On Friday, 20 July 2018 14:04:26 BST Philip Webb wrote: > 180719 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > On 2018-07-19 05:29, Philip Webb wrote: > >> The Mint version seems to find a file in /usr/share/iscan-data , > >> which the others don't find, but that file is present in my Gentoo > >> system. > > > > I have not looked at the strace log, but this smacks of permissions > > and possibly Selinux, if you've let that beast loose. > > I checked the permissions for iscan-data & they seem ok. > No, I've never tried to use Selinux. > > However, I've just escaped fr another beast, ie Linux Mint 19 : > DON'T try to install it alongside Gentoo !! > > This beast leads you along to a point where you've told it where to install > -- a partition on my HDD (sdb5) -- , > you click 'proceed' & it chugs along nicely for some time, > then it says it's trying to install a bootloader > without asking whether you want it to or where to do it. > Next, it says it's failed to install Grub -- which I've never used -- , > offers several ugly-looking options & freezes. > > All you can do is a hard power-off & when you restart, > instead of the regular Lilo box of options, there's only a Grub prompt. > Disaster looks you in the face !
Many an installation were hosed lately because of a GRUB problem in Mint and potentially *buntu. Testing before releasing was not as thorough as it should have been: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3620 -- Regards, Mick
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