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Never mind. Installed Mint XFCE and video works fine. If someone knows a fix for Mint Cinnamon I'll gladly switch back.

Thank you. Here goes: runbei@mousie ~ $ inxi -Fxz System: Host: mousie Kernel: 3.19.0-32-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.2) Desktop: Cinnamon 2.8.8 (Gtk 3.10.8~8+qiana) Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa Machine: System: LENOVO product: 4492A34 v: ThinkPad X201 Mobo: LENOVO model: 4492A34 Bios: LENOVO v: ...

I'm running Mint 17.3 Cinnamon, and in YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, and Netflix, the video stream stops very briefly every 60 seconds exactly while the audio stream continues. It happens the same in Firefox and Chrome, so it's clearly not a browser issue. Despite extensive searching I've found no le...

After reading about the Turla Trojan on Linux, I'm concerned. Particularly eye-opening is the fact that the X system is apparently horribly insecure. See this PC World article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2859122/your-linux-pc-isnt-as-secure-as-you-think-it-is.html I would surely love to see a st...

I would be profoundly grateful if the Mint dev team would make desktop icon labels automatically change to a light color when we choose a dark desktop background. I would even happier if new program icons, drive icons, etc. would automatically appear on my default (right-hand) monitor. Lastly, why m...

Thanks, Derek. That did it. I did a Malwarebytes scan as you suggested, and it revealed no problems. Will mark the issue solved.

On booting after installing Mint 17 RC 64-bit in a dual boot setup with Win 7 Pro, I get a warning message about a boot-sector virus: BootSector Write !! VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)? The virus warning didn't appear in Mint 16 on the same PC. It showed up immediately after I installed Mint 17 RC. It appear...

The solution posted by Maug Lee didn't work for me, perhaps because I didn't have exactly the same problem. I had dual monitors set to a solid blue background. The right-side monitor would dim almost immediately after booting Mint 13 Mate. The left monitor didn't dim. The right monitor was set as th...

Thank you. VERY glad I asked. Excellent advice, and I'm grateful for the heads-up to a reliable backup program. Will mark this solved.

Having read about the recent scary Trojan that encrypts datafiles and demands a $300 ransom, I'm wondering if this would be a good security step: back up all Windows data to an external hard drive that is formatted as ext4. And maybe do the backups from Linux using some kind of encrypted backup. Am ...

I have Mint 16 successfully installed to HD. I would like to install it to a laptop 2.5" hard drive in a USB enclosure. Problem is, the Mint live DVD doesn't see the external hard drive. My question: Can I install Mint to the 2.5" drive from inside my working Mint installation? (Background: the lapt...

Thanks. Could be helpful - I find lots of relevant posts at the URL you suggested. Search results: http://bit.ly/1aVQVzY.

When I have time - seems unlikely in the near future - will check these guides.

Thinking it might be Mint that couldn't see the external USB hard drive, I tried three other distros: Puppy, CentOS, and OpenSuse, all latest versions. No luck, so it's definitely a Linux thing. Beats me.

Thanks. Tried the recommended steps, but no luck. The USB ports are working in "that other" OS.

I'm trying to install Mint 13 LTS to a laptop hard drive in an external USB enclosure. Windows 7 can see the disk and contents, so I know the HD is readable. The problem is, the Mint live DVD can't see the drive. Neither could a Puppy Linux live CD that I tried. Seems like there ought to be a boot c...

Boundlessly grateful for this masterful guide. I'm sure it will be useful to many who want to do the same thing, or similar. Thanks particularly for the warnings - it would be a nightmare if I accidentally chose the wrong partition and wiped out a desktop drive. Your assumptions about my hardware an...

I have a ThinkPad T43 laptop that won't boot from CD or USB, due to a problem I haven't been able to solve. I would like to install Mint to the HD. Can I put the laptop hard drive in a 2.5" enclosure, install Mint there, then stick the HD back in the laptop and boot Mint from it? Searched here but d...

When I set date format to am/pm instead of 24-hour, the change doesn't stick. Is there a solution?

I've seen no authoritative guide to installing dual monitors in Mint 12, 13, or 14 Mate or Cinnamon. Tried 'em all. Simply using the Monitors function makes the Panel disappear, and the only forum threads that hint at a solution involve a nightmare of complex config possible solutions. (This is trul...

Enkouyami wrote:Are any devs looking into this problem?

Extraordinary that it's now Feb. 9, 2013 and nothing's been done about this. I wanted to use the LTE Mint 13 but was unable to install, as upon displaying this error the install hangs. Has anybody been able to install Mint 13?