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#1 2021-07-05 22:38:37

Micronaut
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Registered: 2019-07-04
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Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Ascii running on a Gateway NV57H63u (Yep, just about a decade old now) somehow could not reach the desktop after updating to the latest kernel. (linux-image-4.9.0-16-amd64{a}) It would boot and allow login, but after that it would hang indefinitely without showing the desktop. Using the 'advanced options' to boot to the previous kernel, I purged the 'update' and it now boots fine again to that previous kernel. (linux-image-4.9.0-15-amd64{a})

Weirdly, when I told aptitude to purge that '16' version of the kernel, it complained that there were unmet dependencies. That might explain the hang, but is a bit frightening. A kernel package was not constructed properly? Ouch...

Has there been any other notice of this problem? I hope my laptop is not so obscure that no one else has seen this. How can I tell when it's safe to update the kernel again? Will that '16' package be amended? Or will there just be a '17' to fix any problems? In the meantime, is there a way to get other updates while not allowing the kernel to update? Isn't there a 'hold' command for the apt packaging system?

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#2 2021-07-06 14:53:18

Altoid
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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Hello:

Micronaut wrote:

Ascii running on a Gateway NV57H63u ...

Should not be a problem.
I run ascii 4.19.0-16-686-pae on an Asus 1000HE 2Gb.
ie: SMP Debian 4.19.181-1 (2021-03-19) i686 GNU/Linux.

Micronaut wrote:

...but after that it would hang indefinitely without showing the desktop.
... it complained that there were unmet dependencies.

Unless I'm mistaken, the unmet dependecies warning is for your actual ie: working kernel, not the one you are updating to.

Open a terminal and (as root) do:

apt autoclean

Then do:

apt install -f 

Please post the output of this.
It will have information needed to find out what is going on.

Best,

A.

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#3 2021-07-06 21:18:20

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Hello:

Altoid wrote:

Hello:
I run ascii 4.19.0-16-686-pae on an Asus 1000HE 2Gb.

Just did my weekly apt update && apt upgrade.
Besides getting apparmor yet again* (like a very persistent case of the clap) got linux-image-4.19.0-17-686-pae.

Boots and loads desktop without issues.

A.

* Happens with every #%&" kernel update, in spite of apparmor not being installed in my system and having apparmor=0 in my kernel command line.
Is there no remedy for this?

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#4 2021-07-07 10:14:54

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Please also post the X.Org and display manager logs.


Brianna Ghey — Rest In Power

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#5 2021-07-07 22:47:08

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Altoid wrote:

Then do:

apt install -f 

Please post the output of this.
It will have information needed to find out what is going on.

Best,

A.

It thinks the version '14' kernel is obsolete, which I guess it is, but says nothing about the current version '15' kernel. I purged the '16' version that cause the problems, of course. When I ran apt-get update, there was no return of that kernel either. Odd, I would have expected it to be listed again. I learned about the 'hold' option, but have not used it yet.

root@nautilus:~# apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-image-4.9.0-14-amd64
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

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#6 2021-07-07 22:49:36

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Please also post the X.Org and display manager logs.

Does it save X.Org.log past the last boot? All I could find was the current version and the .old from the previous boot, which is after I had purged the problematic kernel. Where would it put any older saves?

[  1687.349] 
X.Org X Server 1.19.2
Release Date: 2017-03-02
[  1687.349] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[  1687.349] Build Operating System: Linux 5.10.0-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[  1687.349] Current Operating System: Linux nautilus 4.9.0-15-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.258-1 (2021-03-08) x86_64
[  1687.349] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.9.0-15-amd64 root=UUID=95bc46a7-4cfa-4d61-820d-206e3ff12230 ro quiet acpi_backlight=vendor
[  1687.349] Build Date: 15 April 2021  11:19:14AM
[  1687.349] xorg-server 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u8 ([url]https://www.debian.org/support[/url]) 
[  1687.349] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[  1687.349] 	Before reporting problems, check [url]http://wiki.x.org[/url]
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[  1687.349] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[  1687.349] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jul  6 19:32:24 2021
[  1687.350] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[  1687.350] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[  1687.350] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[  1687.350] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[  1687.350] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[  1687.350] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using the first device section listed.
[  1687.350] (**) |   |-->Device "Intel"
[  1687.350] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[  1687.350] (==) Automatically adding devices
[  1687.350] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[  1687.350] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[  1687.350] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[  1687.350] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[  1687.351] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[  1687.351] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
	built-ins
[  1687.351] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[  1687.351] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[  1687.351] (II) Loader magic: 0x55ed25733e00
[  1687.351] (II) Module ABI versions:
[  1687.351] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[  1687.351] 	X.Org Video Driver: 23.0
[  1687.351] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[  1687.351] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[  1687.353] (++) using VT number 7

