Linux Mint is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu aiming to be more usable out-of-the-box
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How to forget/remove Mobile Broadband connection settings from Mint 14
I've been using Ubuntu for a while now and wanted to switch to Mint. I connected my mobile broadband dongle (Vodafone) for the first time like in Ubuntu it all went fine but subsequent connections ...
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gnome-settings-daemon not saving Settings after reboot; Mint 14 XFCE
I am running Linux Mint 14 with xfce on my Asus UX31A and switched to gnome-settings-daemon, because this way all the function keys work out of the box.
Disabled XFCE Volume Daemon as advised here: ...
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How can i change the color in the panel when a program needs attention?
I'm running Linux Mint 14. I want to change the color in the panel when a program requires your attention (like when you receive a chat message).
Not the color of the entire panel, but only the box ...
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No internet access for system services; however, browser access works
Unable to reload repos via apt-get, aptitude, or synaptic. Dropbox does not connect or sync. Pithos does not connect to pandora.com. Chrome and Firefox browsers do work fine.
I have been unable to ...
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Black screen at boot with Mint and Ubuntu live CDs
I just bought an HP pavillion g6 laptop, with the hope of installing Linux on it. I have now tried both Linux Mint (my first choice) and Ubuntu, and both simply give me a black screen from the moment ...
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RT3290 Wireless still not working
I've been trying to get my wireless working for two weeks now. I have 1814:3290 wireless card. I am on Linux Mint 14 64-bit. I have tried all the suggestion on here:
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Can't add a resolution in Mint 14 Nadia (ATI RV516 X1350)
I just got a bootable USB w/ Linux Mint 14 Nadia installed and I ran into some problems with my laptop's graphic drivers. Computer is fairly old, it's HP Compaq 6820s from around 2008. Problem ...
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Unable to upgrade Cinnamon with Linux Mint 13
I would like to upgrade to the latest version of Cinnamon. I'm running Linux Mint 13 in a virtual machine. Everywhere I look, I see the same instructions:
> sudo add-apt-repository ...
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Where is my Ubuntu One control panel in Linux Mint 14?
Using Linux Mint 14. Everything was just great since yesterday. Yesterday I have installed some update through Update Manager. I saw there was an update for Ubuntu One. Whatever today after starting ...
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Ubuntu software-center problem in Linux Mint
I am using Linux Mint KDE Nadia 14 64bit version. When I run software-center, it dosen't work, following errors appear:
huseyin@huseyin-GA-MA770-UD3 ~ $ software-center
2013-03-31 23:00:24,688 - ...
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Linux 3.5 ext4 slow hdd performance?
This is a bit of a general question.
I have just installed Mint Linux 14.1, root is ext4 and rest are NTFS (dual boot).
I'm using a laptop, and I have always suffered from that annoying hdd ...
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Broken package system in Linux Mint - Firefox looks like the culprit
Synaptic and the likes are giving me this error:
You have 1 broken package on your system.
I have tried to use the fix broken packages option but Synaptic simply crashes. It seems that Firefox ...
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Is it possible to access a remote computer on a different network using Remmina and Vino and how?
I am using Linux Mint 14. Remmina and Vino is installed on my system. Now I want to access another remote computer (which is in different network and IP is not static).
I only want to use VNC.
Is ...
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How do I set up raid0 using extra two drives (not the install drive)?
I have been looking around online for a suitable tutorial to help me set up a raid0 across two (or more) drives, but not moving the actual installation of Mint onto that raid setup (I have that on a ...
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Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 stopped working on Linux Mint
My Microsoft Lifecam VX-800 stopped working without any plausible reason. lsusb identifies the camera with the name "Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Venus USB2.0 Camera". Another unusual thing is that ...
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“Destination Host Unreachable” when pinging wireless router
I'm a little new to all the intricacies of Linux workings, so please bear with me if this is a dumb question.
I'm using Linux Mint 12 and I have an Asus PCE-N15 wireless card, which is running the ...
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Why am I having problems installing Adobe Air on Linux Mint 14 and what is the solution?
