Time consumung: installing and updating new software or kernels..? [Solved]

[kmathern]

@kmathern See what you started?

By the way, Kent, it's nice to see you back around

Yeah I do, not sure if you're happy or upset.

I've always been a bit annoyed waiting on the dkms stuff to get compiled when a kernel updated/installed, especially when it was for hardware/devices I wasn't using. But I knew why it was happening. There was another thread here I posted in recently where we suggested installing a newer Liquorix kernel. The person in that thread got a bunch of dkms related warnings/errors when trying to install the new kernel. I think the kernel had actually installed sucessfully but he bailed (chickened out) when he saw all warnings & error messages.

[Jerry3904]

Yeah I do, not sure if you're happy or upset.

[harrykar]

Arrived here (trough a post link while reading another thread) afterwards but still want Thank all you for your very nice job on solve that annoying issue Someone(OP?) can click on Solved please.
Moreover all that help me slowly get more accustomed with MX's tools that IMHO are necessary commodities to newbie(but not only) users that want to use the system instead of learn how to manage it.
Cheers!!

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Removing rtl8812au-dkms (5.13.6+git20240119-1~mx23) ...
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx status -m 8812au
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx remove -m 8812au -v 5.13.6 --all
Module 8812au-5.13.6 for kernel 6.6.10-3-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64).
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

8812au.ko.zst:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.6.10-3-liquorix-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.
depmod...
Module 8812au-5.13.6 for kernel 6.6.11-amd64 (x86_64).
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

8812au.ko.xz:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.6.11-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.
depmod....
Module 8812au-5.13.6 for kernel 6.6.12-1-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64).
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

8812au.ko.xz:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.6.12-1-liquorix-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.
depmod.....
Deleting module 8812au-5.13.6 completely from the DKMS tree.
Removing rtl8821ce-dkms (5.5.2.1+git20240120-0~mx23) ...
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx status -m rtl8821ce -v 5.5.2.1+git20240120
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/5.5.2.1+git20240120/source/dkms.conf)
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/5.5.2.1+git20240120/source/dkms.conf)
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/5.5.2.1+git20240120/source/dkms.conf)
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx remove -m rtl8821ce -v 5.5.2.1+git20240120 --all
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/5.5.2.1+git20240120/source/dkms.conf)
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/5.5.2.1+git20240120/source/dkms.conf)
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/5.5.2.1+git20240120/source/dkms.conf)
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/5.5.2.1+git20240120/source/dkms.conf)
Module rtl8821ce-5.5.2.1+git20240120 for kernel 6.6.10-3-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64).
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

rtl8821ce.ko.zst:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.6.10-3-liquorix-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.
depmod...
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/5.5.2.1+git20240120/source/dkms.conf)
Module rtl8821ce-5.5.2.1+git20240120 for kernel 6.6.11-amd64 (x86_64).
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

rtl8821ce.ko.xz:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.6.11-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.
depmod....
Deprecated feature: MODULES_CONF (/var/lib/dkms/rtl8821ce/5.5.2.1+git20240120/source/dkms.conf)
Module rtl8821ce-5.5.2.1+git20240120 for kernel 6.6.12-1-liquorix-amd64 (x86_64).
Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

rtl8821ce.ko.xz:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/6.6.12-1-liquorix-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.
depmod....
Deleting module rtl8821ce-5.5.2.1+git20240120 completely from the DKMS tree.
Removing rtl8821cu-dkms (5.12.0+git20230215-1~mx23+3) ...
/usr/sbin/dkms.mx status -m rtl8821cu -v 5.12.0
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Purging configuration files for rtl8812au-dkms (5.13.6+git20240119-1~mx23) ...
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[carsti]

Haha. I am the OP of this thread and I revisited it again, since I wanted to give MX Linux another try. Crazy what came out of my stupid question. Is it really now part of the official release? I start to understand why MX Linux is the most popular distribution.

[Stevo]

Hmmm...yeah, they take a while on a lower-end machine to rebuild every time.

We could include the wi-fi dkms debs as data with the ISO, so they could be installed without a connection, but are inert without being installed...but then there are the users who simply will not read the manual and expect the wi-fi to work out of the box, and will complain if it doesn't. Best we can do is say "MX Cleanup after every install of MX!"

[carsti]

Hmmm...yeah, they take a while on a lower-end machine to rebuild every time.

We could include the wi-fi dkms debs as data with the ISO, so they could be installed without a connection, but are inert without being installed...but then there are the users who simply will not read the manual and expect the wi-fi to work out of the box, and will complain if it doesn't. Best we can do is say "MX Cleanup after every install of MX!"

Sounds good to me.