Ram-wipe no longer functional in Kicksecure 18?

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Hi. I just upgraded to Kicksecure 18. It looks amazing! Well done guys!

However I have many issues that I’ll list below:

  1. Ram-Wipe no longer works
  2. Start up sequence is weird, loops around and around until I type my passphrase in, then it works
  3. I cannot create multiple desktops! Something I need personally
  4. The panel doesn’t intelligently hide when I select the option for it to hide when a window overlaps.

Other than these few things I’ve noticed, it is all in all pretty good!

Cheers guys, I hope these problems can be fixed soon :slight_smile:

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1 issue = 1 forum thread please.

These are very different issues and will create a mess if discussed in the same forum thread. So I’ll just focus on the first one.

“No longer works” is very vague. How do you conclude that it does no works?

Proper bug report as per Sample Bug Report required.

But as for ram-wipe. let me wild guess… You’re used to seeing lots of output (by sdmem) during shut down but cannot see that anymore?

No. That’s invalid methodology. ram-wipe nowadays works differently and more efficiently. There is no more need to use sdmem.

Related ram-wipe user documentation:

Related ram-wipe developer documentation:

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Use this forum thread for that:

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Should be the same as on Debian with LXQt / labwc.

This you can try to solve as per:

Otherwise, please create a separate forum thread.

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Separate forum thread required.
Proper bug report as per Sample Bug Report required.

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Ah ok thanks, yeah I’m a novice user and am only used to seeing a bunch of stars generate. So you reckon it still works? I’m just not sure what I’m looking for with ram-wipe.

Thanks :slight_smile:

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Oh! Also it doesn’t say when I start up my laptop that ram-wipe is on. You know when you start up your laptop and ram-wipe would usually indicate it’s running. Now I’m not getting any indicator that it’s running.

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Indeed. I removed that. There are no more visual indicators during boot. Updated wiki chapter Boot Printout just now.

But that reminds me… [1]

Thanks to third-party security audit, ram-wipe security-audit by 3MDEB in 2025, this can be labeled Reasonable Security.

[1] It could be very hard for laymen users to confirm functionality. There is one thing you might be able to see. → Shutdown Printout

But these messages will probably appear so fast and the reboot/shutdown is so fast that can most people probably will have reasonable chance to read messages. One simple “trick” could be to video record the shutdown process with camera and then watch/pause the recording.

For Advanced Users, at least a basic review using a serial console is possible. There are some pointers here: ram-wipe Functionality Testing

Otherwise if messages are appearing to fast, developers locally for example inject sleep commands into the code or inject a shell.

Full review can be done by developers / expert. The test methodology had been fully documented during the 3MDEB security-misc audit.

Related:

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Dude! You’re and absolute LEGEND!! Thank you!

Also I kinda like the new shutdown sequence more than the old one. :wink:

Yeah nah I like what you’ve done, again, the redesign is cool and I like how the battery symbol now has the percentage number on it too. Lots of small minor quality of life improvements!

I know you said to go to another thread, but may I ask if there’s any plans to implement the desktop switcher anytime soon?

Thanks again man :victory_hand::grinning_face:

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No. Maybe in the next major version. Depending on LXQt / labwc or whatever desktop environment will be the thing at that time.

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