MX-21 KDE/plasma RC1 feedback

[dolphin_oracle]

Feedback for RC1 KDE/plasma isos go here.

https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-21-release- ... -purposes/


Be sure to include proper system data, including the output of quick-system-info.
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[baldyeti]

If you already have the beta ISO, it is possible to convert it to the RC1 ISO using the zsync protocol, whilst only downloading about 19% of the full size image. You need to use the helper script provided by fehlix here (trivially adapted below)

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#!/bin/bash

# zsync helper script
# for MX-21 Testing

# filename MX21kde-zsync-helper.sh


usage()
{
	echo "Usage $0 script"
	echo "$0 download_filename.iso inputfile.iso"
	echo "	Where inputfile.iso is the file you already have that's similar to the one you download"
	echo
	echo "$0 download_filename.iso"
	echo "	This command format will search automatically for the most recent MX*x64.iso file in the current folder"
	exit
}

[[ "$1" == "--help" || "$1" == "-h" ]] && usage


TARGET="$1"
[[ -z "$1" ]] && {
	echo "You need to specify a file name to download. exiting..."
	echo
	usage
}
echo "Downloading \"$1\" file"

grep "x64" <<< "$1" && ARCH="x64" || ARCH="386"

# add available local ISO-sources here - newest first
# check latest ISO-sources are available
SOURCE="$2"

[[ -f "$SOURCE" ]] && echo "Using input file:" "$SOURCE" || {
	[[ "$SOURCE" == "" ]] && echo "Input source not specified, trying to find a useful ISO in current path"
	[[ "$SOURCE" != "" ]] && echo "Input file \"$SOURCE\" not found, trying to find a useful ISO in current path"
	SOURCE=$(find . -iname "MX*$ARCH*.iso" -printf "%T+\t%p\n" | sort -r | head -1 | cut -f2)
	[[ "$SOURCE" != "" ]] && echo "Using "$SOURCE" source file" || {
		echo "Could not found an appropriate input file, exiting..."
		echo
		usage
	}
}

# do we have zsync
command -v zsync >&- || {
	# opps we need to and install zsync
	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get install zsync
}

ZSYNC="${TARGET}".zsync

# get closest sourceforge server for zsync

#DOWNLD=https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-linux/files/Testing/MX-19/"${ZSYNC}"/download
#DOWNLD=https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-linux/files/Testing/beta2/kde/"${ZSYNC}"/download
DOWNLD=https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-linux/files/Testing/RC1/KDE/"${ZSYNC}"/download

SPIDER=$(wget -nv --spider "${DOWNLD}" 2>&1 | grep -Eo https.*iso.zsync | sed 's/https/http/')

[[ -z "$SPIDER" ]] && {
	 echo; echo "Could not find \"$1\" file on SourceForge server, please check the name. Exiting..."
	 echo
	 usage
}

# let's do zsync
[[ -f "${TARGET}" ]] || echo; echo "Executing zsync command"; zsync -i "$SOURCE" "${SPIDER}" || {
	echo
	usage
}

save this as MX21-zsync-helper.sh in the same folder where you have the beta iso, then invoke it as follows:

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bash ./MX21-zsync-helper.sh  MX-21_KDE_RC1_x64.iso  MX-21_KDE_beta2_x64.iso

the procedure should work for the xfce or fluxbox RCs, too, by replacing "KDE" in the script above in the "DOWNLD=xyz" line respectively by "Xfce" or "Fluxbox"

Thanks to the devs for providing the zsync file (and the ISOs in the 1st place, obviously !)

[heywoodidaho]

Check the "All users may connect to this network" box under wifi-general configuration. I see this tripped up a few of us on the second betta. You guys must like answering the question ;]

Glad to see you left Discover, smooth sailing so far.

[baldyeti]

On the sddm login screen; the shutdown/reboot options only work when booted under systemd. Once logged in, the options work fine from the KDE start menu itself, in both init modes.

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-8-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-21_KDE_RC1_x64 Wildflower October 5  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Gigabyte model: B75M-D3H serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: F15 date: 10/23/2013 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-3470 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) 
           stepping: 9 microcode: 21 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 25541 
           Speed: 3464 MHz min/max: 1600/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3464 2: 3461 3: 3549 4: 3435 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           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: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0152 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa compositor: kwin_x11 
           resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 2500 (IVB GT1) v: 4.2 Mesa 21.2.1 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel 
           port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 1.07 TiB (59.0%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ABA200 size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
           speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5700 rpm serial: <filter> rev: ABB0 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 17.43 GiB size: 16.99 GiB (97.47%) used: 8.91 GiB (52.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda18 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.05 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
           dev: /dev/sda9 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.tiguinet.net/mx/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mirror.tiguinet.net/mx/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 235 Uptime: 4m Memory: 7.65 GiB used: 844.9 MiB (10.8%) Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 default: 5 
           Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

On two other systems in live mode, once logging off the KDE session the sddm screen also has the reboot/shutdown options greyed out.

Otherwise, as already mentioned with both betas: under systemd, this hdd-installed system still complains about non-existent /etc/machine-id (which does not seem to cause any problem, though)

[Adrian]

@baldyeti Thanks for the report, I thought I fixed the machine-id issue, but I messed up the command in the installer, thanks to your report it will be fixed.
I also thought SDDM worked, at least it did in my tests but I see the problem now too, we might need to revert to the previous fix we had in place for that. You could try the fix by installing "sddm-modified-init"

[danielson]

With global theme set to MX, Firefox secondary opened tabs on laptop monitor go white when typing in LibreOffice writer on the external monitor.
Seems to happen with any theme enabled too.

Should i mention that it doesn't happen on Vivaldi?

- - - - -

Nice looking MX background logo on startup! Real professional touch! Get a kick on some of those new backgrounds too! :)

[baldyeti]

You could try the fix by installing "sddm-modified-init"

Hi Adrian, i can confirm that installing the "sddm-modified-init" package fixed the login manager issue, thanks!

[Discostu]

If you already have the beta ISO, it is possible to convert it to the RC1 ISO using the zsync protocol, whilst only downloading about 19% of the full size image.

Will/should the resulting file have the same checksums as the "normal" iso?

[baldyeti]

Will/should the resulting file have the same checksums as the "normal" iso?

Mine did. It is probably not even necessary checking yourself, as the script (or zsync command it invokes) confirms it at the end.

[Discostu]

Mine did. It is probably not even necessary checking yourself, as the script (or zsync command it invokes) confirms it at the end.

Thanks. My download speed was so bad that I did cancel and downloaded the full iso with Persepolis instead.