[  1687.353] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[  1687.353] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[  1687.360] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0106:1025:0511 rev 9, Mem @ 0xc0000000/4194304, 0xb0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00002000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[  1687.360] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[  1687.360] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[  1687.362] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  1687.362] 	compiled for 1.19.2, module version = 1.0.0
[  1687.363] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[  1687.363] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[  1687.363] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[  1687.363] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  1687.363] 	compiled for 1.19.0, module version = 2.99.917
[  1687.363] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  1687.363] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 23.0
[  1687.363] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
	i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
	915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
	Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[  1687.364] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics
[  1687.364] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics
[  1687.364] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics
[  1687.379] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20160919
[  1687.379] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20161206-1 (Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@debian.org>)
[  1687.379] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled for use with valgrind
[  1687.379] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) HD Graphics 2000
[  1687.379] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2; using a maximum of 2 threads
[  1687.379] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[  1687.380] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[  1687.380] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[  1687.380] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[  1687.380] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 has no monitor section
[  1687.381] (**) intel(0): Found backlight control interface intel_backlight (type 'raw') for output LVDS1
[  1687.381] (II) intel(0): Enabled output LVDS1
[  1687.381] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[  1687.381] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VGA1
[  1687.381] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[  1687.381] (II) intel(0): Enabled output HDMI1
[  1687.381] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 has no monitor section
[  1687.381] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP1
[  1687.381] (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 256x256 for hardware cursors
[  1687.382] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[  1687.382] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VIRTUAL1
[  1687.382] (--) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1366x768 on pipe 0
[  1687.382] (==) intel(0): TearFree disabled
[  1687.382] (==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[  1687.382] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[  1687.382] (II) Loading sub module "dri3"
[  1687.382] (II) LoadModule: "dri3"
[  1687.382] (II) Module "dri3" already built-in
[  1687.382] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[  1687.382] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[  1687.382] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[  1687.382] (II) Loading sub module "present"
[  1687.382] (II) LoadModule: "present"
[  1687.382] (II) Module "present" already built-in
[  1687.382] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[  1687.382] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Sandybridge (gen6, gt1) backend
[  1687.383] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[  1687.383] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[  1687.383] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled
[  1687.383] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[  1687.383] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[  1687.383] (==) intel(0): Display hotplug detection enabled
[  1687.383] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[  1687.383] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
[  1687.383] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: va_gl
[  1687.383] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 enabled
[  1687.383] (II) intel(0): hardware support for Present enabled
[  1687.383] (--) RandR disabled
[  1687.390] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es{,2}_profile
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness
[  1687.413] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i965
[  1687.413] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[  1687.416] (II) intel(0): switch to mode 1366x768@60.0 on LVDS1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
[  1687.423] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 361 x 203
[  1687.472] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event8)
[  1687.472] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.472] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[  1687.472] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[  1687.474] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  1687.474] 	compiled for 1.19.0, module version = 0.23.0
[  1687.474] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[  1687.474] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[  1687.474] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[  1687.474] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[  1687.474] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
[  1687.474] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.474] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event8 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.474] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event8 is a keyboard
[  1687.488] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input9/event8"
[  1687.488] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[  1687.488] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.488] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1687.488] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event8 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.488] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event8 is a keyboard
[  1687.489] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event9)
[  1687.489] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.489] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[  1687.489] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[  1687.489] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event9"
[  1687.489] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.489] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event9 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.489] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event9 is a keyboard
[  1687.520] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input10/event9"
[  1687.520] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[  1687.520] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.520] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1687.521] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event9 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.521] (II) input device 'Video Bus', /dev/input/event9 is a keyboard
