Attempts to connect to a Windows PC using Warpinator fail

[LateJunction]

Attempts to connect my MX 23.2 PC to a Windows 10 PC using Warpinator (Version 1.4.5 for MX; Version 0.4.1 for Windows) fail with “No other computers found …” displayed on the MX PC. The Windows pc displays a ‘No devices found’ message within the Warpinator window, even after a rescan. If I attempt to connect to a PC running Linux Mint 21.3 (Version 1.8.3) on the same private network, via Warpinator, connection is successful; bidirectional transfers are possible. Again the Windows Warpinator cannot find any devices, even with the Mint PC on-line.

I am using the same Group code and port numbers on all three PCs.

To the best of my understanding the Firewall rules in Windows reflect those in use on the Mint and MX PCs – they have been created to allow In & OUT via TCP and UDP on my chosen ports - but only on my Private network.

Although there is no ‘connect to server’ option in Thunar, I have tried connecting using "smb://WindowsHostname/Windowssharename/" in the Thunar address box. The attempt fails with: “Failed to open "File System". Failed to mount Windows share. Invalid argument" - whether I use an anonymous or registered user login. I don’t understand if the Domain name has to be the same for all 3 PCs and I don’t know how to set it on the MX PC.

I have searched for a ‘problem source identification’ procedure or troubleshooting guide but can find nothing of relevance or that works. None of the forums posts on this topic, on Windows, Mint or MX support sites, have provided advice which successfully addresses the problem. Where should I be looking to understand how to solve this problem?

For further information: I have been trying, perhaps 3 or 4 times a year, for the past 15 years at least, to get Linux and Windows to talk to each other on my Home/Private Network. Never succeeded once. (I used to use an Iomega Home Media Network Drive as an intermediate 'staging post' for file transfers, but that broke after SMB 1 was deprecated. I now use USB and an SD card to transfer files the 80 cms or so between Linux and Windows PCs. We are in the 1980's, aren't we?) I really surprises me that it is proving so difficult and that there is no documented procedure, written at the non-expert level for the typical home user, to achieve this connectivity. I don't believe I'm the only person in the world with this requirement - especially given the impetus to move from Win 10 to Linux (often to MX or Mint) resulting from Microsoft's latest 'jest', which prevents some applications from running on older hardware.

[Eadwine Rose]

Please share your full Quick System Info, found in the menu. Copy for forum, paste in a reply.. thanks.

[LateJunction]

Please share your full Quick System Info, found in the menu. Copy for forum, paste in a reply.. thanks.

Ah! Sorry about this - too easy to forget, while so easy to comply!

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System:
  Kernel: 6.6.12-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.6-16~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-6.6.12-1-liquorix-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet iommu=off 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 October 15  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: H81M-S2H v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: H81M-S2H v: x.x serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
    v: F2 date: 08/11/2015
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard PID:0062 serial: N/A
    charge: 70% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:0081 serial: N/A
    charge: 70% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-4790 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
    note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 982 high: 1266 min/max: 800/3601 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1197 2: 800 3: 800 4: 1266 5: 800 6: 1200 7: 800 8: 1000
    bogomips: 57471
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia v: 525.147.05
    non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
    built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c81
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26") s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 26 size: 1872x1053mm (73.7x41.46")
    diag: 2148mm (84.56") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 525.147.05 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050/PCIe/SSE2
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte 8
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.12-1-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 RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.47 TiB used: 279.56 GiB (18.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-75ZF5A0 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A80
    scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500312CS size: 465.76 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5900 serial: <filter> rev: SC13
    scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDA120G size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 00RL scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 83.66 GiB size: 81.79 GiB (97.77%) used: 29.24 GiB (35.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 7.62 GiB size: 7.6 GiB (99.80%) used: 288 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 457.38 GiB (98.20%) used: 227.46 GiB (49.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 20.51 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdc2
    maj-min: 8:34
  ID-2: swap-2 type: file size: 16.68 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -3 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 25.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 19 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 45%
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2461 libs: 1325 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/graphics:darktable.list
    1: deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics:/darktable/Debian_12/ /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics:darktable:master.list
    1: deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics:/darktable:/master/Debian_12/ /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 419 Uptime: 2h 29m wakeups: 9 Memory: 15.65 GiB used: 2.59 GiB (16.5%) 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: UEFI

[DukeComposed]

I have searched for a ‘problem source identification’ procedure or troubleshooting guide but can find nothing of relevance or that works. None of the forums posts on this topic, on Windows, Mint or MX support sites, have provided advice which successfully addresses the problem. Where should I be looking to understand how to solve this problem?

