ALT not doing anything

[sdetweil]

@ankonaskiff17 ctrl-m is minimize, ctrl-q quits

alt AND spacebar works for me

[ankonaskiff17]

@sdetweil Quick change of subject. How do I find a list of installed packages on Pi WITH timestamp
Something unannounced just installed itself on this Pi
Not a fan of surprise unannounced installations out of the blue on my computers

[sdetweil]

@ankonaskiff17 sorry no idea.

[ankonaskiff17]

Regarding yesterdays change of subject question, my concern was if somehow a virus was loading itself on my Pi.

I kind of think I know what the problem is but it seems like an install problem because 1) it is repeatable and 2) it is like this straight from the install.

I don’t know the official name for the “bar” but it is missing.
This is from am MM I built a couple of years ago.

Non-existent in this most recent install. I saw it missing yesterday. That missing bar was what prompted my question.
I’ve installed via @sdetweil script

[sdetweil]

@ankonaskiff17 which os?

lsb_release -a
uname -a

[ankonaskiff17]

@sdetweil
~ $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Release: 11
Codename: bullseye

~ $ uname -a
Linux PiPics 6.1.21-v8+ #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux

My installation process amounts to formating micro-sd card, firing up Raspberry Pi’s installer, install their posted software.
Immediately do apt update, apt full-upgrade then head to the MM link to your Github based installer. Copy your script, hit enter.
When asked about screensaver & pm2 I answer yes to both.

[sdetweil]

@ankonaskiff17 yes, it’s the 64 bit os… SOOOOO we don’t know… we don’t test there. but it’s electron that is managing the keyboard in the browser

alt-spacebar has been working for 30 years.

[ankonaskiff17]

@sdetweil is the aarch64 what is telling you 64 bit?

I am about 95% sure that the other MM I referenced having built a couple of years ago is 64 bit also.
ALT on that MM brings up the toolbar as expected.
BUT…when I do ALT+Spacebar it does not give the same result.
The way I’m reading your comments ALT and ALT+Spacebar should give the same result, or did in the past.

Not being a programmer many of these commands I am unaware of.

[sdetweil]

@ankonaskiff17 I never tried alt by itself, ever.

yes aarch64 is 64 bit, armv7l is 32 bit

raspi 64 bit came out last year. was a beta before that… beta pretty unstable

[bugsounet]

@sdetweil no,no it’s a 32Bits OS with X64 kernel

It’s now the new rule for 32Bits version

you can have 32bits kernel with 32bits Os by editing /boot/config.txt

and adding this line at the end:
arm_64bit=0

result is:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 6.1.21-v7l+ #1642 SMP Mon Apr  3 17:22:30 BST 2023 armv7l GNU/Linux

by default arm_64bit=1 for apply x64 kernel