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Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:13 am**

if you update an rc2 regularly, does it automatically become an rc3?

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:33 am**

from my understanding yes it will update to rec3 and then onto final release whenever that occurs. i did slep in a holiday inn last night - re: qualifications.

:-)

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2023 6:04 am**

Antediluvian wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:50 am Can you achieve RC3 by applying MX Updater to RC2?

Yes.

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:46 am**

Tried my first ever manual BTRFS install with RC3 on my device. I followed @dolphin_oracle 's youtube video in that I created a root and home subvolume in the BTRFS partition. In my install, I clicked "new layout", then "reset layout", then checked everything (swap, hibernate, standard snapshot), then I added a "/' and "home" subvolume to the BTRFS partition, which is also my only partition (I didn't create an EFI and swap partition).

Issues:

Timeshift fails to create any BTRFS snapshots.

I've attached my /var/log/minstall.log file.

Here's my QSI:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.3.0-2mx-ahs-amd64 [6.3.11-1~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.3.0-2mx-ahs-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
    rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash resume=UUID= resume_offset=809951 init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  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_ahs_RC3_x64 Libretto July 24  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: 535U3C v: P01RAG serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: SAMSUNG model: SAMSUNG_NP1234567890 v: SEC_SW_REVISION_1234567890ABCD
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: P01RAG.N43.120612.LEO date: 06/12/2012
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 21.4 Wh (78.1%) condition: 27.4/45.1 Wh (60.7%) volts: 7.7 min: 7.4
    model: SAMSUNG Electronics type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: not charging
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard PID:0055 serial: N/A
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:003f serial: N/A
    charge: 70% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-3: hidpp_battery_2 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD A6-4455M APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver
    level: v2 built: 2012-13 process: GF 32nm family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 0x10 (16) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x6001119
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: enabled cache: L1: 96 KiB desc: d-2x16 KiB; i-1x64 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1298 min/max: 1300/2100 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1298 2: 1298 bogomips: 8384
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  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 mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  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, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity [Radeon HD 7500G] vendor: Samsung Co driver: radeon v: kernel
    alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-3 code: Northern Islands process: TSMC 32nm built: 2010-13
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1,LVDS-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:990a class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Z-Star Micro Vega USB 2.0 Camera. type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-5.2:4 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a class-ID: 0102
  Device-3: Silicon Motion WebCam SC-13HDL11431N type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-2:3
    chip-ID: 2232:1018 class-ID: 0e02
  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: r600 gpu: radeon 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: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 pos: primary model: TV Monitor built: 2018 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 60 gamma: 1.2 size: 575x323mm (22.64x12.72") modes: max: 1366x768 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS pos: primary model: Seiko Epson 0x3246 built: 2011 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 118 gamma: 1.2 size: 293x165mm (11.54x6.5") diag: 336mm (13.2") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1366x768 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.3.0-2mx-ahs-amd64 LLVM
    15.0.6) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity HDMI Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 1-5.2:4 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:9902 class-ID: 0102
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2
    chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Z-Star Micro Vega USB 2.0 Camera. type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  API: ALSA v: k6.3.0-2mx-ahs-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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Samsung Co driver: ath9k
    v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0034
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 6-1:2
    chip-ID: 0cf3:3004 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled,running 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: 140.44 GiB used: 20.59 GiB (14.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDA120G size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 70RL scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 28.65 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:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%) used: 20.59 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 111.79 GiB (100.00%) used: 20.59 GiB (18.4%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 10.23 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 64.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 55.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2278 libs: 1193 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 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://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/debian/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/debian/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_testing/ ./
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.rise.ph/mxlinux-pkg/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mirror.rise.ph/mxlinux-pkg/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:
  Processes: 242 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 7 Memory: 7.23 GiB used: 1.9 GiB (26.3%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (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)

These are the logs of the last Timeshift snapshot I tried to create:

