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Dear all,
I have an old laptop Asus F3Sg from 2008 that is my main pc (I should better say: the pc that I use more often).

In the internal hd it is installed Peppermint 10 that works fine since march 2020.

As a backup, and also heavy test I have antiX 21, full, 64 (kernel 5.10.17-antix.1): this is installed in an external hd – USB, that I use for my tests. All my data that are in the /home @Peppermint 10, are copied in the /home @antiX21 (not the configuration files of course).

The problem:
after 1 week of tests of the programs that I mainly use, I installed the Nvidia driver from the Control Centre. All was fine.

After another week I installed Wine from the Software Installer (the antiX app centre).
The strange thing that I immediately noted was that I had to download about 1G in the process of the installation but at that moment I didn’t give too much weight to it.

At the reboot the pc went (and continues to go) in kernel panic.

So I tried to boot with the 4.9.0-279-antix.1, and with this I can boot, with the following side affect:
– the program that I should run with wine (chess base 11) works perfectly;
– the Nvidia driver doesn’t start;
– arandr let me go max with 1024×768 instead 1200×800.

The install procedure:

1. A couple of month ago I installed antiX 21, full, 64 on an Acer Aspire one D260 and there I modified the look following the procedure described in the post “How to make antiX look like MacOS using JWM”. All was fine and on that pc all is still working properly (without wine).

2. Using antiX snapshot I created the relevant iso.

3. Using Crea Live USB I created the live usb.

4. I booed the live on the ASUS and during the live session I did:
– sudo apt update,
– sudo apt upgrade.

5. then I installed antiX on the external HD in a directory ad hoc created.

6. then I copied all my files + the /home/.thunderbird/ (this directory alone is > 36 Gb)

7. then after 1 week of tests (web surfing, mail, some libre office document) I installed the Nvidia driver

8. after another week I installed wine and only after this 8th step I had the above described issue.

What above is the 2nd try in a row that goes in the same bad way, so I guess that the problem involves or my creation of the usb, or wine.

I’m on the verge of making a 3rd install, but I think that the problem will came back again

Many thx in advance for your help

m

$ inxi -zv7
System:
  Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 10.2.1 Desktop: JWM 2.4.0 info: plank vt: 7 dm: N/A 
  Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: F3Sg v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: F3Sg v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: 305 date: 02/12/2008 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 3.86 GiB used: 915.9 MiB (23.2%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo T7700 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Core Merom rev: B cache: L2: 4 MiB bogomips: 9575 
  Speed: 1200 MHz min/max: 800/2401 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1200 2: 800 
  Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc 
  cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht ida 
  kaiser lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm 
  pebs pge pni pse pse36 rep_good sep ss sse sse2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 
  tpr_shadow tsc vme vmx vnmi xtpr 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA G86M [GeForce 9300M G] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A 
  bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:042e class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Syntek Sonix 1.3MPixel USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 174f:5a35 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: compton v: 1 driver: 
  loaded: nouveau,vesa unloaded: fbdev,modesetting alternate: nv 
  resolution: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 
  OpenGL: renderer: N/A v: N/A direct render: N/A 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK M51S series 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:284b 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: atl1 v: 2.1.3 port: bc00 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1048 
  class-ID: 0200 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network 
  driver: iwl4965 v: in-tree: port: bc00 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4229 
  class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek BT-183 Bluetooth 2.0+EDR adapter type: USB driver: btusb 
  v: 0.8 bus-ID: 4-2:2 chip-ID: 0b05:1712 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 
  lmp-v: 2.0 sub-v: 77b hci-v: 2.0 rev: 77b 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 381.94 GiB used: 100.34 GiB (26.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS542525K9SA00 size: 232.89 GiB 
  speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: C31P scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Hitachi model: HTS542516K9SA00 
  size: 149.05 GiB type: N/A serial: <filter> scheme: MBR 
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GSA-T20L rev: NR02 
  dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw 
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes 
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 69.91 GiB used: 53.05 GiB (75.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3 
  label: rootantiX21 uuid: 7c227693-5145-40a0-b01d-fb24ec2bbad6 
  ID-2: /media/madibi/rootantiX21 size: 69.46 GiB used: 47.29 GiB (68.1%) 
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 label: rootantiX21 
  uuid: 7ce4fcbd-261a-45ef-affe-67248e779db1 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2.33 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) 
  priority: -1 dev: /dev/sda2 label: N/A 
  uuid: 79b2106f-4d71-45f6-a3b6-5ef0a17aa11a 
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 5.87 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) 
  priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb2 label: swapantiX 
  uuid: 5fba6377-ef8d-4e58-87ef-f0f820bb0ccc 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 230.56 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A 
  uuid: 0d71e2df-ec37-45b2-96db-1eb9c4a3e842 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Syntek Sonix 1.3MPixel USB 2.0 Camera type: Video 
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA 
  chip-ID: 174f:5a35 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 2-2:2 info: JMicron / JMicron USA JM20339 SATA Bridge 
  type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 152d:2339 class-ID: 0806 
  serial: <filter> 
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 4-2:2 info: ASUSTek BT-183 Bluetooth 2.0+EDR adapter 
  type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  chip-ID: 0b05:1712 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 6-2:2 info: Microsoft Compact Optical Mouse model 1016 
  type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 045e:00a4 class-ID: 0301 
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 7-2:2 info: AuthenTec AES1600 type: <vendor specific> 
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA 
  chip-ID: 08ff:1600 class-ID: ff00 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 177 Uptime: 12m wakeups: 2 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 
  default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: apt: 1852 Shell: Bash 
  v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.06 
madibi@LardDisk:~
$

