Libre Office comes pre-installed on Mint. Software manger says not installed.

Hi, I'm running Mint 17 KDE and want to use Libre Office Base to create some entity relationship diagrams. Mint came with Libre Office pre installed, however there is not Base. I saw a suggestion to use the software manager to do the install. I opened it and searched for Libre Office

Linux Mint Backdoor

FYI ... http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2994 -- Thanks, --:: Alexander J. Snyder ::-- --:: ThisGuyShouldWorkFor.Us ::-- --:: "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. --Steve Wozniak" ::-- -- ---

Linux Mint website hacked, ISO downloads replaced with backdoored operating system | PCWorld

this tells you how desperate some people or governments are to get hold of your data. the watchword for today is security. -eric http://www.pcworld.com/article/3035682/security/hackers-planted-a-backdoor-inside-a-compromised-version-of-linux-mint.html#tk.rss_all

Re: Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

That could be, I've suspected the same, I just find no suitable way to debug one from another to find which. Even systracing chrome yielded no real results, it seems its just coming apart internally. I'll start disabling extensions and playing with it to see. My worst issue seems to be

Re: Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

Well chrome/chromium both use lots of ram and file handlers intentionally. Pre caching page loads and a few other things. Extra threads so that (in theory) one page bites it the other process should still be just fine. On Jun 1, 2015 11:14 PM, Michael Butash mich...@butash.net wrote: I'm pretty

Re: Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

As I say this, chromium starts pooping the bed again with constant aww snap! messages. I'd love to snap a google software engineer's neck (and I use the term loosely) for this error. I have yet to ever find a useful way of finding out what is causing them, their help is akin to windows

Re: Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

now that you mention the '... snap...' error message when I was running Chromium that did happen frequently. It still happens with Chrom but that is infrequently. On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Michael Butash mich...@butash.net wrote: As I say this, chromium starts pooping the bed again with

Re: Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

. I wish I could use only one... -mb On 06/01/2015 04:31 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: On my Linux Mint 17 system, the chromium browser was installed by default and it has seemed to work well for most things ... but I've been getting messages from Google that read: This version of Chrome

Re: Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

represent to open them on only one. I wish I could use only one... -mb On 06/01/2015 04:31 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: On my Linux Mint 17 system, the chromium browser was installed by default and it has seemed to work well for most things ... but I've been getting messages from Google

Re: Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

Or, can one install Chrome and have both Chrome and Chromium browsers on the same system? Or is it wise to uninstall Chromium before installing Chrome? - On my Linux Mint 17 system, the chromium browser was installed by default and it has seemed to work well for most things

Re: Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

Installing Chrome silently adds Google's repos to your system and doesn't really offer any advantages over Chromium. On Jun 1, 2015 4:31 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: On my Linux Mint 17 system, the chromium browser was installed by default and it has seemed to work well for most things

Re: Chromium -vs- chrome on Linux Mint?

...@actionline.com wrote: On my Linux Mint 17 system, the chromium browser was installed by default and it has seemed to work well for most things ... but I've been getting messages from Google that read: This version of Chrome is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a supported browser

How to fix for flash crashing on Mint 17?

Is there any way to fix the continuing problem of flash crashing on Mint 17 Firefox? It was working okay for a while, but with the latest Mint updates, it no longer works. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org

Re: Mint boot problems

the nouveau modules. Note that YMMV on this. On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Michael Butash mich...@butash.net wrote: I really wanted mint, especiall debian edition to work out as I almost loathe ubuntu these days, but sadly it's still more wrecked than ubuntu for real usage, at least until

Re: Mint boot problems

. Note that YMMV on this. On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Michael Butash mich...@butash.net wrote: I really wanted mint, especiall debian edition to work out as I almost loathe ubuntu these days, but sadly it's still more wrecked than ubuntu for real usage, at least until you replace unity

Re: Mint boot problems

Zooming to usb stuff for brevity, tldr version - I think your mouse and keyboard are on the usb3 bus, try moving them to 2.0-based ports? -mb On 12/28/2014 08:57 PM, koder wrote: Here is the current boot, obviously

Re: Mint boot problems

OK, I have moved the USB plugs amongst four of the five USB jacks. On the last set, on top of the box boot failed on the first power up. When I did get it up dmesg, as it has in all of the other cases says the port is using xhic on the low speed devices of my keyboard and trackball mouse.

