MX-17 Beta 1 Feedback Thread

[stsoh]

how to downgrade kodi version 17 to 16?
new kodi version, freeze all videos, can't play any video either streaming or on the hd.

There are presently no Kodi 16 versions in either the Debian Stretch or the MX 17 repos. We should try and get Kodi 17 working, instead. Let's get an output of "inxi -F" for your machine, for starters. Your sig says you're running a Jessie-based kernel on MX 17, but I hope that's wrong.

on the mx16.1 with the old version kodi run smooth no problems at all. the new version kodi unable to run any video. googled n tried every settings to prevent video freeze, still can't run video.

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System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 4.13.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
           Distro: MX-17.b1_x64 Horizon November 6, 2017
Machine:   Device: desktop Mobo: MSI model: G41M-P33 Combo(MS-7592) v: 7.0 serial: N/A
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: V32.13 date: 11/06/2014
CPU:       Dual core Pentium E5400 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
           clock speeds: max: 3145 MHz 1: 3145 MHz 2: 3145 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.2 ) drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G41 version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:     Card-1 Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Def. Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 GYROCOM C&C driver: USB Audio
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCIE Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: 44:8a:5b:91:69:6c
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 64:70:02:00:71:f9
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 4120.8GB (68.2% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_Q300 size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: TOSHIBA_DT01ACA2 size: 2000.4GB
           ID-3: /dev/sdc model: TOSHIBA_DT01ACA2 size: 2000.4GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 55G used: 4.8G (10%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 0.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/zram0
           ID-3: swap-2 size: 0.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/zram1
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 159 Uptime: 14 min Memory: 1206.8/7951.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.43 

[Stevo]

Kodi works fine on with my Skylake 520 intel video on a real install of MX 17, and fails to play (as expected) in a Virtual Box install, since that provides no 2D openGL acceleration.

Kodi uses openGL 2D video output to display video, unlike most other video players that currently try and use xv output by default. So if this is the case, another Kodi version would have the same issues, and we haven't seen them with 17.3 in MX 15/16. If you set VLC to use openGL output, is that also broken? Try it from the command line:

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vlc <filename> -V opengl

I suspect that it could be due to MX 17 assigning your video card to use the kernel modesetting video driver by default, instead of the "intel" driver that MX 16 used. You can switch to the intel driver by creating a 20-intel.conf text file with this in it:

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Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Device0"
        Driver      "intel"
#       BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
#       Option      "AccelMethod" "sna"
        Option      "DRI"    "true"
#       Option      "TearFree"  "true"
#       Option "DRI" "3"
EndSection

I have commented out some options that I use, but left them in there for experimentation if you wish.

Copy the file to the correct location, then reboot:

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sudo cp 20-intel.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

Try VLC to see if openGL now works if it was broken before.

[asinoro]

Pay attention to this tool works fine on MX with panel shortcut and full alsa configuration. You can find at synaptic.
qasmixer
ALSA mixer for the desktop

[stsoh]

... If you set VLC to use openGL output, is that also broken? Try it from the command line:

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vlc <filename> -V opengl

i'm not sure this 'failed to open' help or not, vlc can play video on my hd.

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$ vlc fixation.2012.480p.web.dl.x264.rmteam.mkv -Vopengl
VLC media player 2.2.6 Umbrella (revision 2.2.6-0-g1aae78981c)
[0000559b9c449148] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_va_gl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_va_gl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

installed libvdpau_va_gl1.so, kodi still can't play video.

I suspect that it could be due to MX 17 assigning your video card to use the kernel modesetting video driver by default, instead of the "intel" driver that MX 16 used. You can switch to the intel driver by creating a 20-intel.conf text file with this in it:

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Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Device0"
        Driver      "intel"
#       BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
#       Option      "AccelMethod" "sna"
        Option      "DRI"    "true"
#       Option      "TearFree"  "true"
#       Option "DRI" "3"
EndSection

I have commented out some options that I use, but left them in there for experimentation if you wish.

Copy the file to the correct location, then reboot:

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sudo cp 20-intel.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

Try VLC to see if openGL now works if it was broken before.

did as your suggestions, still kodi didn't work.
VLC can play videos on my hd.
kodi can't play any videos on my system.
remove/purge vlc, replace with mpv.
finally remove/purge kodi, gave up on desktop, use my tv-box.

