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by jaderiver
Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:37 pm
Forum: Graphics Cards & Monitors
Topic: [SOLVED] Squeezed monitor screen after multi-display attempt
Replies: 2
Views: 119

[SOLVED] Re: Squeezed monitor screen after multi-display attempt

@SMG Your fast reply on this day is very much appreciated. Thank you. Merry Christmas. I just checked and the Monitor Preferences do not show a Reset button. There is a Detect Monitors button. My laptop monitor is being detected with the resolution of 1024 X 768. I've been going through the sticky a...
by jaderiver
Mon Dec 25, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: Graphics Cards & Monitors
Topic: [SOLVED] Squeezed monitor screen after multi-display attempt
Replies: 2
Views: 119

[SOLVED] Squeezed monitor screen after multi-display attempt

Dear Minters.. I'm set up with Victoria Mint 21.2 64-bit MATE. Hooked up my 15" Asus U56E Intel-i5 to my larger Acer monitor to run a film on the larger Acer. The Display Settings would never set up display on the Acer properly --no matter what resolution set for each monitor, no matter what po...
by jaderiver
Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:59 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED] BLANK SCREEN, still, after 2nd re-install
Replies: 2
Views: 341

Re: BLANK SCREEN, still, after 2nd re-install

@Hoser Rob Yes, the steps you suggested to take solved the problem. Thank you very much. I was able to reboot from the HD after renaming any folder or file in .config that potentially prevented a successful reboot. Then, I spent a few hours "reinstalling" each renamed folder (and file) in ...
by jaderiver
Thu Aug 31, 2023 7:55 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED] BLANK SCREEN, still, after 2nd re-install
Replies: 2
Views: 341

[SOLVED] BLANK SCREEN, still, after 2nd re-install

After a successful installation of 21.2 Victoria, I began tweaking preferences to use Mint's refreshing new options for icons, colors, background, window borders, controls, pointer, etc. I also played around with various Metacity and Compton desktop settings, which had always been sticky and glitchy...
by jaderiver
Thu Aug 31, 2023 12:36 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [Solved] EFI Partition warning during installation
Replies: 4
Views: 625

Re: [Solved] EFI Partition warning during installation

Your shedding more light on this issue is appreciated. Turns out I'm about to do a reinstall because after customizing desktop, icon, window borders, etc. (refreshing new choices!), settings; also background, Compton versus Metacity et.al.. ... not sure what happened but after restarting, just got a...
by jaderiver
Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:26 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [Solved] EFI Partition warning during installation
Replies: 4
Views: 625

Re: EFI Partition warning during installation

Okay, so I got really impatient, and thought I better answer this question myself by doing research about the purpose of the EFI Partition. So, cutting to the chase... . I used GParted to create three Logical Partitions in my newly-expanded reformatted (to ext4) Extended Partition: one for /, second...
by jaderiver
Wed Aug 30, 2023 1:25 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [Solved] EFI Partition warning during installation
Replies: 4
Views: 625

[Solved] EFI Partition warning during installation

Minters... Using gparted, I wiped out Windows 7 and expanded an Extended Drive into this space to make more room for "/" -- Mint 21.2. During the installation process using Something Else, and after setting up partition changes and reformats (leaving /home NOT to be reformatted), I receive...
by jaderiver
Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:42 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: How to boot laptop when lid is opened?
Replies: 5
Views: 343

Re: How to boot laptop when lid is opened?

@Jo-con-Ël
So now I know. Thanks.
by jaderiver
Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:30 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [Solved] Necessary to designate Boot Drive if no longer Dual Booting?
Replies: 2
Views: 171

Re: Necessary to designate Boot Drive if no longer Dual Booting?

@pbear Thank you for taking a moment for your suggestion, which I will take. I have not installed (or reinstalled) Mint OS for over five years, and surely behind in my thinking. But, the great thing about Mint, with its long-term support, is that one needn't worry incessantly about keeping up with e...
by jaderiver
Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:07 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: How to boot laptop when lid is opened?
Replies: 5
Views: 343

Re: How to boot laptop when lid is opened?

I have never come across any laptop that will start booting just because the lid is opened up ... hibernated, sleeping, or not. (Press Any Key while sleeping ... yes.) Whoops, I meant Press Any Key to wake up from sleep.
by jaderiver
Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:01 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [Solved] Necessary to designate Boot Drive if no longer Dual Booting?
Replies: 2
Views: 171

[Solved] Necessary to designate Boot Drive if no longer Dual Booting?