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[22:40:16] Session log file: /var/log/timeshift/2023-07-24_22-40-16_gui.log
[22:40:16] Distribution: MX 23 (Libretto)
[22:40:16] DIST_ID: MX
[22:40:16] Main: check_dependencies()
[22:40:16] Main: add_default_exclude_entries()
[22:40:16] Main: add_default_exclude_entries(): exit
[22:40:16] update_partitions()
[22:40:16] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 2
[22:40:16] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 1
[22:40:16] Device: get_filesystems(): 2
[22:40:16] partition list updated
[22:40:16] detect_system_devices()
[22:40:16] /home is mapped to device: /dev/sda1, UUID=2a766d22-d773-4cda-83c0-8239a0a387f3, subvol=@home
[22:40:16] / is mapped to device: /dev/sda1, UUID=2a766d22-d773-4cda-83c0-8239a0a387f3, subvol=@
[22:40:16] Searching subvolume for system at path: /
[22:40:16] Found subvolume: @, on device: /dev/sda1
[22:40:16] Found subvolume: @home, on device: /dev/sda1
[22:40:16] Users: doods root
[22:40:16] Encrypted home users: 
[22:40:16] Encrypted home dirs:

[22:40:16] Encrypted private dirs:

[22:40:16] Main: load_app_config()
[22:40:16] Member not found in JSON object: snapshot_size
[22:40:16] Member not found in JSON object: snapshot_count
[22:40:16] App config loaded: /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json
[22:40:16] IconManager: init()
[22:40:16] found images directory: /usr/share/timeshift/images
[22:40:16] Main(): ok
[22:40:16] Main: initialize_repo()
[22:40:16] backup_uuid=2a766d22-d773-4cda-83c0-8239a0a387f3
[22:40:16] backup_parent_uuid=
[22:40:16] Setting snapshot device from config file
[22:40:16] repo: creating from uuid
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: from_uuid(): BTRFS
[22:40:16] uuid=2a766d22-d773-4cda-83c0-8239a0a387f3
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: init_from_device()
[22:40:16] 
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: unlock_and_mount_devices()
[22:40:16] device=/dev/sda1
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: unlock_and_mount_device()
[22:40:16] device=/dev/sda1
[22:40:16] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 1
[22:40:16] ------------------
[22:40:16] arg=2a766d22-d773-4cda-83c0-8239a0a387f3, device=/dev/sda1
[22:40:16] /home
[22:40:16] /
[22:40:16] ------------------
[22:40:16] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 1
[22:40:16] Mounted '/dev/sda1' at '/run/timeshift/7853/backup'
[22:40:16] Searching subvolume for system at path: /run/timeshift/7853/backup/@
[22:40:16] Found subvolume: @, on device: /dev/sda1
[22:40:16] Found subvolume: @home, on device: /dev/sda1
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[22:40:16] Querying subvolume info...
[22:40:16] query_subvolume_id():@
[22:40:16] btrfs subvolume list '/run/timeshift/7853/backup'
[22:40:16] query_subvolume_quota():@
[22:40:16] btrfs qgroup show --raw '/run/timeshift/7853/backup'
[22:40:16] btrfs qgroup show '/run/timeshift/7853/backup'
[22:40:16] btrfs: Quotas are not enabled
[22:40:16] Query completed
[22:40:16] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/7853/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots': 0 found
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: unlock_and_mount_device(): exit
[22:40:16] Selected snapshot device: /dev/sda1
[22:40:16] Free space: 97.9 GB
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: check_status()
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: available()
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: has_btrfs_system()
[22:40:16] root_path=/run/timeshift/7853/backup/@
[22:40:16] btrfs_mode=true
[22:40:16] is_available: ok
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[22:40:16] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[22:40:16] no snapshots
[22:40:16] Snapshot device: '/dev/sda1'
