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wanton merlin May 20, 2024, 5:18 PM

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neon jetty May 20, 2024, 8:25 PM

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which laptop isn't booting up currently?

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the one with Windows on it?

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:02 AM

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neon jetty the one with Windows on it?

Linux

neon jetty May 21, 2024, 2:04 AM

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reboot again, and press escape to see text info as it loads, to determine where it gets stuck on

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:06 AM

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Btw I had 2 laptops, both windows 7. One I switched to linux. the other one I wanted to make it as a secondary display for my Linux

neon jetty May 21, 2024, 2:07 AM

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yeah i've never heard of anyone doing that

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press escape the moment u see the 'starting linux mint' marquis

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:10 AM

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neon jetty press escape the moment u see the 'starting linux mint' marquis

Starting Linux mint doesn't always show up

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It gets stuck here

neon jetty May 21, 2024, 2:13 AM

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wanton merlin

well anyway, the point is to read the screen. Press escape key as soon as it starts loading.. when the screen turned all black before the green logo showed up.

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or the very instant the green logo shows up

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:15 AM

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Hollup

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wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:20 AM

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neon jetty or the very instant the green logo shows up

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neon jetty May 21, 2024, 2:23 AM

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rename this title to "error booting up installed Linux Mint"

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so other people can see it with more descriptiveness

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:24 AM

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error booting up installed linux mint

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You don't know?

neon jetty May 21, 2024, 2:25 AM

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nope

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:25 AM

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Thanks for the effort tho :)

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:26 AM

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probably just login and install

sudo apt install cinnamon
for the desktop

weary oxide May 21, 2024, 2:26 AM

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Ricky how many gigs u got in there

neon jetty May 21, 2024, 2:26 AM

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you can try to log in at the command prompt anyway, but idk if it will do any good. seems like either the desktop environment, and/or the graphics is shot

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:27 AM

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weary oxide Ricky how many gigs u got in there

8?

weary oxide May 21, 2024, 2:27 AM

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wanton merlin 8?

Just askin

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:27 AM

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winged vigil probably just login and install > `sudo apt install cinnamon` for the desktop

How do I do that

weary oxide May 21, 2024, 2:27 AM

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Go to cmd

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:27 AM

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tty is just your environment
its still your home

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login

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:28 AM

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weary oxide Go to cmd

How do i go to cmd when it is not turning on

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:28 AM

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you have a tty

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:28 AM

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Uh?

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:28 AM

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wanton merlin https://chatgpt.com/share/674c6479-6d85-4f12-a40e-a16f4b77ad3e

never use chatgpt for tech support, it's biased

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just login with the name you called the computer
the password
and you have a terminal

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:29 AM

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Don't get mad at me, but how do I open terminal

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:30 AM

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you have a tty screen

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:30 AM

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Because it's not booting

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:30 AM

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wanton merlin

that's not how mint should boot, it should show the mint logo/plymouth theme then boot. mint dropped you into a TTY login shell

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:30 AM

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wanton merlin Because it's not booting

it is booted

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just login

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:30 AM

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Oh ok

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:30 AM

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wanton merlin Because it's not booting

it does boot, that's a TTY shell

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mint is booting the arch style Arch

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:31 AM

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Lemme try

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:31 AM

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winged vigil it does boot, that's a TTY shell

Is that bad?

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:31 AM

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on TTY, enter your username then your password

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:31 AM

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wanton merlin Is that bad?

I can load tty whenever I want here

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just probably have to reinstall the cinnamon desktop and it'll come with lightdm

sudo apt install cinnamon

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the environment is cinnamon-session
you can exec it with .xinitrc with startx

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if need too

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:33 AM

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wanton merlin Is that bad?

idk if you still have cinnamon or anything related to it

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check journalctl, system services and installed packages

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:35 AM

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wanton merlin

all services are up and running. so you can try to reinstall your graphical session. you basically did a LTT Linus

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this issue in a nuthsell KEKW

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:36 AM

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So first I need to login with my username and password

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:37 AM

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as the whoami the thing you named the install during mint install

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:37 AM

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Hmm

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I did that and it shows incorrect

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:38 AM

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wanton merlin I did that and it shows incorrect

wdym

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 2:38 AM

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Yes

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Wait 10min brb

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:38 AM

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terry what

neon jetty May 21, 2024, 2:40 AM

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ur in the black screen REAL terminal

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not a fake terminal.. a REAL terminal. raw black screen. also known as a TTY (teletype interface)

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:40 AM

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TTY is a full screen terminal

neon jetty May 21, 2024, 2:43 AM

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winged vigil that's not how mint should boot, it should show the mint logo/plymouth theme the...

see the very last video he posted.