Re: Mint boot problems

On 2014-12-28 20:57, koder wrote: [problems with Mint not always recognizing that there's a USB keyboard and mouse plugged in] Here is the current boot, obviously successful: [much snippage] There's nothing in those logs that makes success/failure obvious to me though. I took both dmesg

Re: Mint boot problems

...@butash.net wrote: Might be an issue with lightdm, or whatever they use on ubuntu mint these days. Maybe try a different login manager like gdm (if usable still?) or kdm? I'd say ssh in and see what syslog or x logs show. I have/had a weird issue like this using lmde with mate, where recently

Re: Mint boot problems

with Mint not always recognizing that there's a USB keyboard and mouse plugged in] Here is the current boot, obviously successful: [much snippage] There's nothing in those logs that makes success/failure obvious to me though. I took both dmesg logs and did a grep -2 -i usb on them. The USB

Re: Mint boot problems

Not sure if mint is exactly the same, but using apt-get install kubuntu-desktop or kde-base metapackages might be path of least resistance. I really wanted mint, especiall debian edition to work out as I almost loathe ubuntu these days, but sadly it's still more wrecked than ubuntu for real

Re: Mint boot problems

mich...@butash.net wrote: Not sure if mint is exactly the same, but using apt-get install kubuntu-desktop or kde-base metapackages might be path of least resistance. I really wanted mint, especiall debian edition to work out as I almost loathe ubuntu these days, but sadly it's still more

Mint boot problems

I would appreciate some guidance troubleshooting a problem on my computer. I am running Mint 17.1 on a relatively new Dell XPS i7 box. Since I installed Mint I have been having instances of arriving at the login screen and the USB keyboard and mouse are not recognized. I am not able to use

Re: Mint boot problems

post them On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 7:26 PM, koder iscream...@gmail.com wrote: I would appreciate some guidance troubleshooting a problem on my computer. I am running Mint 17.1 on a relatively new Dell XPS i7 box. Since I installed Mint I have been having instances of arriving at the login

Re: Mint boot problems

Here is the current boot, obviously successful: [0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset [0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct [0.00] Linux version 3.13.0-24-generic (buildd@batsu) (gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu

Re: Mint boot problems

Here is the prior unsuccessful boot [0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset [0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu [0.00] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct [0.00] Linux version 3.13.0-24-generic (buildd@batsu) (gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) )

Re: mint install need internet during install?

Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I just heard that during the installation process of ubuntu the uefi key is downloaded off of the internet.Does the same thing happen during an installation of Mint? Is there anyway to get around that if this is so? :-)~MIKE

mint install need internet during install?

I just heard that during the installation process of ubuntu the uefi key is downloaded off of the internet.Does the same thing happen during an installation of Mint? Is there anyway to get around that if this is so? :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss

Re: mint install need internet during install?

heard that during the installation process of ubuntu the uefi key is downloaded off of the internet.Does the same thing happen during an installation of Mint? Is there anyway to get around that if this is so? :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing

Re: mint install need internet during install?

on the subject and how to do this should you need to. On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I just heard that during the installation process of ubuntu the uefi key is downloaded off of the internet.Does the same thing happen during an installation of Mint

Re: Which Linux Mint 17.1 to install?

choice so the laptop will boot from the DVD. Follow the instructions. It will automatically wipe your drive. I installed Mint 17 KDE without an issue. As far as I know all Dells will run Linux. HP on the other hand is much less Linux friendly from what I have experienced. Keith On 2014-12-22

Re: Which Linux Mint 17.1 to install?

Mint supports secure boot, so you don't even need to go to legacy boot mode (which really only matters if you want a single partition larger than 2TB). On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Keith Smith techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: I bought the same laptop Joe just bought. First I think you

Re: Which Linux Mint 17.1 to install?

Interesting!! Thanks!! On 2014-12-22 11:20, Todd Millecam wrote: Mint supports secure boot, so you don't even need to go to legacy boot mode (which really only matters if you want a single partition larger than 2TB). On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Keith Smith techli...@phpcoderusa.com

Re: Which Linux Mint 17.1 to install?

HP no longer supports Linux? That stinks. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Keith Smith techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Interesting!! Thanks!! On 2014-12-22 11:20, Todd Millecam wrote: Mint supports secure boot, so you don't even need to go to legacy boot mode (which

Re: Which Linux Mint 17.1 to install?

? That stinks. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Keith Smith techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Interesting!!  Thanks!! On 2014-12-22 11:20, Todd Millecam wrote: Mint supports secure boot, so you don't even need to go to legacy boot mode (which really only matters if you want a single partition

Re: Which Linux Mint 17.1 to install?

: Interesting!! Thanks!! On 2014-12-22 11:20, Todd Millecam wrote: Mint supports secure boot, so you don't even need to go to legacy boot mode (which really only matters if you want a single partition larger than 2TB). On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Keith Smith techli...@phpcoderusa.com

Which Linux Mint 17.1 to install?

