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Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:19 pm
by uncle mark
dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:08 pm
on home folders: take a look at the ~/.local/share/users-places.xbel and see if the /home/demo is referenced in there
Kinda hard for a dummy like me to do that if the file manager doesn't work. :-)
Okay....
cd /home/.local/share/users-places
No such file or directory
cd /home/.local/share/users-places.xbel
No such file or directory
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:22 pm
by dolphin_oracle
uncle mark wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:19 pm
dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:08 pm
on home folders: take a look at the ~/.local/share/users-places.xbel and see if the /home/demo is referenced in there
Kinda hard for a dummy like me to do that if the file manager doesn't work. :-)
Okay....
cd /home/.local/share/users-places
No such file or directory
cd /home/.local/share/users-places.xbel
No such file or directory
its a file. it would also be $HOME/.local/share/user-places.xbel
but I was more referencing
@richb report.
edit** actually now I crash can dolphin easily. and my file is fine, so its somethine else...
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:28 pm
by richb
I accessed home from root to find it.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:58 pm
by dolphin_oracle
short workaound on dolphin crashing.
from konsole, trying
and see if dolphin launches
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:49 am
by uncle mark
dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:58 pm
short workaound on dolphin crashing.
from konsole, trying
and see if dolphin launches
Does here.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:46 am
by uncle mark
Here's another oddity: In the main menu, at the bottom of the Favorites, instead of the three buttons/icons for Logout/Reboot/Shutdown, there is only the Logout button/icon.
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:57 am
by agnivo007
baldyeti wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:13 pm
I noticed a couple error lines when booting in systemd mode:
[ +0.000028] systemd[1]: System cannot boot: Missing /etc/machine-id and /etc is mounted read-only.
[ +0.000007] systemd[1]: Booting up is supported only when:
[ +0.000005] systemd[1]: 1) /etc/machine-id exists and is populated.
[ +0.000004] systemd[1]: 2) /etc/machine-id exists and is empty.
[ +0.000004] systemd[1]: 3) /etc/machine-id is missing and /etc is writable.
yet the PC proceeds to boot and everything apparently works as expected
Yes, this seems to be carried forward from MX19...
I think the MX installer should run this in chroot at the end of installation:
Worth a look for devs.
Questions:
1. Is it OK to install KDE beta1 and update (to get all relevant transient fixes reported in this thread) or wait for beta2 maybe?
2. Does samba sharing work in systemd boot as of now?
3. Is it based on xfce beta base or separate AHS base?
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:16 pm
by siamhie
Installed with no issues. Installed aircrack-ng's rtl8814 drivers to get my Netgear A7000 up and running. Played around with Discovery. Installed and removed packages with no problem. Installed and setup a global theme (Noir-Dark-Global), tweaked some other settings for look and feel. One thing caught my attention...Boot time is cut in half. 19.4 KDE (Plasma 4.19.5) took from grub screen to desktop 2:02 minutes. Now it takes 58 seconds. Haven't really taking it for a run as I'm testing Flux 1.3.7 on this machine also.
Global Theme
Noir-Dark-Global
Plasma Style
Breeze-Noir-Dark
Application Style
MS Windows 9x
Window Decorations
Breeze-Noir-Dark-Color-Aurorae
Colors
Breeze-Noir-Dark-1
Icons
Breeze-Noir-White-Blue
Cursors
Oxygen Black
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:20 am
by davemx
Adrian wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 2:30 pm
davemx wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:45 am
Another thing: Debian seems to have dropped "Disk Manager", so I'm having to do /etc/fstab by hand. Any advice?
KDE Partition Manager -> Right-click on the partition and select "Edit Mount Point". Isn't that doing what you need?
NICE! That looks good. Bit late now I've got everything done, but for future MX installs, it does look the part. Covers both Disk Manager and GParted but looks far more user friendly for the setting of mount points than Gnome Disk Manager! Thank you!
Re: MX-21 KDE beta 1 feedback thread
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 1:12 pm
by mldavis254
Installed on my old Sun Ultra 27. 48 hours and everything is running smoothly. Installed the full kdepim suite (Kontact) and for the first time in years everything works as it should. I'll be attempting an install on my old HP Notebook later. So far I'm extremely impressed, even Steam loads and runs quicker.