[22:40:16] Snapshot location: /run/timeshift/7853/backup
[22:40:16] No snapshots on this device
[22:40:16] First snapshot requires: 0 B
[22:40:16] Status: NO_SNAPSHOTS_HAS_SPACE
[22:40:16] 
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: check_status(): exit
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: init_from_device(): exit
[22:40:16] SnapshotRepo: from_uuid(): exit
[22:40:16] Main: initialize_repo(): exit
[22:40:16] MainWindow: MainWindow()
[22:40:16] SnapshotListBox: SnapshotListBox()
[22:40:17] SnapshotListBox: SnapshotListBox(): exit
[22:40:17] MainWindow: MainWindow(): exit
[22:40:17] MainWindow(): init_delayed()
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: available()
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: has_btrfs_system()
[22:40:17] root_path=/run/timeshift/7853/backup/@
[22:40:17] btrfs_mode=true
[22:40:17] is_available: ok
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: available()
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: has_btrfs_system()
[22:40:17] root_path=/run/timeshift/7853/backup/@
[22:40:17] btrfs_mode=true
[22:40:17] is_available: ok
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[22:40:17] Querying subvolume info...
[22:40:17] query_subvolume_id():@
[22:40:17] btrfs subvolume list '/run/timeshift/7853/backup'
[22:40:17] Query completed
[22:40:17] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/7853/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots': 0 found
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: check_status()
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: available()
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: has_btrfs_system()
[22:40:17] root_path=/run/timeshift/7853/backup/@
[22:40:17] btrfs_mode=true
[22:40:17] is_available: ok
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[22:40:17] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[22:40:17] no snapshots
[22:40:17] Snapshot device: '/dev/sda1'
[22:40:17] Snapshot location: /run/timeshift/7853/backup
[22:40:17] No snapshots on this device
[22:40:17] First snapshot requires: 0 B
[22:40:17] Status: NO_SNAPSHOTS_HAS_SPACE
[22:40:17] 
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: check_status(): exit
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[22:40:17] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[22:40:17] MainWindow(): init_delayed(): exit
[22:40:18] check_btrfs_layout_system()
[22:40:18] SnapshotRepo: available()
[22:40:18] SnapshotRepo: has_btrfs_system()
[22:40:18] root_path=/run/timeshift/7853/backup/@
[22:40:18] btrfs_mode=true
[22:40:18] is_available: ok
[22:40:18] BackupWindow: BackupWindow()
[22:40:18] EstimateBox: EstimateBox()
[22:40:18] EstimateBox: EstimateBox(): exit
[22:40:18] BackupDeviceBox: BackupDeviceBox()
[22:40:18] BackupDeviceBox: BackupDeviceBox(): exit
[22:40:18] BackupBox: BackupBox()
[22:40:18] BackupBox: BackupBox(): exit
[22:40:18] BackupFinishBox: BackupFinishBox()
[22:40:18] BackupFinishBox: BackupFinishBox(): exit
[22:40:18] BackupWindow: BackupWindow(): exit
[22:40:18] 
[22:40:18] page: 2
[22:40:18] Main: create_snapshot()
[22:40:18] check_btrfs_layout_system()
[22:40:18] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[22:40:19] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[22:40:19] no snapshots
[22:40:19] Main: backup_and_rotate()
[22:40:19] SnapshotRepo: available()
[22:40:19] SnapshotRepo: has_btrfs_system()
[22:40:19] root_path=/run/timeshift/7853/backup/@
[22:40:19] btrfs_mode=true
[22:40:19] is_available: ok
[22:40:19] Creating new backup...(BTRFS)
[22:40:19] Saving to device: /dev/sda1, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/7853/backup
[22:40:19] Created directory: /run/timeshift/7853/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2023-07-24_22-40-18
[22:40:19] E: ERROR: cannot snapshot '/run/timeshift/7853/backup/@': Text file busy

