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Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:35 pm
by Adrian
richb wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:02 pm
Private Internet Access from MX package installer failed with missing cheksum error.
[ ERROR ] Missing checksum[/code]
There's a /usr/share/pia-downloader-installer/install_piavpn.sh file part of the piavpn-downloader-installer package that tries to download from a site with curl and that site returns a "301 Moved Permanently"
@fehlix The piavpn-downloader-installer needs to be fixed.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:42 pm
by fehlix
baldyeti wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:12 pm
Just tested a frugal install so far (on MBR-partitioned disk, ivy bridge era desktop), looking very nice !
Some preliminary remarks:
- i am pretty sure i picked a keyboard layout (which is indeed active in my frugal session) but which was not activated (yet) through the frugal configuration dialogs, making it a tad difficult to change password etc
Password change dialog is run within a console. The console keymap is driven by the chosen language. The X-keyboard layout can be set by kbd= parameter. But the kbd-boot parameter would not change the console keymap.
Example: If I choose lang=en_US and kbd=de. I would be prompted for changing demo/root password with en_US keymap, but when finally getting to KDE the actual keyboard would be German keyboard layout.
OK, not optimal ... My workaround: disabale password change at the console with "pw=none" boot parameter.
You can change password later, e.g with MX User managemenr.
baldyeti wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:12 pm
PS: forget the last point above, apparently this is a glitch in this particular Dell'sBIOS - I have booted two other systems in MBR/legacy mode with no issue.
But: the Dell is where i was willing to overwrite a partition with MX21, and the disk is MBR-partitioned. Can I boot the installation key in UEFI mode, start the installer without esp partition and without installing grub at the end ?
Not clear to me, why you want booting in UEFI mode with MBR-partitions. But yes, you can boot in UEFI-mode and tick off/disable the GRUB installation. Not clear how you to boot into the system without boot loader. Actually you can boot in UEFI-mode and do GRUB-bootloader installation in BIOS/MBR mode.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:08 pm
by fehlix
richb wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:02 pm
Private Internet Access from MX package installer failed with missing cheksum error.
That's not a specific KDE issue. They changed the URL and taken away to verify the download with a checksum. I'll have a look.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:31 pm
by uncle mark
Installed to my old beater Acer laptop, flawless install as expected. Fought with date and time but that resolved itself. Did some minor UI configs in the live session, and will do some more once I'm done playing and exploring. Warren's legacy appears to be holding up: this beta is better than most finals. Kudos to all.
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System:
Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-8-amd64
root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
Distro: MX-21_x64 Wildflower August 22 2021
base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire 5250 v: V1.01
serial: <filter>
Mobo: Acer model: Aspire 5250 v: V1.01 serial: <filter> BIOS: Acer
v: 1.01 date: 04/21/2011
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 28.4 Wh condition: 48.1/47.5 Wh (101%)
volts: 12.3/10.8 model: Panasonic AS10D51 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: Charging
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M215 serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: AMD C-50 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Bobcat
family: 14 (20) model-id: 1 stepping: N/A microcode: 5000029
L2 cache: 512 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 3990
Speed: 922 MHz min/max: 800/1000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 922 2: 906
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Wrestler [Radeon HD 6250] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 00:01.0 chip ID: 1002:9804
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa compositor: kwin_x11
resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD PALM (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.10.0-8-amd64 LLVM 11.0.1)
v: 3.3 Mesa 21.1.5 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1002:4383
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: atl1c v: kernel port: 2000
bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 1969:2062
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: ath9k v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 07:00.0
chip ID: 168c:002b
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 6.95 GiB (6.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A120G size: 111.79 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: BBF0 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 106.38 GiB size: 104.15 GiB (97.90%)
used: 6.95 GiB (6.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 5.37 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap
swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache pressure: 100 (default)
dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 68.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 69 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
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
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
2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:
Processes: 168 Uptime: 9m Memory: 3.57 GiB used: 994.9 MiB (27.2%)
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
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:46 pm
by richb
fehlix wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:08 pm
richb wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:02 pm
Private Internet Access from MX package installer failed with missing cheksum error.
That's not a specific KDE issue. They changed the URL and taken away to verify the download with a checksum. I'll have a look.
I understand. However someone trying to install PIA in MX-21 KDE would encounter this error, So I believe the report is valid.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:09 pm
by uncle mark
uncle mark wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:31 pm
Installed to my old beater Acer laptop, flawless install as expected. Fought with date and time but that resolved itself. Did some minor UI configs in the live session, and will do some more once I'm done playing and exploring. Warren's legacy appears to be holding up: this beta is better than most finals. Kudos to all.
Dolphin is crashing hard. Won't open. It tries, but never gets there.
Wifi does not reconnect automatically on restart. If there's a checkmark to tell it to I sure haven't seen it.
I'm not going to spend any more time on it this evening. Just offering up data points. Heck, I might have a funky install. I didn't bother checking the ISO or the disk I burned.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:14 pm
by Adrian
or the disk I burned.
I suspect that, I always use flashdrives... even those are not that reliable.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:29 pm
by richb
Wifi does not reconnect automatically on restart. If there's a checkmark to tell it to I sure haven't seen it.
I have the same issue. There is a n option in the Network Connections setting to start automatically and a priority number under the wifi tab. I have it ticked with a priority of 5 but it still needs to be started manually. It probably is a native KDE application issue. I doubt it can be fixed by our developers. ( But they have surprised me in the past).
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:59 pm
by uncle mark
richb wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:29 pm
Wifi does not reconnect automatically on restart. If there's a checkmark to tell it to I sure haven't seen it.
I have the same issue. There is a n option in the Network Connections setting to start automatically and a priority number under the wifi tab. I have it ticked with a priority of 5 but it still needs to be started manually. It probably is a native KDE application issue. I doubt it can be fixed by our developers. ( But they have surprised me in the past).
My priority was set to 0; I changed it to 1 (not knowing what I was actually doing). No joy.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:01 pm
by uncle mark
Adrian wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:14 pm
or the disk I burned.
I suspect that, I always use flashdrives... even those are not that reliable.
I usually use flash drives too, but this old beater usually does better with disks.