Unable to run MControlCenter on Debian 12 - GLIBC 2.38 required but 2.36 available

[g0newiped]

MControlCenter fails to launch on Debian 12 (Bookworm) due to a glibc version mismatch. The application requires GLIBC 2.38, but Debian 12 ships with GLIBC 2.36.
System Information

OS: Debian 12 (Bookworm)
MControlCenter Version: 0.5.1
Current GLIBC version: 2.36
Required GLIBC version: 2.38

Steps to Reproduce

Install MControlCenter on Debian 12 following the installation instructions
Attempt to run the application
Application fails to start with glibc version error

Expected Behavior

The application should run on Debian 12, which is a current stable distribution.
Actual Behavior

The application fails to start with an error message indicating that GLIBC 2.38 is required.
Error Message

text

./mcontrolcenter: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by ./mcontrolcenter)

Suggested Solutions

Consider building against an older glibc version for broader compatibility
Provide Debian 12-specific builds compiled against GLIBC 2.36
Document minimum glibc requirements in the README
Consider using AppImage or Flatpak for better cross-distribution compatibility

Additional Context

Debian 12 is the current stable release and is widely used. Supporting it would benefit many users who cannot easily upgrade glibc without potentially breaking system stability.

[mutchiko]

@g0newiped test this package and report back with results

MCC Debian_12.tar.gz

extract it to find the debian package inside

[g0newiped]

Package seems to work, I also recompiled it from source code, but having issues with ec driver, and latest kernel available on debian repos is 6.1.0, I will try another distro, since minimal requirement is 6.5.0.

[mutchiko]

@g0newiped copy and paste the output of lsmod | grep ec_sys

[g0newiped]

it outputs nothing

[mutchiko]

then you really need to use a newer kernel, and just for your information, linux 6.1 was released in December 2022. people are already on 6.15

[mutchiko]

@g0newiped any update?

[Mehybinator]

@mutchiko hi, debian 13 trixie released a couple of days ago, using kernel version 6.12.41, i have it right now on my main machine running gnome, which release do i use to test if it works ?

[Mehybinator]

I installed the tarball, here's the immediate error :
mcontrolcenter: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt6Core.so.6: version `Qt_6.9' not found (required by mcontrolcenter)
looking in the apt repository for libqt6core :
libqt6core5compat6/stable 6.8.2-3+b1 amd64
Qt 6 Qt5Compat library

libqt6core6t64/stable,now 6.8.2+dfsg-9 amd64 [installed,automatic]
Qt 6 core module
so yeah, i don't think it will work on debian without tweaking

[mutchiko]

@Mehybinator first, make sure msi-ec installs normally on debian 13 using the dkms method, then we can discuss support for debian

[Mehybinator]

@mutchiko thanks for getting back to me, i believe we have a much higher issue on debian, after installing the msi-ec module, my speakers start scratching everytime i play any form of audio, at first i thought that it might be a wayland issue so i switched to x11 to test, but only after uninstalling the module is when the problem gets fixed, i tried to reinstall and the issue occurred again, so for the time being, maybe i should report this to msi-ec directly, i do believe that it has this issue only on debian, i was on opesuse tumbleweed and this module plus mcontrolcenter worked perfectly. Much for your dedication.

[Mehybinator]

@mutchiko okay i reinstalled again, and tried to restart multiple times, the sound issue is gone for now, so as per instructed i installed using dkms, heres the output of cat :

cat /sys/devices/platform/msi-ec/shift_mode
comfort

the current problem is :
mcontrolcenter: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt6Core.so.6: version `Qt_6.9' not found (required by mcontrolcenter)
output of sudo apt search libqt6core :

libqt6core5compat6/stable 6.8.2-3+b1 amd64
  Qt 6 Qt5Compat library

libqt6core6t64/stable,now 6.8.2+dfsg-9 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  Qt 6 core module

any other information you need ?

[mutchiko]

@Mehybinator please don't report to msi-ec, we already know how problematic debian has become.

your best option is to use any rolling release distro (fedora/openSUSE), since we have started to see troubles since debian 12.

[Mehybinator]

@mutchiko It's okay i haven't reported anything yet, and yes there is no need to support debian at the moment, im on a limited bandwidth therefore debain seemed to be the best option for me, last time i was on opensuse tumbleweed the package upgrades next week were almost 600MB in download size. thanks for the amazing work on the project tho.
If you need any information from debian im here.