I am attempting to install Adobe Air 2.6 on Linux Mint 14 in order to install an application that is dependent upon it.
I was instructed to install the getlibs-all package which I did and was able to ...
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Sound messed up in Starcraft. What's the deal?
I'm trying to run Starcraft through Wine. The sound is all distorted, as if it were playing underwater. Then, about 10 minutes into the game the sound is perfect for 1-2 seconds. Then, there's no ...
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Despite all attempts fan is still running very loudly and fast
I am running DELL Vostro 3750, operating system Linux Mint and despite all my attempts the fan is still running very fast and loud. So far I have tried first edit Grub according to this article. Than ...
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I have replicated partition after I delete it using diskmgmt
I'm a linux newbie, and I messed my partition.
I have 5 partition in my 500GB HD, Windows 7, Data, Data, Linux Mint and Lubuntu.
I accidentally deleted Lubuntu partition using diskmgmt in Windows 7.
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Set up proper programming environment
I'm starting to think how to set up the most convenient environment for programming, with the following conditions. I run Linux Mint 14.
I've got a computer at work but would like to have access to ...
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How to fix speckled flash videos in Linux Mint 14?
I have recently installed Linux Mint 14 and youtube and other flash based videos are displaying lots of yellow and red specks. It doesn't matter which browser is being used either.
I've tried ...
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Install/Boot problems after dual boot of Linux Mint on HP Ultrabook (Envy 14 1030us)
I have followed steps to install Linux Mint (as dual boot) on an HP Envy 14 ultrabook (1030us) as detailed by Raphink (on askubuntu "Dual boot Installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on HP Ultrabook ENVY-4 ...
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Linux Mint Change Screen Resolution
I installed Linux mint 10.I have nvidia geforce 9500 GT.After installing nvidia-current package,my screen resolution become 800*600.There is no 1024*768 in Monitors menu.
Running inxi -Gx shows,
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Linux MInt 13: Autosave session
I am using Linux Mint 13, Cinnamon. I tried the solution offered at http://www.linuxandlife.com/2012/06/how-to-enable-session-saving-in-linux.html but it is not working. I was able to change the ...
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How to format USB drive in Linux Mint 14 with GUI? [duplicate]
I'm new to Linux Mint and I've just installed Linux Mint 14. Now I need to format my USB drive, but I'm not getting any option to do that.
Please suggest me anyone, how can I do that with a GUI?
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What's those underscore commands?
When I tab tab _ in terminal, Bash suggests 206 posibilities. I tried to run one of them _git_rm but nothing happend, what are they?
Here is a screenshot:
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How to enable right click on desktop? (Linux Mint 12 LXDE)
I accidentally disabled right clicking on the desktop in LXDE. Does anybody know how to enable it again?
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Why is the resolution fixed at 1024*786 on Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon?
I am newbie in Linux, I have installed Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon. After installation I just get a black screen. After I got recommendation to set modeset i915.modeset=0 which gave me the display but with ...
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Logitech G110 Multimedia Keys in Linux Mint 14
I know that plenty of questions have been asked about multimedia keys, but I'm having trouble finding a solution for my specific problem.
I have a Logitech G110 keyboard, which (besides the macro ...
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Remount lvm partitions after OS reinstallation
I recently upgraded to Linux Mint from Ubuntu. I have overwritten /dev/sda2 which had Ubuntu. I had earlier created two logical volumes opt and virtualization from /dev/sda1. I forgot to take the lvm ...
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Linux Mint 64-bit Kernel Panic on Boot
I'm trying to install 64-bit Maya on the new Macbook Pro with Retina Display using a Bootcamp partition.
The trouble is that I get a kernel panic similar to the one below on live cd boot or usb boot. ...
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How do I change the icon size and padding in the Gnome 3 upper panel on Linux Mint 12?
I'm trying to personalize the desktop interface in Linux Mint 12 running Gnome 3. I just disabled the bottom panel and I changed the font in the upper panel. How do I change the upper panel's icon ...
