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Hello everyone! I found a few similar issues searching the forums but following the instructions were confusing, and in some cases made things worse. I ended up having to do a fresh install and resign to posting my own thread. As the title implies, on boot Cinnamon crashes and I am stuck in Fallback Mode. I assume this is a video card issue because in Display Settings I am also stuck in Laptop Mode and my resolution is 1024x768. I can't change it to anything else or exit laptop mode. I had to use nomodeset to boot my live usb for the install and once the install was successful I installed the Nvidia drivers in the Driver Manager. I tried upgrading the drivers to 390 and that didn't help (384 is the one the Driver Manager reccomends). I purged and went back to 384. I am using the GTX 970 if that helps. glxinfo gives a very weird output: alex@alex-desktop ~ $ glxinfo
name of display: :0
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Help would be very much appreciated. I really don't want to switch to a different distro. Mint with Cinnamon has been my favorite for a long time now.
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1. Install the latest kernel from the 4.4 series (4.4.0-116) by means of the kernel tool in Update Manager:
Update Manager - panel: View - Linux kernels
2. Boot from it (it's under the header Advanced in the Grub bootloader menu) and then remove all installed kernels from higher series (probably 4.10.x and 4.13.x).
I'm going to try this as soon as I get home from work. Isn't this booting into an incredibly old kernel? Doesn't that come with some serious security and compatibility issues? Either way I will try this. 4.4.0-116 is the last from that series.
wwindexx wrote: ⤴Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:27 am
I'm going to try this as soon as I get home from work. Isn't this booting into an incredibly old kernel? Doesn't that come with some serious security and compatibility issues? Either way I will try this. 4.4.0-116 is the last from that series.
The 4.4 kernel series is alive and kicking: it'll be supported with security updates until May, 2021.
1. Install the latest kernel from the 4.4 series (4.4.0-116) by means of the kernel tool in Update Manager:
Update Manager - panel: View - Linux kernels
2. Boot from it (it's under the header Advanced in the Grub bootloader menu) and then remove all installed kernels from higher series (probably 4.10.x and 4.13.x).
Unfortunately that did not work either. Cinnamon still crashed upon loading 4.4 series. Should I try installing another DE and see if I can get full 1920x1080 resolution with that? Any other ideas on how to get cinnamon working?
I am at the point now where I am going to download Mint XFCE or MATE to see if that makes a difference. If I can get out of "laptop mode" and a proper 1920 x 1080 resolution that will be a huge improvement.
3. Roll it back to the latest kernel of the 4.4 series;
4. Finally, launch Driver Manager and install the closed non-free Nvidia driver it recommends to you (which is a matter of a few mouseclicks, provided that you have internet connection).