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Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2025 7:20 pm**

Melber wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 7:13 pm no, they're most likely bugs. Thanks for the report, will look into it. Presume you're using xfce.

Yes Xfce in VirutalBox. I haven't checked this booting ISO directly.

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2025 8:51 pm**

This may already be covered some place, but some installer issues on KDE.

1) I was not prompted to remove the Live USB after install, so it booted right back up into the LiveUSB

2) Even though I said to 'replace the installation' in the install.. it didnt wipe my previous account / data. I did use the same user name, but I used a different password. Upon logging in I found:
a) keychain of previous install was still there AND in affect! So I already had logins to machines in my network (ie it didnt remove them.)
b) Files and Folders from my previous install were still there.
c) My panel was still in the place I left it AND the size I left it in!!

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System:
  Kernel: 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
    avail: kvm-clock,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.43+deb13-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=2478080
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.13.0 wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1
    dm: SDDM Distro: MX-25_KDE_beta1_x64 Infinity September 21 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 13
    (trixie)
Machine:
  Type: Virtualbox System: innotek GmbH product: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: Oracle Corporation type: 1 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
    BIOS: innotek GmbH v: VirtualBox date: 12/01/2006
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-9700K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 9 level: v3
    note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13)
    microcode: N/A
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 8 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 8x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3600 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 3600 2: 3600 3: 3600 4: 3600 5: 3600 6: 3600
    7: 3600 8: 3600 bogomips: 57600
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Unknown: Dependent on hypervisor status
  Type: indirect_target_selection mitigation: Aligned branch/return thunks
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT Host state unknown
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT Host state unknown
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow 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; BHI: Retpoline
  Type: srbds status: Unknown: Dependent on hypervisor status
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.20.0.0 ports: active: Virtual-1
    empty: Virtual-2, Virtual-3, Virtual-4, Virtual-5, Virtual-6, Virtual-7, Virtual-8
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 15ad:0405 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: vmware unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: vmwgfx display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: Virtual-1 res: mode: 1280x800 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) size: N/A modes: max: 1280x800
    min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
    wayland: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: device-0
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 7.58 GiB unified: yes
    display-ID: :1.0
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:05.0
    chip-ID: 8086:2415 class-ID: 0401
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.43+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 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: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 v: kernel port: d020 bus-ID: 00:03.0
    chip-ID: 8086:100e class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus v: N/A
    modules: i2c_piix4 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:07.0 chip-ID: 8086:7113 class-ID: 0680
  Info: services: NetworkManager, nfsd, smbd, systemd-networkd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 61.18 GiB used: 19.41 GiB (31.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 61.18 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.0 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 61.18 GiB size: 59.91 GiB (97.94%) used: 19.41 GiB (32.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 10.76 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 7.76 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: lz4
    avail: lz4hc,zstd,deflate max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  Src: lm-sensors+/sys Message: No sensor data found using /sys/class/hwmon or lm-sensors.
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2745 libs: 1530 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala 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.sources
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates  main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.sources
    1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ trixie main  non-free
    2: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ trixie ahs
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.76 GiB used: 1.72 GiB (22.1%)
  Processes: 295 Power: uptime: 4m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: shutdown avail: reboot,suspend,test_resume image: 3.05 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.38
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2025 9:05 pm**

Something off in Icons in KDE ... When I first went to MX Tweak, everything was highlighted *except" for the Icons. I wasnt sure which one I was set too, so I went out to System Settings and Appearances & Sytle, then Icons. Nothing was selected ??? I changed to Oxygen and then back to breeze ( which were the correct icons) and NOT Breeze is displayed both here and in mx tweak ??

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2025 9:09 pm**

'replace the installation' in the install.. it didnt wipe my previous account / data.

I think it's a misunderstanding, that's how it's supposed to work.

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2025 9:30 pm**

Adrian wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 9:09 pm
'replace the installation' in the install.. it didnt wipe my previous account / data.
I think it's a misunderstanding, that's how it's supposed to work.

So, if I check Replace existing installation ... it KEEPS my existing install?

That is backwards to me.

KEEP my existing install - good
Migrate my existing install - good
Replace my existing install - To me means the install is about to replace what is there.. ie overwrite it.

That is confusing I think.

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2025 9:31 pm**

KDE install : Error loading Applet: package
org.kde.plasma.systemloadviewer does now exist.

Posted: **Mon Sep 22, 2025 9:34 pm**

I made a MX-25 Xfce sysVinit installation on a test (blank) SSD with no other disks on the system, using FDE (Full Disk Encryption). I have a question about a message that appears with the passphrase prompt immediately below it. I have never seen this before. I ignored the message and entered the passphrase and was taken to the login window and then the Desktop without any problems. This message appears on every bootup when getting to the FDE passphrase prompt.

