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Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:36 pm
by mmontz
You have to sign with a VPN provider. In this case it is Private Internet Access. Cost is about $40.00/yr.
Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 7:45 pm
by Jerry3904
danielson wrote:Btw, don't know who to thank for the desktop backgrounds (especially the wavy curtain kind) but they are just superb!
Hope to see more colors of same pattern.
Thanks for the kind words. We actually have a blog post on the topic:
https://mxlinux.org/mx17-artwork-prettifying-our-distro
Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:06 pm
by danielson
Logitech headset issues again...
No matter how many times select the headset as default via MX-Select Sound or Alsa, the choice is not "sticking".
Have updated system and rebooted twice already (just in case).
@Jerry3904 - thank you for the link! Must write a word of appreciation to antechdesigns!
Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:08 pm
by dolphin_oracle
danielson wrote:Logitech headset issues again...
No matter how many times select the headset as default via MX-Select Sound or Alsa, the choice is not "sticking".
Have updated system and rebooted twice already (just in case).
@Jerry3904 - thank you for the link! Must write a word of appreciation to antechdesigns!
do you unplug the headset?
I would set it as the default sound sink in pavucontrol rather than trying to set it via alsa. (which is what set-sound-card will try to do).
Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:26 pm
by richb
mmontz wrote:You have to sign with a VPN provider. In this case it is Private Internet Access. Cost is about $40.00/yr.
Thanks. Up and running. Download speed is about 60% of a normal connection, upload about 90%. But very usable.
Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:36 pm
by danielson
@dolphin_oracle,
Logitech is usually always plugged in.
Have removed it a few times to see, still no go.
Usually managed to get volume controls going with the Logitech device itself but no config options in pulseaudio controls are not doing it.
Update: got it! via alsa icon on panel (not alsa mixer).
Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 5:55 am
by dr-kart
I tried to install oracle java 9.
http://www.webupd8.org/2015/02/install- ... linux.html
(I did this way with mx 16.1 with no issues)
Now installation went without any warnings. And I do have
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java -version
java version "9.0.1"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11, mixed mode)
But neither Firefox ESR nor Palemoon locate java plug-in. Which was the case with mx16.1.
Still not sure if this relates to current mx17b2. Did anyone have an experience installing java9 ?
Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:01 am
by stsoh
hi,
btrfs auto resume lengthen boot time by 27sec, is this necessary? can it be not resume?
i like the fast boot time of mx-linux but fall short when i saw during bootup started to resume btrfs scripts/local-block 27 times.
anyway, i googled n found a solution to stop btrfs resume function.
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adding a new line containing "RESUME=none" to the end of /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf.
followed up, open terminal > su > password and run "update-initramfs -u".
See "man initramfs.conf" for details.
Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:34 pm
by MX-16_fan
I have a very cool super small no-name
USB Nano stick here. Tested the
MX-17 Beta 2 Live, and it managed to work with it on approx. every second boot (couldn't find any logic in it). Sometimes I had to unplug and replug it, and only after that it was being discovered.
However, when I used a fully
installed MX-17 Beta 2, the stick wasn't being discovered at all.
On a different machine, lsusb identifies this WiFi stick as
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Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188CUS 802.11n WLAN Adapter
.
Doing a full dist-upgrade, taking everything that's in the MX Test Repo, didn't bring any change.
I had sometimes-but-sometimes-not kind of trouble using this stick with MX-16.1 also.
Ethernet isn't always present either.
Greetings, Joe
Re: MX-17 Beta 2 Feedback
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 8:46 pm
by BitJam
MX-16_fan wrote:I have a very cool super small no-name USB Nano stick here. Tested the MX-17 Beta 2 Live, and it managed to work with it on approx. every second boot (couldn't find any logic in it). Sometimes I had to unplug and replug it, and only after that it was being discovered.
I've had that problem with SanDisk Ultra-Fit usb 3 sticks. They would always boot if I unplugged and replugged them while it was looking for the linuxfs file. I could not find a way to fix it. I think it is a problem with the hardware and/or the kernel. I've stopped using them as live-usbs. I now use Samsung Flash drive Fit usb-3 sticks. I don't have this problem with them or with any of the other usb sticks I've tried.