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Thanks kato181 - point taken.
The original problem has now been solved -
- fstab cleaned up
- all original Windows partitions removed
- data moved to newer drives
- Swap moved

With some other tidying - System up in less than 50 secs
Iain

Hi
'lsblk -f' l;isting attached but I think I've found the main cause of delay.
I fixed the data partitions in /etc/fstab but forgot the 'swap partition' now moved to SSD.

A few more things to check (no longer need to cater for Windows dual-boot.
Thanks for your help
Iain

Hi MiZog. Thanks for your reply. I thought I had covered this but I had missed 2 Windows-based partitions (neither used). It still takes 3+ minutes to load Mint. I had used 'gparted' to copy partitions (keeping UUIDs) from old drives. I have now found a systemd report (attachment - boot_1.png) - pos...

NB. I can provide futher background info/files as required, but before any major changes I would like to get advice advice on how/whether to proceed and where to look for advice. My system is an old pre-EFI (Intel I5( system System: Host: xxxx Kernel: 5.4.0-135-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce ...

Yesterday I found that I had a (non-fatal) problem using Virtualbox (VBox Guest Additions not loading correctly), and posted a query on the Oracle Forum https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=106678 the reply indicated that the Ubuntu (and therefore Mint) version was not supported and...

Thanks guys ! ajgreeny's "sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/hddtemp" got me user access to 'hddtemp'. However just putting hddtemp {dev) in .conkyrc now gave me full device description and temperature. (eg: / /dev/sda: WDC WD6400AAKS-22A7B2: 45°C But I can now write a simple python script to extrac...

I have a feeling that this is an old chestnut that has come to haunt an 'old nut'. In the last week I have returned my main system to Linux Mint 20 - Xfce after 3-4 years cohabiting with Xubuntu. Most of the transfer has gone well and I'm enjoying getting back to LM. Many of the problems I've experi...

Thanks that seemed to sort it out.
2 thoughts

1. os-prober and grub-update do not list current root partition (ie sdf5)

2. I had assumed that the new install would be at the top of the list - it didn't - it came last

Anyhow all solved - thanks again

This morning I successfully upgraded to 18.3 using update-manager. However I was still having some minor problems. So I decided to create a clean installation and see if this made a difference. I downloaded and verified ISO and ran install. My current installation is on a Samsung SSD - sdf5. I insta...

System is System: Host: Dylan-II Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.3.1) Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya with Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] bus-ID: 01:00.0 Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 192...

[Following Morning] I switched on this morning still with 'mirrored' monitors and 'mirror' unchecked on 'Display' screen. I checked 'Mirror' , and applied' to see what happened - two blurred screens. Then unchecked and the side-by-side re-appeared. So problem 'solved' even though I don't understand ...

I have a dual monitor setup with 2 '22 inch monitors which has worked for many(5+) years on Linux Mint. left Samsung - desktop with vertical secondary panel-2 on right hand side right Benq - used as main screen with horizontal panel-1 (including menu_) on top (this is the systems primary monitor - G...

backintime-gnome doesn't work for you ? If not, you may need to install the kde-runtime libraries (for qt). (see Mint 18 Release Announcements) Can you give me a link to Mint 18 release Announcements please I'm not sure how to use backintime-gnome - it is installed (via software manager) but not in...

I tried to access an archived file with Backintime today and it didn't run. ran backintime-qt4 (name from whisker menu) from console and got 'segmentation fault'. I last backed up in July just before(?) upgrading to 18.2. (attached config file dated 5/7/2017) I managed to find the file on the archiv...

Just Updated to xfce 18.1 Mintinstall still regularly falling over both from menu and command line. It loaded OK twice before starting to fail. A reboot will usually cure it for a short time. Synaptic show Mintinstall 7.7.5 - latest version gksu mintinstall Vector smash protection is enabled. add_ca...

Problem solved !!

I've been using this keyboard for over 6 years and I've only just realised that there is a 'Function Lock' button above NumLock the numeric pad. It had been switch off.

Press it - everything OK.

Doh !!

Thanks Odyseus for formally reporting this.
This morning I realised that my Conky screen was dying at the same time as SM became inoperative.
There seems to be some connection but I'm not sure what it is !

Further to my earlier post I'm also getting the seg fault in the Nvidia driver kernel: [18570.084464] mintinstall[31406]: segfault at 8 ip 00007fc1df99081d sp 00007ffee3d84c60 error 4 in libGL.so.340.96[7fc1df8e2000+c7000] My graphics card is G94 (9600 GT) - 2 monitors Version 340.96-0Ubuntu3 System...

On further investigation it seems that the problem is with my keyboard (Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 1.0A 1031) or with the software's interaction with it. Almost all Hotkeys that include Function keys (F1-F12) don't seem to work with all(?) applications, (exception F1 - help in LibreOffice). Af...

I don't know whether this is the same problem. I upgraded to 18 XFCE 3 days ago. I noticed that Software Manager didn't always run OK. Today it wouldn't run from any of the menu (Whisker) options. I then tried running from the terminal : gksu mintinstall Vector smash protection is enabled. add_categ...