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My apt-get is suddenly giving me 404 errors

#1 Post by Liamza2314 »

Hi everyone, I'm running debian 9 and all of a sudden apt-get is giving me 404 errors

It started with trying to install the i386 libsdl libraries which gave

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root@MinecraftMachine:/home/liam# apt-get install libsdl-image1.2:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libcaca0:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libslang2:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libcaca0:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386
  libslang2:i386
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 629 kB/1,218 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,405 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Err:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main i386 libncursesw5 i386 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
Err:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main i386 libslang2 i386 2.3.1-5
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/ncurses/libncursesw5_6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/slang2/libslang2_2.3.1-5_i386.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
I have run apt-get update to no avail
Later I tried to install alien, and alas more 404 errors

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root@MinecraftMachine:/home/liam# apt-get install alien
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  autoconf automake autopoint autotools-dev build-essential debhelper
  debugedit dh-autoreconf dh-strip-nondeterminism dpkg-dev g++ g++-6 gettext
  intltool-debian libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl
  libalgorithm-merge-perl libarchive-zip-perl libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl
  libltdl-dev libmail-sendmail-perl librpm3 librpmbuild3 librpmio3 librpmsign3
  libsigsegv2 libstdc++-6-dev libsys-hostname-long-perl libtool m4 po-debconf
  rpm rpm-common rpm2cpio
Suggested packages:
  lintian autoconf-archive gnu-standards autoconf-doc dh-make rpm-i18n
  debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-6-multilib gcc-6-doc libstdc++6-6-dbg
  gettext-doc libasprintf-dev libgettextpo-dev libtool-doc libstdc++-6-doc
  gfortran | fortran95-compiler gcj-jdk m4-doc libmail-box-perl elfutils
  rpmlint rpm2html
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  alien autoconf automake autopoint autotools-dev build-essential debhelper
  debugedit dh-autoreconf dh-strip-nondeterminism dpkg-dev g++ g++-6 gettext
  intltool-debian libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl
  libalgorithm-merge-perl libarchive-zip-perl libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl
  libltdl-dev libmail-sendmail-perl librpm3 librpmbuild3 librpmio3 librpmsign3
  libsigsegv2 libstdc++-6-dev libsys-hostname-long-perl libtool m4 po-debconf
  rpm rpm-common rpm2cpio
0 upgraded, 35 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 24.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 69.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 libarchive-zip-perl all 1.59-1+deb9u1 [96.2 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 autotools-dev all 20161112.1 [73.4 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libsigsegv2 amd64 2.10-5 [28.9 kB]
Get:4 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 libstdc++-6-dev amd64 6.3.0-18+deb9u1 [1,420 kB]
Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 m4 amd64 1.4.18-1 [202 kB]
Ign:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 autoconf all 2.69-10
Get:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 automake all 1:1.15-6 [733 kB]
Get:8 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 g++-6 amd64 6.3.0-18+deb9u1 [7,094 kB]
Get:9 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 autopoint all 0.19.8.1-2 [433 kB]
Get:10 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libtool all 2.4.6-2 [545 kB]
Get:11 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 dh-autoreconf all 14 [15.9 kB]
Get:12 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl all 0.034-1 [16.4 kB]
Get:13 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 dh-strip-nondeterminism all 0.034-1 [10.5 kB]
Get:14 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 dpkg-dev all 1.18.25 [1,595 kB]
Get:15 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 gettext amd64 0.19.8.1-2 [1,495 kB]
Ign:16 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 intltool-debian all 0.35.0+20060710.4
Get:17 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 po-debconf all 1.0.20 [247 kB]
Get:18 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 debhelper all 10.2.5 [961 kB]
Get:19 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 librpmio3 amd64 4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2 [1,166 kB]
Get:20 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 librpm3 amd64 4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2 [1,255 kB]
Err:21 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 librpmbuild3 amd64 4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
Err:22 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 librpmsign3 amd64 4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
Get:23 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 rpm-common amd64 4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2 [1,124 kB]
Get:24 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 rpm2cpio amd64 4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2 [1,106 kB]
Err:25 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 debugedit amd64 4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
Get:26 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 rpm amd64 4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2 [1,213 kB]
Ign:27 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 alien all 8.95           
Get:28 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 g++ amd64 4:6.3.0-4 [1,546 B]
Get:29 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 build-essential amd64 12.3 [7,346 B]
Get:30 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libalgorithm-diff-perl all 1.19.03-1 [48.7 kB]
Get:31 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl amd64 0.04-4+b2 [11.6 kB]
Get:32 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libalgorithm-merge-perl all 0.08-3 [12.7 kB]
Err:33 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libltdl-dev amd64 2.4.6-2
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
Get:34 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libsys-hostname-long-perl all 1.5-1 [12.0 kB]
Get:35 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 libmail-sendmail-perl all 0.79.16-2 [24.9 kB]
Err:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main i386 autoconf all 2.69-10       
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
Err:16 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main i386 intltool-debian all 0.35.0+20060710.4
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
Err:27 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main i386 alien all 8.95            
  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
Fetched 21.0 MB in 2min 34s (136 kB/s)                                         
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/autoconf/autoconf_2.69-10_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/intltool-debian/intltool-debian_0.35.0+20060710.4_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/r/rpm/librpmbuild3_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/r/rpm/librpmsign3_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/r/rpm/debugedit_4.12.0.2+dfsg1-2_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/alien/alien_8.95_all.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libt/libtool/libltdl-dev_2.4.6-2_amd64.deb  404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.172.204 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
Is this a server issue or one with my debian setup
Very frustrated with it at this point, any help would be appreciated

