MX-21 beta 2 feedback thread (xfce)

[Eadwine Rose]

...a gitlab link, and there it had the solution...

Enable "Don't reserve space on borders" in the Panel Preferences.

Perhaps you missed the three workarounds I made in my Post #8 viewtopic.php?p=651347#p651347. They appear (A-C) above the two images in that post. Any one of the three workarounds will make the ToolTip popups to be 100% on screen (one of which you cited in the post above this).

Obviously I did *goes see* and thanks

[entropyfoe]

OK, the beta2 is looking good so far in my testing. Hard disk install to my testing partition on recent AMD/Asus hardware. Here is the QSI:

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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: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21_beta2_x64 Wildflower September 4  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X470-PRO v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
           UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 5204 date: 07/29/2019 
CPU:       Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 
           family: 17 (23) model-id: 71 (113) stepping: N/A microcode: 8701013 
           L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 91029 
           Speed: 2191 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2191 
           2: 2195 3: 2195 4: 2196 5: 2195 6: 2195 7: 2194 8: 2196 9: 2196 10: 2190 11: 2193 
           12: 2196 
           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: always-on, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia 
           v: 460.91.03 bus ID: 09:00.0 chip ID: 10de:128b 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: nvidia 
           unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv compositor: compton v: 1 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.91.03 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0e0f 
           Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 0b:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel port: e000 
           bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 8086:1539 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 538.26 GiB (46.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
           rev: 2B2QEXM7 scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 88.35 GiB size: 86.41 GiB (97.80%) used: 7.32 GiB (8.5%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 32.23 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 51 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 50% 
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://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 305 Uptime: 1m Memory: 31.34 GiB used: 1.36 GiB (4.3%) 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 

I did get the fstab manually sorted to auto mount the Data drive.
I added that third line from my MX 19.4 that I had added in the beta1. It seemed not to work in the first time, but I added the 0 0 at the end and rebooted, all is normal.

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# Pluggable devices are handled by uDev, they are not in fstab
UUID=c7761e6e-1920-4860-824c-6126cbbe61b9 / ext4 noatime 1 1
UUID=7aad07d0-2da5-46db-b452-c6102ac9d1ec swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=293fd5da-e742-4d57-9d16-c0519eb1ce14 /media/Data	ext4	auto,defaults 0 0

On the installer, I goofed up and missed adding the existing swap. So I went back and did a full new install of the beta2, paying attention to the partitions. Selecting the existing swap worked fine this time.

Install seems fast, and the theme is usable out of the box.

I ran all my tweaks:

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Re: 10 Things to do after installing MX

#6 Post by entropyfoe » 01 Aug 2019 15:19
1. Enable my data disk in the disk manager - had to manually enter the fstab line
2. Change my wall paper
3. Fire up synaptic and load about 30 programs (adds to maybe 160 packages with all dependencies) Such as audacity, k3b, ksnip, bleachbit, ripperx, handbrake, scid, stockfish, eboard, espeak....I really should automate this with aptik !
4. Run synaptic to get all updates-accept all updates
5.Widen the panel change the clock so it shows seconds
6. Install the NVidia driver with the MX Package Installer -got the 460.91.03-1
7. Switch conky to the antiX 17 conky -customized
8. Set up a desktop short cut to the data drive
9. Run bleachbit to clear all the post install stuff out -only 88MB this time
10. Reboot and test stability after all the up dates
11. Configure Firefox, set home page to duckduckgo, set downloads to go to a folder on the data drive, import bookmarks, add noscript
12. Disable sudo -MX Tweak > Other tab > radial button at the bottom labeled accordingly

No problems.

The only program that seems to be missing in synaptic is jerry, the chess front end for stockfish.
I thought I had it in beta1?!??!?

Looks good so far with no show stopper for me. A great effort by the developers, especially the profusion of different desk top environments! KDE, XFCE, fluxbox...
No problems.

[Eadwine Rose]

Just got back from setting some things up. I am running into things which might have been moved around, I need your help.

