MX-19.2 KDE Beta 1 feedback thread

[kc1di]

When I right click on the menu Icon and click on edit applications nothing happens. So there must be some kind of bug with that also. Hope it can be fixed.
Thanks.

Thanks, kmenuedit package is missing I will add it in Beta2.

Thanks to you and Gerson Fixed :)

[fehlix]

When I try to install the Nvidia proprietary driver through MX-Tools Nvidia driver installer there is problem starting with systemd. It comes to the login window for a second or so but quickly changes to three dots and a prompt to login through CLI, not the graphical login window. When I write the credentials nothing happens.
If I reboot and change to the sysvinit start all is fine.
I have reverted back to the Noveau driver for now but I provide the ddm.log below

Hmm.., the three dots are rather an indication that plymouth boot-screen-animation is not working with nvidia and systemd. I wonder whether disabling/uninstall plymouth would help for systemd + nvidia.
Note: plymouth does not do much in systemd-boot anyway, as normaly systemd-boot is fairly fast, so plymouth boot screan is short anyway. Simplest to disable plymouth would be using MX Boot option -> disable splash.

[dolphin_oracle]

the three dots is the fallback plymouth "text" theme. This often happens with the nvidia driver in any case when modesetting isn't supported properly.

now why that would be true under systemd vs. sysVinit, I really don't know. but in this case, plymouth is starting and finishing.

[paul1149]

From a few days ago, every time I install a package through the terminal I get the following:

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(dpkg-preconfigure:674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:15.986: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:127:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-x is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version
...

What can it be and how do I fix it?

You can get around this by editing the theme. In my case it was Breeze. Go to the text file as root and comment out the offending lines. They're not processed anyway, I believe, so no loss. In the above example it's line 127. Make a backup before editing.

[fehlix]

From a few days ago, every time I install a package through the terminal I get the following:

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(dpkg-preconfigure:674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:15.986: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:127:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-x is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:15.986: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:128:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-y is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:15.987: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:129:34: The style property GtkCheckButton:indicator-size is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:15.987: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:130:36: The style property GtkCheckMenuItem:indicator-size is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:15.988: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:132:46: The style property GtkScrolledWindow:scrollbars-within-bevel is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:15.989: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:135:30: The style property GtkExpander:expander-size is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:15.991: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:142:29: The style property GtkStatusbar:shadow-type is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:674): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:16.052: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3691:13: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'.

(dpkg-preconfigure:672): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:16.226: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:127:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-x is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:672): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:16.226: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:128:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-y is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:672): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:16.227: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:129:34: The style property GtkCheckButton:indicator-size is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:672): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:16.228: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:130:36: The style property GtkCheckMenuItem:indicator-size is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:672): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:16.228: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:132:46: The style property GtkScrolledWindow:scrollbars-within-bevel is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:672): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:16.229: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:135:30: The style property GtkExpander:expander-size is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:672): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:16.230: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:142:29: The style property GtkStatusbar:shadow-type is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(dpkg-preconfigure:672): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:41:16.271: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3691:13: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'.

What can it be and how do I fix it?

A proper fix to avoid those warnings would look like this:
First install debconf-kde-helper

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sudo apt install  debconf-kde-helper

Next set the default DEBIAN_FRONTEND to Kde by running this from terminal command line:

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mx-pkexec  env  DEBIAN_FRONTEND=kde dpkg-reconfigure debconf

and change from current Gnome

kde_debian_frontend-1.png

to Kde so it looks like this:

kde_debian_frontend-2.png

HTH

[Gerson]

Thank you very much @fehlix I just did it and it was fixed.

[Gerson]

I have a problem; Openastro.org installed from the stable repository, it runs but the screen remains black, it doesn't show anything.
When you run it through the terminal this appears and there are no graphics, just an empty screen.

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ghermain@mx:~
$ openastro
Gtk-Message: 15:55:44.099: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
/usr/bin/openastro:1151: DeprecationWarning: Gdk.Screen.get_width is deprecated
  self.screen_width = screen.get_width()
/usr/bin/openastro:1152: DeprecationWarning: Gdk.Screen.get_height is deprecated
  self.screen_height = screen.get_height()
/usr/bin/openastro:1208: DeprecationWarning: Rsvg.set_default_dpi is deprecated
  Rsvg.set_default_dpi(400)

(openastro:20360): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:55:44.373: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:68:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-x is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(openastro:20360): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:55:44.373: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:69:35: The style property GtkButton:child-displacement-y is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(openastro:20360): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:55:44.374: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:73:46: The style property GtkScrolledWindow:scrollbars-within-bevel is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version

(openastro:20360): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:55:44.410: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3647:13: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'.
/usr/bin/openastro:2838: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.UIManager.add_ui_from_file is deprecated
  self.ui_mid = self.uimanager.add_ui_from_file(cfg.xml_ui)
/usr/bin/openastro:2839: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.UIManager.get_accel_group is deprecated
  accelgroup = self.uimanager.get_accel_group()
/usr/bin/openastro:5567: PyGTKDeprecationWarning: Using positional arguments with the GObject constructor has been deprecated. Please specify keyword(s) for "name" or use a class specific constructor. See: https://wiki.gnome.org/PyGObject/InitializerDeprecations
  self.actiongroup = Gtk.ActionGroup('UIManagerExample')
/usr/bin/openastro:5577: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.UIManager.new_merge_id is deprecated
  self.ui_mid_history = self.uimanager.new_merge_id()
/usr/bin/openastro:5582: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.ActionGroup.get_action is deprecated
  self.actiongroup.get_action('Quit').set_property('short-label', _('Quit') )
/usr/bin/openastro:5603: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.UIManager.add_ui is deprecated
  self.uimanager.add_ui(self.ui_mid_history, '/MenuBar/File/History', 'history%i'%(i), 'history%i'%(i), Gtk.UIManagerItemType.MENUITEM, False)
/usr/bin/openastro:5604: PyGTKDeprecationWarning: Using positional arguments with the GObject constructor has been deprecated. Please specify keyword(s) for "name, label, tooltip, stock_id" or use a class specific constructor. See: https://wiki.gnome.org/PyGObject/InitializerDeprecations
  action=Gtk.Action('history%i'%(i),label,None,False)
/usr/bin/openastro:5606: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Action.set_visible is deprecated
  action.set_visible(visible)
/usr/bin/openastro:5607: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.ActionGroup.add_action is deprecated
  self.actiongroup.add_action(action)
/usr/bin/openastro:5613: PyGTKDeprecationWarning: Using positional arguments with the GObject constructor has been deprecated. Please specify keyword(s) for "name, label, tooltip, stock_id" or use a class specific constructor. See: https://wiki.gnome.org/PyGObject/InitializerDeprecations
  action=Gtk.Action('quickopendatabase%s'%(i),self.DB[i]["name"],None,False)
/usr/bin/openastro:5620: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.UIManager.ensure_update is deprecated
  self.uimanager.ensure_update()
/usr/bin/openastro:2895: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.UIManager.get_widget is deprecated
  menubar = self.uimanager.get_widget('/MenuBar')
sun 113.72773216121256 black moon 19.096398376777024 sun-bm 94.63133378443553=94.63133378443553
sbm 60-120
54.70683683552817 113.72773216121256 300.97910467431564
/usr/bin/openastro:2905: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.ScrolledWindow.add_with_viewport is deprecated
  scrolledwindow.add_with_viewport(self.draw)
TypeError: Couldn't find foreign struct converter for 'cairo.Context'
TypeError: Couldn't find foreign struct converter for 'cairo.Context'
TypeError: Couldn't find foreign struct converter for 'cairo.Context'
TypeError: Couldn't find foreign struct converter for 'cairo.Context'

[paul1149]

A proper fix to avoid those warnings would look like this:

Thanks, fehlix, for the actual remedy. In all my searching a few months ago all I could find was the workaround.

[andyprough]

This is brilliant fehlix!

[SwampRabbit]

I have a problem; Openastro.org installed from the stable repository, it runs but the screen remains black, it doesn't show anything...

Gerson, can you try and install libcanberra-gtk-module either using MXPI or synaptic and see if this application works now?

A similar report was done for missing gtk-modules, which probably were not included in the ISO.
The other report was for pdfarranger, which after talking with the developer, he told me it isn't needed for pdfarranger, but the warning still exists if I package it without it as a dependency.