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Re: My apt-get is suddenly giving me 404 errors

#2 Post by bw123 »

alas, avail yourself: did you search?
https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q=debian+faq+404
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Re: My apt-get is suddenly giving me 404 errors

#3 Post by HankB »

Is this the same thing I'm seeing?

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root@rocinante:/var/log# apt update
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster InRelease                                                            
Hit:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug InRelease                             
Hit:6 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease
Ign:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Ign:8 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease
Err:9 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:2c::204 80]
Err:10 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:2c::204 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
root@rocinante:/var/log# 
My sources.list

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hbarta@rocinante:~/Videos/.x$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
hbarta@rocinante:~/Videos/.x$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
hbarta@rocinante:~/Videos/.x$ 
Following the other suggestion I modified the URLs and tried:

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root@rocinante:/etc/apt# cat sources.list
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug main contrib non-free
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free

#deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
root@rocinante:/etc/apt# 
Now I get

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root@rocinante:/etc/apt# apt update
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug InRelease                                                                        
Hit:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster InRelease                                                                                    
Ign:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease                                                                                    
Err:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster Release                                             
  404  Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:2c::204 80]
Hit:8 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease               
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian buster Release' no longer has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
root@rocinante:/etc/apt# vim sources.list
root@rocinante:/etc/apt# apt update
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease                                                        
Hit:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                                                                                             
Hit:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster InRelease                                                                                                    
Get:6 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug InRelease [51.4 kB]                                 
Ign:7 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
Get:9 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug/main amd64 Packages [2,957 kB]
Err:8 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian buster Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 2a04:4e42:2c::204 80]
Get:10 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug/contrib amd64 Packages [16.7 kB]
Get:11 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug/non-free amd64 Packages [17.3 kB]
Reading package lists... Done        
E: The repository 'http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
root@rocinante:/etc/apt#
I was able to update this afternoon w/out any problem.

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Re: My apt-get is suddenly giving me 404 errors

#4 Post by GarryRicketson »

@HankB,
No it is not the same thing, you should have started another topic, with your problem,
you have mixed Debian releases, and that is causing a entirely different problem, maybe a moderator can split this, and put your newtopic in a "new topic", instead of derailing this one.

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#5 Post by HankB »

GarryRicketson wrote:@HankB,
No it is not the same thing, you should have started another topic, with your problem,
you have mixed Debian releases, and that is causing a entirely different problem, maybe a moderator can split this, and put your newtopic in a "new topic", instead of derailing this one.
Thanks. I'm not sure why I left stretch repos in my sources.list. They are now commented out. (They did not cause the 404 problem. That still happened with only buster repos in sources.list.)

Perhaps I was following the instructions here: https://debian-handbook.info/browse/sta ... d-1.9.10.8

Incidentally the 404 problem has also resolved itself, at least my case.

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#6 Post by Liamza2314 »

bw123 wrote:alas, avail yourself: did you search?
https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q=debian+faq+404
Yeah I looked around on the internet but nothing specific to my issue
Could this be a server problem? Since I don't think I can visit the repo's in my browser idk if that repo is actually offline

Honestly at this point I'm sick of Debian, everything is constantly breaking or giving errors
I'm considering just switching to Linux Mint

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#7 Post by pylkko »

it is possible that a repo server goes offline, but this you can check by pinging the server, browsing the repo or attempting connections with your tool of choice. I believe that it is also so that some repo servers do not host all the repos. The official ones probably have all the packages, but IIRC some do not carry non-free for example, and unofficial mirrors might have whatever problems. In any case, if the server does not work, you can always use another mirror. If it does, then it is likely that you have screwed up your settings somehow, perhaps entering a typo in an address or something similar.