[BitJam]

FWIW, it appears that the modesetting driver does support OpenGL: Intel vs. Modesetting X.Org DDX Performance Impact but I don't know how well this support spans the wide range of Intel hardware in the field.

[Stevo]

I've made some preliminary packages of arc-theme-hdpi for HDPI screens. There are a couple of missing pixels in each corner, but the titlebar and buttons are embiggened and the borders are about 6 pixels instead of 1, making them much easier to grab. Maybe I can fix those "corner cases" with some editing of the source svg like I did to help the other elements, which is hard because I really don't see how they fit together, but it's a big improvement as is: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wYE2C ... 75Qee3ym-U

I can also use this as a base to make an xhdpi version, using 180 dpi instead of the 140 I used for this. Perhaps we can also modify the standard Arc theme with its one-pixel borders...

[richb]

That is a big improvement. On a 1920x1280 display it looks OK with the 140 you used, 160 would be better. Grabs are quite good.

EDIT: The close symbol looks large enough. The others are still quite small.

[Stevo]

I redid them to make them native packages and added a 180 dpi -xhdpi package which will appear bigger, but getting it in the Goldilocks zone for a paticular dpi and monitor size is just going to be throwing darts blindfolded. But the procedure to make a custom dpi version is now not too difficult...could whip up a 160 dpi mhdpi version pretty quick. I couldn't find a lot about other hdpi themes on the xfce forums---I guess they recommend scaling everything up with xrandr instead. I think there is at least one GUI front end to it someplace...

New themes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WbZ8n ... ysxhBse0N3

[tradonal]

hello all
-) je suis francais, ce post est traduit par google
je ne suis pas un expert, mais assidu .....
utilisateur de antix et ensuite MX depuis deja plusieurs années....
-) I'm french, this post is translated by google
I am not an expert, but diligent .....
antix user and then MX for several years now ....

information
-) 1 disque dur
-) 1 partition primaire sda1
-) grub2 dans mbr
-) boot iso avec grub2

information
-) 1 hard drive
-) 1 primary partition sda1
-) grub2 in mbr
-) boot iso with grub2

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menuentry "MX-17.b1 386 (November 6, 2017)" {
set root='hd0,msdos1'		
set isofile="/isos/MX-17.b1_386.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos1)$isofile
linux (loop)/antiX/vmlinuz fromiso=${isofile} bootdev=sda1 quiet lang=fr kbd=be tz=Europe/Paris xres=1280x800 hwclock=utc 
initrd (loop)/antiX/initrd.gz
}

Boot menuentry "MX-17.b1 386 (November 6, 2017)"
-) everything is ok lang ect ....
but why always hold this?
We chose to not let the user install on the drive used to boot the live system
viewtopic.php?f=97&t=41097#p401364
it is not possible to install on sda6 logical partition without editing the file / sbin / partition-info and modify the line 169
viewtopic.php?f=97&t=41097&start=10#p401431

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[ "$EX_BOOT" ] && test -r $LIVE_CONFIG && eval $(grep ^BOOT_UUID= $LIVE_CONFIG)

by this

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#[ "$EX_BOOT" ] && test -r $LIVE_CONFIG && eval $(grep ^BOOT_UUID= $LIVE_CONFIG)

without modification of this line the installer does not see the hard disk
end information

MX in general and MX-17.b1 386 is a very good coder because it works very well on old pc ....
congratulations to you and thank you for this distribution

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 4.9.0-4-686 i686 bits: 32 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
           Distro: MX-17.b1_386 Horizon November 6, 2017
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: Pavilion zv6000 (PZ989EA#UUG) v: F.08 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3085 v: 42.24 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: F.08 date: 03/22/2005
CPU:       Single core AMD Sempron 3000+ (-UP-) cache: 128 KB speed/max: 1000/1800 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RS480M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200]
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.2 )
           drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@60.12hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS480 version: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:     Card Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
           driver: snd_atiixp
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.0-4-686
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom Limited BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
           driver: b43-pci-bridge
           Card-2: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver: 8139too
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 60.0GB (8.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: IC25N060ATMR04 size: 60.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 23G used: 4.8G (22%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 164 Uptime: 21 min Memory: 702.5/1257.8MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.43 
cardou@mx1:~
$ 

[Jerry3904]

on te remercie pour ces infos