Asked about this on the Mint Forums and got no response 🙁.

Running Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon on a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 10th gen. I currently have the 6.17.0-20-generic kernel (which I guess is superseded) running.

Updating to kernels

• 6.17.0-23.23-24.04.1
• 6.17.0-29.29-24.04.1
• 6.17.0-35.35-24.04.1 (what a mouthful!)
• and a 7 series

and/or updating Linux Firmware to 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.27 causes the laptop to boot to the Lenovo screen and then the Mint logo where it just hangs (skipping the decryption window which should come after Lenovo and before Mint logo). Anyone know what might be causing this?

A friend of mine uses Linux Mint as their operating system. But since a while now they're unable to get the microphone audio to work. It's detected by the operating system and applications, but no audio is detected by the application or heard by participants, except for Discord.

I wasn't able to find the cause of this issue, we've tried common solutions like rebooting, removing the device from the Bluetooth device lists (they use headphones), etc.

Any help would be very appreciated :)

Issues with auto-mounting on Linux Mint 22.x?

Probably a highly specific issue, but in a hardware with one physical memory for the #LinuxMint system, two for miscellaneous data physically attached to the motherboard and auto-mounted through Disks, and ten or so data USB devices attached most through an USB hub, some times at boot one of the media devices attached to the motherboard isn't auto-mounted, EFI taking its place as the auto-mounted folder.

Also, way more rarely, some times one of the USB devices at the USB hub isn't recognized even by KDE's Dolphin, which lists mounted and mountable devices, despite the hub showing no issues otherwise.

Checking during a session just now where EFI hijacked one of the mount folders, every single device was properly configured, including the one that should be mounted but wasn't.

With Linux Mint 21.2 Xfce, which I used for years before going to 22.2 Cinnamon and now 22.3 Xfce (always clean installs), there were no issues with mounting even with the exact same hardware combination. Meanwhile both 22.x systems I tried had this issue, though seemingly a bit less frequent in Xfce.

Asking some LLM after digging through forums without luck, it claimed that the issue could be a combination of the update of several drivers and kernel changing how the system handles mount logic, identification timing, etc., suggesting I mount through UUID identification instead. But hardware not being my forte, even if I have some notion of what UUIDs are, I'm extra suspicious of such a response.

So back to the question, are there known issues with Mint's handling of auto-mounting? And furthermore, how could the issue be mitigated or even avoided completely?

Thanks in advance!

Linux Mint datahoarding/backup tip: "apt download" fetches the .deb files of both the package and its dependencies

#linuxmint #datahoarding

E.g.:

• apt download vlc
• apt download dolphin

Only problems are it requires sudo, it only works with one package at a time (so apt download vlc dolphin won't work), and the script that comes with it for easy installation runs apt (but replacing apt for dpkg -i solves that).

There's also apt-get download, which doesn't require sudo nor comes with a .sh file expecting apt, but it won't download dependencies either.

Hope it helps someone. =)

@linuxmint@lemmy.ml

ISO8601-based custom date format in Linux Mint

Right-click the calendar widget in the panel > toggle Use a custom date format > Add %Y-%m-%d%n%H:%M% to the field below.

Seconds omitted because I don't have use for them, and %n to put the hours and minutes in a second line, so it's easier to read.

Didn't test in other Debian-based systems. And iirc changing the locale to either Danish or Japanese also works, but then the system won't be in English.

Hope this helps someone. =)

#iso8601 @linuxmint@lemmy.ml

After updating linux-firmware to 20240318.git3b128b60-0ubuntu2.27 I can get past the Lenovo screen to the LM logo, but the field for the decryption password doesn't appear.

Restarting from the hanging LM logo screen after this happens, the GRUB menu appears after the Lenovo screen, and then I'm able to boot and decrypt using an earlier kernel.

I suppose I could just not update these things, but that seems like it might not be the best idea (and I may not have all my facts straight or explained things very well, I'm a little tired at the moment). I've Timeshifted back to before those updates for now. Anyway, any suggestions?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/64065505

I'm trying to install Davinci Resolve on Mint.

