My hdd is not showing up | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:25 AM

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So my 😄 drive isn't showing up

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:27 AM

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i take it the nvme drive has the working OS

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check power and data cables on the HDD

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:27 AM

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fervent python check power and data cables on the HDD

there in

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was working just fine on windows

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:28 AM

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what type of connections?

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:28 AM

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fervent python what type of connections?

internal

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:28 AM

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did you mount the drive

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:28 AM

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SATA or the very very old IDE

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:29 AM

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tawny nest did you mount the drive

im not sure what you mean

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:29 AM

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Cant mount what the system can't see

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:29 AM

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fervent python Cant mount what the system can't see

how do i fix this?

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:30 AM

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are you sure it's a mechanical hard drive?

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:30 AM

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fervent python are you sure it's a mechanical hard drive?

yes

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ive had my pc for 5 years

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:31 AM

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can u open a terminal and type in lsblk (then enter)

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:32 AM

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NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
└─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 238G 0 part /

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:32 AM

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tawny nest can u open a terminal and type in `lsblk` (then enter)

^

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:32 AM

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ok, now type in lsusb

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:32 AM

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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1038:1836 SteelSeries ApS SteelSeries Aerox 3
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:0ac6 Logitech, Inc. Yeti X WoW Edition
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:e009 Qualcomm Atheros Communications
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 187c:0550 Alienware Corporation LED controller
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1532:025e Razer USA, Ltd Razer Cynosa V2
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2833:2052 Oculus VR, Inc. Rift S USB Hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 2833:0051 Oculus VR, Inc. Rift S
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0fd9:008a Elgato Systems GmbH Elgato HD60 X

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:32 AM

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what size is your mechanical drive?

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:33 AM

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tawny nest what size is your mechanical drive?

1tb

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:34 AM

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i would shut down fully, and reseat the cables at both ends

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:34 AM

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finally, type in sudo fdisk -l

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:34 AM

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tawny nest finally, type in `sudo fdisk -l`

did this

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:35 AM

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also make sure that SATA port is turned on in BIOS

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:35 AM

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brb then

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:35 AM

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yeah maybe its just not in all the way

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:36 AM

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Cuz it's not reading the controller at all, thus not really a partition or filesystem issue

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:36 AM

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fervent python Cuz it's not reading the controller at all, thus not really a partition or files...

It says sata operation

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Raid on

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:37 AM

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maybe turn off raid, set to ahci

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:37 AM

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Ok

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It says it could prevent my pc from booting

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:38 AM

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its not your boot drive so should be fine

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:38 AM

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well u may have to reinstall if it cant boot the nvme

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:41 AM

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oh i get it

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they setup raid with the nvme

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gotchaaaaaaa

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:42 AM

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OMG

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IT WORKED you guys are life savers

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😭 you don't understand how happy I am I've been wanting to switch to linux for years

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thanks a lot guys

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:42 AM

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now if u run lsblk you should see the drive yes?

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:43 AM

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and it boots nvme just fine now?

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:43 AM

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I opened disks and it pops up

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:43 AM

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koo

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:43 AM

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thank you guys

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:43 AM

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so i guess they setup raid after? not with the hdd? neat

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:43 AM

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word of caution:

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if ur gonna use it with Linux, reformat it to ext2 or ext4

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or do half at a time and move data over

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:44 AM

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do I just click format drive?

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:44 AM

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no no no

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:45 AM

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if its empty

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:45 AM

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it is

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:45 AM

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you will lose ur data if u have anything on it

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ah then ur good

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:45 AM

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absolutely 0

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:45 AM

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go to top right dots menu,

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:45 AM

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gpt or what

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:45 AM

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format, pick gpt

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then after all that, hit the plus icon near bottom left

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:45 AM

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yeah

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:46 AM

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n make compatible for linux, put label, etc

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:46 AM

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what should I name it

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whats a good name

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:46 AM

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madhddskillz

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:47 AM

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simple is better

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data

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:47 AM

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tawny nest madhddskillz

that's so tuff

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:47 AM

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HDD1,

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:47 AM

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okay

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my c drive is on

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:48 AM

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ST1000

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:48 AM

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efi at the moment

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oh wait nvm

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:48 AM

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no

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:48 AM

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I was looking at the fat

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:48 AM

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ur linux os is all on the nvme, including an efi boot thing hopefully on the nvme

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:49 AM

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what ever this means

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:49 AM

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ur not selecting the 1tb drive ur selecting the nvme

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:49 AM

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yeah anything with star icon is system use

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:49 AM

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cool

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:49 AM

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tawny nest ur not selecting the 1tb drive ur selecting the nvme

I had already formatted it

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:49 AM

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ah

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:49 AM

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we are talking about the c drive now

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should I close the post?

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:50 AM

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test it appears in file manager

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after making the new filesystem and label

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:51 AM

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it does

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so for installing wine f

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what is the reccomended settings?

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:51 AM

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there is no "c" drive in linux, it's called the "filesystem root" and it's partition 2 of your nvme

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:52 AM

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reccomended?

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:52 AM

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try it

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:53 AM

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fervent python try it

what are viruses like on linux and how wary should I be?

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since it makes up 4% of the market share

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:54 AM

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u can use clamav to scan the stuff u run with wine

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:54 AM

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fervent python u can use clamav to scan the stuff u run with wine

does linux mint have built in anti virus?