[  1687.522] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event5)
[  1687.522] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.522] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[  1687.522] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[  1687.522] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[  1687.522] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.522] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event5 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.522] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event5 is a keyboard
[  1687.536] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:01/PNP0C0C:00/input/input6/event5"
[  1687.536] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[  1687.536] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.536] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1687.537] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event5 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.537] (II) input device 'Power Button', /dev/input/event5 is a keyboard
[  1687.537] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event6)
[  1687.537] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[  1687.538] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[  1687.538] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event7)
[  1687.538] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.538] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Sleep Button'
[  1687.538] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[  1687.538] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7"
[  1687.538] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.539] (II) input device 'Sleep Button', /dev/input/event7 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.539] (II) input device 'Sleep Button', /dev/input/event7 is a keyboard
[  1687.552] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:01/PNP0C0E:00/input/input8/event7"
[  1687.552] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[  1687.552] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.552] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1687.553] (II) input device 'Sleep Button', /dev/input/event7 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.553] (II) input device 'Sleep Button', /dev/input/event7 is a keyboard
[  1687.554] (II) config/udev: Adding input device 1.3M HD WebCam (/dev/input/event16)
[  1687.554] (**) 1.3M HD WebCam: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.554] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for '1.3M HD WebCam'
[  1687.554] (**) 1.3M HD WebCam: always reports core events
[  1687.554] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event16"
[  1687.554] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.555] (II) input device '1.3M HD WebCam', /dev/input/event16 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.555] (II) input device '1.3M HD WebCam', /dev/input/event16 is a keyboard
[  1687.584] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/input/input17/event16"
[  1687.584] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "1.3M HD WebCam" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[  1687.584] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.584] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1687.585] (II) input device '1.3M HD WebCam', /dev/input/event16 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.585] (II) input device '1.3M HD WebCam', /dev/input/event16 is a keyboard
[  1687.586] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event11)
[  1687.586] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[  1687.586] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[  1687.586] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Mic (/dev/input/event12)
[  1687.586] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[  1687.586] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[  1687.587] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Headphone (/dev/input/event13)
[  1687.587] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[  1687.587] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[  1687.587] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event14)
[  1687.587] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[  1687.587] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[  1687.588] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 (/dev/input/event1)
[  1687.588] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.588] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[  1687.588] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[  1687.588] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
[  1687.588] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.589] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event1 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.589] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event1 is a keyboard
[  1687.608] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.0/0003:045E:0745.0001/input/input3/event1"
[  1687.608] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[  1687.608] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.608] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1687.609] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event1 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.609] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event1 is a keyboard
[  1687.610] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 (/dev/input/event2)
[  1687.610] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[  1687.610] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.610] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[  1687.611] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[  1687.611] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[  1687.611] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.611] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Mouse
[  1687.611] (II) Device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0' set to 1000 DPI
[  1687.611] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is a pointer caps
[  1687.611] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is a keyboard
[  1687.624] (II) libinput: Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: needs a virtual subdevice
[  1687.624] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.1/0003:045E:0745.0002/input/input4/event2"
[  1687.624] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: MOUSE, id 12)
[  1687.625] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[  1687.625] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[  1687.625] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[  1687.625] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[  1687.625] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Mouse
[  1687.626] (II) Device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0' set to 1000 DPI
[  1687.626] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is a pointer caps
[  1687.626] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event2 is a keyboard
[  1687.626] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 (/dev/input/mouse0)
[  1687.626] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[  1687.626] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[  1687.627] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0 (/dev/input/event3)
[  1687.627] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.627] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[  1687.627] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[  1687.627] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[  1687.627] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.628] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event3 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.628] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event3 is a keyboard
