[SOLVED]After 1 week from installation linux mint cinnamon wont boot [SOLVED]

[soiRia]

Hi, this is my first time installing and using linux mint. I have an old laptop that i cannot afford to change, so i change to linux as a last resort. I was just starting to get used to using it o er the week, when it booted to a black screen with _ flashing. Beforehand it reported some hardware error?I tried using live usb to run boot repair as was recommended on some sites. I can open linux mint from usb, but otherwise i would like to avoid reinstalling the program as i already imported bookmarks and deleted their files elsewhere.

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 [0.147530] mce: [hardware error]: cpu 0: machine check : 0 bank 4 : a600000000020408
 [0.147543]mce: [hardware error]: TSC 0 ADDR fef61f40
 [0.147552] mce: [hardware error]: PROCESSOR 0:506c9 TIME 1656597354 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 48
 [8.489622] EDAC pnd2: Failed to register device with error -22.
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This was flashed twice when booting in between black screen and blackscreen with_. And the second time it doesnt have the last line about registering.
Linux mint logo gets shown when sistem gets shut down, but when booting it shows asus logo.
Bios version 315
Intel(R) celeron(R) N 3350 @1.10GHz
Intel(R) HD graphics
Total memory: 2048mb
Boot priority: ubuntu (eMMC PO SanDisk DF4032)
I hope that i chose the correct forum and gave enought information so you could help me.

[spamegg]

Hello soiRia welcome to the Forum.

I can open linux mint from usb

Please do that, and from there, share your system info by entering the command inxi -Fxxxmprz into a Terminal and posting its output here.

[soiRia]

It shows this.I have run cinnamon in compatibility mode.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.0 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: E203NAS v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: E203NAS v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: E203NAS.315 date: 04/16/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 22.9 Wh condition: 25.5/38.0 Wh (67%) volts: 7.6/7.6 
  model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: <filter> 
  status: Discharging cycles: 202 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 1.81 GiB used: 1017.1 MiB (54.9%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N3350 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Goldmont rev: 9 L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 4377 
  Speed: 1017 MHz min/max: 800/2400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 858 2: 882 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 500 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5a85 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: fbdev 
  unloaded: modesetting,vesa resolution: 1366x768~76Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 128 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 
  compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Audio Cluster vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:0e.0 
  chip ID: 8086:5a98 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-91-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: AzureWave driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 168c:0042 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 14.91 GiB used: 112.1 MiB (0.7%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Force 
  size: 14.91 GiB serial: <filter> rev: 1.27 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 925.5 MiB used: 69.5 MiB (7.5%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 
  ID-2: /cdrom raw size: 2.10 GiB size: <superuser/root required> 
  used: <superuser/root required> fs: iso9660 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-3: /rofs raw size: 1.98 GiB size: <superuser/root required> 
  used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop0 
  ID-4: /var/log size: 12.55 GiB used: 42.6 MiB (0.3%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  1: deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 20.3 _Una_ - Release amd64 20220104]/ focal contrib main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
  Processes: 183 Uptime: 6m Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
  gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal 
  inxi: 3.0.38 

[sleeper12]

I don't know enough to help, but it seems you are missing a driver:

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 500 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A

Someone else will know if that's related to the problem or not.

[mikeflan]

Partition:
ID-1: / size: 925.5 MiB used: 69.5 MiB (7.5%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
ID-2: /cdrom raw size: 2.10 GiB size: <superuser/root required>
used: <superuser/root required> fs: iso9660 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: /rofs raw size: 1.98 GiB size: <superuser/root required>
used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop0
ID-4: /var/log size: 12.55 GiB used: 42.6 MiB (0.3%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda3

I could be wrong, but I think your main OS hard drive is not showing up in your live boot.
I think it should. Please start Disks and see if you can find your main OS hard drive and mount it.
If not, then shutdown and check cable connections.

[soiRia]

I could be wrong, but I think your main OS hard drive is not showing up in your live boot.
I think it should. Please start Disks and see if you can find your main OS hard drive and mount it.
If not, then shutdown and check cable connections.

I have started disk program and the main disk is not shown. It is named as a SD Card Reader DF4032 (I dont have sd card in). I have made screenshoot of the Disk and Files windows. I guess something went wrong as the laptop is around 4 years old. I am not sure what you meant by mounting the drive. If checking cable connections is like physicaly? I cannot do that.
I just remembered but before this problem started the system did some warning about starting to run out of space. I have not done any updates or adding apps, i have even deleted some apps. but it seems that somehow the usable space shrank?




