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I installed synaptic, then installed through synaptic first. I used the code below for support measures.

So I attempted step two and Im confused why it failed…

Did I miss a step?
Should I move on to step three?

I appreciate the help! :slight_smile:

➜  ~ sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  wine-stable wine-stable-amd64 wine-stable-i386:i386 winehq-stable
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
➜  ~ sudo apt-get install r8168-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
r8168-dkms is already the newest version (8.045.08-2ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
➜  ~ 
➜  ~ dkms status
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File:  does not exist.
➜  ~
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To fix the dkms issue, see this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/227258/error-could-not-locate-dkms-conf-file
Do you get any errors with sudo apt update? Can you also check that your repositories generally look like the ones here? Software Updater settings

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Wow. Two weeks goes by fast. It was working for a while, but now it’s not again.

“Can you also check that your repositories generally look like the ones here?”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YDYCfVn-lXp3F44hAZLhvrK3LvSXFKsV/view?usp=sharing
(not sure how to crop, link to picture)

" Do you get any errors with sudo apt update?"

  • Code below, but no. Out of time tonight, will work on the dkms issue tomorrow and report back.
  • The four packages are wine packages that are held back.
➜  ~ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable InRelease                                     
Hit:3 https://cli.github.com/packages bionic InRelease                                   
Hit:4 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease                    
Ign:5 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.4 InRelease               
Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                               
Hit:7 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.4 Release                 
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]             
Hit:9 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu bionic InRelease                          
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB]             
Hit:11 https://packages.zorinos.com/stable bionic InRelease                              
Hit:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/agornostal/ulauncher/ubuntu bionic InRelease             
Hit:13 https://packages.zorinos.com/patches bionic InRelease                             
Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]          
Hit:15 https://packages.zorinos.com/apps bionic InRelease                                
Hit:17 https://packages.zorinos.com/drivers bionic InRelease                             
Hit:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/timeshift/ubuntu bionic InRelease             
Hit:19 https://packages.zorinos.com/premium bionic InRelease                             
Hit:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/apps/ubuntu bionic InRelease                     
Hit:21 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_15.x bionic InRelease                             
Hit:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/drivers/ubuntu bionic InRelease                  
Hit:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/patches/ubuntu bionic InRelease        
Hit:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease         
Fetched 252 kB in 2s (140 kB/s)                     
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
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Try attaching the screenshot using the “upload” button when you’re writing a post. But you don’t have to attach your earlier screenshot. Can you show me what you have for the “Other Software” tab? Just your tab, no need to post a picture of the thread where I posted my settings. The google drive pic was very difficult to see.

After that, try whichever of the steps here have not been tried.

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■■■■ wrong photo…

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I don’t see two repositories: packages.zorinos.com and ppa.launchpad.net/zorinos/patches
I strongly recommend you check yourself as well by comparing yours to Software Updater settings - I’m only human and could have missed others.
Once you add these (and any others that may be missing), run the software updater and install any necessary updates. I also recommend that you change the “Download From” to Main Server, if you haven’t so already.
See how it goes after the updates.
Given that the adapter worked fine for two weeks, there is a chance that the hardware may also be failing.

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Ive been very busy, i havent had a chance to work on it yet, but i’ll post here as soon as I do. Thanks again @carmar.

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upgrade driver and service start

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