• This topic was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by madibi.
• This topic was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by christophe. Reason: added code tags around inxi output

[Member RomanWolia]

Another attmpt:
I’ve repartitioned the hard disk with gparted. Get rid of the old /home partition. Made new root, swap and home partitions. Went throu the whole installation process again, using the text prompts of cli-installer as root from live DVD. No success.

The very same error messages as described above (i.e. hostname invalid and stopping slim failed) sill come up at shutdown and reboot. And again a black screen at reboot.

Meanwhile I’ve checked out a few videos and noticed another deviation in my boot process compared to the regular one. While booting from the DVD (antix full) I never get to the point of launching a fully functional live system with desktop environment and window managers.
The initial screen just stops after the message of starting X11. With the only two options of Alt+F1, Alt+F10 at the bottom line available.
Since my first try was with the core-CD as previosly described, I didn’t notice this difference right away. I just assumed it’s the way it’s supposed to be and continued with Alt+F1 and text installer from there.
Could this be the reason for the error
stopping X display manager slim: failed
and why it shows a black screen after reboot?
Sidenote: I was using xorg=intel and nomodeset bootparameters at startup screen because otherwise it just froze on “waiting for /dev to be fully populated”.

I’m seriously considering to do the option punranger suggested

punranger wrote:

do a “normal” install on the whole hard drive, which I think is the default option. (…) I’ve done several such default installs on hardware like that, and never had the problem you describe. Another option is to let the installer handle the partitioning of root and home, instead of the ones you prepared yourself. Just my two cents…

Couple questions though:
Where do I find this default otpion? Which installer do I need for that – the GUI one or the cli-installer? If it’s the GUI one then I really have a problem (see above) – since I’m not getting a desktop environment and everything else one would expect launching a live OS.

The cli-installer also warns about not supporting a separate boot partition. I’m not sure I understand this correctly: Does it mean I can’t use a partition designated /root and with a bootflag I prepared ahead of time, separate from a home one?

I’m getting really lost here.
Either I’m overlooking something and/or overthinking it,
or antiX’ installation is far too complicated for me,
or I’m too stupid for antix,
or there are multiple / too many errors (including perhaps faulty input by me) happening at once here, that I’m just unable to differenciate correctly to make it work.

Need some help and pointers please.

• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by RomanWolia.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

Here is my second-most capable laptop; it is the most capable system I have that is able to successfully run antiX.
On this system antiX 21 “runit” Base runs very well and I am able to use it without any restrictions whatsoever.