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:44 AM

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neon jetty see the very last video he posted.

already did

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 2:44 AM

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winged vigil all services are up and running. so you can try to reinstall your graphical sess...

this

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ik their mint boot

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 3:05 AM

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Yes. Go on @winged vigil

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So can I still login if the underscore is blinking?

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Can someone vc and explain? skullcrying

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 3:18 AM

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wanton merlin So can I still login if the underscore is blinking?

yes

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just enter your username then password

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 3:19 AM

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Uhh

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I did that

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Not working

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@winged vigil

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 3:24 AM

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wanton merlin Not working

wdym

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 3:25 AM

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Not working

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Can u vc?

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I think I logged in @winged vigil

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 3:41 AM

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winged vigil just probably have to reinstall the cinnamon desktop and it'll come with lightdm...

How

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I logged in and now the underscore is still blinking

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winged vigil May 21, 2024, 3:43 AM

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you login to tty
run sudo apt install cinnamon
and reboot
if its still blinking you can get to tty again with ctrl alt f2
default is like f7 back to desktop main
login to tty and try something else
like

cd ~ ; touch .xinitrc ; nano .xinitrc
slap
exec cinnamon-session
save it
and startx in tty

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lightdm must be broken to login manager
if the de is stuck
ctrl alt f3
login to there

btop
f to filter | search 'cinnamon-session'
shift k the process
or kill it by proc id like kill -9 1234

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 3:50 AM

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How do I save it?

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@winged vigil

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winged vigil May 21, 2024, 3:52 AM

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ctrl x
it'll prompt a y/n to save

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 3:53 AM

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winged vigil May 21, 2024, 3:54 AM

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think enter
been awhile with nano

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you can confirm its written with cat .xinitrc

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 3:54 AM

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winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:01 AM

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right there
but first see if startx works

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:01 AM

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Startx works

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:02 AM

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environment back?

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:02 AM

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How do I filter

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:02 AM

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f

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winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:03 AM

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you need to run btop first

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you just installed it

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:04 AM

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winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:04 AM

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just btop

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q is quit if you want to close it

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:04 AM

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@winged vigil

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:06 AM

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ok weird just do htop for now. guess it wants bashtop ig

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though see if startx works from the .xinitrc

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:07 AM

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winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:08 AM

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q to quit when you're done

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so how about that startx going?

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:09 AM

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winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:10 AM

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what is happening with this system ngl

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well ctrl alt f2
tty | login
htop
f3 to search

cinnamon-session
f9 downkey for 'sigkill' and enter on it
q to quit
exit
then slap back to ctrl alt f3

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:15 AM

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I'm back in tty

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@winged vigil

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Bruh

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:33 AM

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guess try now

sudo apt install i3-wm
then after
nano .xinitrc
then remove the previous 'exec'
and put exec i3
save the file from nano
then startx again
but its a tiling manager so you'll need some keyboard hotkeys
like start key shift enter for terminal
start d to search in demu
to get at least an environment going

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:36 AM

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What is the start key bruh

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:37 AM

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start button is start button

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:37 AM

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You mean the windows key

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:43 AM

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guess its win key on that board

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but the laptop has the windows flag

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:48 AM

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K

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What shd I do @winged vigil

winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:50 AM

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guessing mint uses lightdm

sudo journalctl -u lightdm.service

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 4:56 AM

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winged vigil May 21, 2024, 4:59 AM

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if you don't have data to backup, as last resort, you can nuke and reinstall mint

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 5:10 AM

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I dont want to do that

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 5:28 AM

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@winged vigil

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Help

wanton merlin May 21, 2024, 5:49 AM

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:))

wanton merlin May 23, 2024, 9:26 AM

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winged vigil *if you don't have data to backup, as last resort, you can nuke and reinstall mi...

i fixed it

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i just had to revert it

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