Not sure what happened. Despite best intentions, I haven't been using my Mint 17.1 laptop all that much, so haven't had much opportunity for learning the basics.
Recently, I powered it up and I got the "Cinnamon has crashed" message. Using fallback mode isn't terribly useful, I get blank windows and such.
As suggested in another thread, I had a look at the system info with inxi -Fxzc0 but I am challenged once again -- how can I paste the output here? Plugging in a USB thumb drive just opens up another can of worms as it seems it doesn't mount.
Probably the most important parts of the inxi output are:
Machine's an Acer Aspire 7552 v1.12
Quad core AMD Phenom II X920
Graphics: AMD/ATI Madison [Mobility Radeon HD 5650/5750 / 6530M/6550M]
Root partition is 20 GB of which 5.2G is in use.
Thanks for any assistance.....
Cinnamon crashes on startup, can't restart
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Cinnamon crashes on startup, can't restart
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Re: Cinnamon crashes on startup, can't restart
Probably a problem with your AMD/ATI graphics driver. Have you already tried a different one?Recently, I powered it up and I got the "Cinnamon has crashed" message. Using fallback mode isn't terribly useful, I get blank windows and such.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/AMD
Side note: Maybe the MATE desktop is a better choice?
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Re: Cinnamon crashes on startup, can't restart
Actually that is pretty easy to do.asfi235 wrote:
As suggested in another thread, I had a look at the system info with inxi -Fxzc0 but I am challenged once again -- how can I paste the output here?
Maximize the Terminal screen.
At the very last line, which should be where the Command Cursor stops waiting for a new command;
Place the mouse cursor at the entry point, and then move the cursor up and keep it going up until you get to the top, Left Hand side.
That will highlight all of the text that was generated.
Now, Right Click / Copy
Paste that into a Text Editor for temporary storage until you get to where you are ready to Post the results.
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Re: Cinnamon crashes on startup, can't restart
Perhaps this is an opportunity an OS upgrade, and to a desktop environment more fitting for that hardware.asfi235 wrote:I haven't been using my Mint 17.1 laptop all that much, so haven't had much opportunity for learning the basics.
Acer Aspire 7552 v1.12
Quad core AMD Phenom II X920
Thanks for any assistance.....
For something of that era, I would try LM 18.3 Xfce instead of LM 17.1 Cinnamon.
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Re: Cinnamon crashes on startup, can't restart
Indeed. Or 18.3 MATE.I would try LM 18.3 Xfce instead of LM 17.1 Cinnamon.
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Re: Cinnamon crashes on startup, can't restart
Or just pipe the output to a file. Yeah, that's the trivially easy part.AZgl1500 wrote:Actually that is pretty easy to do.asfi235 wrote:
As suggested in another thread, I had a look at the system info with inxi -Fxzc0 but I am challenged once again -- how can I paste the output here?
Maximize the Terminal screen.
At the very last line, which should be where the Command Cursor stops waiting for a new command;
Place the mouse cursor at the entry point, and then move the cursor up and keep it going up until you get to the top, Left Hand side.
That will highlight all of the text that was generated.
Now, Right Click / Copy
Paste that into a Text Editor for temporary storage until you get to where you are ready to Post the results.
The tricky part is getting the file from the non-functioning Linux laptop to a different (functioning) machine that's running a web browser, when USB drives won't mount.
Re: Cinnamon crashes on startup, can't restart
Okay.....biting the bullet and installing 18.3 MATE.
Except that well into the process I get a dialog box with "bootloader installation failed"
None of the available options work. Whether I try to select a different install location, install without a bootloader, or cancel the installation, or even just close the window......nothing happens.
It seems my only option is to shut down and restart (and hope for better luck the second time), but will avoid doing so until I hear back from wiser minds.
ETA: moved this stage of troubleshooting to a new thread: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=262206
Except that well into the process I get a dialog box with "bootloader installation failed"
None of the available options work. Whether I try to select a different install location, install without a bootloader, or cancel the installation, or even just close the window......nothing happens.
It seems my only option is to shut down and restart (and hope for better luck the second time), but will avoid doing so until I hear back from wiser minds.
ETA: moved this stage of troubleshooting to a new thread: viewtopic.php?f=90&t=262206