My friend is not Linux techsavvy. He has tried for about a week to get it working on Linux Mint, with no success. Instead, broke his system a couple times trying to get it working.

Is there an easier way to get it running? Would running it using Wine, or is there some kind of Flatpak or AppImage type thing to make it easier?

SOLVED: solution was running: killall ibus-daemon before launching. Thanks @just_another_person@lemmy.world !

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46115996

I am playing Replaced and, despite the cool style and environment design, my experience is made horrible

Whenever a WASD key is pressed there is a chance that the input may get "sticky" and continues to send the character in the same direction indefinitely, making stealth sequences impossible and resolving only by giving ASDASD as input.

Here is the likely excerpt from the logs:

../../../../modules/im/ximcp/imDefLkup.c,355: The key event is already fabricated. ../../../../modules/im/ximcp/imDefLkup.c,355: The key event is already fabricated. ../../../../modules/im/ximcp/imDefLkup.c,355: The key event is already fabricated. ../../../../modules/im/ximcp/imDefLkup.c,355: The key event is already fabricated. ../../../../modules/im/ximcp/imDefLkup.c,355: The key event is already fabricated. ../../../../modules/im/ximcp/imDefLkup.c,359: Tried to fabricate a wrong key event. ../../../../modules/im/ximcp/imDefLkup.c,355: The key event is already fabricated. ../../../../modules/im/ximcp/imDefLkup.c,355: The key event is already fabricated. ../../../../modules/im/ximcp/imDefLkup.c,355: The key event is already fabricated.

I am running it in Heroic Launcher and the problem persists using GE-Proton-latest or Proton Experimental. Also, changing to the Steam Runtime or deactivating Gamemode does not help.

The ASUS RT-BE82U and the ASUS RT-AX86U Pro were suggested as replacements but those aren't available anywhere near me. after that the ASUS RT-AX88U was suggested but that also isn't available.

I realize this is a mint linux group but i'm hoping someone here as a good idea of a replacement router. I'd prefer ASUS but it needs aimesh technology because I have 2 routers in my house. this would be replacing one of them.

I need something that is at least decent for gaming and streaming of video and audio. I don't want the cheapest thing on the rack. I think the rtax82u was like $130 maybe $140 when I bought it. any suggestions?

mods if this question isn't allowed just let me know where I should post it and i will post there and delete it here. (if you delete the post then it's hard for me to copy and paste it over at the place that you want me to be at) thank you

edit : need to also ask about the ASUS TUF Gaming BE3600 is this a solid router? it's one other router that was suggested

I’m reading that Firefox has gone all AI and corporate and Brave is supported by Satan. I have a Lenovo 14 Gen 1 coming tomorrow and I’m putting Mint on it. What browser do you all like?

You can convert projects to .gif file format in Kdenlive.

1. Select Project > Render
2. Under Render Project, Select Images Sequence > GIF
3. Select Render to File

Similar general instructions here: https://www.hollyland.com/blog/tips/export-video-in-kdenlive

Just writing this here because this question (specifically about .gifs) has been asked multiple times on the internet but all available answers point to using ffmpeg.

I have tried a few different websites. My microphone indeed gives input, but when trying to connect to a call it just fails. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hi!

I have been using Mint since November and feel pretty used to it, but I do miss wallpaper engine from Windows and there does not seem to be an equivalent, analogue, or alternative to it...

...Right?

Ok, sort of a noob-type question for someone who has used Mint for a long time, but I'm having trouble correctly pinning this app Krokiet, the successor to Czkawka, to my panel. I've added the application using the menu editor, right clicking on the icon and choosing "add to panel."

