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I'm running Mint 18 on a Dell XPS 15 laptop (the only distribution which installs on this system). The wireless takes several minutes to connect, both at boot and on re-awaken after being closed. Is there a detailed logging feature which can be turned on so that I can try to see what is delaying it?...

^ likely explanation. the Mint startup wants to mount (or at least show as icons) the available hard disks, which of course it can't because the disk is corrupt. If you get up to the desktop then you're already fully booted though. You can try to repair the disk from there, ideally via the Disks to...

My desktop (Dell Optiplex 745 running Mint 18) suddenly started booting very slowly, and didn't seem to be running at normal speed anyway. I rebooted and it refused to start, and dropped to a BusyBox prompt. On exit it gave me disk errors on /dev/sda1 so I ran fsck and it spent 15 mins repairing its...

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JeremyB wrote: ⤴

Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:38 am

It is called that in Ubuntu, I think Linux Mint calls it USB image writer

What is the actual name of the executable?

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JeremyB wrote: ⤴

Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:38 am

It is called that in Ubuntu, I think Linux Mint calls it USB image writer

What is the actual name of the executable?

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Oh good grief. I think some people have been trying to place unnecessary interpretations on the question. I too want a minimal boot ISO -- in order to get Mint running on an old but otherwise usable PC which cannot boot from USB (although it has USB sockets) and which has a CD and DVD reader but can...

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately ‘same in all monitors’ is already enabled, and pressing F8 had no effect.

I took a new Dell XPS 15 into class today to use in teaching. It's running Cinnamon (no MS Windows), and has XFCE and Enlightenment as well. I plugged it into the projector cable, as I have done for years with a variety of other laptops old and new, using the Dell-supplier VGA connector, and the pro...

I think I may have found the solution (now using 18.3 instead of 18.2): Don't use unetbootin to create a Mint USB, use dd instead. Apparently unetbootin does something odd with Mint while writing the USB. Install Cinnamon , not Maté . It appears that Cinnamon requires higher-spec hardware, so it che...

On Thu Dec 07, 2017 8:46 pm, WharfRat wrote Welcome to Linux Mint and the Linux Mint forum :) Thank you. Since you cannot boot any linux distro But I can — both Bodhi and Mint boot from USB, and Bodhi even boots from the SSD after installation. it sounds like an overclocking issue or suspiciously li...

I am trying to get Linux — any Linux — to install bootably from USB on a DELL XPS 15 laptop (note I am not trying to dual-boot with Windows; I just want Linux). Most distros I have tried (all the *Ubuntus, Arch, RedHat, Fedora) fail even to boot from the USB, hanging irretrievably while their logo s...