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Careful; you're still conflating (Audio) CD and CD-ROM. The latter is as to this issue the same as not copy-protected DVD, but Audio CD is not and not "just technically" either. As mentioned in that other thread, Audio CDs are not (good at being) random-access block-devices, the type of device dd o...

Thank you for quick response.

Well I didn't realize the difference between a CD and DVD. dd for a DVD works indeed. Probably I never used it on 18.3 to duplicate a cdrom.

Fresh install of LM19.3 Cinnamon dd if=/dev/sr0 of=destination.iso dd: error reading '/dev/sr0': Input/output error 0+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes copied, 0,0564576 s, 0,0 kB/s uname -r 5.3.0-28-generic ls -al /dev/sr0 brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 feb 3 11:32 /dev/sr0 This command used to ...

Tested with LM XFCE 19.1 and LM Mate 18.3. Both distro's don't have this behavior. It looks that the issue is related to Cinnamon. Eject disc by means of the hardware-button on the drive itself : File-access to the cd after inserting cd again is ok Eject disc by means of the eject-button on the pop-...

As to the main part of the issue it seems clear you're looking at a bona fide bug in GVFS or its deployment in Cinnamon though. Although I haven't been able to reproduce exactly I'm coming close when I in the file manager preferences deselect Behavior -> Media Handling -> "Open a folder for automou...

Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon. Cd-drive is an usb-drive (lsusb returns MediaTek Inc. Samsung SE-208 Slim Portable DVD Writer, but the device is known as a Transcend TS8XDVDS). (I don't think that the device nor the audio-cds are involved in the issues described underneath) 1. Insert a legal audio-cd. A m...

It looks that installing LinuxMint along Ubuntu is a problem, because both use the same EFI boot directory named ubuntu. The problem and a solution is described here in detail https://www.zdnet.com/article/hands-on- ... m-solving/

Some people suggest to install pavucontrol and pulseaudio-module-bluetooth and blueman Restart your computer.

You talk about Linux Mint19 and you want to revert to Linux Mint18?

You can reset the desktop by means of this command

In order to be able to play videos with vlc on an external vga-screen, one has to add the line underneath to Problem is related to this post viewtopic.php?t=276278

Do you mean that the screensaver-settings have been removed from the general settings menu?

First check if the hardware of the device still is recognized :
Check whether the device is blocked or not
Check if there are some specific messages about bluetooth

Check first if your bluetooth device is working If so, switch bluetooth off and on.

Check the logfiles (hardware) if any messages concerning bluetooth have been logged

This morning I gave an impress-presentation. The beamer had a VGA-cable, while my computer has only a HDMI-output. No problem, I could connect with the beamer by means of a HDMI to VGA converter. As soon as I started the impress-presentation I noticed a narrow white column on the left of the screen....

Streaming video into file using Vlc caused no problems with Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon. I tried the same procedure in Linux Mint 19.1 but the file remains empty. The video is shown on the screen instead. VLC Output in the terminal libva info: VA-API version 1.1.0 libva info: va_getDriverName() returns...

The installed version in LM19 = 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2 sudo apt install libsane1=1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Version '1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1' for 'libsane1' was not found It is an attempt ...

I installed LM19, but the Epson V300 Photoscanner fails to work : Bug #1728012 Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change. In comment 12 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1728012/comments/12 It is suggested to install libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2....

@ MenthaSuaveolens Mon scanner ne fonctionne pas même avec Xsane d'installé ce qui était plus que prévisible vu que les drivers ne s'installent pas au bon endroit... Vous avez raison. J'ai corrigé ma réponse. Elle a été mal traduit par Google Translate. Voyez aussi https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu...

Même problème ici.

LM 19.1-Beta. The font Noto Color Emoji is installed by default (See View Fonts on your System). However if you try to select that font in LO, it doesn't pop up a available (The first Noto-font listed up is Noto Kufic Arabic). How can we use this font in LO? Copying the characters from xed doesn't h...