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touchpad scrolling lost when switching between physical and virtual tty
I have setup touchpad scrolling by running the following script in .xsession
$ cat ~/bin/enablescrolling
# enable two finger scroll
synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=1
synclient HorizTwoFingerScroll=1
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Linux Mint 14.1 not bootable because of “secure boot”
I'm trying to install Linux Mint 14.1 on my Lenovo B570, but when I try to boot the thumb drive, it displays a message: "Secure boot is not enabled" and then goes black screen. I read lots of posts on ...
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sudo: password prompted even when NOPASSWD is set [duplicate]
~/bin$ cat setbrightness
id
echo $1 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
~/bin$ whoami
rag
~/bin$ sudo -l
Matching Defaults entries for rag on this host:
env_reset, ...
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Change Google Chrome Flash Plugin
I just installed Google Chrome, on Linux Mint 14 64-bit, and the Flash plugin's sound doesn't work. I navigated to chrome://flash and received the following info:
Google Chrome 25.0.1364.160 ()
OS ...
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Change desktop wallpaper from terminal
I am running Mint 13 with Cinnamon 1.6. I would like my desktop wallpaper to automatically change depending on the time of day. So, the first thing that comes to mind is setting up a cron job to do it ...
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Guake : Opening a new guake tab in current directory
I am using Linux Mint Maya with Mate desktop environment and ubuntu 12.04 backend .
I was trying to open a new tab at the current directory using guake.
Though this option is in the preference but ...
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linux mint: waiting for network configuration
I went to another place and my network(either wired or wi-fi) starts not working... For now, I have a workaround solution that every time I logged in I have to run sudo service network-manager start ...
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Variable expansion did not happen in /etc/environment
I changed the /etc/environment to add more directories to the PATH variable. But looks like $PATH in double quotes were not expanded and I could find any command from the shell and ...
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How do I install SELinux's sandbox utility on Linux Mint Debian Edition?
I'm following the Debian SELinux setup guide with my Linux Mint Debian Edition system. I installed the necessary packages:
sudo aptitude install selinux-basics selinux-policy-default selinux-utils ...
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Samba server 3.6.3 crashes on simple setup on Linux Mint 13
I try to get smbd running on Linux Mint 13 on kernel 3.6.3-030603-generic. This is what I do:
sudo apt-get install samba, then install this minimal /etc/samba/smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = wkb
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Unable to switch back from tty1-tty6 to tty7?
I'm using Linux Mint Debian Edition with Cinnamon. If I switch to another tty using Ctrl + Alt + F# and then switch back to tty7, I only see the terminal with this error:
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Huge tabs in Eclipse, Linux Mint 14
My problem is exactly same as here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1465712, but on Linux Mint 14 the solution doesn't work... I remember it worked fine on Mint 12. Any ideas how to make tabs ...
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Mint 14 does not detect my first hard disk
I have two hardisks installed in my machine :
Samsung SSD PM830 SATA : 128 Gb
ST9500423AS ATA : 500 Gb
When I start Mint installer, it only showed me the 500Gb harddisk.So I partitioned it into ...
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Dual-booting Windows 7 and Mint 14 with “something else” option
I would like to do a dual boot of Windows 7 and Mint 14 on my Acer netbook which already has Windows 7 Pro 64-bit installed on an 1 TB hard drive.
I have already shrunk the Windows 7 partition to ...
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How do I disable wireless on Mint 14?
This got closed on AskUbuntu because it wasn't Ubuntu enough for them.
I don't have any WLAN connections set up, and I always connect via Ethernet cable. However my computer has a small light on it ...
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cinnamon: get original look and feel using xsession
OS: Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon
$ cat .xsession
xmessage -file /etc/motd
/usr/bin/cinnamon
why do not I get the same look and feel as i do get without the above .xsession file? it also affects a few ...
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How to use one distro's live CD to install another distro?
I'm trying to install Mint Linux to a USB stick, but the Mint live CD doesn't fit on a normal CD and I don't have any DVDs available. The Ubuntu live CD does fit on a CD, so I want to use the Ubuntu ...