I just bot a Dell Laptop and want to install Linux Mint. I guess Mint 17.1 is the latest stable, correct? Should I install 32-bit or 64-bit? What are the pros and cons? Also, since it has win-8.1 out of the box (ugh!) what will be the safest, surest, quickest way to wipe the HD clean

Re: Which Linux Mint 17.1 to install?

AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: I just bot a Dell Laptop and want to install Linux Mint. I guess Mint 17.1 is the latest stable, correct? Should I install 32-bit or 64-bit? What are the pros and cons? Also, since it has win-8.1 out of the box (ugh!) what will be the safest, surest, quickest

Re: Can't get HDMI output working properly in Linux Mint

Fred, I am running Mint 17 XFCE, and have recent experiences with my PC, and a HDTV. Also, I've used a relatives ancient Dell, also running Mint 17, to play well w/ a HDTV. W/ my PC, I used an HDMI cable, w/ my relatives a VGA cable. Both PCs worked well, but I did have to use the TV

Re: Can't get HDMI output working properly in Linux Mint

can just start a movie and drag the movie's window onto the empty desktop and then make it full screen. This is my preferred method for watching movies via laptop while on the road. Brian Cluff On 08/17/2014 07:23 PM, Fred Fifield wrote: Hi Everyone! I have Mint 17 loaded on my HP

Re: Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed

install recommended packages. Mint must have turned that off. The downside is obvious, you get broken or partially functional software, the upside is that when you install stuff it can be smaller because it doesn't drag in a whole bunch of other stuff automatically. I believe that Ubuntu's

Re: Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed

-additions-iso to get a complete install of virtualbox. I know that Ubunutu has turned on APT's system to automatically install recommended packages. Mint must have turned that off. The downside is obvious, you get broken or partially functional software, the upside is that when you install stuff

Can't get HDMI output working properly in Linux Mint

Hi Everyone! I have Mint 17 loaded on my HP Pavillion dv7 (1273d) and this is the first time I've taken it out on the road. I'm in a hotel and want to watch a dvd movie that will play on my laptop on the nice HDTV in my hotel. I hooked the HDMI cable from my computer to the TV and switched the TV

Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed

Hi, I installed Mint 17 KDE on my desktop today and man very happy so far. Trying to get virtual box running. I read that i should run the command sudo apt-get install virtualbox so I did. This is the output: eading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state

Re: Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed - got it installed

Followed this YouTube video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4vCxtWRdk On 2014-08-16 22:43, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Hi, I installed Mint 17 KDE on my desktop today and man very happy so far. Trying to get virtual box running. I read that i should run the command sudo apt

Re: Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed - got it installed

Try getting kernel headers and then try installing again. On Aug 16, 2014 9:35 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Followed this YouTube video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4vCxtWRdk On 2014-08-16 22:43, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Hi, I installed Mint 17 KDE on my desktop

Mint

I keep hearing about Mint and some place I heard Mint and Debian in away that made me think maybe Mint is a Debian derivative. Then I visited the website and it looks like Mint is actually Debian. Could that be true? I have not used Debian for years

Re: Mint

mint is a ubuntu derivative which is a debian derivative. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:17 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: I keep hearing about Mint and some place I heard Mint and Debian in away that made me think maybe Mint is a Debian derivative. Then I visited

Re: Mint

I could be wrong, but I think mint started as an Ubuntu derivative and moved to Debian as its upstream a year or two ago On Jul 28, 2014 6:00 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: mint is a ubuntu derivative which is a debian derivative. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:17 PM

Re: Mint

Mint is a project with a number of products, including one based directly on Debian sid, called 'Mint Debian Edition'. On Jul 28, 2014 6:00 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: mint is a ubuntu derivative which is a debian derivative. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:17 PM

Re: Mint

that's right! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Patrick Callahan patrick.px...@gmail.com wrote: Mint is a project with a number of products, including one based directly on Debian sid, called 'Mint Debian Edition'. On Jul 28, 2014 6:00 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

!!! :) ET kitepi...@kitepilot.com writes: I hate Unity too... And/or the M$-like bloated KDE. Because my long hated (and mostly reliable) Linux Mint went out of support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu. But I could not burn the DVD, so I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

On 06/21/2014 12:39 PM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: Maybe I learn something after all... I did learn to hate KDE years ago when there were so many things running under the hood that it killed all performance. Unity I just can't digest it... I'll install a KDE virtual and give it a try, I may

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

It is amazing - the transformation of computers since my first exposure in 1983. My first experience was intro to computers - Fortran programming using punch cards. It was 1985 before I saw a full screen editor. In 1986 I bought a Commodore 64 that had 64kb of RAM. It was plenty powerful

