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is this something we can fix so i can boot the laptop with new SSD? This is going to require a lot of command-line-fu to fix. You have two choices. The easiest will be to clean install to the SSD then copy over your home directory contents from the HDD, making sure to include hidden files, followed...

gittiest personITW wrote: ⤴Wed Dec 25, 2019 9:41 pm Hi,
If you go into BIOS, does the ssd exist there?

lol ... "New SSH HD 256 GB... I Cloned the new SSD with clonezilla... i connected that SSD via USB to a second laptop and i can access it and read the contents."

Is there a way to add "safely remove" to the right click options for drive removal? Eject and safely remove are different words for the same thing. I find that questionable. The exact behaviour depends on the device type. Safely remove will unmount and power off a USB device, as will ejec...

blueocean wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:21 pm Xfce only has unmount on a right click of the desktop icon

You could have said so. At the top of this page is a link titled how to get help. You can't miss it. It's in red. Please read it.

moland_spring wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:48 am Any idea why this command won't run from crontab?

There's no need for bold text.

Change this:59 0 * * * rhythmbox-client to this 59 0 * * * /full/path.to/rhythmbox-client.

Where /full/path.to/ is the full path to the file rhythmbox-client.

bolo121 wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:11 pm The output from inxi -fxz is:

... wrong. It's inxi -Fxz, and please use code tags </>.

DrEvil13 wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:23 pm ... I have to ... boot into to recovery mode ...

Select the previous kernel and boot that, then remove kernel 5.0.

blueocean wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:21 pm Is there a way to add "safely remove" to the right click options for drive removal?

Eject and safely remove are different words for the same thing.

you do say that but it worked just fine w/ integrated graphics. In my research i found that mint was supposed to be good on older machines too. Making a win7 usb atm so if that doesnt work either then im off to mx then puppy Well, that leaves the video card as the problem. It likely doesn't properl...

chickenbot wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:06 am so should i just load an older version?

As I said, you should install a distribution geared to old equipment. MX Linux, emmabuntu, puppy linux and so on. It's absolutely pointless trying to get a leading edge distribution like Mint running on 14-15yr old equipment.

JerryF wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:55 am

catweazel wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:00 am

JerryF wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:57 pm Now, I can't reformat the USB drive. Any commands I try on it, the message I get is that the drive is read only.

It's dead, Jim!

Thanks Bones!

lol

abw101 wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:51 pm Dragging does not work either...

It should if you turn on panel edit mode. Are you certain it's on? Or are you trying to move an application icon outside of its container, as in outside of the panel launcher?

JerryF wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:57 pm Now, I can't reformat the USB drive. Any commands I try on it, the message I get is that the drive is read only.

It's dead, Jim!

gm10 wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:47 pm Also:

catweazel wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:31 pm https://github.com/linuxmint/mintreport

Read the code.

The other option is to either never use it or uninstall it. It's not that difficult

DPool wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:28 pm Catweasel do you have any personal experience with any in the list at the end of your link that would result in a recommendation?

No, I use clonezilla. I don't see the point in making an ISO image of a linux OS, except in a corporate or office environment.

Bought the drive Oct 18 so it has taken over a year to 'fill up'. The drive will be dead by Oct 20 from over use. You only need one or two Timeshift sets, taken before any major update. Daily backups of your treasured stuff is fine, but keeping 4 weekly and 12 monthly backups is over done. I don't ...

gittiest personITW wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:42 pm Cant find information that supports that...

You need stronger google-fu. It's often called garbage collection.

Cinnamon 19.3. I removed the Show Desktop icon from the panel intentionally because I so rarely use it, now I want it back. I can add the applet, but it's on the right side, not the left side default position. Is there a way to put it back like default? Drag it in panel edit mode, for goodness sakes.

How? :oops: Ok, we can try blacklisting i915. https://linuxmint.com/rel_tina_cinnamon.php Go there and scroll down to 'Solving freezes during the boot sequence'. The first two videos will show you how to add the nomodeset option, but you don't want to add nomodeset , you want to add module_blacklis...

CyrilFR wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:33 pm

catweazel wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:30 pm

CyrilFR wrote: ⤴Mon Dec 23, 2019 6:26 pm gif: https://i.redd.it/gbccffcj9km21.gif
system info: https://termbin.com/0uxa

you might try the modesetting driver rather than the i915 driver.

How?

I'm researching it now. Patience.