Dear Minters... I am getting rid of Windows! ... Woo hoo ..(except for the tiny 25G Windows 7 Recovery Partition). For years I have dual booted with Windows 7 and Mint. My current Mint OS is Sonya 18.2, but I am now about to significantly upgrade to Victoria 21.2. I always self-installed using "...
by jaderiver
Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: GPG: can't open 'sha256sum.txt': No such file or directory
Replies: 14
Views: 1223

Re: GPG: can't open 'sha256sum.txt': No such file or directory

Midnight True wrote: Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:25 am this might work, move your sha256sum.txt to your /home directory and try again
Yes!... moving into HOME folder (actually copied from Desktop) worked to authenticate. Just downloaded MATE 21.2. and was stuck at authenticating until I saw this post.
by jaderiver
Sat Sep 02, 2017 1:29 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Sonya 18.2 fresh install or Live DVD won't hibernate
Replies: 7
Views: 1261

Re: Sonya 18.2 fresh install or Live DVD won't hibernate

@catweazel @casse Used Gparted to increase SWAP to 7G (RAM is 6G) and reduced / to 13G. (Right now using my 20G partition space.) Still no hibernation with 18.2 installation or Live CD. All that happens is the desktop (and any open apps) disappears for a few seconds to black, reappears and stays fro...
by jaderiver
Fri Sep 01, 2017 4:59 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Sonya 18.2 fresh install or Live DVD won't hibernate
Replies: 7
Views: 1261

Re: Sonya 18.2 fresh install or Live DVD won't hibernate

Right now, I have a 20G partition between /windows and /home which is where I allocate for / and /swap (and /boot). My computer RAM is 6G. So, either I go back to 9G for SWAP and 12G for /, or set up another partition at the back end of /home and increase both / and /swap. I think, if I instruct Gpa...
by jaderiver
Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:56 am
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Sonya 18.2 fresh install or Live DVD won't hibernate
Replies: 7
Views: 1261

Re: Sonya 18.2 fresh install or Live DVD won't hibernate

@catweazel Memory: Array-1 capacity: 16 GB devices: 2 EC: None Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 4 GB speed: 1333 MHz type: DDR3 Device-2: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: 2 GB speed: 1333 MHz type: DDR3 Partition: ID-1: / size: 15G used: 5.6G (41%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 ID-2: /boot size: 268M used: 66M (26%) fs...
by jaderiver
Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:41 am
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Sonya 18.2 fresh install or Live DVD won't hibernate
Replies: 7
Views: 1261

Sonya 18.2 fresh install or Live DVD won't hibernate

Recently fresh-installed Sonya 18.2. My computer cannot hibernate. Booting up from the live DVD won't hibernate, either. My partition allocation for SWAP and / (Mint) is the same I've used for a long time up through 17.3 Rebecca. Suspend/sleep function is fine. Any suggestions much appreciated. Than...
by jaderiver
Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:42 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: [SOLVED] Sonya 18.2 can't play DVD's/images out of the box
Replies: 4
Views: 962

Re: Sonya 18.2 can't play DVD's/images out of the box

Yes... thank you @richyrich. Installing mint-meta-codecs fixed the problem. I downloaded using the dialup I have... over two and a half hours. But, the codecs wouldn't "unpack" after installing. So, I went to a WiFi place, reinstalled all the codecs, and media apps work now. Like I wrote b...
by jaderiver
Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:22 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: [SOLVED] Sonya 18.2 can't play DVD's/images out of the box
Replies: 4
Views: 962

Re: Sonya 18.2 can't play DVD's out of the box

@richyrich I installed a freshly downloaded and burned Sonya 18.2 DVD... so not "upgrading" from 17.3, exactly. I did see the options to install those codecs during installation, but as I install Mint using the DVD and only have dialup here home, I did not check to install. I'll try your s...
by jaderiver
Mon Aug 28, 2017 1:56 pm
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: [SOLVED] Sonya 18.2 can't play DVD's/images out of the box
Replies: 4
Views: 962

[SOLVED] Sonya 18.2 can't play DVD's/images out of the box

Hello Minters: Recently upgraded from Rebecca 17.3 to Sonya 18.2. DVD's or film images no longer play straight out the box. Why not? (I miss Brasero, Banshee,VLC, and Totem included with distro before... all working out of the box!) Sonya's Media Player or "XPlayer" requested these plug-in...
by jaderiver
Sat Aug 26, 2017 8:42 pm
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: [SOLVED] How to boot up/ unHibernate Windows? GRUB gone
Replies: 5
Views: 828

Re: How to boot up/ unHibernate Windows? GRUB gone

@austin.texas @catweazel Yes yes yes thankyou thankyou thankyou. Your terminal command worked, and I have now reinstalled Mint dual booting with Windows :D Linux is great. Mint is lovely. Life is beautiful. Before you responded with the command to de-hibernate from the Live CD terminal, I was IRC/He...

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