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i made a new live boot with "netbootin" and got the same results. i disabled fast boot and that did not work. i ran GPart in the live session and GPart could only see my thumb drive. i used "network-restart" in the live session, to get the wifi working, and can not remember that ...

Windows is on that partition. This the first time to install onto a UEFI. My new laptop. A live Mint 20 worked well on my old Laptop, BIOS. But the hard drive failed. Wifi worked great, surfed the internet, listen to music form hbr1.com. Worked perfect, with a dead hard drive. Mint 21.2 and 20 could...

I made a a live usb thumb drive boot with Mint 21.2 on it, with rufus, and did a direct download of Mint form linuxmint.com. The live boot give me a grub boot list. The first selection locks up. The second selection is "compatible mode" and and this gets me in. But i can not connect to the...

I am trying to install mint form windows 11. i have LinuxMint 2.12 mate. Got it form distrowatch.com I get the live mint to boot but it will not install. It only gives me the option to install back onto the live usb thumb drive???? i have turned of the "fast boot" and "secure boot&quo...

I am doing this all form safe mode. sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg-conf [sudo] password for keghn: rm: cannot remove '/etc/X11/xorg-conf': No such file or directory cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep screen [ 110.864] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults. [ 110.864] (==) No monitor specified for scre...

I changed Bios settings so that DVD is last on the boot list. And that did not stop the computer accessing DVD. And i also think on boot up the selected OS looks into all other partitions on my hard drive. Have 13 other partition. They are two windows seven partitions, and the rest are mint 18.2's a...

[ split from 2 year old topic https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=244332; if there is a question in below two posts, it eludes me ] I had the same problem with a very import file. My fix was to open file with LibreOffice then "save as" a text file. Look like pluma and xed...

i noticed on boot up, i hear my dvd drive being accessed like crazy. The dvd has a windows game that i always keep in the drive.
So why does the OS try to access the dvd through out boot up??? I ask my self.

keghn@keghn-700Z3C-700Z5C ~/Desktop $ cat /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume RESUME=UUID=a6572fd6-4269-4cde-9d77-a07e4778e5c9 keghn@keghn-700Z3C-700Z5C ~/Desktop $ journalctl -b | grep sda May 23 05:03:33 keghn-700Z3C-700Z5C kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/932 ...

keghn@keghn-700Z3C-700Z5C ~/Desktop $ inxi -Fxxxzdr System: Host: keghn-700Z3C-700Z5C Kernel: 4.15.0-50-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0) Desktop: MATE 1.18.0 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) info: mate-panel dm: mdm Distro: Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya Machine: System: SAMSUNG product: 700Z3C/700Z5C v: 0.1 Chassi...

The second boot up disorder is now up to 40 percent. North Korean virus?

systemd-analyze blame 2min 2.844s dev-sda11.device 1min 57.637s apparmor.service 37.629s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-a6572fd6\x2d4269\x2d4cde\x2d9d77\x2da07e4778e5c9.swap 9.953s ModemManager.service 9.902s NetworkManager.service 6.736s accounts-daemon.service 6.197s ntp.service 5.911s thermald.service 5.623...

Boot take a while. I think it take tree minutes but seem like six minutes to me. Release Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya 64-bit Kernel Linux 4.15.0-50-generic x86_64 MATE 1.18.0 I look for answers with thus command: systemd-analyze blame And get this: 2min 2.844s dev-sda11.device 1min 57.637s apparmor.service...

Thanks for the help. Seems to have worked. First time Mint did this to me. The storm, that is. I am using this Mint because i keep crashing mint and all i have on a usb live is Mint 18.2 and 17 Just down loaded Mint 19.x mate. Going to make that my next live usb. Then install it over one of my other...

35 percent of my boot ups into mint are spammed. System monitor shows ten to fifteen "get_apt_cache.py" running at the same time and taking up allot of cpu cycles. I stop one or kill one and another starts up. System run very slow. Can not do much when "get_apt_cache.py" storm is...

I had this problem. Just fixed it. ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have this file i changed a few line, edit with: sudo pluma /etc/X11/xorg.conf # HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 line will not work now # VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 # added the next two lines HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Had to edit ...

I had all theses problems. I installed Mint 17 64 bit qiana into a Mint 14 partition. I thought it would completely kill off Mint 14. It did not, it saved all my files, directories, and settings in my web browsers. and it saved the Mint 14 setting in the following Mint 17: /etc/apt/sources.list /etc...

Hello metude.
Dose gparded run from a live dvd or usb thumb drive give you the same thing?

Hi.
Do get blinking cursor?