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SOLVED - Catfish Not Working
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 11:11 am
by kevtardis
Hope I'm posting this in the right place
Running MXLinux 23.6, (xfce) fully updated.
Haven't run Catfish for a while, but when I clicked on the start menu icon, nothing happens.
Here's what I get when I try to run catfish from a terminal
I uninstalled an reinstalled the package, and the same thing is happening.
Is it me? Or is there something else going on?
Re: Catfish Not Working
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 11:37 am
by Stevo
What version of catfish is this? It should be the current 4.20.1 in MX 23 main, which is not showing python errors for me.
Also, you can copypaste terminal text into a post here, enclosed in code <> tags. No need for screenshots.
Re: Catfish Not Working
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 11:48 am
by timkb4cq
g-io-error-quark is often the result of a developing problem with a hard drive. You might want to run GSmartControl to check your drive's health.
It would help if you would post your QuickSysytemInfo as per the forum rules.
Re: Catfish Not Working
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 11:58 am
by kevtardis
Sorry for not getting back sooner - I was out a couple days.
I have the current version of Catfish (4.20.1-0.1~mx23+1) from the repos.
GsmartControl shows none of my HDs are supported (even after refreshing all my devices).
Here is the QSI:
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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-33-amd64 [6.1.133-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-33-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto July 31 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 7010 v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0YXT71 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A13 date: 03/25/2013
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-3470 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2
built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1681 high: 1695 min/max: 1600/3600 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1695 2: 1674 3: 1663 4: 1692 bogomips: 25542
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
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: 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: disabled; RSB
filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
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: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0152 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: ASUS VA24E serial: <filter> built: 2023 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2500 (IVB GT1)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 7 driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-33-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber
status: off 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f080
bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 10.92 TiB used: 7.12 TiB (65.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000VM003-1CT164 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter>
rev: ES22 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EDAZ-11SLVB0
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 1031 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EDAZ-11SLVB0
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 1030 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EARX-00PASB0
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2021
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 21 GiB size: 20.56 GiB (97.94%) used: 10.49 GiB (51.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.45%) used: 240 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 110.84 GiB size: 108.54 GiB (97.93%) used: 10.47 GiB (9.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2420 libs: 1219 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-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
Processes: 268 Uptime: 61d 2h 9m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 3.15 GiB (20.3%)
Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0
alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
I can do an fsck if necessary. Not familiar with any other available disk health tools.
Thanks for the advice so far.
Re: Catfish Not Working
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:21 pm
by Stevo
Are you starting gsmartcontrol with sudo or as root? Or you could try qdiskinfo from the test repo. It asks for sysadmin permission when run from the menu. It's another front end to smartmontools.
Re: Catfish Not Working
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:33 pm
by kevtardis
When I issued 'sudo gsmartcontrol' command, it worked as expected.
My drives 'passed'. Not sure if there are any specific areas of the reports I shoulld be looking at for more info...
Re: Catfish Not Working
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 2:44 am
by heavy metal
kevtardis wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:33 pm
When I issued 'sudo gsmartcontrol' command, it worked as expected.
My drives 'passed'. Not sure if there are any specific areas of the reports I shoulld be looking at for more info...
@ OP: Hi, any value on these below that is Not Zero (0) will tell you there's a problem with the HDD, hope this helps, cheers!
Raw Read Error Rate
Reallocated Sector Count
Reallocation Event Count
Current Pending Sector Count
P.S. Thank you, Your post reminded me to refresh the catfish search index database, catfish is working as intended on my main PC with MX Linux 23.6 libretto XFCE!
Re: Catfish Not Working
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 2:56 am
by heavy metal
Stevo wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:21 pm
Are you starting gsmartcontrol with sudo or as root? Or you could try qdiskinfo from the test repo. It asks for sysadmin permission when run from the menu. It's another front end to smartmontools.
Thanks for the heads up, I installed "qdiskinfo" from the enabled repo on MX Package Installer and is working very good!
Re: Catfish Not Working
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 11:05 pm
by kevtardis
We had a huge electrical storm, which blew out my UPS (or else the UPS battery happened to die at the same time). All my desktops and external devices shut down.
After plugging everything back into a power strip and rebooting my MXLinux box, Catfish started from the start menu as per normal.
One of those mysteries I guess. Will mark this as solved. Thanks to all for your help and input.