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MX 25 beta KDE:

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Snapshot created on: 20251005_1303
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.48+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=<filter>
    ro quiet
  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: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: H170M Pro4 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P7.20 date: 11/30/2016
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-6700 bits: 64 type: MT 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 dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4000 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 54398
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  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: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: ASRock driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9
    process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-3
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1912 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: intel dri: i965 gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 model: Denon DENON-AVAMP serial: <filter> built: 2015 res: mode: 3840x2160
    hz: 30 scale: 250% (2.5) to: 1536x864 dpi: 69 gamma: 1.2 size: 1872x1053mm (73.7x41.46")
    diag: 1630mm (64.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) device-ID: 8086:1912 memory: 7.47 GiB unified: yes
    display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel HD Graphics 530
    (SKL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 25.0.7-2 device-ID: 8086:1912 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
    device: 1 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 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
  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 Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
    chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, nfsd, smbd, systemd-networkd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 22.61 GiB (9.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZHPV256HDGL-00000 size: 238.47 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 500Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 238.47 GiB size: 233.67 GiB (97.99%) used: 22.61 GiB (9.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 27.2 C pch: 35.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2761 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2754 libs: 1533 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  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-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: 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.osuosl.org/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ trixie ahs
    2: deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ trixie main non-free
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.3 GiB used: 4.66 GiB (30.5%)
  Processes: 282 Power: uptime: 12m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.07 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)

Problem:
Login Screen does not scale.
it stays at 100% despite desktop set to 250%. I had applied the "Apply Plasma Settings" under "login screen (SSDM"

This worked in MX 23.6 and login screen was in same scale as the regular desktop

Same here (I use 200%) but weirdly when login in out of Lock Screen, size is OK.

[Lurking]

Same here (I use 200%) but weirdly when login in out of Lock Screen, size is OK.

I tried logging out. But for me it stays at what appears to be 100%. i also tried it with X11. Same result.

I'm just speculating: this may be a KDE problem since i have the exact same issue on Debian 13 KDE. i never used Debian 12. but i had used MX 23.6 and there it worked fine.
I hope this helps the developers.

Edit: Correction. When i log out (with logout button), scale stays at 100%. but when the screen locks out due to inactivity, scaling works and the login screen appears to be at 250%. so i think i can confirm what you observed.

[dolphin_oracle]

Same here (I use 200%) but weirdly when login in out of Lock Screen, size is OK.

I tried logging out. But for me it stays at what appears to be 100%. i also tried it with X11. Same result.

I'm just speculating: this may be a KDE problem since i have the exact same issue on Debian 13 KDE. i never used Debian 12. but i had used MX 23.6 and there it worked fine.
I hope this helps the developers.

this may be the result of sddm running in X and KDE running in wayland. would be interesting to see if adjusting the scale while running an X session changed sddm's scale.

[harryfine]

Think I have a bug. It's happened a few times. I have a Dell laptop, I sometimes put it in suspend (not hibernate) rather than shutdown. When I return by pressing the power button, it often has lost its internet (but not local network) connection. I can't get to websites. I can't do updates. I reboot and it is fine.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.15.11-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.15-12~mx25ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
    avail: acpi_pm parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable
    BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.15.11-1-liquorix-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 tools:
    avail: xscreensaver vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-25_KDE_beta1_x64 Infinity September 21 2025
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 15 7590 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0VYV0G v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0905
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.31.0 date: 08/09/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 97.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 97.4/97.4 Wh (100.0%) volts: 12.8 min: 11.6
    model: LGC-LGC8.33 DELL 5XJ2869 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-9750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 9 level: v3
    note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10)
    microcode: 0xFA
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2601 min/max: 800/2601 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: performance cores: 1: 2601 2: 2601 3: 2601 4: 2601 5: 2601 6: 2601 7: 2601 8: 2601
    9: 2601 10: 2601 11: 2601 12: 2601 bogomips: 62399
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  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: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia
    v: 580.82.09 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04;
    EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f91
    class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-12:5 chip-ID: 0c45:6723 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Sharp 0x14ba built: 2019 res: mode: 1600x900 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
    dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris
    x11: drv: iris inactive: device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) device-ID: 8086:3e9b memory: 7.45 GiB
    unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.15.11-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 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 Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, nfsd, systemd-networkd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
    hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 176.44 GiB (37.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: PC601 NVMe 512GB size: 476.94 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 80002111 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 68.59 GiB size: 67.22 GiB (97.99%) used: 41.17 GiB (61.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 67.9 MiB (13.3%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 407.84 GiB size: 400.37 GiB (98.17%) used: 135.2 GiB (33.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 19.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 66.0 C pch: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 3019 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3001 libs: 1692 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 18
  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-backports main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: 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://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ trixie main  non-free
    2: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ trixie ahs
Info:
  Memory: total: N/A available: 15.26 GiB used: 1.99 GiB (13.1%)
  Processes: 312 Power: uptime: 4h 38m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle avail: deep
    wakeups: 1 fails: 2 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
    image: 6.03 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: UEFI

[Jerry3904]

Same thing if you use the Escape key instead?

[MXRobo]

@harryfine post# 554
Maybe:
Advanced Network Connections > Double Click (maybe single) on selected/desired connection > General > Connect automatically with priority.
Change from "0" to something higher per forum advise.
Don't know if that should be 2 or 2 trillion, eleven "11" worked for me.

I'm on MX-21.3 Xfce.

[Lurking]

this may be the result of sddm running in X and KDE running in wayland. would be interesting to see if adjusting the scale while running an X session changed sddm's scale.

I tried it in X11 and it is the same result: When screen LOCKS out due to inactivity, scaling on login screen works fine. But when manually login out, or re-booting, scale on login screen stays at 100%.

So, Wayland and X11 seem to be equal in this regard.

[dolphin_oracle]

this may be the result of sddm running in X and KDE running in wayland. would be interesting to see if adjusting the scale while running an X session changed sddm's scale.

I tried it in X11 and it is the same result: When screen LOCKS out due to inactivity, scaling on login screen works fine. But when manually login out, or re-booting, scale on login screen stays at 100%.

So, Wayland and X11 seem to be equal in this regard.

ah, the lock screen only looks like sddm. it is not sddm. at least I think so.

[chrispop99]

MX-Conky tool

I don't believe I've seen a post about these issues, but apologies if I've missed them.

Many of the Conkies have no previews within the tool pane, even after using 'generate all'.

Using the tool to generate images closes the default Conky, even after exiting the tool.. (This would confuse a new user.)

MX-CowanMildBlue has a duplicate entry within the tool. (There may be other duplicates; the naming style makes it difficult to check.)

Chris

[davemx]

smtube

Just to report that smtube is listed in the MX Package Installer app, but cannot be installed. On trying in Synaptic, it's not there!

(MX25 sys-v XFCE beta1)

P.S. smplayer installs from MX Package Installer just fine.