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kindred sandal Jun 29, 2025, 9:41 PM

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can also put nomodeset in the special startup parameters

waxen arch Jun 29, 2025, 9:41 PM

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im just reinstalling

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give me a few mins

waxen arch Jun 29, 2025, 10:07 PM

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yeah same screen

waxen arch Jul 4, 2025, 12:54 AM

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Do you think it would be possible to change the password of the user back to the original one? or does it not matter anymore because it got encrypted?

waxen arch Jul 5, 2025, 12:18 AM

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oh wait i do get there

kindred sandal Jul 5, 2025, 12:19 AM

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yes so boot normally or else use the options there for safe graphics mode shrugs

waxen arch Jul 5, 2025, 12:21 AM

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weird it booted when i didnt use the 3060 🤔

kindred sandal Jul 5, 2025, 12:21 AM

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well of course

waxen arch Jul 5, 2025, 12:21 AM

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lemme get zulumount

kindred sandal Jul 5, 2025, 12:22 AM

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idk what 3060 is, but sounds like nvidia. and you know nvidia is a dog on linux, without special baby support

waxen arch Jul 5, 2025, 12:22 AM

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lmaooo

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yes its the 3060 mobile which is kind of poo

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i used the onboard amd graphics

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AMD my beloved

kindred sandal Jul 5, 2025, 12:23 AM

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oh. u disabled the 3060 in the BIOS for this boot?

waxen arch Jul 5, 2025, 12:23 AM

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no i selected amd instead of nvdia in the MX boot screen thing

kindred sandal Jul 5, 2025, 12:23 AM

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oh. neat that it has that specific option

waxen arch Jul 5, 2025, 12:23 AM

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yeah its cool asf

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where can i get apps on mx again

kindred sandal Jul 5, 2025, 12:24 AM

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I moved to MX Fluxbox almost a month ago

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for apps, MX Package installer, and Synaptic Package Manager for a crap ton of other intricate things

waxen arch Jul 5, 2025, 12:24 AM

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kindred sandal I moved to MX Fluxbox almost a month ago

might be the move after this conundrum

waxen arch Jul 5, 2025, 12:25 AM

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kindred sandal for apps, MX Package installer, and Synaptic Package Manager for a crap ton of o...

will zulumount be in mx package installer

kindred sandal Jul 5, 2025, 12:26 AM

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in the debian repos tab it should. give it time to refresh the package list

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just be careful to not accidentally RIGHT CLICK on open apps in the fluxbox panel, cuz that's a quick shortcut to close them

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 1:20 AM

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kindred sandal in the debian repos tab it should. give it time to refresh the package list

hmmm i cant quite find it

kindred sandal Jul 7, 2025, 1:20 AM

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use synaptic

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 1:20 AM

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k

kindred sandal Jul 7, 2025, 1:21 AM

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make sure u hit the reload button in it first

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 1:21 AM

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k hit "all" and then i relaoded it

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 1:22 AM

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kindred sandal make sure u hit the reload button in it first

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@kindred sandal mount both?

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@arctic gust are you able to help currently

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 1:35 AM

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whats happening as far as recovery?

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 1:35 AM

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so far it refused to open or decrypt in mint

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so we switched to mx linux

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got zulumount

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and then im trying to decrypt as we speak

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 1:42 AM

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so zulumount-gui DOES support that tech weird that it wouldn't work in the other environment

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 1:42 AM

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When it asks for the key can I use the wrapped-paraphrase file?

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nvm it didnt work

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every time i get close NOTHING HAPPENS

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 1:48 AM

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I don't think you are getting close

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 1:49 AM

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that only my feeling

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doesnt mean its true

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 1:49 AM

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I suspect if you can't simply follow https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=315207

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then something is wrong with either following directions or the filesystem

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 1:50 AM

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i have been documenting everything that i am doing

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@arctic gust what exactly went wrong here then

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 1:51 AM

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so in that example what goes wrong in 1-4 exactly

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be very specific

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 1:52 AM

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i can reboot mint and replicate it

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wait one

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 2:06 AM

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arctic gust I suspect if you can't simply follow https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?...

