KDE 4.8.4 (MEPIS 12) BSOD limbo for one user only

[kmathern]

Warren never got around to creating a M12 version of the "Mepis User Assistant" package (mepis-user).

Could MX User Manager be backported for M12 users?

MX User is probably installable on M12 without backporting anything. I think one would just need to add the xfce-4.10 CR repo, or manually download the mx-user and mx-viewer packages and install them with gdebi.
That said, I think some parts of MX User are more or less specific to MX-14 and might not work that well with M12.


The Mepis 11 "Mepis User Assistant" might also work with M12, it's available here: ftp://ftp.mepis.com/mepis/pool/main/m/mepis-user/ (the mepis-user_10.9.98 i386 or amd64 .deb package)

[Jerry3904]

I mentioned "backport" because I wasn't sure about the Qt version.

[eemaestro]

Thank you, Jerry3904. I printed the Smxi wiki article. I will try downloading and running it from X tomorrow after backing-up my user files.

[Jerry3904]

I'm a bit surprised that as a Mepis user since 2006 you never had occasion to use sgfxi. I think you will like it!

[eemaestro]

I frankly never heard of sgfxi/smxi before Friday Sept. 19, 2015.
Got it installed.
before changing graphics w/ smxi:

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# lshw
mepis1                    
    description: Desktop Computer
    product: MS-7721 (To be filled by O.E.M.)
    vendor: MSI
    version: 1.0
    serial: To be filled by O.E.M.
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop family=To be filled by O.E.M. sku=To be filled by O.E.M. uuid=00000000-0000-0000-0000-448A5B2ADB38
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: FM2-A75MA-E35 (MS-7721)
       vendor: MSI
       physical id: 0
       version: 1.0
       serial: To be filled by O.E.M.
       slot: To be filled by O.E.M.
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: V2.2
          date: 07/15/2013
          size: 64KiB
          capacity: 8128KiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
     *-cache:0
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: 23
          slot: L1 CACHE
          size: 192KiB
          capacity: 192KiB
          clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
          capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
     *-cache:1
          description: L2 cache
          physical id: 24
          slot: L2 CACHE
          size: 4MiB
          capacity: 4MiB
          clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
          capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 32
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 8GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
             product: BLS8G3D1339DS1S00.
             vendor: A1_Manufacturer1
             physical id: 0
             serial: A70495BD
             slot: DIMM 1
             size: 8GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: SODIMM DDR3 [empty]
             product: A1_PartNum3
             vendor: A1_Manufacturer3
             physical id: 1
             serial: A1_SerialNum3
             slot: DIMM 1
             width: 64 bits
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 3a
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
          slot: P0
          size: 1400MHz
          capacity: 3600MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 100MHz
          capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold bmi1 cpufreq
          configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=4
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Complex
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
        *-generic UNCLAIMED
             description: IOMMU
             product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) I/O Memory Management Unit
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 0.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: msi ht bus_master cap_list
             configuration: latency=0
        *-display
             description: VGA compatible controller
             product: Trinity [Radeon HD 7560D]
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
             configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
             resources: irq:60 memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:f000(size=256) memory:feb00000-feb3ffff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: Trinity HDMI Audio Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
             physical id: 1.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:61 memory:feb40000-feb43fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:16 ioport:e000(size=4096) ioport:d0000000(size=1048576)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 06
                serial: 44:8a:5b:2a:db:38
                size: 100Mbit/s
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 ip=132.147.58.209 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
                resources: irq:59 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:d0004000-d0004fff memory:d0000000-d0003fff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fea00000-feafffff
           *-ide
                description: IDE interface
                product: JMB368 IDE controller
                vendor: JMicron Technology Corp.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: ide pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=pata_jmicron latency=0
                resources: irq:18 ioport:d040(size=8) ioport:d030(size=4) ioport:d020(size=8) ioport:d010(size=4) ioport:d000(size=16) memory:fea00000-fea0ffff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB XHCI Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 10
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
             version: 03
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb46000-feb47fff
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB XHCI Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 10.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1
             version: 03
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:17 memory:feb44000-feb45fff
        *-storage
             description: SATA controller
             product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 11
             bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
             version: 40
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: storage msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=32
             resources: irq:41 ioport:f140(size=8) ioport:f130(size=4) ioport:f120(size=8) ioport:f110(size=4) ioport:f100(size=16) memory:feb4d000-feb4d7ff
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 12
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb4c000-feb4cfff
        *-usb:3
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 12.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32
             resources: irq:17 memory:feb4b000-feb4b0ff
        *-usb:4
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 13
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb4a000-feb4afff
        *-usb:5
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 13.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32
             resources: irq:17 memory:feb49000-feb490ff
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: FCH SMBus Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 14
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
             resources: irq:0
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: FCH LPC Bridge
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 14.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: FCH PCI Bridge
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 14.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
             version: 40
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master vga_palette
             resources: ioport:c000(size=4096)
           *-multimedia
                description: Multimedia audio controller
                product: CA0106 Soundblaster
                vendor: Creative Labs
                physical id: 5
                bus info: pci@0000:03:05.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=snd_ca0106 latency=32 maxlatency=20 mingnt=2
                resources: irq:20 ioport:c000(size=32)
        *-usb:6
             description: USB controller
             product: FCH USB OHCI Controller
             vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
             physical id: 14.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5
             version: 11
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ohci bus_master
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
             resources: irq:18 memory:feb48000-feb48fff
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 0
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 1
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 2
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 3
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=k10temp
          resources: irq:0
     *-pci:5
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 4
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 105
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:6
          description: Host bridge
          product: Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 5
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 106
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-scsi:0
          physical id: 1
          logical name: scsi2
          capabilities: emulated
        *-cdrom
             description: DVD-RAM writer
             product: DVD Writer 1270d
             vendor: HP
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/cdrom
             logical name: /dev/cdrw
             logical name: /dev/dvd
             logical name: /dev/dvdrw
             logical name: /dev/sr0
             version: GH24
             capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
             configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
     *-scsi:1
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi6
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk:0
             description: ATA Disk
             product: WDC WD3200AAJB-0
             vendor: Western Digital
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: 01.0
             serial: WD-WCAV23793264
             size: 298GiB (320GB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512
           *-volume:0
                description: EXT4 volume
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                logical name: /
                version: 1.0
                serial: 99353bf0-65d0-4e1b-9aaf-31ccfdd2e516
                size: 297GiB
                capacity: 297GiB
                capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                configuration: created=2014-06-13 10:52:04 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2015-09-19 09:12:48 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,noatime,data=ordered mounted=2015-09-19 09:12:49 state=mounted
           *-volume:1
                description: Linux swap volume
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                version: 1
                serial: 2ac3d360-ae8f-4a5c-8eda-63835a587de0
                size: 1051MiB
                capacity: 1051MiB
                capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized
                configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
        *-disk:1
             description: ATA Disk
             product: WDC WD2500JB-00R
             vendor: Western Digital
             physical id: 0.1.0
             bus info: scsi@6:0.1.0
             logical name: /dev/sdb
             version: 20.0
             serial: WD-WMANK3895441
             size: 232GiB (250GB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=00c609f0
           *-volume
                description: Windows NTFS volume
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@6:0.1.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sdb1
                version: 3.1
                serial: 26baf09e-ce0b-f841-8027-782cc85a727b
                size: 39GiB
                capacity: 39GiB
                capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
                configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2006-12-30 07:48:52 filesystem=ntfs modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
     *-scsi:2
          physical id: 3
          bus info: usb@2:3
          logical name: scsi8
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: SCSI Disk
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdc
             size: 7648MiB (8019MB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: sectorsize=512 signature=c3072e18
           *-volume
                description: Windows FAT volume
                vendor: MSDOS5.0
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@8:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sdc1
                logical name: /media/USB20FD
                version: FAT32
                serial: 674b-d248
                size: 7645MiB
                capacity: 7646MiB
                capabilities: primary bootable fat initialized
                configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0022,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,errors=remount-ro state=mounted

