Monthly snapshot announcement

[Richard]

For some reason, we are not able to change it with the Repo Manager. I didn't try to fix by editing the sources.lists since many new arrivals won't know how to do it. As I remember, the RepoMan seemed OK, and there was nothing to change.

[Richard]

I would suggest leaving/changing to the Brazilian repo. That works for me in Venezuela.
At present, the August snapshot is not usable (at least in South America :)
Thanks, Richard.

[Richard]

@Adrian,
Sorry to inform but I have the same problem as the August snapshot, on the 18-8-Workbench.
Reload of database gives the same error:

"The repository 'http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/mx
repo stretch Release' does not have a Release file."

Opened sources.list in Synaptic and there is the UPB directory.

Fortunately, there is an install of MX-17.1 on this AA1 32 bit netbook.
Replaced only the URL in Synaptic, in the entries for antix.list & mx.list as follows:
-- removed
-- http://mirror.upb.edu.co
+ inserted
+ http://mirror.cedia.org.ec

Proceed to reload database and upgrade:

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get full-upgrade

The same workaround will serve for the August snapshot as well.

[fehlix]

@Adrian,
Sorry to inform but I have the same problem as the August snapshot, on the 18-8-Workbench.
Reload of database gives the same error:

"The repository 'http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/mx
repo stretch Release' does not have a Release file."

Opened sources.list in Synaptic and there is the UPB directory.

Fortunately, there is an install of MX-17.1 on this AA1 32 bit netbook.
Replaced only the URL in Synaptic, in the entries for antix.list & mx.list as follows:
-- removed
-- http://mirror.upb.edu.co
+ inserted
+ http://mirror.cedia.org.ec

Proceed to reload database and upgrade:

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get full-upgrade

@Richard,
not sure I fully understand what you are doing.
Just use the standard procedure as described with the MX User Manual
and change within the MX Repo Manager the repo to a better working Mirror:

I have just simulated your issue concerning the UBP-repos.
Booting from MX-17.1_August_x64.iso within KVM virtual pc
with setting timezone to tz=America/Sao_Paulo
The mx/antix repos have been defaulted as yours to ubp-repos.
And do show update-errors with the ubp-mirror.

But after changing the repo with MX-repo manager,
I have full functional MX Linux with no issues when updating or installing.
Perhaps I missed something, but doing just the default procedure of
changing the mirror with the MX Repo manager.

Here the repos after booting from ISO with tz=America/Sao_Paulo:

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$ inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/antix/stretch stretch main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
demo@mx1:~/Desktop

Whenn running update, I do get the same errors as you with the UPB-mirror.

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$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease [94.3 kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main i386 Packages [390 kB]
...
Ign:22 http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch/main all Packages                                                                    
Err:24 http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch/main amd64 Packages                                                                  
  403  Forbidden [IP: 200.3.145.185 80]
Ign:25 http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch/main i386 Packages                                                                   
...
Ign:33 http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch/non-free Translation-en                                                              
Fetched 21.6 MB in 14s (1,463 kB/s)                                                                                                               
Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://mirror.upb.edu.co/mx-workspace/mx/repo/dists/stretch/main/binary-amd64/Packages  403  Forbidden [IP: 200.3.145.185 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
demo@mx1:~/Desktop

But after changing with MX Repo Manager to cedia.org I can update without any issue.

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$ inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/antix/stretch/ stretch main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
demo@mx1:~/Desktop

So update does not show any errors and I can install all debian and MX updates.

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$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease               
Ign:3 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                      
Get:4 http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/antix/stretch stretch InRelease [20.7 kB]
Hit:5 http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian stretch Release     
Get:7 http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch InRelease [8,136 B]
Get:8 http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/antix/stretch stretch/main i386 Packages [171 kB]
Get:9 http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/antix/stretch stretch/main amd64 Packages [167 kB]
Get:10 http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch/main amd64 Packages [348 kB]
Get:11 http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch/main i386 Packages [349 kB]
Get:12 http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch/non-free i386 Packages [45.4 kB]
Get:13 http://mirror.cedia.org.ec/mx-workspace/mx/repo stretch/non-free amd64 Packages [44.1 kB]
Fetched 1,154 kB in 2s (455 kB/s)                           
Reading package lists... Done
demo@mx1:~/Desktop

Might be I missed something.

