MX-14 beta 1

[Jerry3904]

This thread is designated for feedback, questions and suggestions about the first beta of MX-14--now released. Please check the website for sources as they will be changing.

[malspa]

Downloaded the first beta (MX-14_13.97_386-xfce.iso). Yay, I used Unetbootin in Debian Wheezy, worked fine. I'll try an installation later, but the live session is more important to me, so I'm checking that out now. Everything looks great so far except Midori opens to the "about:blank" page. No problems with my internet connection (wired), or with inserting another flash drive. This is a Compaq Presario CQ57 notebook:

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$ inxi -bA
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14_13.97_386-xfce beta1 22 January 2014
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: Presario CQ57 Notebook PC version: 068B120003204910000620100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3577 version: 24.49 Bios: Hewlett-Packard version: F.47 date: 12/17/2011
CPU:       Dual core AMD E-300 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) clocked at 1300.00 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310] 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD PALM GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           Card-2: Ralink RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe driver: rt2800pci 
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 328.1GB (0.2% used)
Info:      Processes: 113 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 125.0/1622.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.16 

Nice work, folks! Impressive first beta!

[richb]

Install looks real good in a VM. Installed using existing partitions, no home save. Printer installation for my wireless printer was a snap using the native printer configuration utility. I get two sliders with the volume app. May be because of stereo? Laptop has four speakers. Everything else I tried, browser, minitube, synaptic, Thunar, terminal work as expected. For what it is worth inxi in the VM., (not much worth since it is a VM install)

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System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14_13.97_386-xfce beta1 22 January 2014
Machine:   System: innotek product: VirtualBox version: 1.2
           Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox version: 1.2 Bios: innotek version: VirtualBox date: 12/01/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Core i5-3337U CPU (-UP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) clocked at 1794.971 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: InnoTek Systemberatung VirtualBox Graphics Adapter 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: vboxvideo Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 Sound: ALSA ver: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] driver: pcnet32 
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 08:00:27:35:1d:28
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 22.1GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: VBOX_HARDDISK size: 22.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 19G used: 2.3G (14%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 109 Uptime: 17 min Memory: 105.3/2024.2MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.16 

I will now burn a CD and install to my desktop HD.

[Jerry3904]

Everything looks great so far except Midori opens to the "about:blank" page.

That was the preference of the Development Team, easy for user to change: Edit > Preferences

[Gaer Boy]

Installed to netbook and to desktop from usb stick (isohybrid). Installation time 9 mins on netbook and 4 mins on desktop ( to 20GB ssd partition). Everything works smoothly on both.

Both installs are very snappy in use - the desktop install is like lightning.

I still have to test file sharing, printer installation and scanning.

A very polished beta.

Phil

[chrispop99]

Box in sig:

Update manager does nothing. Launching from a terminal as root produces this:

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chris@mx1:~
$ update-manager
[CRITICAL:UpdateManager.Application] Invalid implementation name MX-14
chris@mx1:~
$ 

After installing Clementine from the Meta-installer, and changing the preference from DeaDBeef to Clementine, MP3's don't play.
Using the Clementine dialogue to select a music folder does nothing.
There is no icon for Clementine in the Whisker Menu.


Using the mouse wheel when hovering over the speaker icon changes the volume OK, but results in two notifications.


DELL Latitude D610:

All as above, plus no wifi. System tray icon says 'Device not managed'. (Wifi worked on this machine with all alphas.)

Chris

[malspa]

Everything looks great so far except Midori opens to the "about:blank" page.

That was the preference of the Development Team, easy for user to change: Edit > Preferences

Okay, that's cool. Gonna keep it that way, or will there be a default home page in the future?

[Jerry3904]

Box in sig:

Update manager does nothing. Launching from a terminal as root produces this:

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chris@mx1:~
$ update-manager
[CRITICAL:UpdateManager.Application] Invalid implementation name MX-14
chris@mx1:~
$ 

After installing Clementine from the Meta-installer, and changing the preference from DeaDBeef to Clementine, MP3's don't play.
Using the Clementine dialogue to select a music folder does nothing.
There is no icon for Clementine in the Whisker Menu.


Using the mouse wheel when hovering over the speaker icon changes the volume OK, but results in two notifications.


DELL Latitude D610:

All as above, plus no wifi. System tray icon says 'Device not managed'. (Wifi worked on this machine with all alphas.)

Chris

Can you please paste in the output of

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inxi -F

We have not touched wifi, so doubt the problem is on our side (sorry). You did click on the little icon, right?

Also: Clementine icon not there at first, but is after I logged out and back in.

[kmathern]

Box in sig:

Update manager does nothing. Launching from a terminal as root produces this:

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chris@mx1:~
$ update-manager
[CRITICAL:UpdateManager.Application] Invalid implementation name MX-14
chris@mx1:~
$ 

...Chris

Renaming or deleting the /etc/lsb-release file will allow update-manager to start.

Instead of renaming/deleting, you can also edit it, change the first line to: DISTRIB_ID=Debian

[Gaer Boy]

Printer installation OK - the available drivers for my Samsung CLX-3305 gave mono printing, but a download driver gave full options.

Not so fortunate with the scanning function. Simple scan and gscan2pdf both gave 'no device found'.

Time to boot on the desktop - 11 secs from Grub.