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I have recently got myself a new MSI modern 15 and it have the display resolution is 1920x1080. I installed the MX linux 19.4 on it like all my other machines. But they are of 720p resolution. This one have very small fonts. I cannot read them properly and like a good user I looked on existing ...

JayM wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:32 pm Install VirtualBox (MX Package Installer, Popular Applications, Misc) then install Ubuntu in a virtual machine.

My pc is pretty beat up handle a VM. I will liveboot the distro if nothing works.

Hey,

So recently I have to appear for an online test and I am on Mx Linux. But the test launcher explicitly wants Ubuntu 14, 16 or 18.. Ugh all 3 out of support. I don't want to install or liveboot Ubuntu for running it now. So, is there any way that I can spoof my Linux distro so the launcher ...

Hello,

I have been noticing this issue since MxLinux 19.3 on XFCE. Sometimes when you launch any application the icon won't show up on the panel. It will show up after like 5-10min, more or less randomly. There is also ghost space remaining on the panel between window icons when any application is ...

Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: warning: EFI variables are not supported on this system ..
...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz- 5.10 .0-5mx-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-5mx-amd64


Maybe this was also related to this issue (with 5.10 kernel)


I ...

Thanks @junoluna for pointing out a noob like me. I was trying to repair it from my main system.. but just now I did it from the live boot and it worked.

I am able to boot into MXlinux from the BIOS menu only which is obviously not the correct way.
I was on 19.3 but in between I jumped onto Manjaro for a day also I installed the AHS variant of 19.4 instead of normal variant.

I am pasting the output from Quick System Info.


System: Host: <filter ...

Further I tried running sudo grub-install and sudo update-grub.. I am pasting the output below.

shen@wolf:~
$ sudo grub-install
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: warning: EFI variables are not supported on this system..
Installation finished. No error reported.

shen@wolf:~
$ sudo ...

Hello,
I installed the new MXLinux 19.4 AHS XFCE edition on my dell inspiron 3567. Before this I have been using Mx 19.2 and 19.3 for quite some time. I installed it without any errors but while booting i ran into,

error: grub_disk_get_size: Not found
Grub Rescue >

I still managed to boot into ...