Linux Mint 20.3
I did something stupid via this link, purged, shut down laptop, turned on to see the following:
OK created slice system-system.x2dbacklight.slice.
Starting Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:acpi_video0...
Starting Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:intel_backlight...
OK Finished Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:intel_backlight.
OK Listening on Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch.
system-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service
OK Finiished Load/Save Screen Backlight Brightness of backlight:acpi_video0.
system-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0.service
OK Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
plymouth-start.service
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shut down, turned on, went to Grub > Ubuntu, with Linux 5.4.0-121-generic (recovery mode) > Recovery Menu (read-only) > network > got it to read-write, ok > dpkg
installed:
aptdaemon gir1.2-xapp-1.0 libxapp1 lsb-release mint-common mintsources
python3 python3-apt python3-aptdaemon python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets
python3-cairo python3-certifi python3-chardet python3-dbus python3-defer
python3-gi python3-gi-cairo python3-idna python3-pkg-resources
python3-pycurl python3-requests python3-six python3-urllib3 python3.8
xapps-common
upgraded:
curl libcurl3-gnutls libcurl4
resumed boot, got to tty.
sudo apt-get update fetches some metadata, sudo apt-get upgrade says nothing to upgrade.
shut down, turned on, nothing changed.
i'm stuck as to what i should do next to fix this mess. i'd like to save the files that are there and sudo installing a clean ubuntu desktop would erase those, (correct me if i'm wrong) so that's not an option for me apparently.
Mint not booting properly, sudo update does nothing
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Re: Mint not booting properly, sudo update does nothing
Restore a Timeshift snapshot. You can even do that from within the live session, after booting from a live USB stick with Mint on it.
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Re: Mint not booting properly, sudo update does nothing
i have no timeshifts. also my USB is gone.
i did sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment and there's some progress, it boots to logo now but that's it
i did sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment and there's some progress, it boots to logo now but that's it
Re: Mint not booting properly, sudo update does nothing
There are several things, which I do not understand:
#1 How can somebody use the command on the linked page, although the page is flooded with warnings?
#2 Where shall the be the relationship between this attempt to destroy the own system and "USB is gone" exist?
#1 How can somebody use the command on the linked page, although the page is flooded with warnings?
#2 Where shall the be the relationship between this attempt to destroy the own system and "USB is gone" exist?
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Re: Mint not booting properly, sudo update does nothing
FUBAR. I recommend a clean fresh re-installation of Mint.
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Re: Mint not booting properly, sudo update does nothing
If USB is gone? Might get a unsolvable problem (at least, until the meaning of this gone USB is not cleared up).
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Re: Mint not booting properly, sudo update does nothing
i mean. i definitely learned something new. yes, it was stupid of me to do all of thatCosmo. wrote: ⤴Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:52 pm There are several things, which I do not understand:
#1 How can somebody use the command on the linked page, although the page is flooded with warnings?
#2 Where shall the be the relationship between this attempt to destroy the own system and "USB is gone" exist?
mint usb is just gone. i can get a new one yes, i can also do a clean install, but that would destroy my files
Re: Mint not booting properly, sudo update does nothing
Mh, if I understand now right, you say, that the usb stick is vanished, lost, but the USB-connector on the computer is working, Is this so?np_parameter wrote: ⤴Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:15 pm mint usb is just gone. i can get a new one yes, i can also do a clean install, but that would destroy my files
I had at first understood, that you cannot use the usb connector for anything.
So you can boot into the live system. You could use Timeshift from there, but of course only in the case, that there is at least one snapshot. If there is none this is like a parachutist, who jumps without reserve parachute. No professional would do this, only suicide. One of the advantages of Mint is the case, that the reserve parachute is already build in. After a new install you get reminders about Timeshift from 2 other applications. Use it.
Back up all your data and do a fresh install.
Re: Mint not booting properly, sudo update does nothing
In case it's not clear, you can use the live system to copy out your data files before reinstalling.
In addition to everything else on your new to-do list, add setting up a data file backup system. Timeshift for the system, something else for everything else. Options include Back In Time and Grsync (both available in Software Manager). There are others.
Never mind operator error. Hard drives fail, you know.
In addition to everything else on your new to-do list, add setting up a data file backup system. Timeshift for the system, something else for everything else. Options include Back In Time and Grsync (both available in Software Manager). There are others.
Never mind operator error. Hard drives fail, you know.