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I think, forget aboud it. All of those Intel procs are hard to keep track of. AMD for me next time.

Thank you for your help with this knotty subject, Kaitain! "Teapot made of chocolate," that's a great saying that's of course new to me. Sorry that AMD can be seen as worse than Intel about this. Go AMD! Boo you know who!

Thank you VERY much ThunderRd! Good to know that red means grepped for and not "prepare for the final trump" as one of PG Wodehouse's characters was fond of saying. Nothing to do with the Capitalized name at all.

Xeons, always desired never genuinely needed for me. I think these security holes were wanted by the powers that be, Intel was only too happy to comply. I could be wrong, always.

Thank you ThunderRd! Kaitain's suggestion worked. Some of the response as noted in post #42 was in red. A bit disconcerting, what? I'm reluctant to update the microcode using any of Intel's updates released so far. Linus sez they hain't no good. But what do I know? See how it's blank after the...

Very interesting! Thank you Kaitain! No, the previous response had no "microcode updated" all of the return is there in post #39. myname@myname ~ $ sudo dmesg | grep -i "microcode" [sudo] password for myname: [ 0.665048] microcode: CPU0 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0x23 [ 0.665052]...

Yes, I didn't read the whole column. Having done so, I can't help but despair for our future. Trump is a useful tool for those powers that be. He doesn't do anything really other than make the day to day lives of ordinary Americans and by extension the world more difficult by loving being...

OK myname@myname~ $ dmesg | grep "microcode updated" myname@myname ~ $ Thank you ThunderRd!

Thank the right wing lord above! Massa Trump is SO good for everyone! My nightmare has reached maximum performance--and I'm so thankful for that. Not. You don't get the best quality sleep when you are dreaming and I'm dreaming far too much. Can't beat nightmares generated by fear for the present...

Er, that's: [sudo] password for my name: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: iucode-tool The following NEW packages will be installed: intel-microcode iucode-tool 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed...

Thank you so much for your help, TR! Your patience with this idiot is beyond the call of duty. Thank you! Erp, "done" may be a bit unnerving. I'll take it the right way. I hope.

Thank you very much, Kaitain! Your suggestion did the trick.

Thanks a lot for providing further info about this "fun" in your post, Thunder! Clearer as mud, sorry for the un-intelligence on my part. $ sudo apt-get install -s intel microcode [sudo] password for myname: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state...

Ok, thank you! $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -s Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libtasn1-6 libtasn1-6:i386 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not...

Scheisse du Mensch! I have not done any "updates" for my processor. Looks like that was the right move. Fscking Intel. Learning to hate you, learning to hate all about you! Yes, that was the Linus post I was referring to. The latest from David Woodhouse adds more confusion. The CUTE .pdf from...

I'm not sure which post "number 6" is. Apologies!

Sorry to read that you were ill, Dan. So far, with very crossed fingers, I've avoided this year's nasty flu. I hope you're feeling better now!

Same goes for me, as well! With very great help from ThunderRd I've been doing a few typing in the scary Terminal zone thangs. Saw a very recent squib saying how, yet again, or perhaps still how terrible Intel has been with its ""updates"" to fix Intel's stupidity/underhanded greed from Linus...

I saw some Error messages about that and this and "place name not happenin' man" or such like during the the latest "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" without the -s. After reboot "uname -r" gets me "4.4.0-111 - generic" . Thank you TR, surely couldn't have done it without major help from you!

Thank you Kaitain! You are da man!