MX-19 Beta 2.1 Feedback

[danielson]

External monitor didn't show on install or after.
Had to choose 'display' to have it show up.
Conky fails to show up (too pale) on external monitor set to default and can not move them about as before by hitting alt+.

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System:    Host: danielson Kernel: 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: cairo-dock, xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19beta-2.1_x64 patito feo September 8  2019 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 8460p v: A0001D02 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 161C v: KBC Version 97.4E serial: <filter> 
           BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68SCF Ver. F.65 date: 04/06/2017 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.2 Wh condition: 28.7/28.7 Wh (100%) volts: 12.4/11.1 
           model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Sandy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F 
           L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19954 
           Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 800/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798 3: 798 4: 798 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           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 generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
           STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
           driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:6760 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1600x900~60Hz, 1680x1050~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD CAICOS (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.19.0-6-amd64 LLVM 7.0.1) 
           v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           chip ID: 8086:1c20 
           Device-2: Logitech Headset H390 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 
           bus ID: 3-1:2 chip ID: 046d:0a44 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-6-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e 
           v: 3.2.6-k port: 5020 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:1502 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           port: 4000 bus ID: 25:00.0 chip ID: 8086:0085 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: ASIX AX88772B type: USB driver: asix bus ID: 2-1.1.2:6 chip ID: 0b95:772b 
           serial: <filter> 
           IF: eth1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 5.48 GiB (2.5%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: PNY model: CS1311 240GB SSD size: 223.57 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 1122 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 54.25 GiB size: 53.15 GiB (97.97%) used: 5.48 GiB (10.3%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: 52.0 C gpu: radeon temp: 53 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/buster buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 209 Uptime: 35m Memory: 15.62 GiB used: 1.88 GiB (12.1%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.33 

[Jerry3904]

What Conky? The default Conky shows up very well on the default wallpaper. If you want it on another wallpaper, use MX Conky to change the colors (details in the Help file)

[dolphin_oracle]

I think fehlix hit on something with those bootflags. there is something wrong there. the installer won't show partitions on the boot device by default.

[richb]

Running Live I receive this same error as on the preview. Waiting makes no difference nor does changing repos.
viewtopic.php?f=86&t=52564&p=525951&hil ... ta#p525951
I then installed and that error does not occur.

Also running Live the mouse cursor theme will apparently not change not change in size. However after the install when saving Home changes that were made, the change made in Live for the mouse is implemented.

[baldyeti]

I tried on another similarly partitioned system with the same outcome - partitions after 15 flagged as isBoot=true, not showing up

[dolphin_oracle]

looks like there might be a partial reversion of install fix. I'll have another to try in a little bit.

[fehlix]

Running Live I receive this same error as on the preview. Waiting makes no difference nor does changing repos.
viewtopic.php?f=86&t=52564&p=525951&hil ... ta#p525951
I then installed and that error does not occur.

Also running Live the mouse cursor theme will apparently not change not change in size. However after the install when saving Home changes that were made, the change made in Live for the mouse is implemented.

Seem to me somehow systematic issue, kind of timezone in combinations with localtime or wrong hardware clock issue.
As apt always appear to think your "clock" is a bit to late (or to early resp.)
Hmm.. what about checking clock, UTC, and RTC (= hardwareclock) before a next live update, e.g. with persistence.

[richb]

Running Live I receive this same error as on the preview. Waiting makes no difference nor does changing repos.
viewtopic.php?f=86&t=52564&p=525951&hil ... ta#p525951
I then installed and that error does not occur.

Also running Live the mouse cursor theme will apparently not change not change in size. However after the install when saving Home changes that were made, the change made in Live for the mouse is implemented.

Seem to me somehow systematic issue, kind of timezone in combinations with localtime or wrong hardware clock issue.
As apt always appear to think your "clock" is a bit to late (or to early resp.)
Hmm.. what about checking clock, UTC, and RTC (= hardwareclock) before a next live update, e.g. with persistence.

Not an issue I am trying to fix. Just reported it in case it is a common problem others may experience. No one else has reported it. I can try your suggestion tomorrow if it will be helpful

[danielson]

What Conky? The default Conky shows up very well on the default wallpaper. If you want it on another wallpaper, use MX Conky to change the colors (details in the Help file)

After updates and reboot, conkies (which were previously invisible) all came back.
Depending on background image, some do clash while others are hard to make out.

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Any word on alt+ alternatives to move conkies around?

Update: went to MX Conky and unchecked "all desktops" and checked off "Desktop 1" and things seem to work just as good as before.

[superduperuser]

This beta is behaving weird. After I set up live persistence: Laggy responses. $ sudo apt remove libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core freezes. Had to control+C out and apt autoremove freezes. Firefox freezes.

Ive never ever had these problems with MX. Even 19.1 Beta was great. :/ Super frustrating