Old Laptop GPU Problem | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:27 PM

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Old laptop
Gtx 570m

Couldn't boot normally, recovery worked and updated everything.

Resolution was 1024x768 before update

Update manager did install legacy drivers i think but after that resolution dropped to 480p

I am a first time user so no clue how to fix

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:29 PM

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night echo Old laptop Gtx 570m Couldn't boot normally, recovery worked and updated ever...

recovery mode may hinder stuff, it sets up read-only

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so any driver u put, is tossed out next boot

native pagoda May 5, 2026, 4:29 PM

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night echo Old laptop Gtx 570m Couldn't boot normally, recovery worked and updated ever...

you need an old kernel to load this driver... actually, i am not even sure that 390 is available in common repository

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:30 PM

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boot with nomodeset, and switch to 6.8 kernel. or at least provide inxi -br result here when reach desktop in nomodeset

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#1429152383018991697 message

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#1297240853206532136 message

native pagoda May 5, 2026, 4:33 PM

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And that's what I was afraid of, the Nvidia 390 drivers are not available in Linux Mint 22.3 (Ubuntu 22.04)...

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:34 PM

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the wiki link in the #1295728709306683482 guide for Nvidia mentions the 'other drivers' thing

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:34 PM

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Ohhh imma check, let's see

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:35 PM

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https://mintguide.miraheze.org/wiki/Driver_Manager

The Linux Mint Community Wiki

Driver Manager

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still need old kernel, probably.

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and S.B. off

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:38 PM

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patent saffron boot with nomodeset, and switch to 6.8 kernel. or at least provide `inxi -br` r...

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night echo May 5, 2026, 4:48 PM

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patent saffron boot with nomodeset, and switch to 6.8 kernel. or at least provide `inxi -br` r...

Sorry im pretty new
Where exactly to type that?

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:49 PM

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after splash

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or, you can delete splash even, and replace with nomodeset be sure spelling correct

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@night echo booted?

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:54 PM

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Yes

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:54 PM

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yep. do clear

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:54 PM

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So I Have to downgrade kernel? If that's possible

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:54 PM

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wait... u showed 1/8 of the important stuff

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:55 PM

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Okay hold on

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:55 PM

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is this installed or live?

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maximize terminal

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:55 PM

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SSD

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:55 PM

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installed

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?

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:55 PM

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I was using on my pc but plugged off and on to laptop

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:55 PM

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so it's an external SSD?

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:56 PM

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No, just removed from pc
And put on laptop

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:56 PM

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Maximize terminal

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do clear

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:56 PM

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I can format if necessary and re build mint

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:56 PM

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then do df -h ; lsblk

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and show result

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:57 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 4:58 PM

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clear

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do inxi -Sr

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and show

night echo May 5, 2026, 4:59 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:01 PM

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cat /proc/cmdline ; free -h

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@night echo

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:02 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:02 PM

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ok clear

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then do apt list -i nvidia*

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:02 PM

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Does it not work with nouveau?

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:02 PM

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sonic wolf Does it not work with nouveau?

i think they said it blackscreened

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thus, in safemode

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:03 PM

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A lot of lists showed up

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:03 PM

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show it. u can press ctrl+(minus sign) to shrink the text once

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:04 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:04 PM

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right, so DO NOT UPGRADE THE KERNEL

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no matter what

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:05 PM

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Okay

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:05 PM

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decline all offers by the update managers about linux-image

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now do the wiki thing

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:05 PM

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@night echo When you booted to usb in order to install it, did it boot normally, or did you had to use compatibility mode?

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:05 PM

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patent saffron https://mintguide.miraheze.org/wiki/Driver_Manager

'additional drivers' part

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:05 PM

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sonic wolf <@237694148595941378> When you booted to usb in order to install it, did it bo...

Well I did install on my pc with USB

But now SSD inside laptop

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:06 PM

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patent saffron now do the wiki thing

Gotcha

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:06 PM

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and u want to use this os permanently in the laptop yes?

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:06 PM

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Yeah

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:07 PM

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ok at the ppa page, it mentions support for the 5xx series

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and the associate driver package made for it

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:07 PM

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Okay

native pagoda May 5, 2026, 5:09 PM

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it's mentionned in the error message above that the required driver is 390 legacy

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:10 PM

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where??

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OP pics show 570 error

native pagoda May 5, 2026, 5:10 PM

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#1501259044990619698 message

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:11 PM

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Except kernel 6.8 may still be too new for nvidia 390

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:12 PM

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hmm

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:12 PM

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native pagoda https://discord.com/channels/628978428019736619/1501259044990619698/150125904499...

i don't believe the statement

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and yes, 6,8 may be too new

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in which case, use Mint 21 or MX linux 23.6

native pagoda May 5, 2026, 5:13 PM

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fact is GTX 570 is very hold...

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Realase date for GTX 570 is 2011...

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:14 PM

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i see no legacy repos in the current repo sources shown. thus I dont believe they installed any legacy drivers

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:14 PM

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I'd still try nouveau on 6.8 based on that @night echo didn't mention he had to use compatability mode when installing mint

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:14 PM

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I can't use driver manager, it keeps saying offline but i have connection

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:15 PM

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u can see websites load?

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:15 PM

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Yeah

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:16 PM

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well I don't think nomodeset is causing this

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:16 PM

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It was happening before as well

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:16 PM

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do you have the Mint live USB?

