My system has an Nvidia GT-430 installed and I've had something of the opposite problem after updating to Update Pack 3. The update went fine and I rebooted without a problem afterward. However, unlike my experience with my other LMDE install pointing to the 'incoming' (updated to pre-release Update Pack 3 a few weeks ago), when attempting to boot into the Update Pack 2 kernel I can only boot into a prompt. Removing nvidia-kernel-dkms and nvidia-glx at the prompt and reinstalling fixes the problem as Clem said it would. I like how that I went from a prompt to the login screen right after 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' was reinstalled.lleiria wrote:I did a second upgrade in my home desktop, with LMDE freshly installed with the latest respin, and with nvidia drivers, and once again after booting I entered in a tty prompt.
This time it was easier to solve. I followed clem's instructions to remove nvidia-kernel-dkms and nvidia-glx, but the system told me they were not installed (Ididn't understood why, as nvidia drivers were installed and running well before upgrading). So I did an 'apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx' and all was installed. I rebooted and now all seems to run well.
But once again it was not a smooth upgrade. And there is a lot of people who has nvidia graphics cards. I know a lot of people that would panic if this happened to them. To clem's attention.
Update Pack 3 Released! Update Information
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LMDE 2 has reached end of support as of 1-1-2019
LMDE 2 has reached end of support as of 1-1-2019
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"Humph. Choice, it is the quintessential Linux delusion, simultaneously the source of it's greatest strength, and it's greatest weakness." (All apologies to The Architect)
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Speaking of kernels, I just noticed that I was using a kernel 486, not a 686 nor pae. I don't know why. My home desktop supports Pae kernels, and even 64 bits, though I installed the 32 bit version. The kernel was installed when I made a fresh install with the last respin. So, I wonder: Why was the old kernel installed in spite of the 686 pae?
So, after upgrading with pack 3, I decided to instal the 3.0 Pae kernel, with synaptic. All went well. And after booting with this kernel, there was an enormous difference: the system was quicker, and the crashes with flash plugins are now much reduced.
So, to people who can use this kernel, I recomend.
run
In my case, that tells me that my cpu is i686
Good luck!
So, after upgrading with pack 3, I decided to instal the 3.0 Pae kernel, with synaptic. All went well. And after booting with this kernel, there was an enormous difference: the system was quicker, and the crashes with flash plugins are now much reduced.
So, to people who can use this kernel, I recomend.
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Architecture: i686
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 2
On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 2
CPU socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 15
Stepping: 13
CPU MHz: 2200.000
BogoMIPS: 4399.86
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 2048K
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The reason for this was max compatibility for non-PAE CPUs. This was the first item on the LMDE respin release announcement on the Linux Mint blog so you might want to give that a read:lleiria wrote:Speaking of kernels, I just noticed that I was using a kernel 486, not a 686 nor pae. I don't know why. My home desktop supports Pae kernels, and even 64 bits, though I installed the 32 bit version. The kernel was installed when I made a fresh install with the last respin. So, I wonder: Why was the old kernel installed in spite of the 686 pae?
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1818
"Humph. Choice, it is the quintessential Linux delusion, simultaneously the source of it's greatest strength, and it's greatest weakness." (All apologies to The Architect)
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kmb42vt,
You are absolutely wright, I hadn't noticed that! What a shame!
But I did well upgrading. My system is now very good.
Greetings from Lisbon
You are absolutely wright, I hadn't noticed that! What a shame!
But I did well upgrading. My system is now very good.
Greetings from Lisbon
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I replaced my sources as the instructions say, but when I use apt-get update I get this:
Anything I have done wrong? My sources.list looks like this:
* This is partly in norwegian. Hent=Get Funnet=FoundIgn http://deb.playonlinux.com squeeze InRelease
Ign http://frickelplatz.de sid InRelease
Hent:1 http://frickelplatz.de sid Release.gpg [198 B]
Funnet http://deb.playonlinux.com squeeze Release.gpg
Funnet http://debian.linuxmint.com testing InRelease
Hent:2 http://debian.linuxmint.com testing/updates InRelease [39,2 kB]
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian InRelease
E: Release file for http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/dist ... /InRelease is expired (invalid since 27d 23t 19m 17s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
Anything I have done wrong? My sources.list looks like this:
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
deb http://frickelplatz.de/debian/ sid main
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jompa89, see here in the known issues http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... =+incoming
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Thanks! Now using the incoming reposzerozero wrote:jompa89, see here in the known issues http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... =+incoming
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I tried a fresh install of LMDE 201109. Then I tried implementing the Update Pack 3. I carefully updated my sources.list as instructed.
