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The MXUpdater prompted for an update so I followed the process . Everything okay until it started to run into errors in the end .

Setting up linux-kbuild-6.1 (6.1.140-1) ...
Setting up mx-conky-data (20250524) ...
Setting up evdi (1.14.10-151) ...
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx status evdi/1.14.10
Removing ...

You might be able to get back into a GUI if only lightdm was removed, try running

startx

from your logged in terminal interface, and then reinstall lightdm.

or just

sudo apt install lightdm
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Thanks for the direction.....

I did startx and got back in - reinstalled lightdm and now ...

Think I've broken the system.

Last thing I did was go into Repo Manager and deselected the two synaptic sources that were there . They had 'Ubuntu' in the address line .

I then rebooted and all I get now is Grub loads , then it looks like it's booting into system d , but all then that appears is ...

DisplayLink Driver is working perfectly but everytime I go to install or uninstall a program I get an error something similar to this . Is there a way to clean it up ?

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages will be REMOVED ...

Stevo wrote: Mon May 12, 2025 1:59 pm For what it's worth, I've backported displaylink-driver and evdi-dkms from Testing for the MX 23 test repository, and they should show up in a day or so.

Great - has solved my issue and am extremely happy to have got it working . Much appreciation . !!

I'm seeing that the backported displaylink-driver & evdi-dkms packages have now been added to the https://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net mx mirror repos
(https://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/testrepo/pool/test/d/displaylink-driver/)

Use MX Packager Installer to install them.
Start up MXPI and ...

Neither displaylink-driver or evdi are available in the Debian Bookworm or MX-23 repositories (a evdi-dkms package is), so I'm guessing the problem is the displaylink-driver package (and possibly the evdi package too) which I think apt is trying to install from these synaptics.com repos in your ...

Thanks for that - the little I have picked up from the internet I thought MX was compatible with Ubuntu . Now that I know it is Debain based it will make it much easier .

I'm totally green when it comes to Linux systems . For me it is something that works well on an old laptop (that surprises me ...

Hello

I have a DisplayLink USB to VGA module .

I initially installed the Displaylink Driver - and got all the desired monitors up and running together perfectly . I then rebooted the system and the Display Link USB failed to work .

I then went onto Perplexity and followed instructions on how ...

Ahh . Very good . Again thanks for the help .

Have a good weekend .