I've been "playing": with this since 20.0 (Cinnamon) came out, and now here we are at 20.2 and it still not working. Time to get some expert help!
The short version is that I have 19.3 on my PC (have had it since it was released) and there are no issues. When I install 20.x, however, things get odd.
I begin to get odd read/write errors from both HDD in the PC. They seem random in nature, and stand-alone disk diagnostics find no problem with the drives or controllers. I want to restate that the exact same hardware works perfectly with 19.3 and this only happens when I install 20.x on the PC.
Here is the output from the System Report tool:
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System: Host: MAE-0001 Kernel: 5.4.0-80-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia
base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A78L-M/USB3 v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2101 date: 12/02/2014
CPU: Topology: 8-Core model: AMD FX-8320E bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Bulldozer
L2 cache: 2048 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 51434
Speed: 3596 MHz min/max: 1400/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3801 2: 3755 3: 1406
4: 1405 5: 1406 6: 1405 7: 1406 8: 1405
Graphics: Device-1: AMD RS780L [Radeon 3000] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon v: kernel
bus ID: 01:05.0 chip ID: 1002:9616
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD RS780 (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.0-80-generic LLVM 10.0.0)
v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK M4A785TD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1002:4383
Device-2: AMD RS780 HDMI Audio [Radeon 3000/3100 / HD 3200/3300] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:05.1 chip ID: 1002:960f
Device-3: Texas Instruments PCM2903B Audio CODEC type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 3-1.2:4 chip ID: 08bb:29b3
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-80-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e800 bus ID: 03:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.36 TiB used: 188.26 GiB (13.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HUA722010CLA330 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST3500312CS size: 465.76 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
Partition: ID-1: / size: 915.89 GiB used: 102.16 GiB (11.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
USB: Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Device-1: 1-2:3 info: Samsung type: <vendor specific> driver: usblp rev: 2.0
chip ID: 04e8:3433
Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001
Hub: 3-1:2 info: Standard Microsystems USB 2.0 Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 0424:2512
Device-2: 3-1.1:3 info: Cygnal Integrated Products CP210x UART Bridge
type: <vendor specific> driver: cp210x rev: 2.0 chip ID: 10c4:ea70
Device-3: 3-1.2:4 info: Texas Instruments PCM2903B Audio CODEC type: Audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 08bb:29b3
Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001
Device-4: 4-2:2 info: Logitech Marble Mouse (4-button) type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 1.1 chip ID: 046d:c408
Device-5: 4-3:3 info: Microdia type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0
chip ID: 0c45:5004
Hub: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001
Hub: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001
Hub: 7-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 chip ID: 1d6b:0001
Hub: 8-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 9-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0003
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 42.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2509 case-1: 4821
Voltages: 12v: 12.34 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.21 vbat: N/A
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com tricia main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Info: Processes: 297 Uptime: 18h 15m Memory: 23.23 GiB used: 6.47 GiB (27.8%) Init: systemd
v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Client: Unknown python3.6 client
inxi: 3.0.32
The 20.x installation itself seems to go just fine and there are no errors generated.
Any ideas?
Many thanks!
Charles