MX-21 RC1 feedback (Xfce)

[Leodudu]

@Leodudu @SwampRabbit I'm a little late to the conversation on this one, ...

The monitors are working. Thanks.

Another issue is that after my analog audio output is buzzing when not playing.
After commenting out the line
"load-module module-suspend-on-idle"
in /etc/pulse/default.pa and /etc/pulse/system.pa, the problem is solved.

[Somewhat Reticent]

As noted here [ viewtopic.php?f=94&t=66622 ] I haven't figured out how to get Kaffeine to use a USB dongle for TV reception/recording on MX21beta/rc1.
The device is listed by System Profiler, so the system's aware of the device, which uses ATSC_1.0; I can't predict how much longer broadcasters here will use legacy tech.
On the upside, VLC doesn't go bananas and crash like it does in my current MX19 install.

[mmikeinsantarosa]

These comments are for RC1 installs on Virtualbox-6.1.22-dfsg-1 MX19 x64 host only:

1) both 386 & x64 installs eject the ISO at the end so no more accidental restarting from the ISO used to install from. - Nice!

2) I use kgpg to manage my key for signing packages and the kgpg icon (padlock) no longer shows up in the notification area. This is for both 386 & x64 installs.
edit: I see the same issue for an install on my older laptop. It could just be a bug in kgpg on bullseye.

3) Sharing files from host to VM and back has been fixed in x64 ( zero issues so far) but after copying files between the host and 386 VM, the files are unusable. md5 checksums don't match after a copy either from host to VM or VM to host. If I copy a text file from host to VM or VM to host, after execution, the copied file is no good. The same happens for compressed files.

- mike

[entropyfoe]

SwampRabbit

Exactly, you got it

Was that part of what you don't like, that unfocused windows need some sort of edging around the title bar area?

I often have a lot of windows open, so of course many overlap, especially the title bars, often there is an area of black screen where 3-5 title bars overlap, creating a large undifferentiated black area on the screen.

To grab a window to work on it, make it active, it is hard for the user (at least me) to know where one window begins and ends, so which was that thunar window with the search...

Some line or edge must be on ALL windows no matter which application it spawns from.

Then the user easily sees which title bar goes with each window. It may be a subtle point, but it improves ease of use.

[dolphin_oracle]

These comments are for RC1 installs on Virtualbox-6.1.22-dfsg-1 MX19 x64 host only:

1) both 386 & x64 installs eject the ISO at the end so no more accidental restarting from the ISO used to install from. - Nice!

2) I use kgpg to manage my key for signing packages and the kgpg icon (padlock) no longer shows up in the notification area. This is for both 386 & x64 installs. I'll try an install on HW and see if the problem still exists.

3) Sharing files from host to VM and back has been fixed in x64 ( zero issues so far) but after copying files between the host and 386 VM, the files are unusable. md5 checksums don't match after a copy either from host to VM or VM to host. If I copy a text file from host to VM or VM to host, after execution, the copied file is no good. The same happens for compressed files.

- mike

out of curiosity, did you install the guest additions on the 32 bit VM?

[mmikeinsantarosa]

These comments are for RC1 installs on Virtualbox-6.1.22-dfsg-1 MX19 x64 host only:

1) both 386 & x64 installs eject the ISO at the end so no more accidental restarting from the ISO used to install from. - Nice!

2) I use kgpg to manage my key for signing packages and the kgpg icon (padlock) no longer shows up in the notification area. This is for both 386 & x64 installs. I'll try an install on HW and see if the problem still exists.

3) Sharing files from host to VM and back has been fixed in x64 ( zero issues so far) but after copying files between the host and 386 VM, the files are unusable. md5 checksums don't match after a copy either from host to VM or VM to host. If I copy a text file from host to VM or VM to host, after execution, the copied file is no good. The same happens for compressed files.

- mike

out of curiosity, did you install the guest additions on the 32 bit VM?

No. I executed Device->Insert Guest Additions and executed the .run file that shows up there. I do the same for the 64 bit VM.

[Richard]

Installed & running Mx21rc1 Xfce since yesterday.
Got all the Bullseye 11.1 updates as well.
Everything is running great.
Thanks to all the devs!!

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-9-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-9-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21_rc1_x64 Wildflower October 5  2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2349DG5 v: ThinkPad T430 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 2349DG5 serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO 
           v: G1ET92WW (2.52 ) date: 02/14/2013 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.3 Wh condition: 41.0/56.2 Wh (73%) volts: 12.2/10.8 
           model: LGC 45N1005 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3380M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 23147 
           Speed: 1438 MHz min/max: 1200/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1518 2: 1474 3: 1419 
           4: 1471 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
           STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0166 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           compositor: compton v: 1 resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.5 
           compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-9-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel 
           port: 5080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:1502 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           port: efa0 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:0085 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.20 TiB used: 16.20 GiB (0.7%) 
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: SC128 size: 119.08 GiB block size: physical: 512 B 
           logical: 512 B serial: <filter> scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sda model: Acer GT500A SATA3 256G size: 238.47 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 1A0 scheme: MBR 
           ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Lexar model: USB Flash Drive size: 28.91 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR 
           ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements 2621 
           size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1026 
           scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 25.10 GiB size: 24.54 GiB (97.76%) used: 8.16 GiB (33.3%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 209.36 GiB size: 205.02 GiB (97.92%) used: 8.03 GiB (3.9%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.02 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2470 
Repos:     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 bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 260 Uptime: 6h 23m Memory: 7.46 GiB used: 1.84 GiB (24.7%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

[SwampRabbit]

Some line or edge must be on ALL windows no matter which application it spawns from.

Let’s see what we can do.

The theme is on GitHub for those willing and able to take time to see if they can do it.
https://github.com/MX-Linux/mx-comfort-themes

[figueroa]

Upon finishing today's updates, I see this error (new to me) at the end of the terminal screen output:

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install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/gtkdialog.info.gz'

The file does exist:

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$ ls -l /usr/share/info/gtk*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6170 Feb  6  2020 /usr/share/info/gtkdialog.info.gz

How can "Your message contains too few characters" What is that about at the top of this window?

ADDED: Maybe it's significant that I'm running the LXDE desktop remotely logged in via X2GO. On the other hand, that's been my norm on multiple machines ever since MX-19 came out.

[entropyfoe]

I got all the synaptic upgrades to the RC1 yesterday including the new kernel. 5.10-0-8 to the -9.
I accepted all upgrades. I rebooted, but it remained on the old kernel.
So, I went back to the MX 19.4 install and update-grub as root.
Then when going back to rc1, the new kernel is loaded.

I guess this is the expected behavior, right?

One other minor thing.
When I suspend to RAM, when I wake, if firefox was the active window, it is all pixelated. Not a big problem, when you touch it with the cursor, it redraws correctly.
This only seems to affect firefox, so maybe it is a firefox problem (though minor).
If firefox is not the active window, it seems OK.

As for those theme things with the title bars, a nice to have, making the comfort theme look better, but if there is no fix, it is easy to select another theme like greybird that has the white title bar edge, delineating the window edges.