MX21 XFCE with Mate/Caja Music Preview Issue

[smawgmaw]

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-13-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-13-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.1_x64 Wildflower October 20  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 68852BU v: ThinkPad Edge E531 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 68852BU v: 0B98401 PRO serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO 
           v: HEET40WW (1.21 ) date: 01/17/2014 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 4.2 Wh (97.7%) condition: 4.3/42.8 Wh (10.1%) volts: 11.8 
           min: 10.8 model: SMP 45N1045 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Not charging 
           Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K360 serial: <filter> 
           charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3230M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 20751 
           Speed: 1429 MHz min/max: 1200/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1429 2: 1403 3: 1361 
           4: 1418 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Realtek Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 
           chip-ID: 0bda:5719 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
           s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 size: 344x193mm (13.5x7.6") 
           diag: 394mm (15.5") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.5 
           compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-13-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl 
           port: efa0 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0888 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 2000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver type: USB driver: btusb 
           v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.3:3 chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 
           sub-v: fc00 hci-v: 4.0 rev: 1ebd 
           Info: acl-mtu: 310:10 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 60.69 GiB (13.0%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000BEVT-60ZAT1 
           size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD 
           rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1A02 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 40 GiB size: 39.08 GiB (97.69%) used: 7.44 GiB (19.0%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 
           ID-2: /home raw-size: 191.09 GiB size: 187.03 GiB (97.88%) used: 53.25 GiB (28.5%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2222 lib: 1075 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 228 Uptime: 6h 11m wakeups: 29 Memory: 3.42 GiB used: 2.14 GiB (62.5%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: quick-system-info-mx 
           inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

I have MX21 Xfce as my main desktop environment running. I added the Mate desktop to it and can boot and use it without hardly any issues. The issue is with Caja not play the preview on music files when hovering the mouse over the music file icon. The arrow on the icon does present itself on the icon but Caja will not preview it even though in the preferences it is set to allow previewing. I can open the file and play it through any player I have installed but can not preview the file. I have noticed that Caja will preview the music files when in a "native" Mate desktop distro such as Mint or PCLinuxOS. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks!

[rosie]

I'd noticed this earlier this week and put it on the list to look up ... just done a search and fixed it! Install gstreamer1.0-tools and it'll play. :-)

[smawgmaw]

I'd noticed this earlier this week and put it on the list to look up ... just done a search and fixed it! Install gstreamer1.0-tools and it'll play. :-)

Many thanks, that worked! I will mark this solved!

[rosie]

Many thanks, that worked! I will mark this solved!

Awesome! :-)

[pianokeyjoe]

Just curious, I remember a file manager that allowed this BEFORE MATE DESKTOP and as such modern Linux.. Does anyone know it?You hovered your mouse cursor over the file and it previewed only wav files not mp3s. So pictures,text files and wav files, and I think, avi files. Yes, it sounds quite dated but this thread sparked my memories of such a file manager or extension back in the early 2000s/late 90s..