[22:40:19] E: btrfs returned an error: 256
[22:40:19] E: Failed to create subvolume snapshot: @
[22:40:19] Failed to create snapshot
[22:40:19] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[22:40:19] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[22:40:19] Querying subvolume info...
[22:40:19] query_subvolume_id():@
[22:40:19] btrfs subvolume list '/run/timeshift/7853/backup'
[22:40:19] Query completed
[22:40:19] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/7853/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots': 0 found
[22:40:19] Symlinks updated
[22:40:19] 
[22:40:19] page: 3
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: available()
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: has_btrfs_system()
[22:40:20] root_path=/run/timeshift/7853/backup/@
[22:40:20] btrfs_mode=true
[22:40:20] is_available: ok
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[22:40:20] Querying subvolume info...
[22:40:20] query_subvolume_id():@
[22:40:20] btrfs subvolume list '/run/timeshift/7853/backup'
[22:40:20] Query completed
[22:40:20] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/7853/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots': 0 found
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: check_status()
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: available()
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: has_btrfs_system()
[22:40:20] root_path=/run/timeshift/7853/backup/@
[22:40:20] btrfs_mode=true
[22:40:20] is_available: ok
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[22:40:20] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[22:40:20] no snapshots
[22:40:20] Snapshot device: '/dev/sda1'
[22:40:20] Snapshot location: /run/timeshift/7853/backup
[22:40:20] No snapshots on this device
[22:40:20] First snapshot requires: 0 B
[22:40:20] Status: NO_SNAPSHOTS_HAS_SPACE
[22:40:20] 
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: check_status(): exit
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[22:40:20] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:01 am**

taraxacum wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:54 pm
dolphin_oracle wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:59 pm
taraxacum wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:39 pm Thank you for your inquiry @dolphin_oracle .
I am sorry that I cannot send a minstall.log file from a 64bit version.
you might try one of the failsafe boot options.
Thanks @dolphin_oracle for your note for the boot options.
(I will still try the other F6 options and report back).
Back with this link to the initial problem:
viewtopic.php?p=734784#p734784

@dolphin_oracle Here now my test results for the installation routine of the 64bit version (MX21 + MX23.xx) for setting the F6 key on the live monitor:

default = Black monitor

safe video = Live version is loaded - O.K.

failsafe = live version is loaded - O.K:

viewtopic.php?p=734864#p734864

load=all = Black monitor
noxorg = Black monitor
modesetting = Black monitor

@Jerry3904 Here are my suggestions for improvement of the user manual and wiki:
(with which I probably would have solved my problem myself)
Thanks again to the menors.

2023-07-24_BenutzerHandbuch.png

In Boot-Parameters F6-key and Video-Options are described, but unfortunately hidden in such a way, that they are not found in the search field with keyword search:

2023-07-24_BootParameter.png

Continued Post: viewtopic.php?p=735403#p735403

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:39 pm**

XFCE i386 ISO still does not boot correctly with Ventoy 1.0.93
64 bit XFCE & KDE boot OK

Can anyone else confirm that 32 bit ISOs of MX-linux boot on Ventoy and this is just my issue?

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:50 pm**

briainxyz wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:04 pm Hi guys and gals,

Just want to say thanks for MX-23. My 78 year old mother installed it on a Lenovo Carbon X1 Gen 6 with myself guiding the installation over the phone with the help of the MX User Manual. I've no significant issues to report (she had MX-18 on a T420s for the past 5 years. For my part, I'm a Debian user for >20 years).

My mom shared her experience after wiping Windows 10 completely. This is what she said:

"You get the feeling that you're part of something intelligent and all-embracing. And that your not just a would be consumer of all kinds of rubbish at the whim of Microsoft. You feel a sense of belonging and that its not out to use you, and manipulate you for its own ends. You feel a sense of gratitude and that you're in a safe space, in the hands of people you can rely on and depend on."

Consequently, I'm about to flash MX-23 onto an old 4gb machine for my girlfriend who has no prior experience with computers. Much obliged to the MX Linux and Debian focus groups

Welcome on the forum and thank you for sharing these nice words.
Andy

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:29 pm**

@andy coming at the present end of this thread and was impressed by @briainxyz's shared experience!

Usually prefer KDE iteration (RC3 was flawless for me) but after reading this witnessing, now want to try XFCE RC3 !

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:28 pm**

For now, I went back to my ext4 snapshot install of RC3 instead of my BTRFS RC3 because of the Timeshift "failed to create snapshot" bug. Just kept a snapshot of my BTRFS RC3 install also.

My current issues/bugs with RC3:

At boot, I always get "Connected to [Wifi SSID]" notification, even though I already clicked "Don't show this message again." plenty of times at boot.

MX USB Unmounter doesn't detect my flash drive (all other tools like Thunar, Live USB Maker, and Format USB work fine), so I removed the unmounter from the panel.