Does anyone have any insight on the relevance of this message?

Here is an image taken from my Mobile Phone. The quality is poor so I transcribed the text in the image so it can be easily read, as seen in the below code window.

MX-25_Xfce_sysvinit_FDE_PW_prompt_msg.jpg

The above image states:

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Could not retrieve perf counters (-19)
ata2.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
ata2.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
device-mapper: core: CONFIG_IMA_DISABLE_HTABLE is disabled. Duplicate IMA measurements will not be recorded in the IMA log.

Caching passphrase for luks-c0b02c36-c3b0-4e76-984f-d76550d7450c:[The passphrase goes here]

My QSI:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.12.43+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
    quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 with: xfce4-panel vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-25_Xfce_sysvinit_beta1_x64 Infinity September 21 2025
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) v: 4.0
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: M.50
    date: 11/07/2019
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 1+ level: v3 note: check
    built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1550 min/max: 1550/3200 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1550 2: 1550 3: 1550 4: 1550 5: 1550 6: 1550 7: 1550 8: 1550
    9: 1550 10: 1550 11: 1550 12: 1550 bogomips: 76789
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  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; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
    vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm
    built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 26:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 31.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1017x286mm (40.04x11.26")
    s-diag: 1056mm (41.59")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: left model: Acer G227HQL serial: <filter> built: 2018
    res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 476x267mm (18.74x10.51")
    diag: 546mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,right model: Acer G227HQL serial: <filter>
    built: 2018 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
    size: 476x267mm (18.74x10.51") diag: 546mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast
    surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland,device-0
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: AMD Radeon RX 570 Series (radeonsi polaris10 ACO DRM 3.61 6.12.43+deb13-amd64)
    device-ID: 1002:67df memory: 3.91 GiB unified: no
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop,
    xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
    vendor: Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 26:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 28:00.3
    chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2704 16-bit stereo audio DAC
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 08bb:2704 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.43+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 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 RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 292.64 GiB used: 7.33 GiB (2.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1 size: 232.89 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 023
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: Flash Drive size: 59.75 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.1 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1100 scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 232.06 GiB size: 227.35 GiB (97.97%) used: 7.16 GiB (3.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-<filter>
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 512 MiB size: 487.2 MiB (95.16%) used: 161.5 MiB (33.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 8.7 MiB (3.5%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 48 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1
    maj-min: 253:1 mapped: luks-<filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 31.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1086
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2207 libs: 1118 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.sources
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates  main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.sources
    1: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ trixie main  non-free
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.58 GiB used: 1.01 GiB (6.5%)
  Processes: 369 Power: uptime: 0m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.18 GiB
    services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: SysVinit v: 3.14 runlevel: 5 default: 5
    tool: service
  Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.38
Boot Mode: UEFI

EDIT 23 September 2025:
I found the answer to why the above mentioned warning message appears and is posted here for the benefit of future readers.

The answer was provided by https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic. ... 6#p2186153 "Errors during boot, still boots runs okay." (8 June 2022) from the Linux Mint forum which I paraphrase below:

The message is from superfluous errors. ACPI errors are due to BIOS developers not adhering to standards and only the BIOS writers can fix it.

If it really bugs you then edit your /etc/default/grub file and add loglevel=3 to the kernel parameters. In MX-25 that would be Line 9 and would then look like GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash loglevel=3".

Now upgrade GRUB by running sudo update-grub > reboot.

After the above workaround only the prompt to provide the passphrase appears as it is supposed to be. Note that this is NOT a fix but only a workaround because it only suppresses the error/warning messages and does not fix the root cause. Using an older kernel would probably fix the issue but I never tested that.
End Edit

Edit: Removed the boot.log that was below my QSI since that is irrelevant to the issue and added the text between the "Edit" lines.

Posted: **Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:23 am**

HP Printing aka HPLIP will NOT install from MXPI Popular Applications. MX-25_Xfce_sysvinit_beta1_x64. Installs OK on MX 23.6 Xfce.