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:16 PM

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Yeah

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:16 PM

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also show result of inxi -SGx to get exact info of what's going on

native pagoda May 5, 2026, 5:17 PM

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Last Nvidia driver to support 500M series is indeed the 390

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on linux platform at least

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:17 PM

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No drivers needed it says when searched USB

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:18 PM

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dude, show the inxi i said

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:18 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:19 PM

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22.0 wilma

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ok. well if u want to live boot a wilma ISO in regular (non-compat) mode

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u will see if nouveau works here or not.

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i think not

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:20 PM

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Okay i will boot usb

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:20 PM

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patent saffron in which case, use Mint 21 or MX linux 23.6

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native pagoda May 5, 2026, 5:21 PM

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Nvidia-390: The 390 driver is supported for Linux Mint 21 versions when you use the 5.15 LTS kernel. The 390 driver is not supported in Linux Mint 22 versions and you must use the open-source xorg-nouveau driver.

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:23 PM

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Ohh usb boot showed 1080p

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:23 PM

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u at desktop?

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maximize terminal, and show inxi -SGx

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:23 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:24 PM

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patent saffron maximize terminal, and show `inxi -SGx`

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night echo May 5, 2026, 5:24 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:25 PM

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this is a zena ISO

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anyway, you're on nouveau here.

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if u want to reinstall, choose erase and install

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:25 PM

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Yeah sure it's fine

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:25 PM

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or something else, if u have other important data partitions

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oh actually this is BIOS only

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so do a proper thing.

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@night echo open the Disks app

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check if u have any other important shit

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on this SSD

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if not, go to its dots menu, and click 'format drive' and choose msdos/mbr type , quick erase

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:27 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:27 PM

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128 GB device of course

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check all partitions

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:28 PM

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Its single partition

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:28 PM

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show full pic of window

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not maximized

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:28 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:28 PM

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...

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:28 PM

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Select the ssd

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:28 PM

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what the fk does that show?

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click the drive man

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:28 PM

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Oh sorry

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native pagoda May 5, 2026, 5:29 PM

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oh, that old MBR

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:29 PM

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you plan to just use this on this old laptop right?

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i presume it's an old laptop.

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:30 PM

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Yea this SSD will stay here

native pagoda May 5, 2026, 5:30 PM

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ah no, it's an EFI ? why creating an extended partition...

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:30 PM

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2012 model laptop

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:30 PM

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what's inxi -M show?

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yeah i'd stay with legacy install.

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:30 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:30 PM

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dots menu: format drive> msdos partition table

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then install zena with 'something else' options

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:32 PM

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Why? Erase disk should work

native pagoda May 5, 2026, 5:32 PM

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maybe to force legacy MBR

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:33 PM

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sonic wolf Why? Erase disk should work

it'll make a gpt

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or maybe not

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but yeah, to force legacy install

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:33 PM

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Should I format now?

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:33 PM

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night echo Should I format now?

u chose msdos option?

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:34 PM

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I don't think install program changes MBR to GPT or vice versa

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:34 PM

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Yes

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:34 PM

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ok so disks shows all free space now for sda, yes?

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and partitioning style in the top lines, line 4 i think, says master boot record yes?

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

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some stuff is mounted

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stop all partitions with a play icon in them

native pagoda May 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

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(I find Gparted way clearer for such operation)

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:35 PM

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we'll see

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:36 PM

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partition 5 is mounted, based on previous screenshot

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:36 PM

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pick swap, and hit the stop button

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to turn off swap

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the rest is all here: #1500873039842115714 message

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:38 PM

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Okay now it formatted

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:38 PM

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Show new screenshot

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:38 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:38 PM

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hit cancel

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do not make anything on that

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close and follow link above.

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:39 PM

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Okay

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 5:40 PM

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.... just start install program and choose "erase disk and install mint" when asked. I'm pretty sure that'll work just fine

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:41 PM

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Oki

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:54 PM

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night echo Oki

done install?

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:57 PM

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Now finished

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@patent saffron @sonic wolf @native pagoda

Thank you all 💙

Things seems working

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:58 PM

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mind to show the DISKS app?

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:59 PM

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Sure

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:59 PM

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im curious to see what the thing did to your disk,

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using a legacy boot, and auto-install

night echo May 5, 2026, 5:59 PM

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patent saffron May 5, 2026, 5:59 PM

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also, do note - do not expect any kind of miracles from nouveau driver, or super performance

night echo May 5, 2026, 6:00 PM

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Also discord is banned here so if I can use goodbye dpi on linux that'd be great but that's for later

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 6:00 PM

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see @sonic wolf

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it did make it GPT

night echo May 5, 2026, 6:00 PM

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I'll mostly using this for light stuff

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 6:00 PM

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and adds the BIOS BOOT spicy area

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luckily this computer obliges that

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 6:00 PM

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patent saffron it did make it GPT

Still booted though

night echo May 5, 2026, 6:00 PM

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💀

patent saffron May 5, 2026, 6:01 PM

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night echo Also discord is banned here so if I can use goodbye dpi on linux that'd be great...

can't even log-in via firefox?

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also, check over your firefox Settings. all of them.

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customize to your sense.

sonic wolf May 5, 2026, 6:04 PM

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Just don't expect any game performance with the current driver @night echo Only basic stuff

night echo May 5, 2026, 6:07 PM

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I won't force anything demanding, because this laptop's GPU was dead already.

I literally cooked in the oven to bring back to life and it magically worked 🤣

#Old Laptop GPU Problem