MX-21 KDE/plasma RC1 feedback

[uncle mark]

This was reported by multiple users in the Beta. Any reason it's not been addressed with the RC?

Maybe it hasn’t been addressed yet since only so many things can get fixed in one month across all MX versions?

Maybe it’s a KDE issue, not an MX issue?

Any reason no one has identified the exact cause and let us know?

its not default in debian. we had patched the network-manager clients under mx19, but the same patches don't work this time.

Thanks for the explanation. That's all I was wondering about. Didn't intend to offend. I suspect this will be an ongoing irritant for every new MX user who installs for the first time and hasn't been following along.

[dolphin_oracle]

No worries @uncle mark

[dolphin_oracle]

@davemx do you have the mxpi.log files by any chance?

[dolphin_oracle]

@rainfox
For auto connecting wifi, in the network settings enable "All users may connect to this network"

This was reported by multiple users in the Beta. Any reason it's not been addressed with the RC?

It's a root setting that works through the KDE Systemsettings5 which, unusually, doesn't require a password. It's also part of KDE rather than MX itself, though, through other distros, I can tell you that the global network manager (as used with the XFCE version) will work instead of the KDE one, and may be more intuitive, though you won't be able to change its settings in Systemsettings5.

The only suggestion I can think of is some sort of message on screen not to forget to set it globally in the Systemsettings5.

no need to be root, the network profiles should be on a user basis. the value to set is availabe in the connection editor via the "configure" option in the tray icon.

[dolphin_oracle]

@davemx I've got both skype and the freetube flatpak running on a KDE/RC1 install. Not sure what's going on your with setup but you got a lot of weird issues.

[Richard]

Installed the MX-21.0rc1 into the root of the Thinkpad, I thought, but apparently wasn't paying enough attention.
Formatted my permanent home. Thankfully it was all more or less backed up. It's a good opportunity to cleanup. :)
I have been an Xfce user since KDE-4 was released. Learning the MX setup of KDE-5 Plazma and KDE.
It is a very complete environment. All running well.

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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_KDE_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: 40.5 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: 23149 
           Speed: 3110 MHz min/max: 1200/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3110 2: 3251 3: 3159 4: 3118 
           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 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa compositor: kwin_x11 
           resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 21.2.1 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: k5.10.0-8-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: 2.25 TiB used: 755.53 GiB (32.7%) 
           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 
           ID-5: /dev/sdd 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-6: /dev/sde 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 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 41.48 GiB size: 40.54 GiB (97.71%) used: 7.85 GiB (19.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 188.98 GiB size: 184.96 GiB (97.87%) used: 5.82 GiB (3.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.00 GiB used: 17.9 MiB (0.2%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3612 
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
           2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 281 Uptime: 13h 01m Memory: 7.46 GiB used: 3.11 GiB (41.7%) 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 

[Adrian]

the print key is not working (for taking screenshots), tried different keyboard settings. The key is not even recognized. On MX19.4 all is fine.

That works for me, it starts ksnip when I press Print. Might be a keyboard layout issue maybe? Do you have a special layout that needs to be set?

[richb]

Print key also works for me starting kSnip. Logitech MX Keys. Keyboard is set to Generic 101 key PC in System Settings.

[markol]

Installed RC1 on Asus T101HA 2-in-1 tablet/laptop thingie

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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 init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM Distro: MX-21_KDE_RC1_x64 Wildflower October 5  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: T101HA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: T101HA v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: T101HA.203 date: 07/15/2016 
Battery:   ID-1: BATC charge: 17.2 Wh condition: 22.5/31.6 Wh (71%) volts: 3.9/3.8 model: Intel SR 1 SR Real Battery 
           type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging cycles: 197 
           Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M705 serial: <filter> charge: 100% rechargeable: yes 
           status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Atom x5-Z8350 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Airmont family: 6 model-id: 4C (76) 
           stepping: 4 microcode: 411 L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11520 
           Speed: 903 MHz min/max: 480/1920 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 503 2: 700 3: 480 4: 480 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:22b0 
           Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa compositor: kwin_wayland 
           resolution: 800x1280~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (CHV) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.1 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Imaging Unit vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: intel_atomisp2_pm v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:22b8 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave driver: ath10k_pci 
           v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 168c:0042 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 87.09 GiB used: 7.48 GiB (8.6%) 
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: BJNB4R size: 29.12 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> 
           rev: 0x8 scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/mmcblk1 model: SD64G size: 57.97 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> 
           scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 27.36 GiB size: 26.77 GiB (97.82%) used: 7.48 GiB (27.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.50 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/mmcblk0p3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 6280.4 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
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/mx.list 
           1: deb https://ftp.arnes.si/mirrors/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb https://ftp.arnes.si/mirrors/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
Info:      Processes: 241 Uptime: 4m Memory: 1.77 GiB used: 794.9 MiB (43.8%) Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 
           default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

There was always a problem with screen rotation/touch and I had to install scripts (and shortcuts) for it to work.
So I installed plasma-workspace-wayland and rotation works! I also installed iio-sensor-proxy and qml-module-qtsensors.
Grub: not rotated
Startup messages + splash screen: rotation OK
Login screen: not rotated (but not relevant in my case due to autologin)
Shutdown messages + screen: rotation OK

No Wayland errors so far... although there are some unexplained glitches like weird timeouts and a couple of really long shutdowns, and some MX Tools don't work.
Package Installer and Boot Options don't start, but Tweak works. I also tried System Locales which doesn't work, but dpkg-reconfigure locales in the Konsole works.

Another problem (not resolved) is this unsupported webcam. I will post details to the hardware section.
I have another USB webcam which worked before :)

[Arnox]

Flatpaks not working in the KDE RC1. I installed Freetube from there in the Beta version so I know it used to work on my computer.

On that note, it seems some packages are missing from the MX Package Installer. Notably Steam (can be installed via the Popular Applications tab though) and VeraCrypt. Synaptic's not installed either, though I'm not sure if that's intended or not. Doing an apt-get install for VeraCrypt also results in it finding nothing.

By the way, no, I didn't touch the default respositories.

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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 splash 
  init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: MX-21_KDE_RC1_x64 Wildflower October 5  2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X570-PRO v: Rev X.0x 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2802 date: 10/22/2020 
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 
  serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes 
  status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Zen family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: N/A 
  microcode: 8701021 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 91034 
  Speed: 2106 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz boost: enabled 
  Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2106 2: 2508 3: 2259 4: 2067 5: 2146 6: 2140 
  7: 2281 8: 2133 9: 2053 10: 2303 11: 2119 12: 2232 
  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 
  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 AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104GL [Quadro RTX 4000] driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 
  bus ID: 09:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1eb1 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv 
  compositor: kwin_x11 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Quadro RTX 4000/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 09:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f8 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 0b:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
  Device-3: Cubeternet Live Streaming USB Device type: USB 
  driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 2-1:2 chip ID: 1e4e:7102 
  serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb 
  v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 05:00.0 chip ID: 8086:1539 
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.93 TiB used: 11.72 GiB (0.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB 
  size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXM7 scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 
  size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 
  temp: 41 C scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Kingston model: SUV400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB 
  block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 96R9 temp: 37 C scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 105.91 GiB size: 103.69 GiB (97.90%) 
  used: 11.72 GiB (11.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 5.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap 
  swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  dev: /dev/sdb3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 63.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 50 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30% 
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/mx.list 
  1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
  2: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:
  Processes: 275 Uptime: 1h 13m Memory: 15.60 GiB used: 2.15 GiB (13.8%) 
  Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
  alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in running in: quick-system-in 
  inxi: 3.0.36