The Warpinator Github page has a section called "Troubleshooting tips" and a subsection called "Solving connection issues" that I encourage you to read and follow carefully.

It sounds like you've already done some troubleshooting with respect to checking ports and IP addresses, but that page is written by someone with far more Warpinator experience than anyone you may find here. It even mentions there's an option to have Warpinator automagically add firewall rules for you if you use gufw.

In short:

• On each machine, confirm that Warpinator is running and listening on an external IP address. Use "netstat -na" on Windows and "sudo ss -plant" on Linux. Verify that the Warpinator binary has state LISTENING on 42000/tcp and 42001/tcp.
• Assert that each firewall is explicitly allowing connections to ports 42000/tcp and 42001/tcp. Test this with telnet from a separate machine.
• Run identical versions of the software on each endpoint. If you run different versions of Warpinator between two machines, you have an obligation to yourself to read the changelog of every intermediate release to ensure there isn't a compatibility problem mentioned by the developer.

This is just basic endpoint connectivity testing and, other than the port numbers, isn't Warpinator specific. If you want to eliminate Warpinator as a possible culprit, you can run something like a basic webserver on port 42000/tcp and verify if you connect to http://ip.ad.dr.ess:42000/ from a separate machine. This will at least tell you if your firewall rules are correct.

We are in the 1980's, aren't we?) I really surprises me that it is proving so difficult and that there is no documented procedure, written at the non-expert level for the typical home user, to achieve this connectivity. I don't believe I'm the only person in the world with this requirement

It depends on what you need from a heterogeneous home network. Microsoft has a vested interest in making sure that people using their software want and need to buy more of their software. It's good for them when people can't or won't adopt other platforms. Integrating Windows into a UNIX environment is possible, but it's really only meant for big companies, spending big bucks, and the only motivation is to integrate with the UNIX solution in order to eliminate it.

Samba servers exist that allow you to integrate Linux and Windows networks pretty effectively, but it is far from an easy or a simple service to setup and maintain. I've never used Warpinator, or Magic Wormhole, or demonsaw, but to push files around on my network I use SyncThing and it's been pretty reliable for me for almost a decade. It seems similar to Warpinator and uses 22000/tcp instead.

[LateJunction]

The Warpinator Github page has a section called "Troubleshooting tips" and a subsection called "Solving connection issues" that I encourage you to read and follow carefully.


... and the only motivation is to integrate with the UNIX solution in order to eliminate it.

Most useful advice and insightful analysis - thank you. Parts seem to have come from the writings of Sun Tzu, so I'll pay close attention.

[LateJunction]

The Warpinator Github page provided no new insights that might explain this connection failure, aside from the option to run Warpinator in debug mode. This provides no output under Windows but the output under Linux might mean something to the developers (but sadly not to me) so I have submitted a 'bug' reported to GitHub, knowing full well that it is not a bug; but I might get some feedback (probably ending in "... off").

To me this looks like a configuration anomaly with my specific instance of Win 10 - but the chances of getting any response from anybody in the Windows support community on a problem with Warpinator - or indeed on getting Linux to communicate with Windows, which is the substantive issue here - are probably vanishingly small.

[CharlesV]

I use warpinator and also win10 workstations .

I assume you have tried with all firewalls off (both windows and MX ) ?

And all machines are on the same network? (ie no NAT between them etc )

[FullScale4Me]

Try starting it from the terminal. It might give some extra hints as to what is going on. There might be a command line option to make it more verbose in initializing, error reporting, and debugging.

Starting with --help gives a LOT of info.

[FullScale4Me]

Hmmm seems Warpinator wants systemd to start "failed to commit changes to dconf: Could not connect: No such file or directory". Reboot in systemd and it opens.

Warpinator can 'see' (finds, gets IP, and resolves name) my Virtual Box Mint 21.3 instance but cannot connect. Time to reboot 2nd PC in systemd!

[FullScale4Me]

Did some testing. Hosts: MX 23.2 Xfce, Mint 21.3 VBox on the previous PC, MX 23.2 KDE. Systemd it seems is a requirement (Ubuntu is the 'Home OS' for Warpinator).

There is no difference if Warpinator is from MX Test Repo or Flatpacks. Both are version 1.6.4. The install recommended was ticked.

Here's where it gets weird.

• Firewall Off/Disabled on BOTH ends all works OK.

• Enable/turn ON a firewall on MX 23.2 Xfce and it fails to connect universally (MX 23.2 Xfce <---> MX 23.2 Xfce broken as well). 1

• MX KDE 23.2 has no issue. Ditto for Mint 21.3 - both work with firewall ON/Enabled

1 - verified with a 2nd MX 23.2 Xfce PC. Both Xfce are bare metal installs.

