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supergamer:
I'm running an AMD 565 with the 4.13.0-38 hwe kernel and do not have any of these issues. I actually have just rolled several test iso's the last couple of days without any issues at all from Virtualbox.

trinidad:
I broke 3 LL vms this month (all on AMDs). I think it's the kernel change to retpoline. The Deb VMs run fine but they were vm images to begin with. I have tried all the known fixes from the past (vmtools, video mem, etc.) to no avail. I was just waiting for this topic to turn up again. Not much is being said elsewhere so I assumed it was operator error on my part. It's Ubuntu and AMD somehow. My old core2 duo Dell has no issue, in Deb, LL, or Ubuntu. I guess I'll take it seriously and look deeper now. LL may have to package a separate vm image otherwise.

TC

ralphy:

Just ran updates and rebooted. Desktop came back just fine with a minor issue though. The Plugin Indicator seems to have broke during the update.


This is what I recommend for you to do:


1- Instead of installing updates using the Install Updates tool in Linux Lite:


- Update from Terminal with sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
You will be prompted during updates installation to replace or keep some grub files. ALWAYS keep the current file in the system when prompted.


- Or use Update Manager for Linux Lite: It will also ask you to keep or replace those files when running updates. ALWAYS keep the current file in the system when prompted.


I think I now have an idea of what's causing quite a few reports of broken systems after install:


1- Kernel updates that simply don't play nice with the hardware (reverting to earlier kernel with correct the problem for users in most cases)
2- Install Updates may be replacing some files without asking the user whether to keep it or replace it.


Running manual updates or using Update Manager allows the user to opt-out or a file replacement. That might explain the reason why I don't find myself having the issue in the first place (I use Update Manager instead of Install Updates).


Now back to find out what broke the Indicator Plugin... but this is a different beast that shouldn't leave anyone without a fully useable Desktop.


Those are my findings so far.

My assessment is completely wrong. My fresh VM is also broken as the OP states.

trinidad:
I'd guess you have to install Ubuntu vmtools again after updating to the virtual system, like a few years back. Happens with AMD expecting OEM tools.

TC

ralphy:
I'm running latest 3.8 version on VMWare with all updates. I haven't experienced this issue myself. Will be firing up another VM on Workstation 14 Pro to see if I can duplicate this issue and report back.


Installing updates now (182 updates available on fresh install)...

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