All of a sudden a lot of the original programs that came with mint
Will not launch. From menu or terminal. Click on program icon in menu
menu closes and nothing happens. Right click on menu item and in
Properties item is greyed out. Seems the programs that will not launch
Are ones that access the network. In terminal when trying to launch
A program when you hit enter it goes back to the prompt with no error
Message not no program launches. I have tried every thing I can find
or think of and nothing helps. Ivan connect to the internet but cannot
launch any program to use it. I am here on a cheap China tablet.
Thank you for any help you can give me. David Nelson
More than half my programs will not launch
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Re: More than half my programs will not launch
All of a sudden? AFter an update maybe? Please post meaningful system info, copy/paste this to the terminal and copy/paste the text output here:
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inxi -Fxz
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
Re: More than half my programs will not launch
What do these commands return in a terminal?
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ping 8.8.8.8
firefox
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Re: More than half my programs will not launch
viewtopic.php?f=90&t=266478
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apt remove virtualbox-guest*
Re: More than half my programs will not launch
This started when I got a popup saying that a plugin tried to start to many times and would
Be removed. I stupidly said OK thinking it should be easy to replace. Bad mistake as it never
told me what it removed. I have spent the last week trying to get back. Looking on google and
forums. It seems like any program that has access to the internet will not launch. I would put
the results of inxi in a code box but I do not know how. I hope the file is attached. Was not sure how t do that from
An android tablet either. Any way HP desktop with mint 18.3 xfce desktop. Thànks David
PS 8.8.8.8pings OK and Firefox returns back to the prompt with no errors but nothing launches.
Be removed. I stupidly said OK thinking it should be easy to replace. Bad mistake as it never
told me what it removed. I have spent the last week trying to get back. Looking on google and
forums. It seems like any program that has access to the internet will not launch. I would put
the results of inxi in a code box but I do not know how. I hope the file is attached. Was not sure how t do that from
An android tablet either. Any way HP desktop with mint 18.3 xfce desktop. Thànks David
PS 8.8.8.8pings OK and Firefox returns back to the prompt with no errors but nothing launches.
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david@david-h8-1500z ~ $ inxi -Fzx
System: Host: david-h8-1500z Kernel: 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: h8-1500z
Mobo: Gigabyte model: 2AC8 v: 1.2
Bios: AMI v: v8.10 date: 12/03/2012
CPU: Hexa core AMD FX-6120 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 41892
clock speeds: max: 3500 MHz 1: 1400 MHz 2: 1400 MHz 3: 1400 MHz 4: 1400 MHz 5: 1400 MHz 6: 1400 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Caicos PRO [Radeon HD 7450] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1440x900@59.89hz
GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6400 Series]
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-116-generic
Network: Card-1: Ralink RT5390R 802.11bgn PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 06:00.0
IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
Controller driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (3.6% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HD105SI size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 270G used: 28G (11%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
ID-2: swap-1 size: 6.39GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda8
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 20.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 50.0 Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 201 Uptime: 11:08 Memory: 370.9/5919.2MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
david@david-h8-1500z ~ $
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Re: More than half my programs will not launch
Try administrollaattori's solution - your symptoms sound similar to what other xfce users reported at the time the broken virtualbox-guest* updates dropped.
E.g. - viewtopic.php?f=57&t=266442, viewtopic.php?f=47&t=266710
E.g. - viewtopic.php?f=57&t=266442, viewtopic.php?f=47&t=266710
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Re: More than half my programs will not launch (solved)
I want to thank everyone for third assistance. I would never have thought of
this as i have never used VB. Thanks again. David
this as i have never used VB. Thanks again. David
Re: More than half my programs will not launch
thanks for the help on this issue, would never have found the answer otherwise...