I have also remade inxi fxxmprz command if there is any difference because if its run in different usb boot mode

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Memory:
  RAM: total: 1.81 GiB used: 1.00 GiB (55.5%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Celeron N3350 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Goldmont rev: 9 L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 4377 
  Speed: 1312 MHz min/max: 800/2400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 941 2: 899 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 500 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5a85 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 500 (APL 2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Audio Cluster vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:0e.0 
  chip ID: 8086:5a98 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-91-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: AzureWave driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 168c:0042 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 44.03 GiB used: 112.6 MiB (0.2%) 
  ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: DF4032 size: 29.12 GiB serial: <filter> rev: 0x8 
  scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Force 
  size: 14.91 GiB serial: <filter> rev: 1.27 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 925.5 MiB used: 68.9 MiB (7.4%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 
  ID-2: /cdrom raw size: 2.10 GiB size: <superuser/root required> 
  used: <superuser/root required> fs: iso9660 dev: /dev/sda1 
  ID-3: /rofs raw size: 1.98 GiB size: <superuser/root required> 
  used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop0 
  ID-4: /var/log size: 12.55 GiB used: 43.7 MiB (0.3%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda3 

[AndyMH]

I just remembered but before this problem started the system did some warning about starting to run out of space.

Your / partition on the SD card is only 31GB, this is not big enough to use mint sensibly, a full / partition = no boot.

Boot your install stick run disks again and click on partition 2 (mmcblk0p2).

Click on the "start button" to mount it, showing as a square box in the screenshot. It will tell you where it is mounted, click on the link, it should open up the file manager.

You need to delete some files, if you have used timeshift, delete /timeshift or its contents.

The long term solution is install mint to an SSD/HDD, or get a larger SD card. No system drive is showing, do you have one, because it is not showing in disks? If you have one, either it's broke or maybe the sata mode is set RAID.

You can upload screenshots to the forum, no need for a remote site (unless the image file is > 200kB), see the attachments tab below the reply window.

[soiRia]

Your / partition on the SD card is only 31GB, this is not big enough to use mint sensibly, a full / partition = no boot

The long term solution is install mint to an SSD/HDD, or get a larger SD card. No system drive is showing, do you have one, because it is not showing in disks? If you have one, either it's broke or maybe the sata mode is set RAID.

I will try your advice later. To answer your question. In time that i took the screenshot, i have had no sd card inserted. I suspect that that's the system drive. But it is incorrectly labelled? I don't know. When i started using mint previous week everything worked well. Is it possible that the system drive got corrupted?

If i need to reinstall mint is there any way to get browser bookmarks copied over as i have some school research sites imported, that i have no copies elsewhere?

[AndyMH]

I suspect that that's the system drive. But it is incorrectly labelled? I don't know. When i started using mint previous week everything worked well. Is it possible that the system drive got corrupted?

Yes your system drive is the SD card, that is where mint is installed, no, it's not incorrectly labelled, and no it is unlikely that it is corrupted, it is full and that is the most likely cause of the problem.

You haven't said what your computer is and it is not shown with inxi fxxmprz, the normal inxi output we ask for is inxi -Fxxxrz. This identifies the computer, e.g.

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andy@T432 ~ $ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-121-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2347A49 v: ThinkPad T430 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 2347A49 v: No DPK serial: <filter> 
  UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO v: G1ET99WW (2.59 ) date: 11/13/2013 

This would identify the scope for fitting additional drives.

[pbear]

I'll add two suggestions.

1. Open Disks as you did before, only this time click on Partition 2. Disks will tell you how much space is being used.

2. Yes, you can export bookmarks from the browser. If using Firefox, go to Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks. This will open a dialog box called Library; select Import & Backup > Backup. This will produce something called a json file, which can be imported into any installation of Firefox (and most other browsers). Save the file on a USB flash drive. Alternatively, save the file to the live session, then email it to yourself before shutting down.

[mikeflan]

This is good advice given above. We'll get you back running again in no time. No need to check drive cables or anything else. There is no hardware corruption.

[MiZoG]

So your Vivo laptop comes with a 32GB eMMC flash card as main storage... ouch. Running Mint will be a pain. Linux Mint requires 20GB as minimum. Recommends 100 for ease of use. I have 26GB only in my root partition. You copy / move around a couple of large files n y provoke a storage bottleneck in no time. No surprise you were locked out of your system after a week. 2GB of memory is also kinda too low these days but that won't be any problem with normal use even on Cinnamon. XFCE would be more appropriate though if you insist on having Mint. But I have to be honest you got to look for a distro tailored to your machine specs. "Puppy" "Damn Small" etc were such distros back in the day. Others may come up with better suggestions.

[AndyMH]

So your Vivo laptop comes with a 32GB eMMC flash card as main storage... ouch.

Missed that, that will teach me to read posts from the top!

Alternative distro, yes but... there is a trade. Having had to play with a lightweight distribution today, antiX, I didn't find it very user friendly, particularly for a new linux user. Suspect the same is probably true for other lightweight distros.

soiRia you will have a much happier experience if you install mint to an external usb drive, either SSD or HDD. That will give you a lot more room to play with. You could even keep win on the eMMC.