people said in other forums these instructions dont work

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and ive said that before

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@arctic gust

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@arctic gust @kindred sandal this is exactly what i did before i got locked out

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i changed my password using the terminal

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@arctic gust this time i mounted it to desktop where i could clearly see it and ITS STILL encrypted

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arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 2:27 AM

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then you didn't actually mount it per directions

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the directions didn't say to click on the icon on the desktop

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 2:28 AM

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what do you mean

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i followed the directions to the tee

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it worked

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i got the passphrase, no other password worked

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 2:30 AM

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the video shows you clicking on an icon vs mounting it with the terminal

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 2:31 AM

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IT SAID it mounted successfully

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 3:46 AM

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you mounted the encypted item which isn't useful

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 5:58 AM

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im gonna try it on 20.3

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 7:29 AM

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BRUUUUUUUHHHHHHH @kindred sandal @arctic gust

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SOLUTION:

IF YOU ARE IN A MINT VERSION LATER THAN 20.3 YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD 20.3 FROM THIS FORUM POST AND LIVE BOOT (like from a USB stick):
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2650379#p2650379

also dont use balena etcher, use venoty as its easier, as mentioned far up in this post:

@here

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 7:35 AM

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I don't see why an old version of mint can help

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 7:36 AM

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well i just recovered and mounted it with one command so

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 7:36 AM

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is it the same command listed in that forum post?

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 7:36 AM

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no

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it was recover private

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 7:37 AM

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was the original OS 20.3?

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sorry it was I"m sure in the prior info but I've forgotten

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 7:37 AM

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no worries, it was 22, its the very first linux i installed about 2 months ago

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 7:38 AM

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you should after safely copying any and all info you may need to recover attempt to duplicate on 22, if the procedure does not in fact work on 22 with the exact same commands that may suggest a bug

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also the whole thing kinda suggests it would be nice to offer a better process for similar recoveries

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 7:39 AM

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arctic gust you should after safely copying any and all info you may need to recover attempt...

Ive been saying this for a while, axrusar on the forums has already mentioned that this is a bug
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2416492#p2416492

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quite an OS breaking bug too

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 7:40 AM

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I'm not a fan of ecryptfs

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 7:41 AM

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tbf i should have never encrypted but i really didnt know any better

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 7:41 AM

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it is I think vital for laptops which may be lost

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But I prefer LUKS

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 7:42 AM

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luckily there is nothing of value on my laptop

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well, only valuable to me

arctic gust Jul 7, 2025, 7:42 AM

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also GUI tools like file managers know how to unlock luks

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so recovery is less bothersome

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 7:43 AM

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i think im just going to pay more attention next time to what im clicking on

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 8:38 PM

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🤣 @kindred sandal you can remove clock emoji now lol

kindred sandal Jul 7, 2025, 8:45 PM

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did u finally unlock it?

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 8:45 PM

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waxen arch

yeah brother

kindred sandal Jul 7, 2025, 8:45 PM

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oh finally.

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 8:45 PM

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turns out it really was this version of mint all along

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the crucial thing was i couldnt find anywhere to download it so i gave up

kindred sandal Jul 7, 2025, 8:46 PM

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so u did it thru what?

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 8:46 PM

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forum

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put it onto the ventoy usb and literally one command line it worekd

kindred sandal Jul 7, 2025, 8:46 PM

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i mean what method or distro or tool did u use?

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 8:46 PM

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mint 20.3

kindred sandal Jul 7, 2025, 8:46 PM

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ahhhh

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what a dog that was

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 8:47 PM

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i know

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took way longer than it should have

kindred sandal Jul 7, 2025, 8:47 PM

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well good that u got it.

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i'd have sent u 20.3 but it would take 3 weeks to upload

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glad u found a copy

waxen arch Jul 7, 2025, 8:48 PM

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waxen arch **SOLUTION:** IF YOU ARE IN A MINT VERSION LATER THAN 20.3 YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD...

If anyone has this problem again you need to send them my forum post, theres a link there to download it

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from the tk42 guy

#Recover files from login loop / decrypt files / recover .Private / decrypt home folder