Moreover, the Touchpad.bash script I’ve written to enable or disable the keyboard touchpad works well, so when
I have a USB mouse available, I can disable the touchpad so that it doesn’t inadvertently interfere with other
activities.

inxi -Fxz
System:    Kernel: 5.17.0-9.1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Console: tty pts/0 
           Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5558 v: 01 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 086DKN v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: A04 date: 08/06/2015 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.1/41.4 Wh (72.6%) volts: 16.1 min: 14.8 
           model: Samsung SDI DELL 07G07587587 status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell rev: 4 cache: L2: 4 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19156 
           Speed: 2595 MHz min/max: 500/2401 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2595 2: 2403 3: 2395 4: 2424 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] vendor: Dell driver: nvidiafb v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.0 
           Device-3: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-5:4 
           Display: server: X.org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa tty: 132x32 
           Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console for root. 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 
           Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           Device-3: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.1 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.0-9.1-liquorix-amd64 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040 bus-ID: 06:00.0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 
           bus-ID: 07:00.0 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-6:5 
           Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: not found rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes 
           address: see --recommends 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 10.65 GiB (2.4%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 78.19 GiB used: 10.64 GiB (13.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
           ID-2: /boot/efi size: 98.4 MiB used: 2.1 MiB (2.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: 25.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2200 
Info:      Processes: 162 Uptime: 9m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 511.7 MiB (6.5%) Init: runit runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           Packages: 1263 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.06

--
Brian Masinick

After exhaustive searches on the internet and here on the forum, I couldn’t find a solution to the situation I’m facing after changing the keyboard of my Dell Inspiron Mini 1011 netbook, which used to have an American standard keyboard, for the Brazilian standard.

Specifically, this model does not have the Control_R key, because in its place are the “slash”, “question” and “degree” options.

To remap that key, after some research, I ended up creating a file in the /usr/bin directory with the following command:

xmodmap -e "keycode 105 = slash question degree"

I included it on the session’s startup configuration file.

Apparently the solution worked for most applications except, so far, Mozilla Firefox. Another problem is that the “degree” option doesn’t work either.

I verified that AntiX 21 uses xkb as keyboard manager and not xmodmap.

However, the tutorials I checked on the internet related to xkb proved to be indecipherable for me, as I confess that I am a layman in programming.

So I had no alternative but to seek your help to find a way to solve this issue.

If anyone can help me, I’ll be grateful in advance.

These are my netbook data:

$ inxi -F
System:
Host: dariel-netbook Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32
Desktop: IceWM 2.9.7 Distro: antiX-21_386-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 1011 v: A00
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: CN0Y53 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell
v: A00 date: 03/20/2009
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 9.0 Wh (18.4%) condition: 48.8/48.8 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 10.0 min: 11.1
CPU:
Info: Single Core model: Intel Atom N270 bits: 32 type: MT cache:
L2: 512 KiB
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/1600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 1333
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics driver: i915
v: kernel
Device-2: Syntek Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024×600~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.4 Mesa 20.3.5
Audio:
Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: wl
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: XXXXXXXXX
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: down mac: XXXXXXXX
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 5.22 GiB (4.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Gigabyte model: GP-GSTFS31120GNTD size: 111.79 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 107.99 GiB used: 5.22 GiB (4.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.5 GiB used: 260 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 158 Uptime: 1h 16m Memory: 991.1 MiB used: 616.8 MiB (62.2%)
Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.06

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

inxi -Fxz
System:    Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM 2.8.0 
           Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC v: F.0E serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 30C9 v: KBC Version 75.28 serial: <filter> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68MSP Ver. F.0E 
           date: 11/04/2008 
Battery:   ID-1: C23D charge: 33.3 Wh (44.6%) condition: 74.6/74.6 Wh (100.0%) volts: 11.7 min: 10.8 
           model: Hewlett-Packard Primary status: Unknown 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo U7600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Core Merom rev: D cache: L2: 2 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 4787 
           Speed: 933 MHz min/max: 800/1200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 933 2: 933 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel resolution: 1280x800~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM (CL) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 2060 
           bus-ID: 00:19.0 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network driver: iwl4965 v: in-tree: port: 2120 bus-ID: 10:00.0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 74.53 GiB used: 3.54 GiB (4.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK8009GAH size: 74.53 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 69.85 GiB used: 3.54 GiB (5.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3 GiB used: 32 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 68.0 C mobo: 25.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 168 Uptime: 21m Memory: 1.93 GiB used: 928 MiB (46.9%) Init: runit runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           Packages: 1216 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.06

My other old system; this HP model IS an old Compaq2510p rebadged to HP.

