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Exactly what is the model# of the Intel wifi card in your PC? It's not shown on your output. I am running an Intel Wireless-AC 8265NGW Dual-Band on LMDE5 and it works flawlessly (out of the box). I am running an Intel Wireless-AC 7260 Dual-Band 7260.HMWWB.R H/T on another LM 21.1 laptop, flawless (o...

You stated: My SSD is partitioned as: Partition 1 (sdb1) BIOS Boot 1.0MB Partition 2 (sdb2) FAT (swap) 538MB Partition 3 (sdb3) Ext4 (Filesystem) 119GB Mount point should be sdb1 (if I am not mistaken, but I could be), but that partition is only 1.0MB. My boot partition is 512MB. Maybe you can incre...

I remove all Broadcom wifi/bluetooth cards from my laptops and install Intel 7260.HMWWB-AC or Intel 8265NGW-AC cards which work fine, without loading any new drivers, etc. Cheap on eBay.
Broadcom cards are too much trouble. Even if the Broadcom cards work, I replace them anyway.

I use Signal for that purpose. You send a messages via Signal, but others must have signal installed, also.

When installing, during setup, make sure that the "mount point" is on the SSD, NOT on the USB flash drive.

Example:

Is the dongle v1, v2, or v3?

Maybe run this in Terminal: sudo journalctl -u bluetooth.service I have no problems with bluez blueman in LM21.1 or LMDE5. But, I have been using "bluetuith" instead, and my connections are trouble-free. See this post: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=378335&p=2281...

Cinammon Release Notes: Touchpad drivers The default touchpad driver in this edition is "libinput" (provided by xserver-xorg-input-libinput). If you experience problems with it, you can switch to another driver called "synaptics" (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics pack...

Test the mic via a LM Live USB to see if it works.

Install the 2 following apps (worth a try):
sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui

In LM21.1, I use Kate & gedit text editors. Both work very well.

This may help.

First check Secure Boot is disabled in your BIOS settings.

Install the packages:
sudo apt install nvidia-340-updates nvidia-340-updates-dev xorg-modulepath-fix

Reboot.

You should have the NVidia drivers 340.108 running fine.

Remove the DC battery and clean both the battery terminals and the battery terminals on the laptop.
Laptop batteries usually last 3-5 years, so the battery may need replacing.
Good luck.

You can try by installing the "evdev" drivers:
apt install xserver-xorg-input-evdev

If that doesn't work, uninstall & install the default xserver-xorg-input-libinput drivers:
apt install xserver-xorg-input-libinput

Maybe check the touchpad settings in BIOS.

I don't have any problems with bluetooth on LM21.1 or LMDE5, using blueman. But, I recently began using Bluetuith, which works better for me than blueman.
See the following topic about Bluetuith:

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=378335&p=2281448#p2281448

Good luck.

In Software Manager, install the 3 following files:
P7zip, P7zip-full & P7zip-rar

After install, right-click .rar file you wish to extract, then select "Extract Here".

Open Dropbox, go to settings, click "Start at Startup". You can also create a dropbox startup in Menu/Preferences/Startup Applications. To add the Dropbox application at startup: 1. Go to Menu/Preferences/Startup Applications. 2. At the bottom of window, left-click the "+" sign. ...

Post the output of each of these commands:

sudo lshw -class multimedia

lsusb

lspci

sudo apt-get install usbview
(graphical program, install if necessary)

If camera does not appear, check if system sees the camera:
dmesg | grep video
and
lsmod | grep video

I don't have any problems with bluetooth on LM21.1 or LMDE5, using blueman. But, I recently began using Bluetuith, which works better for me than blueman.
See the following topic about Bluetuith:

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=378335&p=2281448#p2281448

Good luck.

"I formatted them with GParted and set them up for the partitions I wanted.". It seems that he wants to install LM to one of the "FAKE" USB flash drives. I have installed LM to many USB flash drives (SanDisk, Corsair, Kingston), and to many external USB HDD/SSDs. The problem is t...

You may wish to install Bluetuith. For me, on 4 LM 21.1 Cinnamon PCs, it works much better than blueman, etc.
Just google "bluetuith".