i recently installed MXLinux 17.1 on my old trusty Dell Latitude D830 laptop
dell_smbios: No dell-smbios drivers are loaded error message on startup I found this reference to the issue https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=893976 Has this been addressed in our version of linux kernel? Is it something I need to do on my end to fix this?
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no dell_smbios: No dell-smbios drivers are loaded
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Re: no dell_smbios: No dell-smbios drivers are loaded
i see the solution seems to be to update to 4.15.17.1 kernel. what is the procedure for updating kernels here so nothing breaks?
Re: no dell_smbios: No dell-smbios drivers are loaded
Most people will instead update to the latest backported upstream Debian or Liquorix kernels to fix issues like that. Currently we are pushing 4.18 versions of those in the test repo, which hopefully will solve your issue. As is normal for newer kernels and out-of-kernel DKMS drivers, you might have to also upgrade those from the test repo if you're using those (examples are virtualbox and Nvidia DKMS packages).
Since you have an older machine, the standard Debian 4.9 kernel should also be a good choice for you.
Since you have an older machine, the standard Debian 4.9 kernel should also be a good choice for you.
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Re: no dell_smbios: No dell-smbios drivers are loaded
Is the Debian 4.9 Meltdown and Spectre patched?
MX package installer says Meltdown patched only for Debian 4.9
MX package installer says Meltdown patched only for Debian 4.9
Re: no dell_smbios: No dell-smbios drivers are loaded
Yes, the 4.9 Debian kernel has the same retpoline fixes for Spectre as newer kernels, as well as still getting the same security upstream fixes as the newer kernels.
We have spectre-meltdown-checker in the MX repo so you can check your running kernels.
We have spectre-meltdown-checker in the MX repo so you can check your running kernels.
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Re: no dell_smbios: No dell-smbios drivers are loaded
i wont use any < 4.15 due to speck & simon. I found that my system works better with 4.15 than 4.09