--
Brian Masinick

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

Made it here with antiX 21 “runit” Base (live and remastered on USB).
Here on my Lenovo X201.

inxi -Fxz
System:    Kernel: 5.11.0-21.2-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM 2.9.6 
           Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 3249CTO v: ThinkPad X201 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 3249CTO serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO v: 6QET66WW (1.36 ) date: 05/31/2011 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 79.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 79.4/84.2 Wh (94.2%) volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: Panasonic 42T4696 
           status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7 M 620 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem rev: 5 cache: L2: 4 MiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 21281 
           Speed: 2881 MHz min/max: 1199/2667 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2881 2: 1431 3: 2957 4: 1613 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           Device-2: Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.6:6 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel resolution: 1280x800~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.11.0-21.2-liquorix-amd64 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 1880 bus-ID: 02:00.0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 147.88 GiB used: 14.92 GiB (10.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: THNS128GG4BAAA-NonFDE size: 119.24 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 28.64 GiB 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3256 
Info:      Processes: 181 Uptime: 3m Memory: 7.58 GiB used: 1.01 GiB (13.4%) Init: runit runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           Packages: 1253 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.06 

System’s a bit “HOT” right now, been compiling code on this laptop for the past 2 1/2 hours; passed that test and the Internet is reliably working here now too!

--
Brian Masinick

[Member Yuzeff]

Hello everyone!

I use Dell Vostro 1710 and have currently running: antiX-21 (rox-icewm), Firefox 99.0.1, Qmmp playing a radio stream, ROXTerm, couple of rox-filer windows, KeepassXC. Conky shows it is currently 765 MB (out of 3830 MB) of RAM used, 0 swap.

• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by Yuzeff.
• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by Yuzeff.
• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by Yuzeff.

My Dell Vostro 1710: Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 240 GB SSD, Intel 965GM Integrated Graphics, 1440x900, antiX 22 full.

I’m here with antiX 21 runit on an old, but capable HP 5000 series desktop, specifically the model s5747c.

I “think”, but I am not 100% positive, that this particular model and series was “inherited” from the old Compaq 5000 desktop series that was inherited from the assets that Hewlett Packard acquired from the [Tandem, Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation] acquisitions. It’s a solid desktop and you can see that one of the modules in it came from a 2010 board, so my guess is that this machine was manufactured in late 2010-2011. It runs quite well with antiX 21 runit “Base”.

inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.11.0-21.2-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  Desktop: IceWM 2.9.7 
  Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: s5747c v: N/A 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: PEGATRON model: 2A6C v: 5.00 serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: 6.01 date: 09/29/2010 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: AMD Athlon II X2 255 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10 
  rev: 3 cache: L2: 2 MiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm bogomips: 12456 
  Speed: 3100 MHz min/max: 800/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3100 2: 3100 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: N/A bus-ID: 00:0d.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: nouveau,vesa 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting resolution: 1024x768 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 128 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:05.0 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.11.0-21.2-liquorix-amd64 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  type: network bridge driver: forcedeth v: kernel port: e480 
  bus-ID: 00:07.0 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Ralink RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe vendor: Lite-On 
  driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 698.64 GiB used: 11.1 GiB (1.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3750528AS size: 698.64 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 681.18 GiB used: 11.1 GiB (1.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) 
  dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 25.5 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 138 Uptime: 3m Memory: 3.6 GiB used: 434.7 MiB (11.8%) 
  Init: runit runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1253 Shell: Bash 
  v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.06 

--
Brian Masinick

Prezados,

Após exaustivas buscas na internet e aqui no fórum, não consegui localizar uma solução para a situação que estou enfrentando após trocar o teclado do meu netbook Dell Inspiron Mini 1011, que antes tinha teclado padrão americano, para o padrão brasileiro.

Especificamente esse modelo não possui a tecla Control_R, pois em seu lugar estão as opções de “slash”, “question” e “degree”.

Para remapear a referida tecla, após algumas pesquisas, acabei por criar um arquivo no diretório /usr/bin com o seguinte comando:

xmodmap -e "keycode 105 = slash question degree"

Inclui na opção de inicialização da sessão que o referido comando fosse acionado automaticamente.

Aparentemente a solução funcionou para a maioria dos aplicativos, exceto, até o momento, o Mozilla Firefox. Outro problema é que a opção “degree” também não funciona.