[soiRia]

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 inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.0 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: E203NAS v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: E203NAS v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: E203NAS.315 date: 04/16/2019 

The other partition is the one where linux is installed.

I have found that it has made timeshift, which may have caused this whole situation. I am not sure how to delete that as the disk is locked? only in read mode? I have no idea how to do that? Should i use a recovery mode or something? The same with bookmarks as if booted from usb, i cannot see previous browser bookmarks in this mode.

Maybe I will really switch to xfce, as one of you recomended. Honestly I thought that mint was the lightest

[AndyMH]

Boot your mint install stick, open the file manager, you should see your / partition on the eMMC drive in the devices pane on the left - it will be something like xxGB volume. Click on it and either delete the /timeshift folder or delete its contents.

That will fix your immediate problem, the long term problem is that the drive is not big enough to run mint as your main OS, you will need to keep an eye on free space and be careful about what you install and what you save, e.g. GB size movies.

Timeshift - you should use it but... if you have an external usb drive or even a large capacity usb stick, put an ext4 partition on it (use gparted, install from software manager) and set that as your timeshift destination.

Cinnamon (LM19.3) uses 9GB of space with nothing extra installed, looked but could not find an equivalent number for xfce.

[Reddog1]

You can do this (install Mint in 30GB), but you must modify your behavior. You won't be able to install very much software over the base Cinnamon install, which is pretty complete as it is. You won't be able to install much in the way of flatpaks. You will not be able to use Timeshift in the default configuration. You will need to store your large files (Timeshift, music, videos, etc.) on an external disk. You will have to keep your installed (but unused) kernels cleaned out. I know it is possible, because that is basically what I do running Mint as a virtual machine.

A complete install (Xfce) for me, with the programs that I consider to be a 'must have', is roughly 16GB. If you pay careful attention, and you have external storage, you shouldn't have problems.

[soiRia]

I finaly figured out how to delete files in timeshift (tried to use terminal but had not enought knowledge). I accidentaly discovered that i can use right clik- open as root, which enabled me to use delete. I could finally boot normaly and did do some copy of important files. While booting it still shows some errors, but they may be due to small free space. I will try to turn off timeshift and try to free up some more space by removing apps that are not needed. If there will be some problems in the future I will install lighter os. Or try to get my hand on slightly better laptop.
Thanks for all the help you have offered and all the instructions.
THANK YOU ALL!

[AndyMH]

and try to free up some more space by removing apps that are not needed.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) linux apps do not consume large amounts of disk space like win applications. You will find this a lot of work for little return. One area where you will see a benefit, if you have installed any flatpaks they use a lot of space, but you need to remove them all to get the space benefit. I don't use them, but my understanding is the first one you install pulls in a lot of additional stuff, subsequent ones only add what is necessary for that specific application. There are others on the forum better placed to offer advice in this area.

I accidentaly discovered that i can use right clik- open as root

Should have told you that

To help monitor space, in a terminal, df tells you what is mounted and how much space:

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andy@T432 ~ $ df
df: /run/user/1000/doc: Operation not permitted
Filesystem                  1K-blocks       Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev                          7985920          0   7985920   0% /dev
tmpfs                         1606704       3420   1603284   1% /run
/dev/sdc1                    41154016   19905316  19135220  51% /
tmpfs                         8033512      53684   7979828   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                            5120          4      5116   1% /run/lock
tmpfs                         8033512          0   8033512   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda4                    20479996      66660  20413336   1% /testntfs
/dev/sdc2                   433407888  249070548 162251744  61% /home
/dev/sdb2                  1900545188 1249264640 554668800  70% /media/ultrabay
//diskstation.local/home/  1917971544 1228494712 689476832  65% /media/synology
//diskstation.local/music/ 1917971544 1228494712 689476832  65% /media/music
tmpfs                         1606700         48   1606652   1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sdd1                    15139360       1088  15138272   1% /media/andy/TOSHIBA

You can see that my / partition, sdc1 is 51% used. GUI apps - disk usage analyzer will tell you what folders are using the most space, downside - it takes a long time to read the system to get the info. gparted (the standard linux partition editor - install from software manager), shows usage. This is my system drive:

[mikaelrask]

Hey apart from the sd card witch have been said above i would also suggest add more ram RAM: total: 1.81 GiB used: 1017.1 MiB (54.9%). cinnamon needs about 4 ram for easy of use. could be something to add otherwise there is linux mint xfce that using less ram/cpu then cinnamon.

[pbear]

Good point. Alternatively, disabling Windows Effects (System Settings > Effects) will reduce Cinnamon's RAM use significantly. You'll be hard pressed to notice a difference in terms of how the system looks and everything of substance works fine without Effects.