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

The most common thing I see done to save money with Linux is build a router or firewall with an old computer. The problem I have with that is the computer's power costs will exceed the cost of a band new router within just a month or two. Even if you specifically want to run a full copy of

Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

I hate Unity too... And/or the M$-like bloated KDE. Because my long hated (and mostly reliable) Linux Mint went out of support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu. But I could not burn the DVD, so I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred the system to my real box, fixed up

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

Sounds like you should hate DVD drives instead. On Jun 21, 2014 11:10 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: I hate Unity too... And/or the M$-like bloated KDE. Because my long hated (and mostly reliable) Linux Mint went out of support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu. But I

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: I hate Unity too... And/or the M$-like bloated KDE. Because my long hated (and mostly reliable) Linux Mint went out of support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu. But I could not burn the DVD, so I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred the system

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

. Because my long hated (and mostly reliable) Linux Mint went out of support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu. But I could not burn the DVD, so I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred the system to my real box, fixed up the MBR and booted my shinny new Xubuntu. No sound

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

. Because my long hated (and mostly reliable) Linux Mint went out of support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu. But I could not burn the DVD, so I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred the system to my real box, fixed up the MBR and booted my shinny new Xubuntu. No sound

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

kitepi...@kitepilot.com writes: I hate Unity too... And/or the M$-like bloated KDE. Because my long hated (and mostly reliable) Linux Mint went out of support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu. SNIP After fiddling with it for a day I decided: screw it, I'll go Debian

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

Mint went out of support, I decided to go with what I hate the least: Xubuntu. But I could not burn the DVD, so I installed it on VirtualBox, transferred the system to my real box, fixed up the MBR and booted my shinny new Xubuntu. No sound... Darn... After fiddling with it for a day I decided

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

On 06/21/2014 11:05 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: And/or the M$-like bloated KDE. Since your ranting, I will too... I really hate seeing people continue to spread that KDE is bloated. It might have been true in the KDE 3.5 days, but these days it's quite small. As far as ram usage it

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

HA! Maybe I learn something after all... I did learn to hate KDE years ago when there were so many things running under the hood that it killed all performance. Unity I just can't digest it... I'll install a KDE virtual and give it a try, I may change my mind! Rant away! 8-) ET Brian

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

+1 Brian regarding the more efficient distros Been there done that and spent months hunting for things and tweaking, and finally just gave up and went back to Ubuntu. I recently changed from Unity to KDE. While I didn't really hate Unity, I have come to appreciate the additional options and level

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

Brian last wrote (in very small part ;) Re: KDE ... these days it's quite small. Brian, your comments (and advice and guidance) are always especially helpful and very, very much appreciated. I, too, much prefer KDE and Mint to the many other distros that I have tried. Sometimes, I get very

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

appreciated. I, too, much prefer KDE and Mint to the many other distros that I have tried. Sometimes, I get very frustrated with changes that they make that often seem to me to create a frustrating nuisance and make things worse than the way things were before the change. I do *despise* everything

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

, j...@actionline.com wrote: Brian last wrote (in very small part ;) Re: KDE ... these days it's quite small. Brian, your comments (and advice and guidance) are always especially helpful and very, very much appreciated. I, too, much prefer KDE and Mint to the many other distros that I have

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

and guidance) are always especially helpful and very, very much appreciated. I, too, much prefer KDE and Mint to the many other distros that I have tried. Sometimes, I get very frustrated with changes that they make that often seem to me to create a frustrating nuisance and make things worse than

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

it's quite small. Brian, your comments (and advice and guidance) are always especially helpful and very, very much appreciated. I, too, much prefer KDE and Mint to the many other distros that I have tried.  Sometimes, I get very frustrated with changes that they make that often seem to me to create

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

. Brian, your comments (and advice and guidance) are always especially helpful and very, very much appreciated. I, too, much prefer KDE and Mint to the many other distros that I have tried. Sometimes, I get very frustrated with changes that they make that often seem to me to create a frustrating

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

combine them I would. On 2014-06-21 16:02, j...@actionline.com wrote: Brian last wrote (in very small part ;) Re: KDE ... these days it's quite small. Brian, your comments (and advice and guidance) are always especially helpful and very, very much appreciated. I, too, much prefer KDE and Mint

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

techli...@phpcoderusa.com writes: What a great rant!! I was on my way to look for a video on HULU I enjoyed this much more. LOL I've enjoyed it as well. Bloat is one of those words that get thrown around without really knowing what it means. (no offense to OP) If I see the word in an