[  1687.652] (II) libinput: Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: needs a virtual subdevice
[  1687.652] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.2/0003:045E:0745.0003/input/input5/event3"
[  1687.652] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: MOUSE, id 13)
[  1687.652] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[  1687.652] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[  1687.652] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[  1687.652] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[  1687.653] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event3 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.653] (II) input device 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0', /dev/input/event3 is a keyboard
[  1687.654] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[  1687.654] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.654] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[  1687.654] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[  1687.654] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
[  1687.654] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.654] (II) input device 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard', /dev/input/event0 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.655] (II) input device 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard', /dev/input/event0 is a keyboard
[  1687.668] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[  1687.668] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 14)
[  1687.668] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.668] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1687.669] (II) input device 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard', /dev/input/event0 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.669] (II) input device 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard', /dev/input/event0 is a keyboard
[  1687.669] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/event4)
[  1687.669] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Applying InputClass "libinput touchpad catchall"
[  1687.670] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad'
[  1687.670] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: always reports core events
[  1687.670] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
[  1687.670] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.670] (II) input device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad', /dev/input/event4 is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[  1687.670] (II) input device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad', /dev/input/event4 is a touchpad
[  1687.700] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input2/event4"
[  1687.700] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 15)
[  1687.700] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[  1687.701] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[  1687.701] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[  1687.701] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[  1687.701] (II) input device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad', /dev/input/event4 is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[  1687.701] (II) input device 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad', /dev/input/event4 is a touchpad
[  1687.702] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/mouse1)
[  1687.702] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[  1687.702] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[  1687.702] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event10)
[  1687.702] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[  1687.702] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[  1687.703] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Acer WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event15)
[  1687.703] (**) Acer WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.703] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Acer WMI hotkeys'
[  1687.703] (**) Acer WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[  1687.703] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event15"
[  1687.703] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[  1687.704] (II) input device 'Acer WMI hotkeys', /dev/input/event15 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.704] (II) input device 'Acer WMI hotkeys', /dev/input/event15 is a keyboard
[  1687.744] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input16/event15"
[  1687.744] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Acer WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 16)
[  1687.744] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.744] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1687.745] (II) input device 'Acer WMI hotkeys', /dev/input/event15 is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[  1687.745] (II) input device 'Acer WMI hotkeys', /dev/input/event15 is a keyboard
[  1687.757] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[  1687.757] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.757] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[  1687.757] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[  1687.757] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[  1687.757] (**) Option "_source" "_driver/libinput"
[  1687.757] (II) libinput: Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: is a virtual subdevice
[  1687.757] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.1/0003:045E:0745.0002/input/input4/event2"
[  1687.757] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: KEYBOARD, id 17)
[  1687.757] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.757] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1687.758] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[  1687.758] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0'
[  1687.758] (**) Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: always reports core events
[  1687.758] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[  1687.758] (**) Option "_source" "_driver/libinput"
[  1687.758] (II) libinput: Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0: is a virtual subdevice
[  1687.758] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb4/4-1/4-1.4/4-1.4:1.2/0003:045E:0745.0003/input/input5/event3"
[  1687.758] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0" (type: KEYBOARD, id 18)
[  1687.758] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[  1687.758] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  1689.705] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.705] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.705] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.705] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.705] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.705] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.706] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.706] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.706] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.706] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.706] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.706] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.706] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[  1689.777] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