Default sound output keeps getting forgotten at reboot. It keeps defaulting to my internal speakers and mic instead of HDMI and my external mic. Workaround so far is booting to systemd. Which is fine because I need systemd to get AppImages working anyway.

My QSI:

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Snapshot created on: 20230724_1119
System:
  Kernel: 6.3.0-2mx-ahs-amd64 [6.3.11-1~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.3.0-2mx-ahs-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
    init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  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_x64 Libretto July 24  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: 535U3C v: P01RAG serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: SAMSUNG model: SAMSUNG_NP1234567890 v: SEC_SW_REVISION_1234567890ABCD
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: P01RAG.N43.120612.LEO date: 06/12/2012
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 21.4 Wh (78.1%) condition: 27.4/45.1 Wh (60.7%) volts: 7.7 min: 7.4
    model: SAMSUNG Electronics type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: not charging
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard PID:0055 serial: N/A
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:003f serial: N/A
    charge: 70% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-3: hidpp_battery_2 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD A6-4455M APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Piledriver
    level: v2 built: 2012-13 process: GF 32nm family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 0x10 (16) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x6001119
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: enabled cache: L1: 96 KiB desc: d-2x16 KiB; i-1x64 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1496 high: 1663 min/max: 1300/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1663 2: 1329 bogomips: 8384
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  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 mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  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, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity [Radeon HD 7500G] vendor: Samsung Co driver: radeon v: kernel
    alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-3 code: Northern Islands process: TSMC 32nm built: 2010-13
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1,LVDS-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:990a class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Z-Star Micro Vega USB 2.0 Camera. type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-5.2:4 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a class-ID: 0102
  Device-3: Silicon Motion WebCam SC-13HDL11431N type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-2:3
    chip-ID: 2232:1018 class-ID: 0e02
  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: r600 gpu: radeon 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: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 pos: primary model: TV Monitor built: 2018 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 60 gamma: 1.2 size: 575x323mm (22.64x12.72") modes: max: 1366x768 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS pos: primary model: Seiko Epson 0x3246 built: 2011 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 118 gamma: 1.2 size: 293x165mm (11.54x6.5") diag: 336mm (13.2") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1366x768 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.3.0-2mx-ahs-amd64 LLVM
    15.0.6) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity HDMI Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 1-5.2:4 bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 0ac8:c40a class-ID: 0102 chip-ID: 1002:9902
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2
    chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Z-Star Micro Vega USB 2.0 Camera. type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  API: ALSA v: k6.3.0-2mx-ahs-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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Samsung Co driver: ath9k
    v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0034
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 4-1:2
    chip-ID: 0cf3:3004 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 sub-v: 1
    hci-v: 4.1 rev: 1102
  Info: acl-mtu: 1022:8 sco-mtu: 183:5 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 140.44 GiB used: 25.55 GiB (18.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDA120G size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 70RL scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 28.65 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:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 111.79 GiB size: 109.47 GiB (97.93%) used: 25.55 GiB (23.3%) 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: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 61.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 55.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2331 libs: 1216 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 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 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
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_testing/ ./
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.rise.ph/mxlinux-pkg/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mirror.rise.ph/mxlinux-pkg/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:
  Processes: 217 Uptime: 16m wakeups: 9 Memory: 7.23 GiB used: 1.8 GiB (24.9%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

Posted: **Tue Jul 25, 2023 2:50 am**

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I tried to establish an RDP connection via freerdp and get this error message:

[08:35:02:304] [3485:3486] [INFO][com.freerdp.gdi] - Local framebuffer format PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRX32
[08:35:02:304] [3485:3486] [INFO][com.freerdp.gdi] - Remote framebuffer format PIXEL_FORMAT_BGRA32
[08:35:02:304] [3485:3486] [ERROR][com.freerdp.gdi] - failed to initialize gdi
[08:35:02:304] [3485:3486] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core] - freerdp_post_connect failed
[08:35:02:304] [3485:3486] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core] - freerdp_connect:freerdp_set_last_error_ex ERRCONNECT_POST_CONNECT_FAILED [0x00020003]

Remmina only provides ssh and no rdp.

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