It was a disaster. Looks like it failed to update about half-way through. Seems confused about where to look for the updates.
Now there is a red 'x' over my update icon and a ton of updates show up in the update manager window that cannot be performed.
I think the instructions are ok for someone not doing a fresh install.
Help.
It was a disaster. Looks like it failed to update about half-way through. Seems confused about where to look for the updates.
Now there is a red 'x' over my update icon and a ton of updates show up in the update manager window that cannot be performed.
I think the instructions are ok for someone not doing a fresh install.
Help.
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nbob,
i would say something went wrong there, the instructions are as valid for a fresh install as for an older system;
to better help you, please share with us
i would say something went wrong there, the instructions are as valid for a fresh install as for an older system;
to better help you, please share with us
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inxi -r
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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Thank you for:
run
The answer explains why my little Acer Aspire One works better with the 686-pae-kernel. 686-pae IS the kernel i should use, even if the computer is simple and only has 1 GB RAM.
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I installed LMDE 201109 and applied update pack 3 without a problem, except gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad package known problem, which I easily resolved.
I'm running HP Compaq 6820s with wifi Broadcom 4311.
I managed to start working broadcom according tutorial
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/161
without a problem.
Exchanging to 686-pae-kernel too.
Everything seems working. Thanks.
I'm running HP Compaq 6820s with wifi Broadcom 4311.
I managed to start working broadcom according tutorial
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/161
without a problem.
Exchanging to 686-pae-kernel too.
Everything seems working. Thanks.
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Is Gnome 3 included in this update, or is it just GTK3. I'm curious since if it is, then I must have done something wrong. Gnome-session --version still reports 2.30.2, where as gnome-terminal and system monitor (plus a few other packages) reports 3.01. Maybe I did something wrong during the update so I only got half of gnome 3 or something.
Please enlighten me
much appreciated
//bobbo
Please enlighten me
much appreciated
//bobbo
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Just gtk3 and some gnome apps at v.3.0.*
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Aha! Thank you for a quick respons!proxima_centauri wrote:Just gtk3 and some gnome apps at v.3.0.*
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Hmmm. I have almost no background with debian-based distros and I have gotten nowhere with this thing. This is what I did - plain and simple:
I installed the latest release (I would presume - I downloaded it about 2 days ago)
I edited my /etc/apt/sources.list per the instructions.
I get the following from the update manager:
What's going on with this...? Any help would be appreciated.
I installed the latest release (I would presume - I downloaded it about 2 days ago)
I edited my /etc/apt/sources.list per the instructions.
I get the following from the update manager:
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The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.
Release file expired, ignoring http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/dists/testing/Release (invalid since 36d 23h 26min 1s)
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check here in the known issues http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... t=+testers
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if in the above process you get an error saying
don't panic the fix is easy:
and put this line in there
save, and the error should be gone
from -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=76556
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E: Release file expired, ignoring http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/dists/testing/Release (invalid since xh xmin xs)
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gksudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80mintupdate-debian
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Acquire::Check-Valid-Until "false";
from -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=76556
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Then why not simply have the updater *ask* the user if he wants the updater to do this for him? Seems like the straightforward solution…proxima_centauri wrote:Why doesn’t the Update Manager alter my APT sources automatically?
We’re not confortable with updating your system configuration on your behalf. changing your repositories
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I accidentally ran the update with the old sources.list. The system is still running, but could I run into problems later? I've changed the repos now.
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Hard to predict with certainty. I've never had things break so far when I picked up later versions of some packages using the real Testing repos, but that probably means I've just been lucky.
From the thread where you posted your sources.list I gather you did have your main repository (second deb line) set to latest, so you're probably ok. The security repo hasn't had anything for quite a while and if the multimedia stuff was going to break your system it would have done so already.
From the thread where you posted your sources.list I gather you did have your main repository (second deb line) set to latest, so you're probably ok. The security repo hasn't had anything for quite a while and if the multimedia stuff was going to break your system it would have done so already.