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:54 AM

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otherwise generally never saw a virus on linux

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not built-in

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:54 AM

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fervent python otherwise generally never saw a virus on linux

figured

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:54 AM

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fervent python not built-in

is there one on software manager?

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 4:55 AM

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search it in there, i gave a suggestion

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:55 AM

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sullen pulsar does linux mint have built in anti virus?

ur browser generally takes care of most issues if you use something half decent like chrome or firefox. just ensure you have "ask where to save files before download" turned on so that nothing is downloaded without your explicit consent.

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:55 AM

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fervent python search it in there, i gave a suggestion

clavmav?

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:55 AM

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tawny nest ur browser generally takes care of most issues if you use something half decent ...

I have brave installed

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is that good?

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:56 AM

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its fine, just turn on "ask where to save downloads"

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this will prevent any random shit you click from auto-downloading a file

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:56 AM

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it's on automatically

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:56 AM

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thats all you really need these days. if you want to click on any link you think is sketchy just open the link in a browser sandbox like browserling

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:57 AM

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tawny nest thats all you really need these days. if you want to click on any link you think...

okay

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man this is so cool

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I like how clean and simple linux mint looks

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and how smooth everything is

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also is there a equivalent of task manager?

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or perhaps a command?

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oh system monitor

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:58 AM

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htop

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:58 AM

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wow

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 4:58 AM

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is a command line tool you can use too, but you need to study the commands

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 4:58 AM

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just wow linux is idling at like 5% of cpu usage

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I feel useless with the 64 gb of ram I got lol

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where is my gpu in here?

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fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:00 AM

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it's not, but u can install a flatpak app from software mgr called "Resources"

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or nvtop for terminal based monitor

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or "btop"

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:01 AM

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installing btop rn

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oh wow

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that looks sick

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 5:02 AM

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what does btop look like 😮

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:02 AM

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tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 5:02 AM

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damn

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:02 AM

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is that awesome or what

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:03 AM

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there are also things in mint cinn. desktop called DESKLETS. they can be handy displayers of stuff like hdd space, calendar, time, temperatures

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:03 AM

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how does one us desklets

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 5:03 AM

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htop looks like shit compared to that

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:03 AM

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is that like the ricing t=hing

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:03 AM

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tawny nest htop looks like shit compared to that

yeah like this

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I have a whole second display I don't use so adding a ton of desklets would be cool

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:04 AM

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tawny nest htop looks like shit compared to that

how is yours read

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:04 AM

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u can see desklets, applets, and everything else in your system in "system settings" faved in ur start menu

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:04 AM

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red*

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 5:04 AM

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sullen pulsar how is yours read

you can change terminal preferences and change font colours. but that specific red one is a different system that's running ubuntu

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:05 AM

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tawny nest you can change terminal preferences and change font colours. but that specific r...

how does on do that

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 5:05 AM

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right click terminal in your dock at the bottom, then preferences

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:05 AM

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was wrong, there's no gpu in btop

tawny nest Feb 27, 2025, 5:06 AM

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then you click under profiles which says "unnamed" and from there you click the colours tab at top

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:06 AM

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my epic games keep saying

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:06 AM

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but search "geerling system monitors for linux" on youtube. he presents some very cool ones

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:06 AM

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verify update and then doing nothing

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:09 AM

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sullen pulsar verify update and then doing nothing

do you guys know how to fix this^

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:11 AM

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wine update?

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:11 AM

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hmm

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:11 AM

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im asking

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:11 AM

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no update manager

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says no updates

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:11 AM

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then it's fine

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u have net access

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:13 AM

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yuo

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:13 AM

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what does your inxi -Gxx command show ?

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:13 AM

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blank

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:13 AM

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wrong spelling sry

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fixed

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:14 AM

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Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT]
    vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-1 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 0d:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:731f
  Device-2: Elgato Systems GmbH HD60 X
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 4-2:2 chip-ID: 0fd9:008a
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi
    gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: primary,right
    model: Dell G2524H res: 1920x1080 dpi: 90 diag: 623mm (24.5")
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: left model: 32S321
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 70 diag: 815mm (32.1")
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
    inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa
    v: 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD
    Radeon RX 5600 OEM (radeonsi navi10 LLVM 19.1.1 DRM 3.57
    6.8.0-54-generic) device-ID: 1002:731f

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:14 AM

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amd. all set

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:15 AM

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yuppp

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you know it

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:15 AM

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check ur start menu search bar for webcamoid

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:16 AM

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non existent

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:16 AM

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if it's there, great (for monitoring ur webcam and/or taking pics

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if u type just webcam anything?

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:16 AM

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nope

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I have no webcams on my pc

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:17 AM

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u can install cheese app

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:17 AM

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for what

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:17 AM

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i guess it would monitor the elgato thing if u have no cam

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:18 AM

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yeah my capture card

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:18 AM

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alright mark this solved. do some exploring n stuff

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:21 AM

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wait

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how does flat pak work

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is it built in or do I have to install it

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:22 AM

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it fetches thru software manager. the first 7 or 8 may be friggin huge cuz of core files needed

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it's all set up in Mint

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:22 AM

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it says it's on

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and I'm trying to install something via flat pak

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but it's not working

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:23 AM

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hm

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:23 AM

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it's working now I think

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:23 AM

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keep in mind the first handful are huge

sullen pulsar Feb 27, 2025, 5:23 AM

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it's asking me a lot of y/ns

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hopefully I didn't install a virus

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😭

fervent python Feb 27, 2025, 5:24 AM

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ok im out. tc

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