ETA: And I have no idea where to find the display manager log. Since this is XFCE, I presume it's LightDM? Where does that put any logs?

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#7 2021-07-07 23:27:18

Altoid
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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Hello:

Micronaut wrote:

... thinks the version '14' kernel is obsolete ...

Not necessarily.

Please open a terminal, do ~$ uname -a and post the result.
That will tell us exactly what kernel version you are booting from.

Best,

A.

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#8 2021-07-07 23:39:05

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Linux nautilus 4.9.0-15-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.258-1 (2021-03-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux

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#9 2021-07-07 23:51:44

Altoid
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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Hello:

Micronaut wrote:

Linux nautilus 4.9.0-15-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.258-1 (2021-03-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Right.
You are running kernel version 4.9.0-15.

Open a terminal and (as root/sudo) do:

~$ sudo apt update --dry-run

This will simulate an update, please post the output.*

Then (as root/sudo) do:

~$ sudo apt upgrade --dry-run

This will simulate an upgrade, please post the output.*

* Please post the output as code.

Best,

A.

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#10 2021-07-08 00:23:36

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

It complains that "apt upgrade --dry-run" is not a valid combination of options. Without the --dry-run, it just updates the package databases. Did you mean something else? The other works, but doesn't seem to produce any new information.

root@nautilus:/# apt upgrade --dry-run
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-image-4.9.0-14-amd64
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages have been kept back:
  icedtea-netx
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

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#11 2021-07-08 00:51:07

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Hello:

Micronaut wrote:

... complains that "apt upgrade --dry-run" is not a valid combination of options.

Sorry ...
My bad.

Micronaut wrote:

The other works, but doesn't seem to produce any new information.

Yes it does.

root@nautilus:/# apt upgrade --dry-run
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-image-4.9.0-14-amd64
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.

The following packages have been kept back: <---- | x |
  icedtea-netx                              <---- | x |

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

From what I see, the package icedtea-netx has been kept back and when a package is kept back it is because there is a dependency problem.

Open a terminal and do:

~$ apt list | grep installed | grep icedtea

This will tell you which icedtea-netx version is installed.

Then do:

apt-cache rdepends --installed $icedtea-netx

This will tell you which package is asking for icedtea-netx.

Best,

A.

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#12 2021-07-08 17:53:36

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Well, Linux command line programs are ingenius in their ability to find nitpicks in commands. I couldn't figure out how to get apt-cache to not interpret the - inside a file name as a command switch.

root@nautilus:~# apt list | grep installed | grep icedtea

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

icedtea-8-plugin/now 1.6.2-3.1 amd64 [installed,local]
icedtea-netx-common/oldstable,now 1.6.2-3.1+deb9u1 all [installed,automatic]
root@nautilus:~# apt-cache rdepends --installed $icedtea-netx
E: Command line option 'n' [from -netx] is not understood in combination with the other options.
root@nautilus:~# apt-cache rdepends --installed "$icedtea-netx"
E: Command line option 'n' [from -netx] is not understood in combination with the other options.
root@nautilus:~# apt-cache rdepends --installed $icedtea
E: No packages found

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#13 2021-07-08 21:14:43

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Hello:

Micronaut wrote:

... command line programs are ingenius in their ability to find nitpicks ...

No ...

It was because it was late and I did not test the stanza first.
Command line stanzas must use the correct syntax to work.

The correct one is this:

~$ apt-cache depends icedtea-netx

It will get you the package's dependencies.

Then this one will get you the package's dependencies as well as the dependencies of the dependencies.
ie: the dependency tree.

~$ apt-cache rdepends icedtea-netx

My apologies for the slip.
Please run those and post the result.

root@nautilus:~# apt list | grep installed | grep icedtea

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

icedtea-8-plugin/now 1.6.2-3.1 amd64 [installed,local]
icedtea-netx-common/oldstable,now 1.6.2-3.1+deb9u1 all [installed,automatic]

--> There's no need for root for these. <--

BTW: you are using 'quote" instead of "code".

Best,

A.

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#14 2021-07-08 22:57:10

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

OK, we finally have a result.

nemo@nautilus:~$ apt-cache rdepends icedtea-netx
icedtea-netx
Reverse Depends:
  icedtea-8-plugin
  icedtea-netx-common
  libbiojava4.0-java
nemo@nautilus:~$ apt-cache depends icedtea-netx
icedtea-netx
  Depends: openjdk-8-jre
  Depends: icedtea-netx-common
  Conflicts: <openjdk-6-jre>
  Conflicts: <openjdk-6-jre-headless>
  Replaces: <openjdk-6-jre>
  Replaces: <openjdk-6-jre-headless>

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#15 2021-07-08 23:32:20

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Hello:

Micronaut wrote:

... finally have a result.

