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I suggest ... make sure the dkms module rebuilt for the given kernel. this isn't necessarily automatic, although we try to do that with the stuff in MX-PackageInstaller-Popular Apps-Kernels.


OK, I did a search for this DKMS thing and it just so happens that there's a really cool YouTube channel ...

I'm having problems with the NVidia 390.87 driver on my Thinkpad W520 . It doesn't work with the MX-18 4.19.5-2 (default), or 4.19.13 (MX Test Repo), or 4.9.146 AntiX (popular), or 4.9.0-8 Debian (popular) Kernels. By doesn't work I mean black screen with flashing underline cursor .

However, not ...

I found the wi-fi broadcom problem's solution in this thread:

- https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=47100


So, this was not an easy thing to do in the long run but I am posting in hopes it will help others that may face the challenges I had.

1. Open a terminal and type sudo ...

I tried moving the hard drive over to an identical MacBook model but

... it appears that a recent Mac OS X update has prevented it from booting Linux either from DVD, USB, or somehow even a pre-installed Hard Drive (just like the problem I have with my MacBookPro 17 after an update).

Anyone else ...

MX-18 on MacBook 13" (5,1 Late 2008) :

Working pretty well so far (installed over MX-17.1 installation on existing partitions, boot ESP not MBR like with Thinkpads, had to change mouse acceleration from 2.0 to 1.0 to get it under reasonable control) with only 1 issue so far, wireless internet ...

Thinkpad 600x 2646-8EU (2000)

This really pushes the limits of how old of a computer MX-18 can run on, but MX pulls it off!

Display Color issue is now fixed out-of-the-box -- THANK YOU!

but Audio Sound issues persist and still require a manual solution:
- download latest old firmware: ftp ...

MXPI > Popular Applications > Screencast > OBS-Studio error:

the following packages have unmet dependencies:
obs-studio: Depends:obs-plugins (=21.0.2+dfsg1-1~mx17+1)...

found it in stable repo and tried to install it but got another error:

obs-plugins : Depends:libavdevice57 (>=7:3.3.4)...

Hopefully not too late to be just in time before Final, could the freshly released antiX LTS Kernels 4.9.146 and 4.19.10 ( https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic ... available/ ) be included in the MXPI Popular Applications?

MX Package Installer > Popular Applications > Kernel > antiX 4.19 lists 4.19.7 but 4.19.8-antix.1 (2018-12-09) ... is in stable repo and seems to be working just fine.

palemoon-nonsse2 (in MXPI Stable repo) gets error for dependency fonts-symbola but works after it is installed (from MXPI MX Test repo) before trying to install palemoon .