Well what you describe is not what you have on the subject line - I'll change it
I have to give my standard answer that I unfortunately have to give way too often
You have to tell us more facts.
The minimum is exactly which Mint you have - which version and which edition (main or any of the CEs)
We also need to know a bit about all your hardware.
Run " lspci " in a terminal and post here (to avoid misunderstanding - the first character is a minor L and you copy by marking with the mouse and then right click)
Some wifi and possibly built in sound can be connected to USB even if they are internal - if you suspect you have one of these run " lsusb " in a terminal.
Also tell us if this is using mint4win or not, quite important
Icons goes black
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There are no such things as "stupid" questions. However if you think your question is a bit stupid, then this is the right place for you to post it. Stick to easy to-the-point questions that you feel people can answer fast. For long and complicated questions use the other forums in the support section.
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Husse
Re: Screen goes black on startup
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Husse
Re: Icons goes black
No time today - it's on my list now
Preliminary answer
From the looks of it I'd say a problem with the video driver, but you have Intel
Check in /etc/X11/xorg.conf that you have
Driver "intel"
in
Section "Device"
You can also boot into Recovery Mode and run the Fix X option there
Possibly a reinstall of xorg-video-intel could help - but if you get black boxes for every application it may be a bit tricky
So to do that press Ctrl+Alt+F1 (hold the keys a little while) and do
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Then restart X - Alt + Backspace - no unsaved documents now
Preliminary answer
From the looks of it I'd say a problem with the video driver, but you have Intel
Check in /etc/X11/xorg.conf that you have
Driver "intel"
in
Section "Device"
You can also boot into Recovery Mode and run the Fix X option there
Possibly a reinstall of xorg-video-intel could help - but if you get black boxes for every application it may be a bit tricky
So to do that press Ctrl+Alt+F1 (hold the keys a little while) and do
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apt install xserver-xorg-video-intelThen restart X - Alt + Backspace - no unsaved documents now
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Husse
Re: Icons goes black
Yeah - and the fact you have Intel video and a driver problem (most likely) does not make it easier
If you have your data on a separate partition it's really easy to reinstall
If you have your data on a separate partition it's really easy to reinstall