What and how to select during install, noob question [Solved]

[DukeComposed]

3rd: a bit more annoying is, that thunar doesn't show any of the links made to the online webdav and local NAS - how do I get these from the old backup?

Not sure, but the first places I'd go looking for them would be under ~/.config, ~/.local, and maybe ~/.cache. As it turns out, there's a utility called chezmoi that, once you know where a dotfile you care about is kept, you can back it up and re-synchronize it with a different machine. I don't have any experience with it, but it looks promising.

5th: I forgot how to turn off bluetooth at boot, but still showing the bluetooth icon so i can easily be turned on and connected

Assuming Xfce: Session and Startup > Application Autostart > look for "Blueman" entries.

[MXRobo]

4th: sound is finally working after over a year :D --- BUT I have to adjust alsamixer to make it audible. These settings don't get saved. How do I save them and make sure they are loaded every boot / suspend / hibernate.

Maybe try: sudo alsactl store after it's set to your liking.
You can search the forum for this too.

[xaol]

needed to let this create a text file, as its quite lengthy.
But I think what I saw was these (and following)
[ 3.155373] i2c_hid_acpi i2c-HTIX5288:00: i2c_hid_get_input: incomplete report (27/261)
[ 3.156352] i2c_hid_acpi i2c-HTIX5288:00: i2c_hid_get_input: incomplete report (27/33030)

i think i2c may often refer to an input device like a touchpad. if yours is working correctly after boot, then those could probably be ignored. this thread identifies a similar message as being related to a touchpad: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic. ... 3#p2336073

4th: sound is finally working after over a year :D --- BUT I have to adjust alsamixer to make it audible. These settings don't get saved. How do I save them and make sure they are loaded every boot / suspend / hibernate

someone else already mentioned trying to use the alsactl store command. for both sysv and systemd, i believe there should be a service that runs at boot and shutdown to store that info and then restore it at boot. when using sysv, you could try checking this after boot to see if it has any info

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sudo grep -i alsa /var/log/syslog

with systemd you could check one or both of the following

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sudo systemctl status '*alsa*'
sudo journalctl -b | grep -i alsa

5th: I forgot how to turn off bluetooth at boot, but still showing the bluetooth icon so i can easily be turned on and connected

i usually uncheck the box that says "Enable Bluetooth Adapters on boot" in MX Tweak's Other tab.

[argonaut459]

I think I got the Bluetooth thing worked out. It really was the setting in mx tweak.
Didn't got around to test the alsa saving setting, hopefully later today.

The Vivaldi account issues got fixed by
1 making sure ALL option got synched
2 copy the user account folder (see Vivaldi about page for location)
3 start new installed Vivaldi, close it.
4 copy over old user folder
5 start
6 input synch account credentials (never loose that password or all is lost)
7 close, restart all settings and accounts are working (mail, calendar, feeds, etc)

She is very happy with her new setup, it's really snappier now

[richb]

FYI: The latest Vivaldi is working well in my case. Apparently not universally from portions of this topic.

[argonaut459]

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sudo grep -i alsa /var/log/syslog

with systemd you could check one or both of the following

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sudo systemctl status '*alsa*'
sudo journalctl -b | grep -i alsa

Good afternoon, I adjusted alsa. performed sudo alsactl store and rebooted.
The changes didn't get saved, or at least not used on reboot.

Here the info of the systemD comands from above:

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sudo systemctl status '*alsa*'
[sudo] Passwort für Dana:     
● alsa-restore.service - Save/Restore Sound Card State
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/alsa-restore.ser>
     Active: active (exited) since Sun 2024-03-10 16:47:4>
       Docs: man:alsactl(1)
    Process: 873 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run>
   Main PID: 873 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 6ms

Mär 10 16:47:47 mxDana systemd[1]: Starting alsa-restore.>
Mär 10 16:47:47 mxDana systemd[1]: Finished alsa-restore.>
lines 1-10/10 (END)
Dana@mxDana:~
$ sudo journalctl -b | grep -i alsa
Mär 10 16:47:47 mxDana systemd[1]: alsa-state.service - Manage Sound Card State (restore and store) was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf).
Mär 10 16:47:47 mxDana systemd[1]: Starting alsa-restore.service - Save/Restore Sound Card State...
Mär 10 16:47:47 mxDana systemd[1]: Finished alsa-restore.service - Save/Restore Sound Card State.
Mär 10 16:48:38 mxDana sudo[2386]:     Dana : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/Dana ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status *alsa*
Mär 10 16:49:58 mxDana sudo[2736]:     Dana : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/Dana ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status *alsa*

Action I do have to perform in alsamixer to hear sound:
1. Select Soundcard default:0 sof-essx.....
2. headphone from 0 to 100 if still muted or not doesn't matter, it works.
that's all that is needed.

[MXRobo]

FYI - I got a vivaldi-stable update on March 6th, (6.6.3271.48), so MAYBE? that Vivaldi issue has been resolved - don't know.
I posted (#14) problems on March 2nd.

[argonaut459]

Going through my old posts.

The install went fine due to all the assistance here, and later on all other issues were mute points, or a plainly ignored or what ever by the owner of the laptop. In the end, the user is happier than ever before, and nothing was ever mentioned again.

Solved I guess :D

Thank you all very very much for the help and a great piece of software

[Eadwine Rose]

Please don't bump old topics, which is essentially what you are doing. It is nice you said thank you, but digging up from March for just that is a bit much.