This is a strange one

I have installed RC2 as a frugal install with home and static/dynamic root persistence. So far I've done most of the updates (via MXPI) while booted into home and
static root persistence but yesterday I did check MXPI while booted into home and
dynamic root persistence.
To my surprise I was shown a number of updates relating to the 6.1 kernel (from .37 to .38) and also for gcc which were not shown for the static persistence boot. I have since repeatedly booted into both root persistences and there's a clear pattern, I see these kernel updates
only with dynamic root persistence, not with static root persistence. Other updates, eg for the MX tools, are shown for both modes.
I have checked the QSIs for both boot modes (attached,first dynamic then static) for some obvious difference but have found nothing of significance.
Very puzzled
Updating a system should certainly produce the same results, shouldn't it? Because if it doesn't how can I be sure that the system is really up-to-date!?
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Snapshot created on: 20230719_1408
System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-10-amd64 [6.1.37-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: quiet
loglevel=0 hostname=cholatse bdir=MX23 from=hd persist=root!,home!
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_x64 Libretto July 19 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8615 v: 46.30 serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: AMI v: F.48
date: 04/08/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 35.9 Wh (95.2%) condition: 37.7/37.7 Wh (100.0%) volts: 13.2 min: 11.6
model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: charging cycles: 339
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen/Zen+
note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108102
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB
L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1370 high: 1397 min/max: 1400/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1397 2: 1293 3: 1397 4: 1396 bogomips: 16767
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm
built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 off: eDP-1
empty: none bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 47.0 C
Device-2: Quanta HP Wide Vision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-1.2:4
chip-ID: 0408:5300 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26") s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: primary model: Acer K242HL serial: <filter>
built: 2015 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77")
diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP note: disabled model: AU Optronics 0x21ed built: 2019
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 6 Graphics (raven LLVM 15.0.6 DRM
3.49 6.1.0-10-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Laptop
15-cw1xxx driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel
alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-10-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:4
chip-ID: 0bda:b00a class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
software: no address: <filter>
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 418.77 GiB (45.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P2SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: P2CR031 temp: 26.9 C scheme: MBR
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 4 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1024 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 10
file: /root/Live-usb-storage/swapfile2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 45.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1856 libs: 938 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
Processes: 253 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 3 Memory: 13.56 GiB used: 5.61 GiB (41.4%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12 Client: shell wrapper
v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
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Snapshot created on: 20230719_1408
System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-10-amd64 [6.1.37-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: quiet
loglevel=0 hostname=cholatse bdir=MX23 from=hd persist=root!,static,home!
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23_x64 Libretto July 19 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8615 v: 46.30 serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: AMI v: F.48
date: 04/08/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.4/38.4 Wh (100.0%) volts: 13.1 min: 11.6
model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: full cycles: 345
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen/Zen+
note: check gen: 1 level: v3 note: check built: 2019 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 0x18 (24) stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8108102
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB
L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1384 high: 1395 min/max: 1400/2100 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1393 2: 1391 3: 1358 4: 1395 bogomips: 16769
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Picasso/Raven 2 [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm
built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 off: eDP-1
empty: none bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300 temp: 50.0 C
Device-2: Quanta HP Wide Vision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-1.2:4
chip-ID: 0408:5300 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26") s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: primary model: Acer K242HL serial: <filter>
built: 2015 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77")
diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP note: disabled model: AU Optronics 0x21ed built: 2019
res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 6 Graphics (raven LLVM 15.0.6 DRM
3.49 6.1.0-10-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Laptop
15-cw1xxx driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel
alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-10-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000
bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth 4.2 Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:4
chip-ID: 0bda:b00a class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
software: no address: <filter>
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 418.77 GiB (45.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P2SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: P2CR031 temp: 30.9 C scheme: MBR
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 4 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1024 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 10
file: /root/Live-usb-storage/swapfile2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 50.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 50.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1856 libs: 938 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
Processes: 254 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 3 Memory: 13.56 GiB used: 1.6 GiB (11.8%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12 Client: shell wrapper
v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
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