First thing... open root thunar, preferences, last tab. Says something about gfvs not there or not installed or not found or something.. I should have made a screenshot I guess.
Now I vaguely remember this from some old days, and it got fixed. I checked and stuff IS installed for that, so it cannot be that in this case (I believe that was the fix back when). *scratches head*

Second.. the nuvola icons. I THINK they are not as compatible anymore, are they, gotta use another theme I wager? It did install from the .deb file without errors using gdebi, but not everything changed, even after a restart.

Where did setting the key to grab and move windows go to? You know.. when you need to move something and you cannot grab the top bar, you press and hold that key and then left mouse button click anywhere in it and drag the whole thing. That setting. For the life of me I cannot seem to find it. :)

[Gaer Boy]

The last one is the Alt key.

[Eadwine Rose]

The last one is the Alt key.

Ah yes, it was the alt key, yes, and you could change that. I always changed it to the right meta key, and I am looking for where to do that.

[dolphin_oracle]

Just got back from setting some things up. I am running into things which might have been moved around, I need your help.

First thing... open root thunar, preferences, last tab. Says something about gfvs not there or not installed or not found or something.. I should have made a screenshot I guess.
Now I vaguely remember this from some old days, and it got fixed. I checked and stuff IS installed for that, so it cannot be that in this case (I believe that was the fix back when). *scratches head*

gvfs is designed to run as user. so that's likely why that message shows up in the root thunar. basically you don't have a trash can and a few other things.

Where did setting the key to grab and move windows go to? You know.. when you need to move something and you cannot grab the top bar, you press and hold that key and then left mouse button click anywhere in it and drag the whole thing. That setting. For the life of me I cannot seem to find it. :)

window manager tweaks -> accessibility tab combo box at top.

[Stuart_M]

VeraCrypt is missing from MXPI which surprises me since that is a popular encryption program. It was in the MXPI for MX-18/19 but not in MX-21.

It can be downloaded from VeraCrypt at the Linux "Debian 10" section https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html and then installed. It works as well as the MX-19 MXPI package in my very limited testing. Installing from MXPI is usually (always?) best. Both sources use the same latest version:

• 1.24+update7-0.1 (MX-19 MXPI)
• 1.24-Update7 (above VeraCrypt link)

[Eadwine Rose]

gvfs is designed to run as user. so that's likely why that message shows up in the root thunar. basically you don't have a trash can and a few other things.

Ahhhhh, a 'leave it, won't hurt things' situation.

Where did setting the key to grab and move windows go to? You know.. when you need to move something and you cannot grab the top bar, you press and hold that key and then left mouse button click anywhere in it and drag the whole thing. That setting. For the life of me I cannot seem to find it. :)

window manager tweaks -> accessibility tab combo box at top.

I found the accessibility tab, I wager I have to activate that then to reveal more content? I'll take another look in a few hours. Thanks!

[dolphin_oracle]

gvfs is designed to run as user. so that's likely why that message shows up in the root thunar. basically you don't have a trash can and a few other things.

Ahhhhh, a 'leave it, won't hurt things' situation.

Where did setting the key to grab and move windows go to? You know.. when you need to move something and you cannot grab the top bar, you press and hold that key and then left mouse button click anywhere in it and drag the whole thing. That setting. For the life of me I cannot seem to find it. :)

window manager tweaks -> accessibility tab combo box at top.

I found the accessibility tab, I wager I have to activate that then to reveal more content? I'll take another look in a few hours. Thanks!

not "accessibility", but the "accessbility tab of window-manager-tweaks"

[Eadwine Rose]

not "accessibility", but the "accessbility tab of window-manager-tweaks"

Ahhh got it! Thanks



Can I do the puppy eyes again for moonphase? Moonphase-qt that is.

https://pkgs.org/download/moonphase-qt
Tried with gdebi, but got dependency not satisfiable, libqt4-network (>= 4:4.5.3)

Also couldn't find hardware monitor for in the panel.

hardwaremonitor.jpg

Or do the repos still need to get ported over and I am beeping too early?