtual-1 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) size: N/A modes: max: 1280x800
    min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
    wayland: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: device-0
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 7.4 GiB unified: yes
    display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 3 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits)
    driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.0.7-2 (LLVM 19.1.7) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:05.0
    chip-ID: 8086:2415 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.48+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 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 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 v: kernel port: d020 bus-ID: 00:03.0
    chip-ID: 8086:100e class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus v: N/A
    modules: i2c_piix4 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:07.0 chip-ID: 8086:7113 class-ID: 0680
  Info: services: NetworkManager, nfsd, systemd-networkd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 20 GiB used: 12.46 GiB (62.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 20 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.0 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 18.98 GiB size: 18.52 GiB (97.54%) used: 12.15 GiB (65.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-<filter>
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%) used: 312 MiB (32.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  Src: lm-sensors+/sys Message: No sensor data found using /sys/class/hwmon or lm-sensors.
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2715 libs: 1532 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala 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.sources
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates  main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.sources
    1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ trixie main  non-free
    2: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ trixie ahs
Info:
  Memory: total: 7.88 GiB available: 7.58 GiB used: 1.82 GiB (24.0%)
  Processes: 251 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: shutdown avail: reboot,suspend,test_resume image: 2.98 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.38
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[Eadwine Rose]

- sometimes the numpad seems not active when popup for root passphrase is needed, solution: on/off numpad manually

Keyboard - Behavior tab - check Restore numlock state on startup.

Don't make assumptions on dark. Nobody in my direct surroundings likes dark mode, including me.

[chrispop99]

Don't make assumptions on dark. Nobody in my direct surroundings likes dark mode, including me.

+1

I maintain 5 MX Linux installs for others and none of us like dark themes. I even alter the css code for Whisker to change the black borders to light grey.

Chris

[e7df067bca]

Hi all, I'm using the latest version of MX 25 beta and I am getting the following error when trying to run mx-snapshot:

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mx-snapshot version: 25.10
+++ bool Settings::initializeConfiguration() +++
/usr/bin/mksquashfs
/usr/bin/xorriso
/usr/bin/lslogins
Configuration initialization passed
+++ void Settings::loadConfig() +++
+++ void Settings::setVariables() +++
grep -oP '(?<=DISTRIB_ID=).*' /etc/lsb-release
cut -f1 -d'_' /etc/mx-version
grep -oP '(?<=DISTRIB_CODENAME=).*' /etc/lsb-release
/usr/share/mx-snapshot/scripts/snapshot-bootparameter.sh | tr '
' ' '
+++ QString Settings::getFilename() const +++
+++ void Settings::selectKernel() +++
+++ bool Settings::checkConfiguration() const +++
grep ^CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ=y /boot/config-6.12.43+deb13-amd64
"Invalid cores setting: 8. Must be between 1 and 4"
Settings initialization error: "Configuration validation failed"

Let me add the following for context. I created a snapshot from a Lenovo Thinkpad (I no longer have this machine) which had 8 cores and installed the image on a Dell Latitude which is a dual core machine. I was trying to create a new back up from the Dell Latitude machine and got the above error. I'm not sure if this is a bug in the beta version or I just need to change the setting somewhere regarding the cores.

I did try and change a line in the following file:
/home/user/.config/MX-Linux/mx-snapshot.conf
It had a line where cores=8 and I tried to change it to 1, 2, and 4. None of them worked. Also restarted the machine after making the changes. Still didn't work.

I would have made a different thread for this question but one I could not find the button to make a new thread and two since this could be a possible bug I posted it here.

[dolphin_oracle]

VirtualBox 7.1.12_Debian
MX25 (LUKS encrypted)
KDE: 6.3.6
Kernel: 6.12.43+deb13-amd-64
using 8GB

- MX Tool Brightness Systray (xrandr) is titeld as MX TWEAK and has no Live-Preview-Effect on the Desktop, SAVE has no effect.
- a saved QSI.txt in „Downloads“ can not open via KATE, Libre Office or Okular from „choose application“ popup. ERROR: org.kde.kate was not found; please enter a valid path to an executable program. But i can open Kate and drag and drop the file into it. Also i can open the File in Kate from Desktop

Thanks!

[Stuart_M]

Don't make assumptions on dark. Nobody in my direct surroundings likes dark mode, including me.

+1

[e7df067bca]

Post #536 is solved. I usually run everything through the terminal including mx-snapshot. I deleted the mx-snapshot.conf file and ran the GUI of mx-snapshot and it worked. I guess the only way to update/recreate the mx-snapshot.conf file properly is through the GUI.

[siamhie]

Don't make assumptions on dark. Nobody in my direct surroundings likes dark mode, including me.

+1

I maintain 5 MX Linux installs for others and none of us like dark themes. I even alter the css code for Whisker to change the black borders to light grey.

Chris

I'm the opposite these days. The last couple of years, light colored backgrounds hurt my eyes which is why I always show dark colored screenshots.