Okay, I will select the graphics option w/ Radeon since this brand name appears above. . .

[eemaestro]

I ran smxi as superuser. First I used it to to an apt-get update. I got eleven errors similar to this one:

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Err http://ftp.debian.org wheezy updates/contrib amd64 Packages
404  Not Found [IP:   64.50.233.100 80]

After seeing a total of eleven like this from wheezy/updates I found a loose cable on my ethernet. So I pushed in in and reran smxi as superuser. It created /etc/X11/xorg.conf
use x-configure command
Yes
apt-get update failed another three times.
I pressed on to graphics update 6, and got a couple warnings that said

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libstdc++5 cannot be authenticated
libg11-mesa-g1x cannot be authenticated

eventually got to the text-only screen labeled
AMD Catalyst Proprietary Driver 15.9.1 Installation
and updated /etc/X11/Xorg.conf
and when I rebooted my computer, got a text screen showing a blue bar on the bottom left and the label Debian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy) in blue letters on the bottom of the screen.
That was the last thing I saw. The BSOD followed. FAIL.

I am disappointed the script doesn't try to display graphics while you're running it, so you abort loading the driver if it doesn't work
on your monitor, but without X, I guess that's impossible.

With no graphics, I had to reboot from the MEPIS 12 Live DVD in order to get on the web to post this message.

I will run smxi again & see if I can undo what I did.

[eemaestro]

PHEW! I undid what I did.
Ran smxi again. Went straight to 7-graphics & installed
AMD Catalyst Proprietary Driver 15.9.1 this time
and afterwards got dumped into a shell where I typed

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#startx

and logged into aroot Mepis KDE account.
The graphics looked same as before (normal).
So I logged out & got the terminal message

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xauth:  (argv):1: bad display name "mepis1:0" in "remove" command
#

so I rebooted and checked out my user accounts.
YAY! I can log out as user1 and get the graphical MEPIS user dialog box
and log in as user2 and then back out. It's pretty basic to be able to do this
without recycling power to the CPU.
Success, Thanks to Jerry3904. I appreciate your help in resolving this situation.

[Jerry3904]

Good job of hanging in there!