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It would be so nice if they would add this functionality back into cinnamon-screensaver, like it used to be. The xscreensaver lock screen is hideous! I really want the current cinnamon-screensaver login screen with the option to use xscreensaver plugins put back in, personally.

An expired Google account means that the account has been inactive for a certain period of time and Google has deactivated it. If your Google account has been deactivated due to inactivity, it may not be possible to resume it, as Google's policy is to periodically clean up inactive accounts to free...

I haven't tried it yet, but here's a post that might give us a possible (albeit messy) workaround: viewtopic.php?t=306587

I've run into this problem constantly. Logout/login often makes Online Accounts lose its ability to connect. It only reconnects after a full system reboot.

If that's all you've done -- now unaccountably entangled and calling for help -- then those "widely recommended" tools deserve a hazard warning. Yeah, that's pretty much all I've done, aside from switching the CPU governor (which goes back to its default ondemand mode when rebooting) and ...

hglee wrote: ⤴Tue Sep 20, 2022 3:47 pm From your description, you've done some deep hacks that can't be relied upon to be collectively reversible.

I didn't think TLP and laptop-mode-tools (widely recommended just about everywhere for battery life management) would be considered "deep hacks".

Ok. I tried out powertop. Seems to work with my AMD system, and reading about it shows it should work on any ACPI system and just has additional controls for Intel-specific systems. That said, before I do anything with powertop, I need to get my computer back to its previous fully-working baseline s...

hglee wrote: ⤴Tue Sep 20, 2022 3:32 am Check out Intel's PowerTOP utility, which lets you selectively power-down ports, and govern how power is used by the OS and apps.

But if it's from Intel, would it work on an AMD system?

I have a gaming laptop, which up to this point has worked great for games and video production on Linux. However, I've got two problems... 1. The ASUS website says this machine should get up to 11 hours of battery life. A PC Mag review said they averaged about 8 to 9 hours. Of course, that's on Wind...

It could be the graphics, not having any laptops with a discrete video card, is there a way to just use internal graphics? I know POP!_OS does a pretty decent job with that, but I cannot address Mint at all. Thank you for the suggestion! Yes, you are correct. I had my dual graphics system set to on...

Agreed. On my ASUS TUF A17 gaming laptop, the ASUS website claims an 11-hour battery life. PC Mag reviewed it at more like 8 to 9 hours, which is still good. On Linux Mint, I get about 2 to 3 hours, which is extremely frustrating when I have to use it on-the-go. It seems like it's shutting itself of...

Depends what desktop you are using but there's a Mint-X Dark for Cinnamon (be warned it's not been updated in 4 years so may not work with Mint 20 or 21) https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/themes/view/Mint-X-Dark Yeah, that doesn't work. It's done the old way and not GTK 3 compliant. It doesn't ...

I normally use Mint-X because I've never really liked the flat theme trend. But I also like dark themes sometimes. Now that Mint-X can switch to dark mode for applications that request it, is it possible to force Mint-X into dark mode permanently, for all applications? I haven't found a way to do so...

Watching this thread, because I want this, as well...

Since about LM 20.2 or so, the Update Manager has been giving me a red exclamation point symbol at startup. It says it can't refresh the list of updates. But when I open it and manually refresh them, it's fine and continues to be fine until the next reboot. I thought maybe it's starting too soon, an...

Not really much help to you, but the bottom line is Linux doesn't really do convenient wireless anything. I never got my earbuds to work properly (i.e. with microphone). I got a different set. Seems to work ok. No mic in these, though, which is fine. As for screen casting - well that's best left un...

Hoser Rob wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 17, 2021 11:18 am Read the How To Get Help section of this forum and start your own damn thread. Thread hijackers are very annoying and it's the worst way to get help.

Yeah, but there's probably a kinder way to let people know it's not acceptable, though

Thank you! I was unaware of the OEM kernel. I was just using the kernels offered in the Update Manager. Things seem to be working so far with 5.14-oem

I'm running Linux Mint 20.2 on an ASUS TUF Gaming laptop from mid- to late-2020. It has a Ryzen 7 APU with Vega 7 integrated GPU and NVIDIA GTX 1650 dedicated GPU. I'm using the open source AMD drivers for the Vega 7, and the proprietary NVIDIA-470 drivers for the GTX 1650. This laptop's hardware is...

Forgot to put in my pertinent system info...

ASUS TUF Gaming FA706IH
Built-in Webcam: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam
Running Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon