No GUI for Installer on MX-LIVE (Personal Snapshot) [Solved]

[operadude]

Hey All:

Wanting to do a re-build from a personal MX-Snapshot for my Fluxbox install.

All Checksums (on both the Snapshot and the LUM USB) are A.O.K. !!!

Booting into the Live session, all looks good, except there's no GUI installer on the Desktop!

I do remember that I can run the installer from CLI ("minstall").

First, here's my QSI (from the LIVE USB):

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Snapshot created on: 20230918_2007
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-12-amd64 [6.1.52-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splash
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 info: tint2, plank vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_x64
    Libretto September 18 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: H270-HD3 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: H270-HD3-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
    v: F5 date: 04/24/2017
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:0080 serial: N/A
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-7100 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake gen: core 7 level: v3
    note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9
    microcode: 0x42
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
    cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 31199
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: retbleed status: Vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Oland PRO [Radeon R7 240/340 / Radeon 520] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: radeon
    v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: GCN-1 code: Southern Islands process: TSMC 28nm built: 2011-20
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6613 class-ID: 0300 temp: 40.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 model: Samsung built: 2007 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305
    gamma: 1.2 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.54") diag: 184mm (7.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: OLAND ( LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 2.50 6.1.0-12-amd64)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aab0 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-12-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 7.75 TiB used: 12.57 GiB (0.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 1B2QEXE7 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61K1 scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 model: SATA SSD size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61.3 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1ER166 size: 2.73 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: CC25 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA050 size: 465.76 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A750
    scheme: GPT
  ID-6: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AADS-00S9B0 size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A01
    scheme: GPT
  ID-7: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion Desk size: 3.64 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0739 scheme: MBR
  ID-8: /dev/sdk maj-min: 8:160 type: USB vendor: Generic model: STORAGE DEVICE size: 29.49 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1203 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 40.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2111 libs: 1085 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/skype-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
Info:
  Processes: 219 Uptime: 25m wakeups: 3 Memory: 31.3 GiB used: 6.79 GiB (21.7%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12 Client: shell wrapper
  v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

It would be nice to use the GUI, as I am accustomed to!

Any way of getting the GUI installer on the Desktop?

[Charlie Brown]

Yes, you remember correct:

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sudo minstall

or

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minstall-launcher

On personal snapshots it's a known issue that the icon is missing on desktop :)

[Charlie Brown]

That will start the gui (don't worry :))) )

[operadude]

@Charlie Brown :

"Good Grief" !!!!

Long time, no talk !

Thanks for the quick reply!

Yeah, ran "sudo minstall" and it brought-up the GUI, and the data integrity of the medium passed!

So, ready to rock and roll.

Love me my MX-Snapshot & MX-LUM

Hey, watch-out for that old "kicking the football trick"

[operadude]

On personal snapshots it's a known issue that the icon is missing on desktop :)

Did not know that!

First time I haven't seen it!

Anyway...thanks again for the super-quick reply.

[Adrian]

On personal snapshots it's a known issue that the icon is missing on desktop :)

I can't really replicate that. I go to great length to copy the file to all the users ~/Desktop. Did you exclude ~/Desktop files by any chance? Then of course it's not there...

[richb]

I have made a half dozen personal snapshots and the installer launcher has always been there.

[dolphin_oracle]

On personal snapshots it's a known issue that the icon is missing on desktop :)

I can't really replicate that. I go to great length to copy the file to all the users ~/Desktop. Did you exclude ~/Desktop files by any chance? Then of course it's not there...

hmmm never thought about it, but yeah, a personal snapshot with Desktop excluding would bypass both the auto copy we do on first login and the copy that snapshot does.

removing the file ~/.config/MX-Linux/xdg_check would enable the auto-copy on login of the basic set of desktop files (manual, faq, and if running live, the installer link) to the Desktop, desktop excluded or not.

[richb]

hmmm never thought about it, but yeah, a personal snapshot with Desktop excluding would bypass both the auto copy we do on first login and the copy that snapshot does.

Never thought of making a "personal" snapshot without the desktop.

[davidy]

I've always noticed the minstall.desktop file appears on the desktop when creating the snapshot and then disappears towards the end of the iso creation so what I did was simply copy the file itself to my 2nd hd so if for whatever reason I go to install the snapshot and the icon is missing, and I've had that issue, I know where it is.