Have always found them to be outstanding distros as well as being easy to install and use. Perfect! Great work!
Yesterday, I installed the latest version (23.2) to see if it would install and run on an old (2006) machine that had
been running the latest version of Linux Peppermint. MX 23 does install successfully and with no issues, other than one.
I will note my installation time (from DVD) seemed to take forever. I was expecting maybe 30+ minutes. It turned out to be 2 hours +.
The major issue for me is the USB Ports are now unrecognized under MX-23. When a flashdrive is plugged in, I've found MX,
in the past (on other computers), would recognize this in seconds. With 23.2, those ports, on this computer,
no longer are discovered or display after a plug-in.
I know the port is not the issue as it had worked yesterday under Peppermint just ahead of installing MX-23.
Without my USB ports being recognized, I can no longer use thumbdrives to backup files. This is a major problem for me.
I really don't want to go back to Peppermint when MX-23 otherwise seems to work flawlessly...even on an ancient machine.
Oh what to do???
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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-10-amd64 [6.1.38-2] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-10-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_x64 Libretto July 31 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Dell DXP061 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 7 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0CT017 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: 2.5.3 date: 11/22/2007
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Core2 Merom level: v1 built: 2006-09
process: Intel 65nm family: 6 model-id: 0xF (15) stepping: 0xB (11) microcode: 0xBA
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
L2: 8 MiB desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2393 high: 2394 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 2393 2: 2394 3: 2394 4: 2394
bogomips: 19152
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed 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: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: series: 340.xx
status: legacy (EOL) last: release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla process: 40-80nm
built: 2006-13 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: DVI-I-2
empty: DVI-I-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0402 class-ID: 0300 temp: 63.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37") s-diag: 485mm (19.11")
Monitor-1: DVI-I-2 model: HP x20LED serial: <filter> built: 2012 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 92
gamma: 1.2 size: 443x249mm (17.44x9.8") diag: 508mm (20") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1600x900
min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NV84 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:284b class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-10-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 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 82566DC Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: ecc0
bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:104b class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 530.92 GiB used: 10.66 GiB (2.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD2500JS-75NCB3 size: 232.83 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2E04
scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: HD321KJ size: 298.09 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0-11 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 298.09 GiB size: 292.35 GiB (98.07%) used: 10.66 GiB (3.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 63.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2177 libs: 1143 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://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
Processes: 220 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 1 Memory: 2.9 GiB used: 1.42 GiB (48.8%) 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)
