Okay this is something completely new to me. Several problems all at once and they must be related. I'm running MX 23.6 Libretto. (1) When I tried to shut down my computer last night the shut down option was greyed out and the only option was to log out. Finally I shut down the computer by pressing the hardware button on my desktop HP 290 G4. The computer shut down but when I restarted there were other problems. 2) The networking is now disabled. In Networking Assistant WiFi status is "WiFi Hardware switch is off". But this is a desktop and to the best of my knowledge there is no such switch. 3) Also, the volume icon says "not connected to the Pulse Audio server." (4) Finally and perhaps most important I can't open either Gnome Disks, MX disk manager or Gparted. I was looking at Gnome Disks right before all these problems occurred. Does that mean there's a problem with the system disk? what have I done and how can I fix it? Help very much appreciated!
Code:
System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-35-amd64 [6.1.137-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-35-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto May 19 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 7458W4Y v: ThinkPad X200 serial: <superuser required>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 7458W4Y serial: <superuser required> BIOS: LENOVO v: 6DET63WW (3.13 )
date: 03/10/2010
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 45.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 45.7/47.5 Wh (96.2%) volts: 12.3 min: 10.8
model: SANYO 42T4536 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo P8400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1 built: 2008
process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23) stepping: 6 microcode: 0x60F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB
L2: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1596 min/max: 800/2267 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand
cores: 1: 1596 2: 1596 bogomips: 9043
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-5 process: Intel 45nm built: 2008 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a42 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: intel
dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.31x8.31") s-diag: 398mm (15.69")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 model: Lenovo 0x4010 built: 2008 res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 125
gamma: 1.2 size: 261x163mm (10.28x6.42") diag: 308mm (12.1") ratio: 16:10 modes: 1280x800
API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T400 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-35-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network driver: N/A modules: e1000e port: 1840 bus-ID: 00:19.0
chip-ID: 8086:294c class-ID: 0200
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath5k v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:001c class-ID: 0200
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-3: Realtek RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter type: USB driver: r8188eu
bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:8179 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlan1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM2045B (BDC-2.1) [Bluetooth Controller] type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 2-2:3 chip-ID: 0a5c:2145 class-ID: fe01
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1
sub-v: 4235 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 5160
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 37.69 GiB (12.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Hitachi model: HTS543232A7A384 size: 298.09 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: A60W
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 298.09 GiB size: 292.35 GiB (98.07%) used: 37.69 GiB (12.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 3377 fan-2: 3377
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2193 libs: 1079 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 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 bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_12/ ./
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb https://mirror.23m.com/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
Processes: 204 Uptime: 35m wakeups: 2 Memory: 3.72 GiB used: 2.23 GiB (60.0%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

