MX-23 beta 1 feedback thread

[richb]

No MX Updater in KDE version?

Never had been

Hmmm. Somehow i got it in MX 21 KDE. I do not remember how.

[dolphin_oracle]

No MX Updater in KDE version?

Never had been

Hmmm. Somehow i got it in MX 21 KDE. I do not remember how.

its easily installable.

[richb]

Must have been through synaptic.

[dolphin_oracle]

MX-23 Xfce 32-bit.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-9-686-pae [6.1.27-1] arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-9-686-pae
    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_beta1_386 Libretto May 28  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude D610 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 8 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A06 date: 10/02/2005
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 45.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 45.7/48.8 Wh (93.6%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.1
    model: Sony DELL 00 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Pentium M bits: 32 arch: M Dothan built: 2003-05 process: Intel 90nm family: 6
    model-id: 0xD (13) stepping: 8 microcode: 0x20
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 1 smt: <unsupported> cache: 2 MiB note: check
  Speed (MHz): 800 min/max: 800/1733 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand core:
    1: 800 bogomips: 3458
  Flags: nx pae sse sse2
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  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: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RV370/M22 [Mobility Radeon X300] vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel
    alternate: radeonfb,amdgpu arch: Rage-9 code: Radeon IGP process: TSMC 110nm built: 2003-08 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DVI-D-1,SVIDEO-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:5460 class-ID: 0300
  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: r300 gpu: radeon display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99") s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS res: 1024x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: ATI RV370 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW AC97 Audio vendor: Dell Latitude D610 Laptop
    driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1e.2 chip-ID: 8086:266e class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-9-686-pae 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: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express vendor: Dell Latitude D610
    driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:1677 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network driver: ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq
    modules: wl bus-ID: 03:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:4220 class-ID: 0280
  IF: eth1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-1:2
    chip-ID: 413c:8103 class-ID: fe01
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.1 lmp-v: 1.2
    sub-v: 679 hci-v: 1.2 rev: 679
  Info: acl-mtu: 384:8 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 30.76 GiB used: 8.15 GiB (26.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Transcend model: TS32GPSD330 size: 29.82 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0121 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 962 MiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 29.81 GiB size: 29.17 GiB (97.87%) used: 7.36 GiB (25.2%) 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: 1024 MiB used: 2.5 MiB (0.2%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3112
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2025 libs: 1026 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,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://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 181 Uptime: 4h 13m wakeups: 2 Memory: 1.96 GiB used: 907.2 MiB (45.1%) 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)

When attempting to play an MPG video file, VLC opens then crashes. (Works with SMPlayer, works on 64-bit)

Chris

@chrispop99 this may be device specific. I ran into problems with the 32 bit in virtualbox but on real hardware my eeepc 904ha (32 bit machine) and my Ideapad-100s (low spec 32 bit UEFI machine) can play videos, if not particularly well when it comes to HD. standard def videos played perfectly fine. I think hardware acceleration was not working though, possibly due to the age of the machines and changes in mesa hardware support.

[dolphin_oracle]

When testing MX-23 KDE beta in a virtual machine, logging out and starting a new session causes the audio source to drop out. Only rebooting fixes it. Issue occurs on systemd as well and happens on both X11 and Wayland. Is this a VirtualBox issue or does this occur on physical hardware as well? I never have this issue when testing Debian 12 RC KDE and Q4OS 5 testing. And of course, I don't have this issue on my Fedora 37 KDE production machine when Pipewire is used.

I can reproduce. I pushed a fix to pipewire-setup-mx but we will have to work on this some.

[m_pav]

@j2mcgreg I think your USB issues are very particular to your system hardware, and in particular, your BIOS. I think it is retaining elements that need to be purged. Have a go at completely resetting your BIOS then re-enable/disable those things you need to get it working with Linux.

[pbear]

This thread is for feedback and issue reports MX-23 beta 1, any flavor.

Suggestion: Add a link to the blog page to the first post in this thread.

Downloading now. Will post if run into anything interesting.

[dolphin_oracle]

This thread is for feedback and issue reports MX-23 beta 1, any flavor.

Suggestion: Add a link to the blog page to the first post in this thread.

Downloading now. Will post if run into anything interesting.

there is one, along with my usual bit about what logs to post.

[pbear]

there is one, along with my usual bit about what logs to post.

Maybe I'm going blind, but I don't see the link. Also, have moused over each word (not difficult, as there are only seven lines of text).

[Eadwine Rose]

Firewall being enabled.. I want to bet my socks more people will run into an issue. How do we turn it off?


Fired up a VM. Firewall in the search box of the menu, Firewall Configuration, deactivate the Status slider by clicking on it.



Also.. Nala is driving me nuts with its blinking. I'll just close my eyes while running the update check.