Verifiquei que o AntiX 21 utiliza do xkb como gerenciador de teclado e não o xmodmap.

Entretanto, os tutoriais que verifiquei na internet relativos ao xkb mostratam-se indecifráveis para mim, pois confesso que sou leigo em programação.

Diante disso, não me restou alternativa a não ser me socorrer da ajuda de vocês para verificar uma forma de solucionar essa questão.

Se algum puder me ajudar, desde já fico grato.

Segue abaixo os dados do meu netbook:

$ inxi -F
System:
Host: dariel-netbook Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32
Desktop: IceWM 2.9.7 Distro: antiX-21_386-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021
Machine:
Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 1011 v: A00
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: CN0Y53 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell
v: A00 date: 03/20/2009
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 9.0 Wh (18.4%) condition: 48.8/48.8 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 10.0 min: 11.1
CPU:
Info: Single Core model: Intel Atom N270 bits: 32 type: MT cache:
L2: 512 KiB
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/1600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 1333
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics driver: i915
v: kernel
Device-2: Syntek Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024×600~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.4 Mesa 20.3.5
Audio:
Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: wl
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: XXXXXXXXX
Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: down mac: XXXXXXXX
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 5.22 GiB (4.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Gigabyte model: GP-GSTFS31120GNTD size: 111.79 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 107.99 GiB used: 5.22 GiB (4.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.5 GiB used: 260 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 158 Uptime: 1h 16m Memory: 991.1 MiB used: 616.8 MiB (62.2%)
Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.06

• This topic was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by dariel.elias.

[Member namida12]

$ pulseaudio -k
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such process
green621@antix621:~

antix621:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: antix621 Kernel: 5.10.104-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM 2.9.7 
           Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B450M Pro4 serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends 
           v: P3.50 date: 07/18/2019 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP cache: L2: 2 MiB 
           Speed: 2930 MHz min/max: 1400/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2930 2: 2949 3: 2932 4: 2939 
Graphics:  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Picasso driver: amdgpu v: kernel 
           Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics (RAVEN DRM 3.40.0 5.10.104-antix.1-amd64-smp LLVM 11.0.1) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 
Audio:     Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.104-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 70:85:c2:a3:6e:27 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 191.67 GiB (41.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 size: 465.76 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 14.66 GiB used: 7.41 GiB (50.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
           ID-2: /home size: 434.06 GiB used: 184.26 GiB (42.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 2.8 MiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 44.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 44.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 197 Uptime: 5d 22h 50m Memory: 5.73 GiB used: 773.3 MiB (13.2%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.06 

Was able to use Cheese to record a video with sound, but tried online with a friend right afterwards: opened meetup sent him an invite to meetup in google. He was able to open video but no sound from him nor was there any sound from me…

Should be able to install 19.4 in older computer tonight and try Cheese again, getting to be to late to attempt video chat tonight…

JR

• This reply was modified 12 months ago by namida12.
• This reply was modified 12 months ago by namida12.

Greetings – antiX installed and looking neat.

$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  Desktop: IceWM 2.9.7 vt: 7 dm: N/A 
  Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac9,1 v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Chassis: type: 13 v: Mac-F2218EC8 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F2218EC8 serial: <filter> UEFI: Apple 
  v: IM91.88Z.008D.B08.0904271717 date: 04/27/09 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8135 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Penryn rev: A cache: L2: 6 MiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 10613 
  Speed: 2552 MHz min/max: 1596/2660 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2552 2: 1909 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA C79 [GeForce 9400] vendor: Apple iMac 9 1 driver: nouveau 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0867 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Apple Built-in iSight type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:3 
  chip-ID: 05ac:8502 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz s-dpi: 96 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVAC v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP79 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 00:08.0 chip-ID: 10de:0ac0 class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP79 Ethernet driver: forcedeth v: kernel port: 21e0 
  bus-ID: 00:0a.0 chip-ID: 10de:0ab0 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 
  vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: wl v: kernel port: 1000 
  bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:432b class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Apple Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI type: USB driver: btusb 
  v: 0.8 bus-ID: 4-1.1:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8215 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: running 
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 4.55 GiB (1.5%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HDT721032SLA380 size: 298.09 GiB 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A36A scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 289.51 GiB used: 4.55 GiB (1.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 252 MiB used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) 
  priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 57.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1195 
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1577 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
  1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:
  Processes: 156 Uptime: 14m wakeups: 1 Memory: 1.69 GiB 
  used: 722.5 MiB (41.8%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 
  Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm 
  inxi: 3.3.06

• This topic was modified 12 months ago by Articules. Reason: code things
• This topic was modified 12 months ago by Articules.