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2025-09-22 23:19:52.246 DBG: sources updated OK
2025-09-22 23:19:52.247 DBG: +++ bool MainWindow::installBatch(const QStringList&) +++
2025-09-22 23:19:52.247 DBG: +++ bool MainWindow::install(const QString&) +++
2025-09-22 23:19:52.539 DBG: +++ bool MainWindow::confirmActions(const QString&, const QString&) +++
2025-09-22 23:19:52.539 DBG: names "printer-driver-hpijs hpijs-ppds hplip-data hplip-gui cups cups-pdf cups-client magicfilter gv " and QList()
2025-09-22 23:19:52.539 DBG: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=$(dpkg -l debconf-kde-helper 2>/dev/null | grep -sq ^i && echo kde || echo gnome) LANG=C apt-get -s -V -o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 install --install-recommends --reinstall printer-driver-hpijs hpijs-ppds hplip-data hplip-gui cups cups-pdf cups-client magicfilter gv |grep 'Inst\|Remv'| awk '{V=""; P="";}; $3 ~ /^\[/ { V=$3 }; $3 ~ /^\(/ { P=$3 ")"}; $4 ~ /^\(/ {P=" => " $4 ")"};  {print $2 ";" V  P ";" $1}'
2025-09-22 23:19:53.263 WRN: "E: Package 'cups-pdf' has no installation candidate"
2025-09-22 23:19:53.265 DBG: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=$(dpkg -l debconf-kde-helper 2>/dev/null | grep -sq ^i && echo kde || echo gnome) LANG=C aptitude -sy -V -o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 install --with-recommends printer-driver-hpijs hpijs-ppds hplip-data hplip-gui cups cups-pdf cups-client magicfilter gv  |tail -2 |head -1
2025-09-22 23:19:56.684 WRN: "Unable to apply some actions, aborting"
2025-09-22 23:19:56.732 DBG: "cups is already installed at the requested version (2.4.10-3+deb13u1)"
2025-09-22 23:19:56.733 DBG: detailed installed names sorted  QList("E: Package 'cups-pdf' has no installation candidate")
2025-09-22 23:20:26.637 DBG: +++ bool MainWindow::buildPackageLists(bool) +++
2025-09-22 23:20:26.637 DBG: +++ void MainWindow::clearUi() +++
2025-09-22 23:20:26.637 DBG: +++ bool MainWindow::downloadPackageList(bool) +++
2025-09-22 23:20:27.033 DBG: +++ bool MainWindow::readPackageList(bool) +++
2025-09-22 23:20:27.033 DBG: Could not open file: "/tmp/mx-packageinstaller-lugBLN/allPackages"
2025-09-22 23:20:27.033 DBG: +++ void MainWindow::ifDownloadFailed() const +++
2025-09-22 23:20:27.033 DBG: +++ void MainWindow::refreshPopularApps() +++
2025-09-22 23:20:27.034 DBG: +++ QHash<QString, PackageInfo> MainWindow::listInstalled() +++
2025-09-22 23:20:27.034 DBG: LANG=C dpkg-query -W -f='${db:Status-Abbrev} ${Package} ${Version} ${binary:Synopsis}\n'
2025-09-22 23:20:27.093 DBG: +++ void MainWindow::displayPopularApps() const +++
2025-09-22 23:20:28.521 DBG: +++ void MainWindow::tabWidget_currentChanged(int) +++
2025-09-22 23:20:28.528 DBG: +++ void MainWindow::setCurrentTree() +++
2025-09-22 23:20:30.996 DBG: +++ void MainWindow::pushCancel_clicked() +++
2025-09-22 23:20:30.996 DBG: +++ void MainWindow::cleanup() +++

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System:
  Kernel: 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.43+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=<filter>
    ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 with: xfce4-panel
    tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-25_Xfce_sysvinit_beta1_x64
    Infinity September 21 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron N7010 v: A11 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 08VFX1 v: A11 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
    BIOS: Dell v: A11 date: 03/31/2011
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 5.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 5.4/5.3 Wh (100.7%) power: 0.0 W volts: 11.0
    min: 11.1 model: PANASONIC Dell type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5 M 460 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Westmere gen: core 1 level: v2
    built: 2010-11 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 0x7
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2793 min/max: 1199/2534 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2793 2: 2793 3: 2793 4: 2793 bogomips: 20217
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  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; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-5.75 process: Intel 45nm built: 2010 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.4:3 chip-ID: 0c45:641d class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: intel
    dri: swrast gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 424x239mm (16.69x9.41") s-diag: 487mm (19.16")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 model: Seiko Epson 0x544b built: 2009 res: mode: 1600x900
    hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 106 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1600x900
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus
    surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: wayland,device-0
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 2.1 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 128 bits) device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 7.39 GiB
    unified: yes
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop,
    xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.43+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 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 BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell Inspiron M5010 / XPS
    8300 driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:4727 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: atl1c v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:2060 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Plugable Bluetooth 5.0 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-1.4:4 chip-ID: 2230:0016 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
    sub-v: 8761 hci-v: 10 rev: b class-ID: 6c010c
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 17.28 GiB (14.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Verbatim model: Vi550 S3 size: 119.24 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 840N
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 27.51 GiB size: 26.91 GiB (97.82%) used: 17.28 GiB (64.2%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3138
Repos:
  Packages: 2218 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2212 libs: 1118 tools: apt, apt-get, aptitude, nala, synaptic
    pm: rpm pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 6
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates  main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.sources
    1: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ trixie main  non-free
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.56 GiB used: 2.33 GiB (30.9%)
  Processes: 263 Power: uptime: 5h 0m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 2.97 GiB
    services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: SysVinit v: 3.14 runlevel: 5 default: 5
    tool: service
  Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.38
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