[golden45]

Thanks for the august 15th monthly release.I've had no problems at all.I even installed the new kernel supplied.Here is the infoSystem:
Host: mx Kernel: 4.17.0-3-686-pae i686 bits: 32 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
Distro: MX-17.1_386 Horizon March 12, 2017
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P4SP-MX v: REV 1.xx
serial: <root required> BIOS: Award v: ASUS P4SP-MX Revision 1006 Beta 002
date: 04/14/2006
CPU:
Topology: Single Core model: Intel Pentium 4 bits: 32 type: MCP
L2 cache: 1024 KiB
Speed: 1995 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 1995
Graphics:
Card-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display
Adapter
driver: N/A
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: vesa resolution: 1280x1024~N/A
OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.9 128 bits)
v: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:
Card-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC97 Sound
driver: snd_intel8x0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.17.0-3-686-pae
Network:
Card-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
driver: sis900
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:11:2f:99:eb:dc
Drives:


I've also did this to my 64 bit computerSystem:
Host: mx Kernel: 4.17.0-3-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
Distro: MX-17.1_x64 Horizon March 14, 2018
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex GX620 v: N/A
serial: <root required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0F8098 serial: <root required> BIOS: Dell v: A03
date: 08/05/2005
CPU:
Topology: Single Core model: Intel Pentium 4 bits: 64 type: MCP
L2 cache: 2048 KiB
Speed: 2993 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 2993
Graphics:
Card-1: Intel 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945G v: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:
Card-1: Intel 82801G AC97 Audio driver: snd_intel8x0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.17.0-3-amd64
Network:
Card-1: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
driver: tg3
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:14:22:3d:58:4f
Drives:
HDD Total Size: 74.51 GiB used: 6.37 GiB (8.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD800JD-75MSA3
size: 74.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 21.91 GiB used: 6.37 GiB (29.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors:
Message: No sensors data was found. Is sensors configured?
Repos:
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch/ stretch main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
3: deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ stretch non-free main
4: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info:
Processes: 172 Uptime: 1h 37m Memory: 3.42 GiB used: 828.9 MiB (23.7%)
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.10

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Thanks to all.john

[Richard]

@Fehlix,
You are absolutely correct. The effect is the same.
I probably didn't follow through with the RepoManager.
[EDIT: MX Repo Manager worked great to correct the bad mirror problem with the Aug_386 version.]

I just exchanged the URL of the UPB; for the URL of the Cedia repo directly in both mx.list and antix.list.
Apologies. I learned the old method many years ago.

[golden45]

System:
Host: mx Kernel: 4.17.0-0.bpo.3-686-pae i686 bits: 32 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
Distro: MX-17.1_386 Horizon March 12 2017
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P4SP-MX v: REV 1.xx
serial: <root required> BIOS: Award v: ASUS P4SP-MX Revision 1006 Beta 002
date: 04/14/2006
CPU:
Topology: Single Core model: Intel Pentium 4 bits: 32 type: MCP
L2 cache: 1024 KiB
Speed: 1995 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 1995
Graphics:
Device-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA
Display Adapter
driver: N/A
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: vesa resolution: 1280x1024~N/A
OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.9 128 bits)
v: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:
Device-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC97 Sound
driver: snd_intel8x0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.17.0-0.bpo.3-686-pae
Network:
Device-1: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
driver: sis900
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:11:2f:99:eb:dc
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 28.64 GiB used: 11.07 GiB (38.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Maxtor model: 6E030L0 size: 28.64 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 26.06 GiB used: 11.07 GiB (42.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
Message: No sensors data was found. Is sensors configured?
Repos:
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch/ stretch main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
3: deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ stretch non-free main
4: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info:
Processes: 155 Uptime: 56m Memory: 1.94 GiB used: 488.3 MiB (24.6%)
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.24

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To get to here on boot of september monthly snapshot--I had to boot acpi=off failsafe on this old computer,hope this helps somebody.thanks john

[Adrian]

October snapshot is up on the server http://bit.ly/mx-monthly

[Jerry3904]

Thanks, always appreciated.

[Gordon Cooper]

Some muddled thinking ?
1. I should download the snapshot and use it to replace the MX iso in my torrents seeder.

2. No I should not. Unless every person in the seeding group does the same , the torrents will be seeing different seed files.

I believe the second thought to be correct. However this means that new users who get their AntiX/MX iso's by torrents download will be getting
the originals and be liable for heaps of updates. Is this correct ??