Questions tagged [linux-mint]
Linux Mint is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu aiming to be more usable out-of-the-box
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my downloads folder has disappeared. i did not accidentally delete it
I used photorec. It recovered nothing from the downloads folder. This occurred when I downloaded a pdf from sci-hub. Is this a known virus?
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Are Linux kernels compiled with UBSAN turned on?
For those who don't know, UBSAN is Undefined Behavior Address Sanitizer, and it places a whole bunch of checks in a compiled piece of code to detect mistakes, such as out-of-bounds access and various ...
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Polkit actions spawn authorization dialogs without prior user action
From time to time, an authentication dialog appears on my laptop running Linux Mint asking me to authorize some action. I've seen several different actions so far. This has been happening for many ...
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Fan Control on Linux Mint on ASUS Laptop
I have installed Linux Mint on my old ASUS Gaming Laptop (Asus TUF Gaming Laptop, 15.6” IPS Level Full HD, AMD Ryzen 5 3550H Processor, AMD Radeon Rx 560X, 8GB DDR4, 256GB PCIe Nvme SSD, Gigabit WiFi, ...
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What's wrong with my attempt to upgrade virtualbox to "latest stable" version?
I have Linux Mint 22.4. Apparently this is based on Ubuntu 24.04. Normally I would ask this question in the Linux Mint forum, which is usually very good. At the moment it is suffering from an ...
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"set value" for [linuxmint] 22.2 as "APT::Default-Release" in [apt-config] or "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*"
Like it says in the title, I've tried "Zara", "zara" and "22.2", all to no avail. Think I'll try "main" or "mint" next. Is it likely that the value ...
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Cannot Connect Second Monitor via Docking Station Linux Mint
I have two monitors connected to my laptop via a J5 Create docking station. Both monitors connect fine in Windows 11, but in Linux Mint only one of the monitors will switch on. There aren't specific ...
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Corrupted dual monitor display with i915
I have an old desktop PC with two distinct graphics cards. (Maybe not so distinct: the VGA plug on the motherboard and the DVI plug on a riser report as PCI device 2.0 and 2.1 respectively). The ...
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Access my encrypted home folder on Mint
I got locked out form my old pc with Linux Mint 20 on it that my mum's using. It didn't recognize my password anymore, even though I was 100% sure it was the right one... Indeed the login screen doesn'...
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Dual Boot Linux Mint 22 + Windows 11 REFUSES to work
So me and my friend have been trying to fix this issue for months. We found others with the issue that never got help. I made posts on the Linux Mint discord several times, and no one can figure it ...
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How to do AMD CPU microcode update (not BIOS update)?
Yesterday, I updated my UEFI/BIOS to the latest version (about 11 days old only).
Summary of my HW/OS:
# hostnamectl | grep -v ' ID'
Static hostname: rog-g713pi
Pretty hostname: ASUS ROG Strix G17 ...
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Dolphin or Nemo file explorer does not sync with integrated terminal
I am on Linux Mint, when I open Nemo (the default File Explorer) and open the integrated terminal, when I do cd in the terminal, the directory in the explorer is not changed (but the inverse works).
I ...
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Thonny icon not showing in app menu
I'm trying to figure this problem out. My laptop with Linux Mint doesn't show the Thonny icon in the application/launch menu (whatever it's called, it's the button in the bottom-left corner of the ...
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How to turn off a color channel (one of RGB) in one (all) windows of X11 on Linux?
I'd like to be able to selectively turn off R/G/B channels on my Linux Mint 21 based (X11) PC (to simulate color blindness). As of now I understand ICC color profiles a bit, so I understand ICC tries ...
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DSLR as USB webcam (gphoto2 and v4l2loopback) not working in Brave and Chromium, but perfectly in Firefox
I use gphoto2 2.5.28-2build2 and v4l2loopback 0.12.7-2ubuntu5 in order to use my Sony A6500 DSLR as a USB webcam in Linux Mint.
Just to make this clear from the start, the camera is working but the ...