And it does add it to the panel! But when I click the icon on the panel another generic square gear app appears on the panel next to the icon (see the attached cropped screenshot, I used the old Czkawka icon in place of the sheep). I've edited the .desktop files in .local/applications, but no luck. I periodically have this problem with apps that aren't in the repos or in a PPA, but I can usually get it work—but not this one! The github page has more than ten different Linux versions, maybe one might work better than another? Much obliged for any suggestions.

A week ago I made a post about my excitement for switching to Linux. I was unable to do it that day, but I have finally done it today, after a couple complications (I was getting my tech friend to help me). I was scared, but I had no issue with connecting wifi or bluetooth and am having fun setting everything up! I figured out how to do some things with files quite quickly and didn't even have to look things up. It's so fun to figure these out! I am so incredibly happy to have switched!

linux mint web app at 2 minutes 46 seconds

please explain it to me like i'm 5 because i just don't really understand the difference. if there really is a difference.

Problem description: Screen will turn black for an instant (around 50 ms?) and go back to normal, black screens will mostly (but not always) be accompanied by a horizontal gray strip. Blinking happens fairly often from desktop view, it happens a little less when loading basic websites like forums from Firefox, but it gets borderline unusable when displaying a video, I only tested this on reddit though.

I installed Linux Mint "Zara" 22.2 Cinnamon edition for a 2015 HP ProBook laptop (can't recall the specific model rn), it's set up for dual-booting along with Windows 10 in legacy MBR mode (no EFI). Since it's a laptop it has an integrated Intel HD Graphics (520?) GPU.

The problem's been present since I first booted up the live session from the USB, I thought after installing it would go away since maybe the live session is less stable or something.

Windows works perfectly fine in regards to this though, so I know it's not a hardware problem.

Across the forums, for people with similar issues (I haven't found one that describes mine exactly) the solution is usually "Find the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='quiet splash' and change it to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='quiet splash intel_iommu=igfx_off i915.enable_dc=0 i915.enable_psr=0 intel_idle.max_cstate=2'."". I have tried with each of this parameters at least once, rebooting each and none of them completely solving the issue. my current setting is probably the one described there except that it may not include i915.enable_psr=0.

And yes, each time I modified the file through sudo nano /etc/default/grub, saved it, and sudo update-grub-ed, which never reported syntax errors so at least that should be fine.

My screen resolution is 1366x768, if that helps in any way.

UPDATE 1: I tested and rendering to external monitors work fine, I connected the device to a TV through HDMI and the blinking would only occur on the laptop monitor. This would maybe suggest it's a hardware issue, but that wouldn't explain why windows works fine, and messing around physically with the lid doesn't seem to increase/decrease the flickering. On the other hand, certain websites make the blinking/flickering occur more often if rendered, e.g. Godot Docs, and especially, Stack Overflow.

Info: My laptop is an HP ProBook 440 G4, integrated GPU Intel HD 520

I am currently up late doing anything but sleeping. Later, during the day, I will have officially taken the dive into Linux! I am very excited to do so. Does anyone have any tips, anything that a new user should know? That would be greatly appreciated.

Apologies: I posted this earlier then deleted it after being advised to avoid both, a poor choice on my part 🙁. However I'd be interested to hear what other people's experiences have been with these.

Good morning, I am trying to use WireGuard. I can connect to the VPN, but I cannot access any websites. The strange thing is that if I open a website in my browser (Firefox) and then launch the VPN, I can browse the previously opened websites, unless I open links external to that site. Do you have any advice for me? Thank you and have a nice day.

And then I realized I didn't need windows anymore. What software would you recommend to convert the partitions left on the SSD to Linux mint compatible ones ?

I can already use them but only as storage.

Can I expand the 70 Go I had reserved for mint without having to go through a full reinstall?

What can I use and how ?

Please, thx

I recently learned about a new bill being proposed in Ireland called the Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill where Ireland may make it legal to “empower law enforcement to intercept of all forms of communications...whether encrypted or not” including the legal use of spyware.

According to DistroWatch, Linux Mint’s origin is Ireland so I’m wondering if there is going to be any implication should this bill pass.