Indeed ...

nemo@nautilus:~$ apt-cache rdepends icedtea-netx
icedtea-netx
Reverse Depends:
  icedtea-8-plugin
  icedtea-netx-common
  libbiojava4.0-java
nemo@nautilus:~$ apt-cache depends icedtea-netx
icedtea-netx
  Depends: openjdk-8-jre
  Depends: icedtea-netx-common
  Conflicts: <openjdk-6-jre>
  Conflicts: <openjdk-6-jre-headless>
  Replaces: <openjdk-6-jre>
  Replaces: <openjdk-6-jre-headless>

From what I understand, the latest (kept back) version of icedtea-netx breaks openjdk-6-jre and openjdk-6-jre-headless.

Open a terminal and as sudo/root do:

apt list | grep installed | grep openjdk-

and

apt list | grep installed | grep icedtea-

This will show us what openjdk- and icedtea- packages are installed.

Please post the result.

Best,

A.

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#16 2021-07-09 00:11:42

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

nemo@nautilus:~$ apt list | grep installed | grep openjdk

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

openjdk-8-jre/oldstable-security,now 8u292-b10-0+deb9u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
openjdk-8-jre-headless/oldstable-security,now 8u292-b10-0+deb9u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]

nemo@nautilus:~$ apt list | grep installed | grep icedtea

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

icedtea-8-plugin/now 1.6.2-3.1 amd64 [installed,local]
icedtea-netx-common/oldstable,now 1.6.2-3.1+deb9u1 all [installed,automatic]

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#17 2021-07-09 01:19:24

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Hello:

Micronaut wrote:
nemo@nautilus:~$ apt list | grep installed | grep openjdk
--- snip ---
openjdk-8-jre/oldstable-security,now 8u292-b10-0+deb9u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
openjdk-8-jre-headless/oldstable-security,now 8u292-b10-0+deb9u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nemo@nautilus:~$ apt list | grep installed | grep icedtea
--- snip ---
icedtea-8-plugin/now 1.6.2-3.1 amd64 [installed,local]
icedtea-netx-common/oldstable,now 1.6.2-3.1+deb9u1 all [installed,automatic]

Right ....

Let's try doing this:

~# apt install icedtea-netx-common  --dry-run

This should tell us if it will fix part/all of the dependency issues as it should drag in updated versions of openjdk-6-jre and openjdk-6-jre-headless.

Please post the output.

Best,

A.

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#18 2021-07-09 09:29:08

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Micronaut wrote:

Does it save X.Org.log past the last boot? All I could find was the current version and the .old from the previous boot, which is after I had purged the problematic kernel. Where would it put any older saves?

Those are the only saved files. Upgrade to the new kernel, reproduce the error then reboot into the working kernel and post the .old file.

Micronaut wrote:

I have no idea where to find the display manager log

My search engine tells me you should check /var/log/lightdm or /var/log/slim.log.


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#19 2021-08-11 01:53:35

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Fatigue got me. I didn't see any chance of progress so I just gave up. Anyway, for the sake of completion, here is the output. Still nothing useful.

root@nautilus:~# apt install icedtea-netx-common  --dry-run
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
icedtea-netx-common is already the newest version (1.6.2-3.1+deb9u1).
icedtea-netx-common set to manually installed.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-image-4.9.0-14-amd64
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

But... there has been another kernel update since this one that cause the weird problem. For some reason, it was not installed even though the headers were. (That's how I know about it.) Why? I did not use the hold command. I just purged the kernel version that was causing the problem. Could I install it manually? I'm thinking of trying that, and if it still cause the problem, at least I can get the xorg.log that is produced.

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#20 2021-08-11 02:17:41

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

If you download the file without installing you could find the package in /var/cache/apt/archives/

then you may install it with dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/(package-name)

I hope this helps


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#21 2021-08-11 22:05:31

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Well, I think I will get the full package name using search and just do an install -- if that is an allowed way to install a kernel. Since the core of the OS is different from any other binary, I was not sure if that was an OK way to do it. Hopefully there won't be any hairy dependency problems...

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#22 2021-08-12 20:34:42

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Re: Ascii kernel update borks laptop

Yes, I was able to install the latest updated of the version 16 kernel and it works. Interesting note: One of the messages I saw scroll by as it was installing was about uninstalling icedtea-netx. Hmm... Since this was a solo install, no other packages being processed, that had to be triggered by the kernel install.

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