Linux Mint is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu aiming to be more usable out-of-the-box
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Cannot boot Linux Mint after installing Windows (First) and Linux Mint (Second)
I can't boot my Linux Mint after installation of Windows. First I installed Windows and then installed Linux Mint with the option of "Install along with windows". But after I completed the Mint ...
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equivalent to Ubuntu's apport-bug in Fedora or Mint?
What is the Fedora equivalent to the Ubuntu command apport-bug to submit bug reports?
In Ubuntu, one can use:
apport-bug <package-name>
For example:
apport-bug xorg
To submit bug reports ...
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Bad Resolution - Missing, corrupt after suspend, x121e Mint 11 - Bad EDID?
After travelling with my ThinkPad x121e on suspend my resolution has altered and the correct resolution setting disappeared. This affects the whole computer, when using live USB as well. I do not ...
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How do I set default brightness after boot?
Linux Mint 12 (64bit), on an Acer Aspire 7730g. Upon every boot, the screen brightness is set very very low. Easily fixed via the function keys, but still a very annoying thing to do after every boot. ...
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Mouse clicks stop working after random time, using Awesome WM + Gnome
I'm using the Awesome Window Manager together with Gnome in Linux Mint. I experience the following problem several times a day:
Suddenly the mouse partially stops working, which means that I'm still ...
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Untraceable stability problem of 3.6.8 kernel on ASUS P53E
Randomly, but not later than after 10 hours of work, the laptop freezes. Just freezes. Knowing that not all hardware errors are reported back to the user I tried the netconsole. Unfortunately the ...
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Booting linux from usb using EFI
I need to use a USB drive as an installation media for my Mint and Ubuntu.
For that I have unetbootin to make the usb bootable.
But my PC only supports EFI boot (while adding the boot device, I need ...
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How to solve window manager problem in Linux Mint 14 (Xfce) after installing LXDE?
I like the way Xfce works on top of Linux Mint 14 Nadia (Quantal) - but I also like LXDE that I want to have in parallel. Mint 14 has no LXDE "version" now, and that is too bad.
I heard that ...
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Enabling apt repository priority in LMDE
I want to set up apt repository priority ordering in Linux Mint Debian Edition 2012.04. In /etc/apt/preferences the order should be: LMDE -> Debian testing -> Debian unstable. In other words, I almost ...
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How to auto-start a service (apache2) with Linux Mint
(Strangley) My installed Apache2 does not start up when logging in to Linux Mint.
Running this command gets it going:
sudo service apache2 start
How should I attempt to start up this service upon ...
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Fixing broken packages in a Debian testing distribution
I'm playing around with Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) in a VirtualBox instance to try it out and see if it'd be good for a main operating system for me. I'm pretty competent with most system ...
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Moving from Ubuntu 32bit: Mint 64bit or Mint 32bit?
I have decided to try out Linux Mint instead of the horrible Ubuntu Unity experince.
I have a separate partition for my /home folder, which I'd like to preserve of course. So I'm curious: is it ...
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How to make difference between .wxm (wxMaxima) and .c files in Linux Mint?
I installed wxMaxima on my laptop a few days ago.
The issue is that files with the extension .wxm, that are used with wxMaxima, are identified as a C source files. Therefore, when I double click on ...
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How do I edit the terminal launch command in Linux Mint?
In Linux Mint (Debian-based) how can I edit what the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+t launches?
For example, I would like to issue gnome-terminal with the --maximize option, and to have it launch tmux instantly.
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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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Can I install Mint to another hard drive without booting from it?
Is there an easy way, given an ISO image for Linux Mint, to install it to an empty hard drive from within my existing Ubuntu installation? I don't have any CDs or appropriate USB devices at hand, so ...
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Cinnamon failed: desktop only, no panel, no dialog frame
I am using Linux Mint 14 (MATE) with Cinnamon installed. Cinnamon failed when I tried to delete an item on the menu with menu editor. The system froze, so I logged out by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
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Hardware problem after fresh Linux Mint install
I've installed Linux Mint, Mate 64bit on my machine.
My configuration:
Desktop PC HP Pro 3400 Series MT
Processor: Intel Core i3 2120 @3.30GHz
Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge
Graphic Interface: ...
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Mint 12 - Error updating MySQL (mysql-client-core-5.1)
I have MySQL 5.5 installed via packages.dotdeb.org. When trying to update 5.1, which is also installed, I get the following error:
E: ...
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Why kernel 3.6.2 is so much less energy efficient than 3.6.1 on Mint 13?
I noticed, that the power consumption in my ASUS P53E notebook is doubled (from 10W to 20W) when I change from kernel 3.6.1 to 3.6.2 (or later). I use Ubuntu Quantal mainline kernel from ...
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Linux Mint 12 on HP Pavillion DV7 - Wireless is not working
I just installed Linux Mint 12 using mint4win just to test it out. I have a problem with my wireless connection.
When I start Mint, it sees the network I wish to join, I select it, enter the correct ...
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Mint 12: synaptic package manager error
Yesterday I had the same issue, I solved it by running
sudo synaptic
But today I don't know what's happening, if I run gksu synaptic or gksudo synaptic they don't do anything.
If I go to root and ...
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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 ...
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GRUB fails to install
For the past two days, I have been attempting to install Linux Mint 14 64-bit edition.
Each time, the ubiquity installer has failed with this error:
Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed.
This ...
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How to feed linux new install drivers?
I'm trying to install a Linux distribution on my new setup, but after the first tries I failed without knowing why.
My configuration:
Desktop PC HP
Processor: Intel Core i3 2120 @3.30GHz
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Mint 12: I can't open synaptic package manager
I have Mint 12 Lisa DVD edition, 32 bit verion. I have kde and gnome. I can't open the Synaptic package manager. When I click on it, I am asked to enter my password, I do so and click authenticate, ...
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Can not mount drive after installing windows vista
I have searched for weeks now and have not found an answer to my question. Hopefully you guys can give me a push in the right direction :)
Ok, here is what happened:
I have linux mint on a 1.5 TB ...
