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MX 23.5 some desktop launcher not clickable

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:44 am
by michaelbr
This is brand new install of 23.5, I've noticed from time to time that some desktop launcher is not clickable and when you hover the mouse over it, it did not change to hand, it seems concentrate mainly in the center of the screen, but it can be anywhere. Is this a bug or I missed something here? Is there a way to fix this? I've also noticed that display brightness can't be saved (clicked on the save button, but next time you open it, it's still 100%.
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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-31-amd64 [6.1.128-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-31-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
    init=/lib/systemd/systemd
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto Jan 12  2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20236 v: Lenovo G500 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 v: Lenovo G500 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: INVALID v: 00000000Not Defined serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
    v: 78CN22WW(V2.00) date: 08/23/2013
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-3110M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2
    built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  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: 1229 high: 1254 min/max: 1200/2400 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1252 2: 1200 3: 1254 4: 1212 bogomips: 19156
  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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  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; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7
    process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Realtek Lenovo EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-4:2 chip-ID: 0bda:5728
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 362x204mm (14.25x8.03") s-diag: 416mm (16.36")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Samsung 0x4752 built: 2012 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2
    size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 4.2 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 7 driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-31-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 QCA8172 Fast Ethernet vendor: Lenovo driver: alx v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:10a0 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lenovo driver: ath9k
    v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.3:4
    chip-ID: 0cf3:3004 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
    hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1022:8 sco-mtu: 183:5 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 517.7 GiB (55.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM048-2E7172 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 97.66 GiB size: 95.56 GiB (97.86%) used: 30.47 GiB (31.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 98.4 MiB (98.42%) used: 5.7 MiB (5.8%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2.93 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3
    maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2300 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2293 libs: 1154 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  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://ftp.cica.es/mirrors/Linux/MX-Packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/protonvpn-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
  Processes: 241 Uptime: 14m wakeups: 1 Memory: 5.69 GiB used: 2.92 GiB (51.3%) 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

Re: MX 23.5 some desktop launcher not clickable

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:50 am
by Eadwine Rose
Right click on the launcher, properties, edit icon, and try the command you see in a terminal, that might provide some clues.

Re: MX 23.5 some desktop launcher not clickable

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 10:47 am
by michaelbr
Eadwine Rose wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:50 am Right click on the launcher, properties, edit icon, and try the command you see in a terminal, that might provide some clues.
Nothing works on launcher, no left/right click, no re-positioning, nothing, that's what odd, sometime if I logout, and log back in, it works, lately nothing make it work, and it's a brand new install, and seems the same launcher.

Re: MX 23.5 some desktop launcher not clickable

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:20 am
by siamhie
michaelbr wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 10:47 am
Eadwine Rose wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:50 am Right click on the launcher, properties, edit icon, and try the command you see in a terminal, that might provide some clues.
Nothing works on launcher, no left/right click, no re-positioning, nothing, that's what odd
Does the launcher show up in the folder?

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~/Desktop

Re: MX 23.5 some desktop launcher not clickable

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 1:04 pm
by michaelbr
siamhie wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:20 am Does the launcher show up in the folder?

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~/Desktop
I'm pretty sure it does, I remembered once when it happened in the morning, I went to ~/Desktop to check if for some reason the launcher was flagged as R only, but it was RW, unfortunately this time it's working, I'll keep an eye, if it happens again, I'll get back to you to confirm it.

Re: MX 23.5 some desktop launcher not clickable

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 5:38 pm
by siamhie
michaelbr wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 1:04 pm
siamhie wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:20 am Does the launcher show up in the folder?

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~/Desktop
I'm pretty sure it does
So you did/didn't check?

Re: MX 23.5 some desktop launcher not clickable

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 2:38 am
by michaelbr
siamhie wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 5:38 pm So you did/didn't check?
I did check, they're there, but it's working, by the way a friend who's using Mint reported similar problem with launcher freeze, but his started right after install, when he added the first few launchers, maybe it's a "side effect" from newer version of Debian?
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