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#8 Post by Liamza2314 »

Okay well I will ping the repos and see what happens, if I can get it to work then fantastic but I've already downloaded mint because I'm tired of errors like this one

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#9 Post by sunrat »

Liamza2314 wrote:...I've already downloaded mint because I'm tired of errors like this one
Mint will be better for sure. :lol:
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#10 Post by milomak »

coud it be the server was syncing and not all the packages had been uploaded?

it's why i have at least 2 servers i point to
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#12 Post by debiman »

^ Liamza, it seems that solves it?

in any case, did you 'apt update'?

HankB: thread hijacking with potential frankendebian, not cool. please do start your own.

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#13 Post by stevepusser »

There is not and never was a "buster updates" repository, which is the one giving you the error. You made some change to your sources to add it or convert it from the Stretch update repo. I've also never seen "buster debug" before, but maybe it exists. :?

Sorry, but that really shows you have no idea about what Debian testing really is meant for and how it operates. It's not a rolling Debian release that all the k3wl users use. :(
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#14 Post by HankB »

stevepusser wrote:There is not and never was a "buster updates" repository, which is the one giving you the error. You made some change to your sources to add it or convert it from the Stretch update repo. I've also never seen "buster debug" before, but maybe it exists. :?

Sorry, but that really shows you have no idea about what Debian testing really is meant for and how it operates. It's not a rolling Debian release that all the k3wl users use. :(
You're probably right. I thought I followed the directions and as long as I got no errors when I ran 'apt update' I thought all was OK. I did change /etc/apt/sources.list months ago when I installed Linux on this laptop. I haven't modified it since and that seems to indicate that the problem was not related to my system. I wasn't sure where to report it but I thought the forum was a good place to start.

FWIW

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hbarta@rocinante:~$ sudo -s
[sudo] password for hbarta: 
root@rocinante:/home/hbarta# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug main contrib non-free
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/ debian extra

root@rocinante:/home/hbarta# cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid \n \l

root@rocinante:/home/hbarta# apt update
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates InRelease [91.0 kB]                                                             
Ign:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                                                       
Hit:4 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease                                                                          
Hit:1 https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr debian InRelease                                                                              
Get:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release [1,189 B]                           
Get:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release.gpg [819 B]                         
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster InRelease [150 kB]                                              
Get:10 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 Packages [1,376 B]
Get:5 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian-debug buster-debug InRelease [51.4 kB]                                               
Get:8 http://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease [150 kB]                                                            
Fetched 445 kB in 12s (37.3 kB/s)                                                                                                  
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
root@rocinante:/home/hbarta# 
I'll also quote from https://debian-handbook.info/browse/sta ... d-1.9.10.8
The inclusion of Stable is more debatable but it often gives access to some packages which have been removed from the development versions. It also ensures that you get the latest updates for packages which have not been modified since the last stable release.
I didn't select it because I thought it would be k3wl and at 65 (and having used Linux for Decades and Debian since Hamm) I'm no longer a kid. I was unable to get the Killer WiFi working with Stretch but it worked with Testing. I'd prefer Stretch but I need WiFi.

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#15 Post by stevepusser »

Almost certainly you would have been able to get your wi-fi working on stable with some additional packages from stretch-backports, especially since stretch-backports has almost the same kernel version as Buster and the same firmware. I and others here having been helping users do that almost daily.
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#16 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

stevepusser wrote:I've also never seen "buster debug" before, but maybe it exists. :?
Yes! The debug repositories contain packages compiled with the debug flags enabled, which is tremendously useful if a program is crashing:

https://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktr ... ng_symbols

In Arch or Alpine the user has to recompile the program locally to get a proper backtrace, which can be a pain.
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HankB
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Re: My apt-get is suddenly giving me 404 errors

#17 Post by HankB »

stevepusser wrote:Almost certainly you would have been able to get your wi-fi working on stable with some additional packages from stretch-backports, especially since stretch-backports has almost the same kernel version as Buster and the same firmware. I and others here having been helping users do that almost daily.
Thanks, I may roll back and give that another try.

Even Buster alone was not sufficient to get stable operation (for some definition of stable *.) In addition to drivers I had to get firmware directly from a Killer Github project.

(*) Bluetooth occasionally disappears and a full power down is required to restore operation. There's considerable discussion of this on the Dell forums since Ubuntu us supported by Dell on this model.

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