MX-17 Beta 1 Feedback Thread

[BitJam]

@stevo, unfortunately, there are two versions of MX-17.b1_x64.iso. The live legacy bootloader (syslinux with gfxboot, not Grub) was fixed in the latest version so it sounds like you used the earlier version. I used live-usb-maker to make a live-usb from this iso file:

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b61af97f7a17032f70fef68a2626fb76  MX-17.b1_x64.iso

I was able to boot UEFI in secure boot mode on a Dell XPS-13 and on an Acer-ES1-511. The legacy syslinux bootloader also worked as expected on both systems.

[m_pav]

I tested the sendsigs fix on my finniky Lenovo E330 and got a clean shutdown. Before testing, I set my bios to EFI boot only, no legacy and had a blank un-initialised SSD to start with. Created a Beta 1 64-bit flash drive and booted without issue.

Install with auto-partition, encryption selected for /home and swap, grub installed to ESP, installation was very quick and rebooted to a nice clean desktop. Swapped out sendsigs and rebooted, no hanging at shutdown, rebooted cleanly every time. Rechecked 3 more times, no hangs at shutdown. Swapped back to the sendsigs provided with Beta1 and immediate hang on shutdown.

Contents of the diff output between the 2 sendsig files below

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< PROTECT_LIST="^(mount.|ntfs-3g|wpa_supplicant|udevd|systemd-udevd)"
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> PROTECT_LIST="^(/sbin/mount.ntfs|mount.ntfs|mount.fuse|mount.cifs|ntfs-3g|/sbin/mount.ntfs-3g|rpcbind|/sbin/wpa_supplicant|udevd|systemd-udevd)"
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< 
<     local live_prog full_live live_dir=/live
<     read live_dir 2>/dev/null < /etc/live/live-dir
<     for live_prog in live-umount umount-live; do
<         full_live=$live_dir/bin/$live_prog
<         [ -x $full_live ] || continue
<         # Don't use exec here so the rest of sendsigs code runs
<         $full_live --run-scripts </dev/console >/dev/console
<         break
<     done
< 
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<     #pgrep  "$PROTECT_LIST"
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>     #pgrep -f "$PROTECT_LIST"
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<     for pid in $(pgrep "$PROTECT_LIST"); do
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>     for pid in $(pgrep -f "$PROTECT_LIST"); do
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>     echo "omit list: " $OMITPIDS
> 
> 	for omitfile in /run/sendsigs.omit; do
> 		if [ -e $omitfile ]; then
> 			for pid in $(cat $omitfile); do
> 				OMITPIDS="${OMITPIDS:+$OMITPIDS }-o $pid"
> 			done
> 		fi
> 	done
> 
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< 

[m_pav]

Remaster failure running from live-usb, I was trying to remaster the sendsigs into a bootable USB to see if that would help with accessing encrypted partitions from a live boot device.
I lost my logfile, but kept a screenshot.

Remaster-stall.png

[m_pav]

Grab handles on screen borders can be a bit hard to grab. Has the padding been applied as per earlier versions?

[stsoh]

Remaster failure running from live-usb,....

i had the same problem, highlighted earlier. apparently there two versions of mx17-b1 (mentioned by bitjam).
the mx17-b1 version, i downloaded is from sourceforge (had the same md5/sig as bitjam), the other must be either from mxlinux webpage or linuxtracker.

[FredBezies]

Some feedbacks on MX 17 beta1

I tested quickly MX17 beta1 in VirtualBox, and here are my feedbacks. Not a lot of them, but the ones that jumped to my eyes.

1) There is no icons in LibreOffice by default. When you go to LibreOffice options and appearance section, you can read that icon theme is on "helpimg" by default.

2) I cannot install any single translation package using simplified MX installer applications. Terminal windows is opening, and no matter which repository I select (either stable or mx repo), nothing is done.

I had to use Synaptic and install missing packages by hand.

3) After mx update has finished its work, you can see a menu with all its options. You cannot exit it without clicking on quit option :(

I know this is not a big list, but besides this, I did not see or face any big bugs.

Hope it helps!

Have a good day.

[dolphin_oracle]

Some feedbacks on MX 17 beta1

I tested quickly MX17 beta1 in VirtualBox, and here are my feedbacks. Not a lot of them, but the ones that jumped to my eyes.

1) There is no icons in LibreOffice by default. When you go to LibreOffice options and appearance section, you can read that icon theme is on "helpimg" by default.

2) I cannot install any single translation package using simplified MX installer applications. Terminal windows is opening, and no matter which repository I select (either stable or mx repo), nothing is done.

I had to use Synaptic and install missing packages by hand.

3) After mx update has finished its work, you can see a menu with all its options. You cannot exit it without clicking on quit option :(

I know this is not a big list, but besides this, I did not see or face any big bugs.

Hope it helps!

Have a good day.

Thanks!

was libreoffice set to "helpimg", or to "(automatic) helpimg"?

the default is supposed to be galaxy, which is what it is on my system here, but you are not the first person to report that particular bug.


***edit*** its a bug in libreoffice 5.4 series. (https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/sho ... ?id=108406) helpimg isn't even actually a theme.

[CaputAlista]

hellow Mr Bit jam. i am the guy that you help directly with initr file custom. In mx15 only create a directory live and the other version create live usb folder and live folder. But live usb folder has permission and live not. usb live folder is small. and if i download file is small.
mx 15 works.

[dr-kart]

'Edit as Root' option is not working in thunar.
"Open root Thunar here' is functioning.

[richb]

'Edit as Root' option is not working in thunar.
"Open root Thunar here' is functioning.

Confirmed. An oversight. Go to Edit>Configure Custom actions and double click on Edit as Root. Change leafpad to featherpad.