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I intalled the dvd version for uk, i've just tested playing a mov file from the live disc to check that i haven't screwed up my system, and the same thing happens, it trys to search for a codec and comes back saying i need QDM Decoder, vlc says,No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the au...

Thanks oscar799

Is there a way in mint 9 to remove that non working disc check from the startup? or is there a way to fix it, it gets a bit anoying when you start your pc up, walk away to make some coffee, come back only to find it stuck at disc checking with nothing happening and you have to press c to cancel. (i ...

What can i use to play .mov files? none of the default apps in mint 9 can play them, well i see video but no sound

Tried again, still no joy, nevermind at least i can run mint9 and thats going great

maybe so but i dont know how. I right click on desktop click the link get more wallpapers online make sure the size of the image matches the screen size right click the image an set as desktop background. is there another way maybe i am not going it right. Click the image first, let it load in your...

Thank you, that solved one of my problems, now Amarok can play music, but I still can't add music to it's library. the music is in the directories but it does not add them :-/ Where is your music folder located :?: If not already you might need to put your music in your Home folder :) Since you are...

How exactly should i do the nomodeset thing. the way i did it was, at the menu select compatibility mode, press tab to edit, then type nomodeset then hit enter. Sounds right, at the Grub menu you did not have to select compatibility - just press tab, towards the bottom of the screen there is a line...

Run that command in terminal, that'll fix it, just done that to mine yesterday, the problem is amarok can't play mp3 out of the box

One expedient might be to swap out the video card (you *do* have a couple of spare ones in a cupboard, right?) No, if i had another card it would be older than this one :lol: You have of course by now spent many happy hours searching these forums and the wider web on problems to do with your curren...

Anyone got any ideas why i cant get the mint debian live disc to run on my machine, i've tried compatibility mode as well, each time i end up with a black screen and a blinking cursor,the disc is good, it runs a work and pass self test, the drive is ok cos it will run any other distro no problem.i d...

It aint broke so it dont need fixing

tried them all no difference here is the kicker IF i select tiled the image is tiny tiles on the screen but if you look at them there no pix-lated they look correct. THough if i try scale or fit too screen or the other options they look horrid thanks for the responce. Sorry to but in, but, if you s...

I was trying to install on an older computer and it kept reaching the menu but failed to load the desktop. Then I selected "Start in compatibility mode" and it worked. Now I'm curious, what does this mode do and is it specific to Mint? Thanks This is happening to me too with the debian on...

I'm Jealous now, LMDE wont work on my machine

No joy for me, the live disc runs at work on a new ish pc, but not at home on my 7 year old heap, it wont boot up, it gets past all the scrolling text then stops with a black screen and a static cursor in the top left corner, i thought i would try debian itself so i did a net install, all went well ...

Which version of grub is installed, the Mint version or the Debian one? If mint then all you should need to do is delete the Debian installation and run sudo update-grub as grub2 autodetects installed OSes. If you need to reinstall the mint grub see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstall...

Hi I know similar questions have been asked but not quite like this one, I've just dual booted my mint 9 box with the debian net install of debian testing, that went horribly wrong so i want to restore my boot loader back to a standard single boot, i can boot into mint ok but i have to select it fro...

oscar799 wrote:Hello Binx,
I am running LMDE as a dual-boot with Mint 9 main edition on a Lenovo G550 and it has been running without any problems since I installed it yesterday

Thanks oscar799 i'll be installing it tomorrow morning.

I've just downloaded mint debian and tried it live, and it runs great, realy fast and snappy, so my question is, is it ok to dual boot it with mint 9, i have a spare drive on this machine and i dont want to wipe my main system just yet.