MX-23 alpha2 feedback thread

[luigi lins]

waiting for mx 23.04 xfce I want to upgrade too, nice

[redhawk]

after 10 days of using the mx 23 alpha 2 I have not found any problems.
I removed Firefox, Thunderbird and Transmission from the system. Installed Google Chrome and qbittorrent.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-9-amd64 [6.1.27-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-9-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_alpha2_x64 Libretto April 7  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire S3-391 v: V2.16 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Acer model: Hummingbird2 v: V2.16 serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde
    v: 2.16 date: 07/03/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 29.4 Wh (84.7%) condition: 34.7/36.4 Wh (95.2%) volts: 11.6 min: 11.1
    model: SONYCorp AP11D4F type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-3337U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2
    built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 951 high: 1086 min/max: 800/2700 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 903 2: 1086 3: 957 4: 858 bogomips: 14366
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports: active: LVDS-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-4:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b33b
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics 0x132c built: 2012 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 118
    gamma: 1.2 size: 293x164mm (11.54x6.46") diag: 336mm (13.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 7
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-9-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Foxconn driver: ath9k
    v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0034
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.4:4 chip-ID: 0489:e056
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
    software: no address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1022:8 sco-mtu: 183:5 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 134.16 GiB used: 16.15 GiB (12.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A120G size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: BBF0 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SMS151S324G size: 22.37 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 00.7 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 109.47 GiB (97.93%) used: 8.31 GiB (7.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.94 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb2
    maj-min: 8:18
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2025 libs: 1043 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
    1: deb https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/ debian extra
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free
    3: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://it.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 223 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 2 Memory: 3.65 GiB used: 1.38 GiB (37.9%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12 Client: shell wrapper
  v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[freeway]

For me works fine mx-23 alpha2.
Thanks

[operadude]

Good News Update
First things first:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-7-amd64 [6.1.20-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash persist_root toram
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel, plank wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_alpha2_x64 Libretto April 7  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: H270-HD3 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: H270-HD3-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
    v: F5 date: 04/24/2017
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:0080 serial: N/A
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-7100 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake gen: core 7 level: v3
    note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9
    microcode: 0x42
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 31199
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: retbleed status: Vulnerable
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Oland PRO [Radeon R7 240/340 / Radeon 520] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: radeon
    v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: GCN-1 code: Southern Islands process: TSMC 28nm built: 2011-20
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6613 class-ID: 0300 temp: 40.0 C
  Device-2: HD WEBCAM NexiGo N660 FHD type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:5
    chip-ID: 1d6c:1278 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: radeon display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 model: Samsung built: 2007 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305
    gamma: 1.2 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.54") diag: 184mm (7.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: OLAND ( LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 2.50 6.1.0-7-amd64)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 1-8:5
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 1d6c:1278 class-ID: 0102 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aab0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: HD WEBCAM NexiGo N660 FHD type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-7-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 7.74 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 1B2QEXE7 temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: SATA SSD size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61.3 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61K1 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1ER166 size: 2.73 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: CC25 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA050 size: 465.76 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A750
    scheme: GPT
  ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AADS-00S9B0 size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A01
    scheme: GPT
  ID-7: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion Desk size: 3.64 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0739 scheme: MBR
  ID-8: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 type: USB model: Mass Storage Device size: 14.84 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 40.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2197 libs: 1157 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 225 Uptime: 15m wakeups: 3 Memory: 31.29 GiB used: 6.71 GiB (21.4%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12 Client: shell wrapper
  v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

Had a fatal error with my storage media that had Alpha2 installed on it. Cheap USB. Now using SanDisk 16GB Micro SD card, and working like a charm!

I had an extra 16GB DDR4-RAM sitting around for a while, and just installed it. I needed the extra RAM to use the Boot Option "toram" for my relatively large personal snapshots (about 19GB)! Happy to report that the combo of "persist_root" (persistence option) and "toram" (boot option) in the GRUB menu has made life Oh-So-Much-Easier! Thanks for this recommendation by @fehlix

Improvements: Previously (on the cheapo USB and only 16GB RAM -- as opposed to my current config with 32GB RAM), updates took a very long time, and writing the persistence file at shutdown took over an hour. Now, just installed 220 Updates! which took only 10 minutes from start to finish! Even Better: writing the persistence file took 3 Minutes, 9 Seconds!!! (previously took over an hour).

Also, installed Clementine (sorry to not see that as the default), Plank (and fixed the Firefox icon: changed from Cog-Wheel to Orange Firefox icon), modified Firefox a bit, added a few games, etc.

All smooth and clear! So, thanks to all who have helped in developing, maintaining, working-out bugs, etc.!!!

