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Many thanks, again.

Stevo wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:57 pm You should also install the 6.1 Debian kernel metapackages using MXPI to get automatic security updates, since the -13 version is rather antique now.

Thanks Stevo, could you offer the package name? I looked through the list, it isn't apparent.

Hi,

I have tried to carry out the updates using nala, but still discover highlights updates for mesa and freedesktop.

I tried to use mx package installer, but unfortunately it throws an error.

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OSTree:ERROR:src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c:526:sock_cb: code should not be ...

Many thanks for your help and guidance.

Much appreciated.

I regularly for cli apt-get update and upgrade. I am trying to embrace linux

In the meantime test repo should not be enabled always:

deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/testrepo/ bookworm test

This one should've been commented out and enabled temporarily by "MX Package Installer" automatically when installing something from there and then disabled back ...

If your still struggling with this, I would suggest installing a Liquorix kernel to see if that resolves it. The 6.6.x or 6.9.x would be good to try, I have found liquorix kernels to be very helpful at resolving issues and may help this one.

And I would use MX Package Installer to install both ...

Hi

A bit of a linux noob.

I have been enjoying MX for a good few months. I have googled and overcome various anomalies, to get a nice stable and functional platform. Recently I managed to create a larger partition to allow effective hibernation. However....

I now use hibernation between sessions ...

Thank you, this has shone light on the inherent inability for mx/linux to accept the dns settings issued from the local dhcp & dns server. The issue seems to be purely down to the domain name including .local from the wiki provided.

This was a Microsoft suggested local domain name in their training ...

ok, so in short, Linux doesn't listen to Microsoft dns servers for no real valid reason. Ok fair enough. if you want to use linux, fixed IP's and text file name search. ok.

The Windows machines aren't getting local machine IPs from 8.8.8.8. The AD controller is handling those.



I changed my dhcp scope settings, removed the external nameserver. Several hours later I checked the resolve.conf, it had not updated the namservers. So I edited the resolve.conf and ...