Nvidia driver update link in MX Tools interface [Solved]

[Racer24]

Nvidia driver tool.. it works from the whisker menu & cli for me, but not the graphic MX tools link.. does anyone else have this issue.. I know it was working around a month ago, but, in the last 2 weeks when I select it to check for updates, MX Tools interface disappears (like usual when using the tools there) but the terminal window fails to load on screen.. after a few minutes, the toolbox re-appears.

quick system info:

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System:    Kernel: 5.16.0-18.1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable hpet=disable 
           BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.16.0-18.1-liquorix-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.1_ahs_x64 Wildflower November 22  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> 
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 0403 date: 03/23/2020 
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-10600K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake 
           family: 6 model-id: A5 (165) stepping: 5 microcode: EE cache: L2: 12 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 98397 
           Speed: 3524 MHz min/max: 800/4101 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3524 
           2: 1002 3: 1331 4: 1292 5: 1300 6: 1299 7: 1302 8: 1964 9: 2004 10: 1513 11: 1058 
           12: 1122 
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           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
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           Type: meltdown 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 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF 
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           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate] vendor: eVga.com. 
           driver: nvidia v: 510.47.03 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2489 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: ARC Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:6 
           chip-ID: 05a3:9331 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver: loaded: nvidia 
           unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x423mm (26.7x16.7") 
           s-diag: 798mm (31.4") 
           Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 2560x1600 hz: 60 dpi: 105 size: 621x341mm (24.4x13.4") 
           diag: 708mm (27.9") 
           OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 510.47.03 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403 
           Device-3: Altec Lansing Non-Compliant Audio Device type: USB driver: N/A 
           bus-ID: 1-10:8 chip-ID: 04d2:0305 class-ID: ff00 
           Device-4: ARC Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:6 
           chip-ID: 05a3:9331 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.0-18.1-liquorix-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
           Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.19 running: no 
Network:   Device-1: Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe vendor: Lite-On driver: rt2800pci 
           v: 2.3.0 modules: wl port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1814:3090 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel port: 4000 
           bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 2500 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 5.35 TiB used: 151.51 GiB (2.8%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 500GB 
           size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
           type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXE7 temp: 34.9 C scheme: MBR 
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           SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 390.62 GiB size: 383.43 GiB (98.16%) used: 134.98 GiB (35.2%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 45 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2518 lib: 1373 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
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           2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list 
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Info:      Processes: 324 Uptime: 3d 12h 46m wakeups: 1 Memory: 31.26 GiB used: 2.61 GiB (8.4%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
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           inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[dolphin_oracle]

Will look into it but for now stick t the menu entry. We recently changed how it is launched.

Also fwiw there is no need to run the tool to check for updates. If you have nvidia-driver installed if the packages are updated they will show up in the regular updates tool.

[dolphin_oracle]

@Adrian weird bug. if mx-tools is launched from a terminal then launching the ddm-mx tool works. but otherwise it fails.

[Adrian]

@Adrian weird bug. if mx-tools is launched from a terminal then launching the ddm-mx tool works. but otherwise it fails.

How does it fail? It seems to launch in both situations for me, can't test more because I don't actually have an Nvidia card, the command just exits.

[fehlix]

@Adrian weird bug. if mx-tools is launched from a terminal then launching the ddm-mx tool works. but otherwise it fails.

How does it fail? It seems to launch in both situations for me, can't test more because I don't actually have an Nvidia card, the command just exits.

B/c it ignors the desktop-entry property:

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Terminal=true

and runs just this - the Exec-line with the desktop-entry:

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sh -c "pkexec /usr/bin/ddm-mx -i nvidia"

and ddm-mx seem to "assume" it is running in a terminal,
and fails to wait for user input.

[Racer24]

thanks Dolphin, and everyone else.. it only fails for me when I try the icon in the Toolbox, I thought it was odd, then, today I spent some time and tried both the cli command and the whisker menu link.. both worked...

in any event, it's all good.. been very pleased with MX for years now :) Keep up the good work guys :)

Ron

[dolphin_oracle]

@Adrian weird bug. if mx-tools is launched from a terminal then launching the ddm-mx tool works. but otherwise it fails.

How does it fail? It seems to launch in both situations for me, can't test more because I don't actually have an Nvidia card, the command just exits.

B/c it ignors the desktop-entry property:

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Terminal=true

and runs just this - the Exec-line with the desktop-entry:

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sh -c "pkexec /usr/bin/ddm-mx -i nvidia"

and ddm-mx seem to "assume" it is running in a terminal,
and fails to wait for user input.

hmm, it used to catch the terminal prompt. that hasn't changed.

[dolphin_oracle]

well something changed. the terminal switch is now picking up the name of the app instead of the "true/false" from the desktop file. should be easy enough to fix.

[dolphin_oracle]

thanks Dolphin, and everyone else.. it only fails for me when I try the icon in the Toolbox, I thought it was odd, then, today I spent some time and tried both the cli command and the whisker menu link.. both worked...

in any event, it's all good.. been very pleased with MX for years now :) Keep up the good work guys :)

Ron

thanks for the report! its specific enough to track down the issue!

[Adrian]

mx-tools should be fixed now, update coming shortly from the repo.