MX 23.2 Xfce below

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System:
  Kernel: 6.6.12-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.6-16~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-6.6.12-1-liquorix-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  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_ahs_x64 Libretto July 31  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 7050 v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0NW6H5 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.21.0
    date: 07/12/2022
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse B330/M330/M331 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-7700 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: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 912 high: 1097 min/max: 800/3601 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1097 2: 800 3: 1000 4: 1000 5: 800 6: 800 7: 1000 8: 800
    bogomips: 57600
  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 mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: 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: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
    process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2,
    HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5912 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:4
    chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 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-1 model: Acer K242HYL serial: <filter> built: 2019
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 046d:0825 alternate: snd_soc_avs class-ID: 0102 bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 serial: <filter> class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.12-1-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 tools: pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse) tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
    chip-ID: 8086:15e3 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Linksys AE1000 v1 802.11n [Ralink RT3572] type: USB driver: rt2800usb bus-ID: 1-3:2
    chip-ID: 13b1:002f class-ID: 0000
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 463.92 GiB used: 187.63 GiB (40.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Lexar model: 128GB SSD size: 119.24 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 117D scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB model: External USB3.0 size: 232.89 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0204 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB model: USB3.0 size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: N/A rev: 0204 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 59.18 GiB size: 57.95 GiB (97.92%) used: 34.1 GiB (58.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 55 MiB size: 54.1 MiB (98.38%) used: 411 KiB (0.7%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 6 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2439 libs: 1298 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/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_12/ ./
  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
    2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/slack.list
    1: deb https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian/ jessie main
Info:
  Processes: 354 Uptime: 3h 1m wakeups: 8 Memory: 31.22 GiB used: 2.56 GiB (8.2%) 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

MX 23.2 KDE

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System:
  Kernel: 6.6.6-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.6-7~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-6.6.6-1-liquorix-amd64
    root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=886784
    init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.2_KDE_x64 Libretto
    July 31 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: p2-1394 v: 1.00 serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: PEGATRON model: 2AE2 v: 1.02 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: 8.06
    date: 08/15/2012
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-2120T bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2
    built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  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: 1672 high: 1779 min/max: 1600/2600 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1717 2: 1779 3: 1596 4: 1596 bogomips: 20752
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports:
    active: VGA-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0102 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99") s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
  Monitor-1: VGA-1 res: 1024x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 23.1.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2000 (SNB GT1)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 6
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.6-1-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: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: atl1c
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:2062
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 596.17 GiB used: 24.45 GiB (4.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD6400AAKS-75A7B2 size: 596.17 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 3B01
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 506.18 GiB size: 497.16 GiB (98.22%) used: 24.43 GiB (4.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 27.2 MiB (10.8%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 10.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2593 libs: 1405 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala 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
    2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 307 Uptime: 1h 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 7.64 GiB used: 2.37 GiB (31.1%) 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

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-92-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Virtualbox System: innotek GmbH product: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: Oracle Corporation type: 1 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: innotek GmbH
    v: VirtualBox date: 12/01/2006
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5 M 460 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Westmere
    rev: 5 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2449 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 2449 2: 2449 bogomips: 9795
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.19.0.0 ports: active: Virtual-1
    empty: Virtual-2, Virtual-3, Virtual-4, Virtual-5, Virtual-6, Virtual-7, Virtual-8
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 15ad:0405 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: vmware
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: vmwgfx display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.6x8.0") s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
  Monitor-1: Virtual1 mapped: Virtual-1 res: 1024x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768
    min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7 128 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:05.0
    chip-ID: 8086:2415 class-ID: 0401
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-92-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 v: kernel port: c1a0 bus-ID: 00:03.0
    chip-ID: 8086:100e class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s3 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus v: N/A
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:07.0 chip-ID: 8086:7113 class-ID: 0680
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 25 GiB used: 11.37 GiB (45.5%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 25 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A
    serial: <filter> rev: 1.0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 23.95 GiB used: 11.36 GiB (47.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1.14 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured?
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2129
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https: //mirrors.advancedhosters.com/linuxmint/packages virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //mirrors.maine.edu/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //mirrors.maine.edu/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //mirrors.maine.edu/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
  Processes: 200 Uptime: 1h 18m wakeups: 136 Memory: 3.8 GiB used: 1.31 GiB (34.4%) Init: systemd
  v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client
  inxi: 3.3.13

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