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Thank you very much Moltke.I followed your advice to "freeze" kernel updates, then updated everything else and it's all good now.
Quote from: Moltke on August 04, 2020, 09:18:44 AM[...] [...] Code: [Select]sudo apt-mark hold * Quote from: Moltke on August 04, 2020, 09:18:44 AM[...] To check that it worked type Hope this helps! Code: [Select]apt-mark showhold Thanks! It helped me a lot to get rid of some i386 unwanted packages! The CPU is a 64 bit so these are useless now. Uninstalling though, looks more difficult. Anyway, I got rid of the updates.Best regards!
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sudo apt-mark hold *
[...] To check that it worked type Hope this helps!
apt-mark showhold
I wonder now, is it safe for me not to update my kernel from now on?
sudo apt-mark hold your_kernel_version_here
sudo apt-get install git dkmsgit clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu.gitsudo dkms add ./rtl8188eusudo dkms install 8188eu/1.0sudo modprobe 8188eu
sudo apt-get install git dkmsgit clone https://github.com/AIRCRACK-NG/RTL8188EUSsudo dkms add ./rtl8188eussudo dkms install 8188eussudo modprobe 8188eus
joe[member=6256]Joe[/member]-Latitude-E6440:~$ sudo apt-get install git dkms[sudo] password for joe: Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... Donedkms is already the newest version (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.8).The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libjson-c2:i386 linux-headers-4.4.0-154 linux-headers-4.4.0-154-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-155 linux-headers-4.4.0-155-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-156 linux-headers-4.4.0-156-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-159 linux-headers-4.4.0-159-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-160 linux-headers-4.4.0-160-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-161 linux-headers-4.4.0-161-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-165 linux-headers-4.4.0-165-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-166 linux-headers-4.4.0-166-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-167 linux-headers-4.4.0-167-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-170 linux-headers-4.4.0-170-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-171 linux-headers-4.4.0-171-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-172 linux-headers-4.4.0-172-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-173 linux-headers-4.4.0-173-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-174 linux-headers-4.4.0-174-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-176 linux-headers-4.4.0-176-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-177 linux-headers-4.4.0-177-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-178 linux-headers-4.4.0-178-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-179 linux-headers-4.4.0-179-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-180 linux-headers-4.4.0-180-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-181 linux-headers-4.4.0-181-generic linux-image-4.4.0-154-generic linux-image-4.4.0-155-generic linux-image-4.4.0-156-generic linux-image-4.4.0-159-generic linux-image-4.4.0-160-generic linux-image-4.4.0-161-generic linux-image-4.4.0-165-generic linux-image-4.4.0-166-generic linux-image-4.4.0-167-generic linux-image-4.4.0-170-generic linux-image-4.4.0-171-generic linux-image-4.4.0-172-generic linux-image-4.4.0-173-generic linux-image-4.4.0-174-generic linux-image-4.4.0-176-generic linux-image-4.4.0-177-generic linux-image-4.4.0-178-generic linux-image-4.4.0-179-generic linux-image-4.4.0-180-generic linux-image-4.4.0-181-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-154-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-155-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-156-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-159-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-160-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-161-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-165-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-166-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-167-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-170-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-171-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-172-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-173-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-174-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-176-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-177-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-178-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-179-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-180-generic linux-modules-4.4.0-181-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-154-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-155-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-156-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-159-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-160-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-161-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-165-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-166-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-167-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-170-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-171-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-172-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-173-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-174-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-176-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-177-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-178-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-179-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-180-generic linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-181-genericUse 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.The following additional packages will be installed: git-man liberror-perlSuggested packages: git-daemon-run | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-arch git-cvs git-mediawiki git-svnThe following NEW packages will be installed: git git-man liberror-perl0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.Need to get 3,932 kB of archives.After this operation, 25.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.Do you want to continue? [Y/n] yGet:1 http://archive.ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 liberror-perl all 0.17-1.2 [19.6 kB]Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 git-man all 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9 [736 kB]Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 git amd64 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9 [3,176 kB]Fetched 3,932 kB in 3s (1,278 kB/s)Selecting previously unselected package liberror-perl.(Reading database ... 902913 files and directories currently installed.)Preparing to unpack .../liberror-perl_0.17-1.2_all.deb ...Unpacking liberror-perl (0.17-1.2) ...Selecting previously unselected package git-man.Preparing to unpack .../git-man_1%3a2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9_all.deb ...Unpacking git-man (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9) ...Selecting previously unselected package git.Preparing to unpack .../git_1%3a2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9_amd64.deb ...Unpacking git (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9) ...Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...Setting up liberror-perl (0.17-1.2) ...Setting up git-man (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9) ...Setting up git (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9) ...joe[member=6256]Joe[/member]-Latitude-E6440:~$ git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu.gitCloning into 'rtl8188eu'...remote: Enumerating objects: 103, done.remote: Counting objects: 100% (103/103), done.remote: Compressing objects: 100% (78/78), done.remote: Total 12832 (delta 54), reused 50 (delta 25), pack-reused 12729Receiving objects: 100% (12832/12832), 16.38 MiB | 1.61 MiB/s, done.Resolving deltas: 100% (9720/9720), done.Checking connectivity... done.
joe[member=6256]Joe[/member]-Latitude-E6440:~$ sudo dkms add ./rtl8188eusError! Could not find module source directory.Directory: /usr/src/.-rtl8188eus does not exist.
[...]But I would welcome any option that will help me to actually fix the problem without having to format. [...]
sudo apt-get install git dkmsgit clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu.gitsudo dkms add ./rtl8188eussudo dkms install 8188eussudo modprobe 8188eus
[...]Linux Lite 3.8 [...]
[...]Latitude-E6440 [...]
joe[member=6256]Joe[/member]-Latitude-E6440:~$ sudo lsusbBus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubBus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:64d0 Microdia Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubBus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hubBus 003 Device 006: ID 0cf3:9271 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR9271 802.11nBus 003 Device 005: ID 3938:1032 Bus 003 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying ReceiverBus 003 Device 002: ID 058f:6254 Alcor Micro Corp. USB HubBus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub