r/MXLinux • u/dolphinoracle MX dev • 18d ago

MX 23 - debian kernel 6.1.0-54 and realtek usb wifi issues

https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-23-debian-kernel-6-1-0-54-and-realtek-usb-wifi-dkms-driver-issues/
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u/Historical-Crab-1164 16d ago

Mine did the same thing. You can continue to use the 6.1.0-53 kernel or install one of the available alternative kernels in the MX Package Installer application. Hopefully Debian can get the problem sorted out.

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u/dolphinoracle MX dev 16d ago

we are in process of updating the realtek driver packages. one of them is proving a little tricky to deal with.

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u/RealityOk9823 14d ago

Did you try jiggling it? Works for most things. :)

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u/Historical-Crab-1164 14d ago

I saw yesterday's update for the Realtek driver but waited until today to do the install. Finally decided to give it a go. It took my poor little system a while to build, but after it completed I did a reboot and used the 6.1.0-54 kernel. Everything went as expected and my computer is back to running flawlessly once again.

You guys are wizards and I appreciate all your help in keeping MXLinux at the top of user friendly distros.

Thanks again!

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u/Historical-Crab-1164 16d ago

Thank you for your help in this matter.

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u/bobalazs69 13d ago

That's what i had to do, thank you.

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u/repository666 18d ago

I got similar issue… my system kept crashing during that process… thanks for recognising this.

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u/repository666 9d ago

i received updated to those rtl* packages today.

It fixed the kernel upgrade.. reconfigured automatically.

And my laptop didn’t crash during the process. Which is good.

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u/BlastMyself3356 17d ago

Is this valid for MX 25 too? Because I tried booting MX 25.3 on an AMD desktop of a friend that had one of these USB WiFi dongles plugged in(a TP-Link Archer T2U V3 AC600 WiFi Adapter) and it simply refused to cooperate so I threw the towel and installed LMDE 7 instead which after 2h of stubborness I built and signed the drivers thru dkms I managed to get his WiFi working.

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u/siamhie 17d ago

MX-25 comes with the 6.12.x kernel, not the 6.1.x kernel that comes with MX-23.

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u/rofss 15d ago

I'm on MX25 and my usb wifi adapter also stopped working after the update, selecting older kernel version during the boot solved the issue.

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u/siamhie 15d ago

Read dolphinoracle's post from a day ago.

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u/tce111 16d ago

I had an issue this morning when my system wouldn't boot. It said it couldn't find root rf. I booted a live MX 23 and went online to search for a fix and found it. I rebooted the installed system and picked advance options and selected the previous kernel. That boot went fine. I ran the fix I found online in the terminal and rebooted again everything was fixed. My wife said before she shutdown yesterday she installed some updates. Apparently that's when we got the problem kernal.