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Try this. I just installed evince because you recommended it, and had the same problem initially. In a terminal, type: which evince. My answer was /usr/bin/evince You MAY get different Copy your answer (shift-ctrl-c) Now go back to Nemo, and paste that output into the box asking for other command.

I hate to say this, but I'm thinking there is a deeper problem. BUT try removing the hdd, and booting Mint from USB again. If that now works, try another hdd - hopefully you have a spare, or can borrow one. If Mint still doesn't work properly, try booting OSx. It may give you some clue about the pro...

If the error messages worry you, try installing Mate instead. There is a mate-mega package in the software centre. If you like Mate, OK. If not, keep looking for the drivers.

I'm surprised you're having a problem with a 10 year old laptop. Mind you, my 10yo macbookhas died, so your's is doing well.

How do I add a second panel???

Right click on existing panel, choose 'Add Panel'; then move it where you want it.

I consider the question is, how much free space is on the partition. If I was dual booting, I'd be leaving 5G for Windows to 'play' with when booting. My win7 install is using virtually 40G, and 10 needs more in my experience - and I haven't added anything to win; it's a base install.

as root (eg sudo xed) alter /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

amend serena to read sonya

then sudo apt update
then sudo dist-upgrade


I have thought that an update applies to day-to-day software; upgrade is moving form eg 18.1 to18.2 or serena to sonya

I wonder if there is enough space on the drive. Try reducing the windows partition using windows' own disk manager - right click on the disk in explorer should find it. Leave the space blank for Mint installer to use.

I have often solved this kind of problem by copying the line from /etc/mtab to /etc/fstab - after mounting the share.

What happens if you just let the laptop boot, without the USB, and NO f12? (It sounds like the installation of Mint completed OK.) Normally you will get a list of boot options that will mean something more. Doing nothing will boot to the last installed system.

Right click on the task bar, select properties, change the pixel count

Last question first - no, this has not happened to me over a few years. A couple of suggestions: Try using the number keys at the top of the keyboard, rather the the number pad. Try entering your password with number pad but prior to pressing the activation key. I'm thinking the light is out but the...

G'day I'd suggest you read through this request. Ican't suggest anything further, other than suggest that maybe apple has decided to make installing linux harder. https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=261805 Given your machine's specs, LM will run just fine in Virttualbox, at https:/...

A further addendum. I wrote an alias to mount the remote share, and discovered I had to add an option:

alias mntc='sudo sshfs -o allow_other,nonempty keith@192.168.0.126:/mnt/ /mnt/compaq/ && mc /mnt/data/keith /mnt/compaq'

Worked as I expected.

Your question piqued my interest in an old friend. Not an answer really, but I found a package in synaptic called googleearth-package The comments include reference to GE not working well {you may not be alone: utility to automatically build a Debian package of Google Earth Google Earth is a 3D plan...

I realised later I should have added m final mount:


sudo sshfs -o allow_other keith@192.168.0.126:/mnt/ /mnt/compaq

I only wanted the remote /mnt available locally

I tried sshfs for this reason, and found the set-up easy between to LM machines. Check this link: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-remote-file-systems-over-ssh I had to list both machine ip addresses to /etc/hosts; and install openssh-server and openssh-clie...

I reduce the screen resolution for this reason

You may need to close and restart Nemo.

Is Samba installed and have you allocated a smbpasswd?

You can manually edit your sources to reflect the progressive upgrades, like:

sudo xed /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

The version names are available at:

https://www.linuxmint.com/download_all.php