MXLinux 23 sysVinit related Wayland "challenges"/ problems.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:10 am
By way of setting correct expectations, the system desktop configuration I am running has been tested and run earlier on Debian (vanilla, and Lilidog all systemd), Devuan (non-systemd); arch systemd based distros EOS & manjaro. None of the aforementioned demonstrate the problems, I will highlight in this thread. The primary reason, I suppose is because none afford the dual init systemd / sysV option.
To get to the quick, I am testing/ running a laptop (I'll include the laptop details below- QXPI) running the following:
- MX Linux 23 (ahs) current release.
- A group of dissimilar window managers (from a single user space) including:
-- bspwm (x11)
-- dwm (x11)
-- hlwm (x11)
-- i3wm (x11)
-- SwayWM (Wayland)
-- xfce4 (x11)
-Display Manager (x11 & Wayland)
-- lightdm
-- slick-greeter
For this thread, I will only include problems that exists in my install of MX23 sysVinit and not in MX23 systemd. I will list problems as I encounter them as unique posts in this thread.

Proof-of-life image MX23 (sysVinit) running SwayWM

QSI:
It is my hope that this thread will help MX and antiX prepare for Wayland, should that be a desirable team objective.
To get to the quick, I am testing/ running a laptop (I'll include the laptop details below- QXPI) running the following:
- MX Linux 23 (ahs) current release.
- A group of dissimilar window managers (from a single user space) including:
-- bspwm (x11)
-- dwm (x11)
-- hlwm (x11)
-- i3wm (x11)
-- SwayWM (Wayland)
-- xfce4 (x11)
-Display Manager (x11 & Wayland)
-- lightdm
-- slick-greeter
For this thread, I will only include problems that exists in my install of MX23 sysVinit and not in MX23 systemd. I will list problems as I encounter them as unique posts in this thread.
Proof-of life image MX23 (systemd) running dwm.MODs:
If you wish to kill this thread or move it elsewhere, please feel free to 'do what is best.'

Proof-of-life image MX23 (sysVinit) running SwayWM

QSI:
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System:
Kernel: 6.6.11-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.6-15~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
intel_pstate=disable rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.11-1-liquorix-amd64
root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet hush init=/lib/systemd/systemd
Desktop: dwm v: 6.4 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.1_ahs_x64 Libretto October 15
2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5493 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0M4FW1 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.24.0
date: 09/12/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 32.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 32.1/42.0 Wh (76.4%) volts: 13.0 min: 11.4
model: BYD DELL 1VX1H9A type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-1035G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake gen: core 10 level: v4
note: check built: 2019-21 process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x7E (126) stepping: 5
microcode: 0xC2
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 320 KiB
desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1274 high: 3459 min/max: 400/1201 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1425 2: 1500 3: 598 4: 1201 5: 400 6: 439
7: 1175 8: 3459 bogomips: 19046
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
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: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G1 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-11
process: Intel 10nm built: 2019-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:8a56 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:4
chip-ID: 0c45:671e class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 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: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14d4 built: 2017 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 158
gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_icl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:34c8 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.11-1-liquorix-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: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell
driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 0cf3:e009
class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
sub-v: 25a hci-v: 4.2
Info: acl-mtu: 1024:8 sco-mtu: 50:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 678.74 GiB (35.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 043 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT1050MX300SSD4 size: 978.09 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: R031
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 977.84 GiB size: 961.41 GiB (98.32%) used: 678.74 GiB (70.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 411 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 71.0 C mobo: 46.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2570
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2462 libs: 1227 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/microsoft-edge.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
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: 331 Uptime: 1h 23m wakeups: 619 Memory: 23.25 GiB used: 3.99 GiB (17.2%) Init: systemd
v: 252 target: graphical (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: UEFI