Problems with big December package update

[dolphin_oracle]

Just for information, two users in our Facebook group have problems after the big update, These seem related to the inability to run any MX tools, or to start MX Tools itself. One has already re-installed; I've asked the other user to report here.

Chris

Nvidia driver autoremove issue almost 100 percent sure. All they need to do is reinstall the nvidia drivers

[chrispop99]

Just for information, two users in our Facebook group have problems after the big update, These seem related to the inability to run any MX tools, or to start MX Tools itself. One has already re-installed; I've asked the other user to report here.

Chris

Nvidia driver autoremove issue almost 100 percent sure. All they need to do is reinstall the nvidia drivers

Thanks D/O; the guy is out now, but I'll let him know.

Chris

[Richard]

@GuiGuy,
Probably the November snapshot is the most uptodate and it has been stable for me.
I went the migration route and after some trials, stayed with the 4.9.0-8_amd64 kernel.
[NOTE: Currently back on the 4.19.x kernel --seems to run cooler and ¿faster? IHMO. :]

Your hardware may be newer and require a later kernel.
The migration 17.1 >18b1 has been smooth for me.

And yes, if you have your DATA in /home, preserve it.
A good backup is recommended.

[fanisatt]

"Nvidia driver autoremove issue almost 100 percent sure. All they need to do is reinstall the nvidia drivers"
Yes !!! I did this with MX tools, although the nvidia driver was working normally here for Linux applications after the update. After reinstallation , wine 3d acceleration (for 32 bit applications) came back.

[asqwerth]

Maybe the blog announcement on the big December updates should have cautions targeted at:

1. Nvidia users;
2. people who automate their autoremoval of apparently orphaned packages;
3. people who might have enabled the third party deb-multimedia repo [might affect new GIMP].

[GuiGuy]

@GuiGuy,
Probably the November snapshot is the most uptodate and it has been stable for me.
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Richard,
I see no MX17 November snapshot: where can I find it?

[chrispop99]

@GuiGuy,
Probably the November snapshot is the most uptodate and it has been stable for me.
........

Richard,
I see no MX17 November snapshot: where can I find it?

Here:

https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/iso-download-mirrors

Scroll to your nearest mirror, and click List.

Chris

[dolphin_oracle]

Maybe the blog announcement on the big December updates should have cautions targeted at:

1. Nvidia users;
2. people who automate their autoremoval of apparently orphaned packages;
3. people who might have enabled the third party deb-multimedia repo [might affect new GIMP].

already did one with the day-of annoucnement.

https://mxlinux.org/big-update-here

[GuiGuy]

........
https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/iso-download-mirrors

Scroll to your nearest mirror, and click List.

Chris

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[Ghost67]

@GuiGuy,
Probably the November snapshot is the most uptodate and it has been stable for me.
........

Richard,
I see no MX17 November snapshot: where can I find it?

Try here: http://mxrepo.com/snapshots/