Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
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Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
Hi everyone
I am having a terrible time with my Linux Mint 18.2 Xfce. I have an older computer, an Asus X54C. Twice in less than two weeks I ran into booting problems where I got as far as the GRUB menu and Mint refused to boot. I have not uninstalled any of the apps that came with my operating system. I never used Bleachbit or any system cleaning app. I did a full reinstall and tweaked it to my liking. The computer worked fine until this evening. Now I'm back to square one. This is so frustrating.
Is there a way for me to repair my system from my live DVD? I don't want to do another reinstall and reconfiguration. As I write this, I'm booting off the live DVD. Any help would be very much appreciated. It might be helpful to tell you that I didn't partition my hard drive on either installation.
I am having a terrible time with my Linux Mint 18.2 Xfce. I have an older computer, an Asus X54C. Twice in less than two weeks I ran into booting problems where I got as far as the GRUB menu and Mint refused to boot. I have not uninstalled any of the apps that came with my operating system. I never used Bleachbit or any system cleaning app. I did a full reinstall and tweaked it to my liking. The computer worked fine until this evening. Now I'm back to square one. This is so frustrating.
Is there a way for me to repair my system from my live DVD? I don't want to do another reinstall and reconfiguration. As I write this, I'm booting off the live DVD. Any help would be very much appreciated. It might be helpful to tell you that I didn't partition my hard drive on either installation.
Re: Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
A bisnext summary might help diagnose the problem, that will detail current configuration and report any error messages in the logs.
Boot a live session from your dvd and open a terminal, run the following commands:
Last command uploads the summary, see first line of summary and provide the URL link, don't copy paste entire summary to the forum it's too large.
Boot a live session from your dvd and open a terminal, run the following commands:
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cematinla/bisnext
apt update
apt install bisnext inxi --install-recommends
bisnext --pastebin

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Re: Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
@ Aurania1884, .......
Are you dual-booting LM with Win 7.? If so, be aware that Windows Update will often bork the LM system.
If not, the hard-drive may be failing.
.Aurania1884 wrote: Twice in less than two weeks I ran into booting problems where I got as far as the GRUB menu and Mint refused to boot.
Are you dual-booting LM with Win 7.? If so, be aware that Windows Update will often bork the LM system.
If not, the hard-drive may be failing.
Re: Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
Have you considered that your tweaking could be breaking the system?Aurania1884 wrote:
and tweaked it to my liking.
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Re: Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
Hi there, and thank you for responding so quickly.
The only tweaking I did were the safe ones at https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/3.
I put the sudo in the terminal emulator (remember I'm running off my live DVD) and got this: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cematinla/bisnext
You are about to add the following PPA:
Generate summary of computer hardware specifications, computer boot setup, system configuration & settings, disk SMART attributes.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~cematinla/+archi ... tu/bisnext
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel
Executing: /tmp/tmp.XLaVmXwJtn/gpg.1.sh --keyserver
hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
--recv-keys
014D5B11
gpg: requesting key 014D5B11 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 014D5B11: public key "Launchpad PPA for Laurent Jourden" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
So, what is the next step for recovering my OS without having to start all over again?
The only tweaking I did were the safe ones at https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/3.
I put the sudo in the terminal emulator (remember I'm running off my live DVD) and got this: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cematinla/bisnext
You are about to add the following PPA:
Generate summary of computer hardware specifications, computer boot setup, system configuration & settings, disk SMART attributes.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~cematinla/+archi ... tu/bisnext
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel
Executing: /tmp/tmp.XLaVmXwJtn/gpg.1.sh --keyserver
hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
--recv-keys
014D5B11
gpg: requesting key 014D5B11 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 014D5B11: public key "Launchpad PPA for Laurent Jourden" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
So, what is the next step for recovering my OS without having to start all over again?
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Re: Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
Just a little postscript: There is no dual boot with Windows 7. The Linux Mint Xfce had the entire disk (500GB) to itself. Maybe this will be helpful in pinpointing the problem. Again, thank you for being helpful! 

Re: Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
Each line corresponds to a separate command, 4 lines, 4 successive commands to run:
Only post back the URL link indicated first line of summary.
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cematinla/bisnext
apt update
apt install bisnext inxi --install-recommends
bisnext --pastebin

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Re: Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
@ Aurania1884
Fyi, Level 4 and 5 updates can destabilize the Linux system. Did you avoid such updates by selecting the appropriate setting.?
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... le-updates
Fyi, Level 4 and 5 updates can destabilize the Linux system. Did you avoid such updates by selecting the appropriate setting.?
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... le-updates
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Re: Mint 18.2 Xfce Won't Boot
Hi there
I think that's what happened--either those Level 4 and 5 updates. When I reinstall, I will set it at Don't Break My Computer and not bother installing any updates beyond Level 3. I am going to reinstall Mint 18.1 Cinnamon. I will let you know how it goes.
Again, a big Thank you!
I think that's what happened--either those Level 4 and 5 updates. When I reinstall, I will set it at Don't Break My Computer and not bother installing any updates beyond Level 3. I am going to reinstall Mint 18.1 Cinnamon. I will let you know how it goes.

Again, a big Thank you!