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Hi, I have created a respin with Cinnamon. I have removed XFCE. However, after a modification I wanted to remaster the respin again and got the error message "problem starting mksquashfs. Could not get PID".
Apparently I could execute remaster right after removing XFCE, but not after a reboot. I suspect that some important package was removed with XFCE?
How can this problem be solved?
Thanks in advance for the help
Anna

the remaster script throws out that error when it can't find a PID (process ID) for the run-mksquashfs process. that script runs in a terminal called with "x-terminal-emulator".

see if you can run "x-terminal-emulator" and if you get a working terminal. On a basic MX install, that command opens xfce4-terminal.

with Cinnamon DE it's easier you use LMDE3, add MX-repos and install some MX-Tools. It's a systemd system.

Other way is purging xfce, add LMDE3 repos to MX-Linux and install cinnamon, nemo, mint-artwork, mint-x-icons, mint-y-icons, mintsources, mint-mirrors, mint-wallpapers-tara. Have tried this for a while. Looks exactly like Linux Mint, the best cinnamon experience.

For the snapshot packages mx-snapshot, mx-remaster, mx-iso-template, mx-installer must be installed. Other packages are dependencies like squashfs-tools, syslinux, syslinux-utils

with Cinnamon DE it's easier you use LMDE3, add MX-repos and install some MX-Tools. It's a systemd system.

Other way is purging xfce, add LMDE3 repos to MX-Linux and install cinnamon, nemo, mint-artwork, mint-x-icons, mint-y-icons, mint-themes, mint-backgrounds-tara. Have tried this for a while. Looks exactly like Linux Mint, the best cinnamon experience.

For the snapshot packages mx-snapshot, mx-remaster, mx-iso-template, mx-installer must be installed. Other packages are dependencies like squashfs-tools, syslinux, syslinux-utils, xorriso

Thanks for the answers.
LMDE is not really an option for me because I need the new kernel.
I have also tried to (re-)install the XFCE terminal, but it does not seem to help.
I will try that other way though, I think - adding the Mint Debian repos.

well, I didn't say to reinstall the xfce4-terminal, I said to check and see if x-terminal-emulator gets you a terminal. its different. and with the adding and subtracting of software, its very possible that the x-terminal-emulator is pointed at the wrong terminal, and that likely won't change when adding other sources.

you can also check with the "alternatives-configuration" in the menu, if its still install.

I had same problem with Gnome respin (without Xfce). Try the command line instead of MX Snapshot icon.

su-to-root -X -c mx-snapshot

well x-terminal-emulator calls up the gnome terminal, this is also the (only) choice that is shown in alternatives-configuration unter x-terminal-emulator

@rasat: I do not understand. the problem is not snapshot but remaster.

btw: how do I add the LMDE repo to MX?

ok, now make sure that squashfs-tools is still installed.

squashfs-tools is installed