Articules
it rhymes with knees

[Member JK]

Thank you !
Please how should i create swap file when i did not it at first set up of persistence ?

[Moderator caprea]

JK wrote:

It is VIA VT8237. RAM may be to 2 GB

The screenshot of inxi you posted here says its a MSI MS-7021 motherboard and memory
its under Info: Memory:240,6 Mib, used:98 Mib

Also its probably better to use a swap partition with such less ram, even with 2GB.

[Member Robin]

Dave wrote:

1) the help text menu to be translated using gettext. Why is it broken into so many print statements rather than changing the first and last lines to:…

To question 1)
After some thinking about it I understand, it is not needed to break up the single print statement itself. Only the text string within needs to get split into separate concatenated strings, some of them translatable, some of them not. I’ll update the code, no problem, please await version update. (This modification will not change the msgids in pot file, so no translations get lost)
→ [update: done.]

The reason for splitting this up is, it is mostly impossible to work on a text like this on transifex when it is not split up in separate strings (see screenshot, this is from a test upload following your proposal). We have seen entries, way shorter than this one, which turned out to be mostly uneditable at transifex. Have you ever tried to translate something? When the complete page is delivered in a single continuous string, linebreaks are displayed as /n only, and an insurveyable and unmanageable number of strings of blanks of different length need to be kept somewhere in between, you simply can’t keep track of position of the sentence you are working on, nor you can’t manage the formatting properly by adding or removing a blank in a specific position while constantly scrolling 20 pages up and down to search the next original sentence. Same goes when editing the msgid entry in po file locally e.g. using geany. Also here you get lost while constantly scrolling between supersized msgid and msgstr, searching for the next sentence to translate or a specific string of blanks in need of adaption. So we need to split up into individual strings for translation, one line or one sentence per msgid (see 3rd screenshot). But we actually don’t need more than one print command for this.

To question 2.) We had still no time for testing how this acts when not run by user himself. We’ll probably face exactly the problem with root you point to. We need to find a way to overcome this, checking for the “true” user in case the script is run sudoed. By now it will not obey the autoread setting stored in users home then, since it simply probably won’t read the config file when running sudoed. Moreover the problem with the symbolic link needs to get treated, so we can run it truly user-specific. I’ll think about how all this can be helped.
→ [update: misbehaviour when sudoed is fixed. Will read true users config now. (More to come)]

To issue 3.) Again, very well observed, many thanks! I can confirm this issue after some testing. I’ve checked, all variables are fine when entering the get_order function still, so the reason for this behavior is something different: When an entity is not present in desktop file or removed due to duplicat, it switches its position (e.g. gnc → nc if g is removed, n from 2→1 and c from 3→2). So the separators meant for second position are applied to what originally was at position 3, while the separators meant for first position are applied now to to the text originally at position 2.
While this is expected behaviour when entering the separators from command line for a specific order, it is not when the order is changed automatically by the logic in lines 269-277 (Ver 3.29). The separators need to get swapped when removing an entity from the order variable for a specific menu entry. Will try to write a logic for this to work properly. Other solution would be to bind the separators not to the position, but to the item (gname, cname or name). This would not need any additional logic, just interchanging the separators within the dictionary code and updating the help file. Will check what suits better.
But after thinking about it a second time, I’m sure we’ll run into another problem when replacing the separators this way (either by logic, or by binding them to the items instead of position): The menu might look a bit strange. Example:
--order="gnc" --sep-2a=" (" --sep-2b=")" --sep-3a=" “" --sep-3b="”"
will create a menu entry like
Office (LibreOffice) “Some descriptive text about LibreOffice here”
Since Office is found in LibreOffice, it will get removed, positions are changed (gnc → nc) so status quo it displays like
LibreOffice (Some descriptive text here)
while when changing the code to follow this swap of positions as sketched above it will look like
(LibreOffice) “Some descriptive text here”
Actually we would expect to see something like
LibreOffice “Some descriptive text here”