Posted: **Tue Sep 23, 2025 1:25 am**

DukeComposed wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 3:44 pm
kmathern wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 2:18 pm I can figure out what some of the mirrors are, but can you actually choose a particular mirror (without resorting to a bunch of command line tricks)? It looked to me like it was randomly choosing a mirror for you, like it's trying to even out the load.
SourceForge download pages always give you an option to choose a different mirror if you prefer, but as I recall you go to the "Problems Downloading?" page to do this.

Yes, but there are two problems, both of which apply to me:

Their algorithm to choose a site assumes a faster link speed than I often have, and that impacts both the source it chooses as well as the 5-second time-out being reached before I have a chance to make use of the "Problems downloading?" button.
If you're easily distracted by pop-ups and flashing text/images and you don't know where to look, you might miss it in the 5-second window you have to click on the button. Here is where they put the button you must press:

There is another, more manual, way which bypasses all of that:

Instead of clicking the link to the .iso file, right-click on it and copy the URL.
Open a command line and paste the URL into the following, replacing "URL" with the URL you copied from the site:
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echo URL | awk -F/ '{print "https://sourceforge.net/settings/mirror_choices?projectname=" $5 "&filename=" $7 "/" $8 "/" $9}'
```
Copy and paste the returned URL into your browser and you'll be given a choice of available download sites.

The above works with final and testing versions (until things change on the Sourceforge side).

I have found that choosing a site which is in the wee hours of the morning is usually fastest for me, even though it's half way across the world.

Posted: **Tue Sep 23, 2025 3:53 am**

Desktop Xfce systemd
A minor bug happens, when the PC goes into "suspend" after some time.
My browser Brave-beta-stable freezes = I cannot click on tabs or on bookmarks, there is no reaction.
I have to close the browser and restart it, then everything works fine.

Another feature which doesn't work is the gui for packages in synaptic.
It doesn't show the active repos.
Maybe this is intended to avoid users to manually add repos ?
No big deal.
I tried to find the active repos and installed the gnome-software app with mx-package-installer.
That shows the active repos.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.43+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=<filter>
    ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 with: xfce4-panel
    tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-25_Xfce_beta1_x64 Infinity
    September 21 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: FUJITSU product: ESPRIMO P757 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: FUJITSU model: D3501-A1 v: S26361-D3501-A1 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: FUJITSU // American Megatrends v: 5.0.0.12 R1.32.0 for D3501-A1x
    date: 04/27/2023
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-6100 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake-S gen: core 6 level: v3
    note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 29598
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  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: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Fujitsu Solutions driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9
    process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2,
    HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1912 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 444x277mm (17.48x10.91") s-diag: 523mm (20.6")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: AOC 2260 serial: <filter> built: 2013 res:
    mode: 1680x1050 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 size: 474x296mm (18.66x11.65")
    diag: 559mm (22") ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1680x1050 min: 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) device-ID: 8086:1912 memory: 7.47 GiB unified: yes
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop,
    xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Fujitsu Solutions driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.43+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 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: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Fujitsu Solutions driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, nfsd, systemd-networkd, wpa_supplicant
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 715.41 GiB used: 214.7 GiB (30.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Micron model: 1100 MTFDDAV256TBN size: 238.47 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: A020 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Verbatim model: Vi550 S3 size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 18B2
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 46.24 GiB size: 45.21 GiB (97.78%) used: 12.65 GiB (28.0%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) used: 52.2 MiB (54.3%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.64 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: lz4
    avail: lz4hc,zstd,deflate max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2387 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2377 libs: 1237 tools: apt, apt-get, aptitude, gnome-software,
    nala, synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 10
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-beta.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://brave-browser-apt-beta.s3.brave.com stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates  main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.sources
    1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ trixie main  non-free
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.29 GiB used: 2.73 GiB (17.8%)
  Processes: 265 Power: uptime: 2h 46m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
    wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.06 GiB
    services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.38
Boot Mode: UEFI

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