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Unable to complete MX Snapshot run today because "calculating checksums" in endless loop on 2.1 GB iso ..never happened before on this PC Snapshot created on: 20250429_1242 System: Kernel: 6.1.0-34-amd64 [6.1.135-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6 ...

If MX Cleanup cant safely remove large amounts wasteful disk space it should be eliminated. I dont see how saving every previous Linux kernel insures system safety, MX Cleanup keeping the current kernel plus one or two previous ones should be sufficient safety. PS: Today's update to MX Cleanup has ...

MX cleanup doesnt delete old kernels, so over time they pile up wasting disk space.
It seems to me there is no point is saving more than one old kernel.
Should MX Cleanup have an option to automatically delete old kernels after a user specified number of days ?

Use Repo Manager in MX Tools to switch your main repo to Salt Lake City, Utah

Many thanks....I reset to Salt Lake and upgrade notification immediately turned on

Unless a execute "apt update" cmd each time I log into MX23 I get no system upgrade notifications on task bar. How can I restore auto notifications ? System: Kernel: 6.1.0-33-amd64 [6.1.133-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-33-amd64 root=UUID ...

" Something or someone is pushing the window off the screen. Do you use key-binding shortcuts for window tiling? "....NO " Have you edited the ~/.fluxbox/keys file? " ....NO but I suspect it may be due to GEANY default settings : main menu> EDIT > PREFERENCES under GENERAL, STARTUP, SHUTDOWN I ask ...

" and if you edit it to [Position] (UPPERLEFT) {31% 30%} " ... YEH YOU SOLVED IT.... AFTER I finally figured out how to save an edited file in NANO ....NANO has no menu item FILE>SAVE ...to save edited files NANO requires ctrl-O followed by M-D (which cryptically refers to Alt-D ) The bigger issue ...

unable to edit...becase my usual editor GEANY is non-functional,so I'm forced to edit using NANO and I cant understand which NANO key combination corresponds to M-D

"When starting geany from a terminal does it show any error message ?" ... NO " Is it maybe on another workspace? press ctrl+alt or roll mouse wheel to cycle through workspaces. or try ctrl+0 to maximize the window Can you confirm neither of these helps? " ..... ctrl_alt and ctrl-0 do not help ...

PS I replaced the geany.conf file with a .conf file from another computer where GEANY is working OK... but it still does not fix the problem