The only issue I have on this machine with Alpha2 is:

When I use MX-Tweak, Other tab, and try to change Password for Administrative Tasks to "Root", the change does not take (after hitting "Apply" and rebooting). When I try to make the change, it asks for the User password; I hit reply; but no change.

It's a very minor issue, and may not be an issue at all once I try to install the OS. That's my next step. Just wanted to know if this is an issue for anyone else. If it's a moot-point after installation, then forget I even mentioned it!

[dolphin_oracle]

That’s exactly the kind of bug we are looking for. Will look into it.

[operadude]

Very Happy to Contribute!
Thanks @dolphin_oracle !

Also, forgot to mention a big improvement for me with Alpha2 (Xfce):

Suspend Works as Intended!!!

Previously, Suspend would leave me with a blank (black) screen upon resume, with no way to get back to the OS / previous state. I would have to do a hard reboot. This problem was solved some time ago by installing "slock", which upon resume is a blank screen, but accepts the user password in a "blind" fashion (nothing is sent to the screen: no dots for chars, etc.). I have been using this method successfully for a good while.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that MX23-Alpha2 works like the old Kernel versions (4.19?), where Suspend properly goes into sleep mode, but upon awakening (key press), the GUI resumes with the Login screen, awaiting username and password!

I will test this working functionality on some of my older machines, as well, and report back.

Rock-On MX!!!

[pcparaosamigos]

Pipewire does not detect audio device on MX-23 KDE using Systemd, I had to install pulseaudio for it to work.
When adding or removing programs that come with the iso, it causes the audio to be randomly disabled using Sysvinit. Some programs don't work properly, like plasma-systemmonitor which keeps the running applications part unavailable. Due to this, I removed sysvinit (packages) and installed pulseaudio to run the system with systemd, which runs without apparent problems.

[Eadwine Rose]

@pcparaosamigos You're in the wrong thread. This is the KDE thread: https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=74830

[operadude]

Tried installing MX23-Alpha2 (Xfce) onto this machine (Dell Inspiron 1526), and it seemed to work. But...after shutdown and restart, got "Kernel Panic" ("init" not found). I realize I should have written-down the exact messages--sorry! This occurred three times (three attempts to install). Additionally, for 2 of those installs, I first ran update, which completed successfully. This last attempt (just now), I didn't try the update.

I thought maybe it was a failing hard drive, but I was able to successfully install the latest MX21.3 (May 15, 2023) just now from the monthly snapshot repo. back onto this Dell Inspiron 1526. That's what I am writing from now.

I know that my Live MX23-Alpha2 USB is good, since I have used it to install to other machines.

It may be more useful to post QSI from the Live Alpha2 environment, but here's the QSI from the newly installed (and updated) MX21.3:

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Snapshot created on: 20230515_1743
System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-23-amd64 [5.10.179-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-23-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower May 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 1526 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 8 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0D154D serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A16 date: 10/27/2009 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:0080 serial: N/A 
           charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-64 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K8 rev.F+ 
           family: F (15) model-id: 68 (104) stepping: 2 microcode: N/A cache: L2: 1024 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 svm bogomips: 8778 
           Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/2200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD RS690M [Radeon Xpress 1200/1250/1270] vendor: Dell driver: radeon 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 01:05.0 chip-ID: 1002:791f class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: OmniVision OV2640 Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:4 
           chip-ID: 05a9:2640 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.3x8.3") 
           s-diag: 398mm (15.7") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 98 size: 331x207mm (13.0x8.1") 
           diag: 390mm (15.4") 
           OpenGL: renderer: ATI RS690 v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 
           chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD RS690 HDMI Audio [Radeon Xpress 1200 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 01:05.2 chip-ID: 1002:7919 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-23-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter vendor: Dell 
           driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 modules: 8139cp port: ce00 bus-ID: 03:07.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139 
           class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY vendor: Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini-Card 
           driver: wl v: kernel modules: ssb port: ce00 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4315 
           class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 8.15 GiB (2.7%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST320LM001 HN-M320MBB 
           size: 298.09 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD 
           rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 0002 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 298.08 GiB size: 292.34 GiB (98.07%) used: 8.15 GiB (2.8%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3040 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 0 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1969 lib: 989 flatpak: 0 
           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://ftp.linux.org.tr/mx/repo/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 203 Uptime: 31m wakeups: 4 Memory: 3.7 GiB used: 1.73 GiB (46.6%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

Please inform as to best way to proceed for attempting to install Alpha2 on this machine...
If it is best to post QSI from the live env, I can certainly do that (since Alpha2 boots up, I was able to make changes, even get all the updates, etc.)