The embracement of first position looks a bit funny in menus (as long we are not used to read from right to left)
No idea how to escape this double windmill, so I believe we should leave the code for now as it is. It will be solved also once we are done with the completion of desktop files in use, so there simply are mostly no empty entries anymore.
Maybe we could create some sopisticated logic, allowing most decent display, like
»if first position was swapped from gname to name (or vice versa), keep separators originally assigned to the first position.«
»if second position was swapped from name or gname to cname (or vice versa), swap the separators the same way.«
and so on…
Do you believe this would be a solution, if elaborating on this path?

To #45 string entry at transifex

Dave wrote:

and write it to the applications menu file

Many thanks for clarification. The way it is described in help text is pretty incomprehensible to non native speakers. I was completely confused by the expression »applications file« (= executable) instead of »applications menu file«. Now it is clear.

To #55 string entry at transifex
If this will be dropped, we don’t need to think about proper translation anymore. I knew the way this works from the script code, like you describe it, storing the complete paths to the icon file instead its gtk name only. But again, the description »icon base name« used in help text confused me, not knowing how to translate this. Probably all this isn’t a problem to understand to an English native speaker at all…

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Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

I have a problem with my desktop icons being moved around.
I’m running antiX v21 on a Dell Precision M6300 laptop, in a dual-boot arrangement. Windows 10 Pro is on one partition, and antiX 21 is on another.

I keep all my data files on external drives, in encrypted partitions. When I boot up A21, all the icons on my desktop look like white pages. When I have the external partitions mounted as drives (using VeraCrypt), I then refresh the desktop. During the refresh, the desktop finds the target files on the external drives, changes the colors of the launchers, and verifies (registers?) the links. (Those launcher links don’t work, until the desktop has been refreshed.)

My problem is that when I first boot up the desktop, many of the launchers get displaced out of the tidy arrangement I prefer to keep them in. They move up toward the top of the screen, joining rows there. Then, I have to relocate them one by one, back where I want them to be. This happens to 6 out of 21 launchers.

Counting (1,1) as being at top left in the grid, in (x,y) coordinates:
{(4,3), (5,3), (4,4), (5,4), (4,5), & (5,5)} all get displaced y-2 (2 up).

Describing this differently, a group 2 wide x 3 tall gets moved 2 positions up, to reach the top edge of the screen, while retaining its internal order.

This doesn’t cripple the machine in any way… But, it’s a daily nuisance.

I’ve attached a screenshot, showing how I want the arrangement to be. The last 2 columns of the middle block are what get shifted up to the top when it happens.

Is there any way to stop this behavior?

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spirit@M6300A214:~
$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  Desktop: IceWM 2.9.6 vt: 7 dm: N/A 
  Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Precision M6300 v: N/A 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 8 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 0JM680 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A14 
  date: 12/06/2011 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 65.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 65.7/73.3 Wh (89.7%) 
  volts: 12.6 min: 11.1 model: PS2 DELL 00 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> 
  status: Full 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo T7250 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Core Merom rev: D cache: L2: 2 MiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 7978 
  Speed: 1761 MHz min/max: 800/2001 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1761 2: 1857 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA G84GLM [Quadro FX 1600M] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:040d class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1400x900~60Hz s-dpi: 96 
  OpenGL: renderer: NV84 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:284b class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5756ME Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express 
  vendor: Dell driver: tg3 v: kernel port: df00 bus-ID: 09:00.0 
  chip-ID: 14e4:1674 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: eth1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.2 TiB used: 7.84 GiB (0.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200BPVT-75JJ5T0 
  size: 298.09 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> 
  rev: 1A03 scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Western Digital 
  model: WD My Passport 0748 size: 931.48 GiB type: N/A serial: <filter> 
  rev: 1019 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 38.15 GiB used: 7.84 GiB (20.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.77 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) 
  priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C gpu: nouveau 
  temp: 67.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1955 
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
  1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:
  Processes: 168 Uptime: 50m wakeups: 2 Memory: 3.84 GiB 
  used: 1.27 GiB (33.1%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 
  Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm 
  inxi: 3.3.06 
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