MX-17 Release Candidate 1 - Feedback

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[piwadam]

Hi everyone. I'm running live MX RC1 on gpd pocket. Can't connect to network. Another laptop with same usb stick and same network connects without issue. Also custom remaster with persistent(No chance of mistype password).

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System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 4.13.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
           Distro: MX-17.RC1_x64 Horizon December 10, 2017
Machine:   Device: desktop Mobo: AMI model: N/A serial: N/A UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5.11 date: 06/28/2017
CPU:       Quad core Intel Atom x7-Z8750 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
           clock speeds: max: 2560 MHz 1: 1600 MHz 2: 1600 MHz 3: 1600 MHz 4: 1600 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Configuration Registers
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.2 ) driver: intel Resolution: 1200x1920@60.38hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (Cherrytrail) version: 4.5 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:     Card-1 chtrt5645 driver: chtrt5645 Sound: ALSA v: k4.13.0-1-amd64
           Card-2 Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio driver: HdmiLpeAudio
Network:   Card: Broadcom Limited BCM4356 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter driver: brcmfmac
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: b0:f1:ec:82:fe:5a
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 4.1GB (77.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: N/A size: 125.1GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sda model: Transcend_4GB size: 4.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 5.8G used: 178M (4%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
           ID-2: /home size: 239M used: 48M (22%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/loop1
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 196 Uptime: 18 min Memory: 593.0/7389.2MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.53

daemon.log throws:

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wlan0: Failed to initiate sched scan
wlan0: Failed to initiate sched scan
wlan0: Failed to initiate sched scan
wlan0:Reject scan trigger since one is already pending
wlan0: Failed to initiate sched scan
wlan0: Failed to initiate sched scan
wlan0: Trying to associate with SSID 'Xperia X'
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
wlan0: Trying to associate with SSID 'Xperia X'
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
wlan0: Trying to associate with SSID 'Xperia X'
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="Xperia X"
auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED

Also tried Wicd. No success -"Bad password".
Currently lubuntu installed on disk has no problem with connection. Would love to install mx though.

[ChrisUK]

Firstly, great work on MX17 - used the RC since release... only 2 minor problems:

CD/DVDs aren't detected unless I load them using something like VLC to attempt to play the content. To be clear, nothing shows up in Thunar until loaded by VLC.

Also, resume from suspend is unpredictable - sometimes just get a black screen; only way around it is login to TTY1 (CTRL-ALT-F1) and then TTY7 (CTRL-ALT-F7) gets the Desktop back.

I'm not on MX17 ATM, as I'm updating Manjaro.

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System:    Kernel: 4.9.0-4-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
           Distro: MX-17.RC1_x64 Horizon December 10, 2017
Machine:   Device: laptop System: SAMSUNG product: RV411/RV511/E3511/S3511/RV711 serial: N/A
           Mobo: SAMSUNG model: RV411/RV511/E3511/S3511/RV711 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Phoenix v: 03PA.M001.20110312.XW date: 03/12/2011
Battery    BAT1: charge: 9.7 Wh 100.0% condition: 9.7/47.5 Wh (20%)
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3 M 380 (-MT-MCP-) speed/max: 1066/2533 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218M [GeForce 315M]
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.2 )
           drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@59.99hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8 version: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter driver: wl
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (53.5% used)
Info:      Processes: 198 Uptime: 1:36 Memory: 735.8/5832.7MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.53 

EDIT: I've switched to the 4.9 series Kernel as it works fine with my hardware... both of the above problems occur with the later Kernels too

[Jerry3904]

You might try the Nvidia proprietary driver instead of nouveau, using the MX Tool.

[timkb4cq]

Debian hasn't updated the firmware for that chipset in quite a while, and I've seen threads from other distros where using the newest firmware fixes your problem. I just downloaded the latest from the kernel git repository
Download this, extract the 2 files, and copy them as root to /lib/firmware/brcm/
http://teharris.net/misc/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin.zip
Reboot, and try again. If they do fix your problem, let us know so we can get them in the iso.
Good luck!

[ChrisUK]

I prefer nouveau, as I use it without problems on a number of Distros - so I'll wait for now to see if the suspend/resume gets fixed.

I've fixed the CD/DVD problem by adding

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echo 2000 > /sys/module/block/parameters/events_dfl_poll_msecs

to /etc/rc.local

[Gaer Boy]

I've been a bit out of it this release cycle but have installed RC1 on my desktop (UEFI, 64-bit). With limited testing, I can't find a problem. Installed about 20 applications - all work OK. KMyMoney is my only remaining KDE app - it now brings in 214 packages,compared with 270 in MX-16. I haven't yet installed VirtualBox but hope to in the next few days.

Also installed on the Thinkpad X220, writing over MX-16.1. I had a few problems of my own making with setting up the default user, but again everything works fine. On boot, the screen is at minimum brightness but one touch on the Fn key brings it up and after that it's fine. I will probably upgrade this copy to Final - the desktop has many more tweaks and I will install Final from scratch when I have a break in workload.

On both systems, the appearance is great. Attractive backgrounds and the clearest text I have ever had on any system. Well done, all who have produced this. I'm even converted to using the Conky - one swift tweak to the time format and it's good. It shows that I will soon have to make larger root partitions - with only a couple of apps added, HDD use on the Thinkpad is 22.9GB out of 28.9GB, and that's with a separate /home.

Phil

[asqwerth]

It shows that I will soon have to make larger root partitions - with only a couple of apps added, HDD use on the Thinkpad is 22.9GB out of 28.9GB, and that's with a separate /home.

If you were using the default conky, this might be the conky mistake spotted a few pages ago where the conky code used displayed the free space rather than the used space.

[Gaer Boy]

@asqwerth - Obviously! I must have thought I was back using Windows.

Phil

[richb]

@asqwerth - Obviously! I must have thought I was back using Windows.

Phil