Re: Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

To me bloat would be a bunch of daemons eating resources to the point of exhaustion. I installed KDE (had not done it in years) and seems to hug less resources now. Still testing... ET Dennis Kibbe writes: techli...@phpcoderusa.com writes: What a great rant!! I was on my way to look

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

as my main computer. I think that the Asus with solid state drives should run even cooler than the Lenovo; and I think I'd like to replace the pre-installed ubuntu with Linux Mint. Any comments or suggestions from the PLUG brain trust before I proceed would be much appreciated. Joe --- Lisa

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

; and I think I'd like to replace the pre-installed ubuntu with Linux Mint. Any comments or suggestions from the PLUG brain trust before I proceed would be much appreciated. Joe --- Lisa last wrote (in part) --- Brian's suggestions are right on: (showing you how to boot other

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

. (If the rescue system works fine, then your Mint install is borked, but that seems sort of unlikely.) Or if a rescue system works fine except when you start up a GUI, it's a problem with the graphics card. Or if it works fine until you try to start DHCP, it's a problem with the NIC. The other thing

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

the problem by booting from a rescue system. If those things fail in a similar manner, it's almost certainly a hardware problem. (If the rescue system works fine, then your Mint install is borked, but that seems sort of unlikely.) Or if a rescue system works fine except when you start up a GUI

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

works fine, then your Mint install is borked, but that seems sort of unlikely.) Or if a rescue system works fine except when you start up a GUI, it's a problem with the graphics card. Or if it works fine until you try to start DHCP, it's a problem with the NIC. The other thing to check

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

problem. (If the rescue system works fine, then your Mint install is borked, but that seems sort of unlikely.) Or if a rescue system works fine except when you start up a GUI, it's a problem with the graphics card. Or if it works fine until you try to start DHCP, it's a problem with the NIC

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

The mem test ran about an hour and a half and found no problems. The box was set up as a dual boot with win7 (which I had never used), so I tried it and it worked. So I tried my Linux Mint 13 Live CD from which this system was originally installed and it works fine in all respects as far as I can

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

Linux Mint 13 Live CD from which this system was originally installed and it works fine in all respects as far as I can tell. (I'm writing this note via webmail using the Mint 13 Live CD. So, it doesn't seem to be a hardware problem. I had made no recent changes so how could Mint have become messed up

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

Brian Cluff last wrote (in part): If boot disks or other hard drives are working, you could try booting into one of those and then mounting your root file system ... Each time I have tried starting the system, it would get as far as the Mint GUI login screen, but then when I logged in, it all

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash? - update

So I shut the system down for a while, and after about an hour, I tried it again and it started up fine. It wasn't particularly hot (it's a Lenovo net-top) but after cooling down, it started up okay ... enough so that I could back up all my data. So what can I do to test the HD and other parts

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash? - update

The first thing I would do is check to see if all the cooling fans are spinning full speed or at all. If they are, check that your heat syncs all securely stuck to their chips. If they wiggle at all, you'll need to pull them off and Clean off all the old heat sync compound, reapply new

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

(in part): If boot disks or other hard drives are working, you could try booting into one of those and then mounting your root file system ... Each time I have tried starting the system, it would get as far as the Mint GUI login screen, but then when I logged in, it all crashed. So, this last time

Re: Why did my Linux Mint system crash?

Actually that was an 8000, 8400m in particular. I had 9600gt cards die for the same defect with nvidia in desktop gpu's die a slower death too. Part why I'm using ATI cards now. On 01/14/2014 09:45 PM, Michael Butash wrote: Yours sounds a bit similar to a situation I had. I had happened

Re: Linux mint locks up on flash video

gpu (works, but dies when using gl/codec accel). What kind of video card, drivers, versions? -mb On 03/07/2013 01:38 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: On my Linux Mint 13 system with all the latest updates installed, the following video locks up. (Also some other videos lock up.) http

Re: Linux mint locks up on flash video

doing that, it's driver, or a bad gpu (works, but dies when using gl/codec accel). What kind of video card, drivers, versions? -mb On 03/07/2013 01:38 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: On my Linux Mint 13 system with all the latest updates installed, the following video locks up. (Also some other

Linux mint locks up on flash video

On my Linux Mint 13 system with all the latest updates installed, the following video locks up. (Also some other videos lock up.) http://video.christianpost.com/the-bible-mark-burnett-and-roma-downey-interview-4595/ What can I do to get this fixed

Re: Linux mint locks up on flash video

: On my Linux Mint 13 system with all the latest updates installed, the following video locks up. (Also some other videos lock up.) http://video.christianpost.com/the-bible-mark-burnett-and-roma-downey-interview-4595/ What can I do to get this fixed

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