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My question is this: How am I to understand what GPartEd is telling me? There's no way I can possibly be using over 16 GB for my Mint install. That can't be right! So why is it thinking this? (Note that I also tried checking this with GPartEd from a live CD, and I got the same readings.) Like it or...

Couple of things. Run df-h in a terminal and see what that says and secondly use the gparted live cd to do a disk check on the partitions you think are wrong (right click the partition and select 'check') They shouldn't be mounted from a live cd but if they are unmount them first. Thanks, I'll try ...

tadaska wrote: I just don't have proprietary drivers but have non-proprietary drivers?

Yes, this is what it's telling you. Installing proprietary drivers might give you better performance in some respects. Any way you could add some RAM to that box?

I'd love some help in understanding something. Basic system details are in my sig. I'm confused by the way Mint is reporting my disk usage. Am I missing something really obvious and elementary? (Wouldn't surprise me.) I have 4 partitions on my laptop: (1) NTFS (sda1), about 73 GB, for WinXP SP3; (2)...

You should start by searching the forum. For example, I know for a fact that there have been a lot of threads about flash issues. Try looking for them, and then ask more specifically if you don't find an answer. There is in fact a whole subforum about multimedia issues: http://forums.linuxmint.com/v...

@OP: You might also want to do some searches here to get a sense of how the upgrade tool worked out for those who tried it. For some it went well, for others (like me) not so well. I think there may be some tips and tricks somewhere in the Mint forums to make the upgrade go more smoothly. For instan...

Have you looked into Avidemux, Cinelerra, or Kino? Or have you considered seeing if you could run WMM in Linux under WINE?

Well, I deleted those big log files, and lightning hasn't struck me down yet, so I guess it was safe. In an attempt to avoid having the problem again, I applied this patch, which I found after much searching: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/286285/comments/52 It was pretty easy,...

In the accessories menu, choose Disk Usage Analyzer and take a gander at what is eating your space. atlef. Thanks, that's very useful! I had overlooked that application. It does seem that the most egregious space-eaters are those enormous log files in /var/log; everything else seems sort of explain...

I've been running Mint for about a year, and Felicia since it came out. I dual-boot with Windows. I have a partition of about 21 GB for Mint, then a Data partition of about 80 GB that I mount in /home. I also have an external HDD where I keep MP3s and photos. I've already cleared out residual config...

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I don't know about anybody else, but i'm still getting this problem. When I run "top," it's dd and klogd that are eating up the CPU. I don't know why.

Hm, sounds like we don't have exactly the same problem after all. Hope some more knowledgeable person than I can weigh in....

I have had what sounds like this same problem too. I look in the list of processes, and nothing is visible that seems to be using all the processing power. But when I look at the actual usage, one or the other processor is hitting 90-100%. Still, I can't see anything that's obviously causing it. Som...

You've probably thought of this, so forgive me if I'm belaboring the obvious. It may be a matter of how you have your boot order set. If you don't have it set so that the BIOS looks at your CD/DVD drive first, it will look at the HDD first and boot from that; it won't have any reason even to try to ...

Some Windows apps can be used under WINE (http://www.winehq.org) on Linux, but not all, and not always with perfect compatibility. You should go to the WINE site and see what they say about specific versions of specific Windows apps. You don't even need a valid copy of Windows to run programs under ...

My pleasure. Glad it worked out.

Instead of going through all that, why not just get the "Linux DEB" version? http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US Find your language in the Linux DEB column, download the corresponding DEB file, and just double-click it when it's done. The GDebi package installer should take car...

Thanks Fred. Couple of questions: Why should i have two data partitions of 65 gb each instead of one partition of 130 gb? Are you sure that 15 gb for the / partition is enough for someone who might install lots and lots of Linux programs? How much space does the average Linux program require? "...

I'm not in front of my Mint box right now, but the PowerPoint alternative may not be under the "Office" submenu; it might be in "Graphics" or something. Look under the "All" submenu and see if it's there. Because I rarely use it, I can't remember what OO calls their Pow...

I second the comment about OpenOffice. That may work well enough for you, even if the compatibility is not perfect. Or it may not. Note that the version of OO that comes with Mint 6 is 2.4.1. There is a way to get a newer version of OO (3.0) once you've installed Mint. Supposedly, the compatibility ...