I have linux mint recently installed on my pc and I can't hear anything, can anyone help me?

I decided to revive an old Lenovo g505 from like 10 years ago and i decided to use Xfce edition because I've been told that its the best for old computers. Im pretty new to anything linux related or changing my OS as a matter of fact. I managed to get rid of the windows 8 it had preinstalled and switched it for the Xfce version of Mint. I did pretty much everything step by step but no matter what i did i can't use the WiFi network, mainly because there is no option for it. I tried everything i could find on the internet and absolutely nothing worked. I even reinstalled different versions on Mint to try and fix the problem but to no results. I tried to update the drivers in every way possible and still nothing.

hi, I have an issue with my laptop not omitting sounds, I recently installed mint and followed various trouble shooting guides and nothing worked. ( and I also updated the kernel )

I used alsmixer and I didn’t solve the issue. When I listed the sound card- no sound card was there,and I used other programs that were suggested to trouble shoot this issue.

I have pc with intel core 2 duo e7200 i recently installed linux mint on it and it's only showing one core before linux mint i installed arch Linux on it and it always was on one core i thought there is maybe problem with hardware then one day i something happened and checked bio there some option of single core mode or something it was enabled I disabled it and installed mint because arch was painfully slow on that system. now when I boot the system it shows one core but if i reboot then it shows 2 core again I checked using htop lscpu and other methods. Motherboard is intel dg31pr and cpu is intel core 2 duo e7200

I’ve just come back to Linux Mint after some distro hopping and here is what I learnt.

Firstly I use Windows in my day job - I work for an MSP as a Helpdesk Engineer and we are basically a Windows shop with some Mac support thrown into the mix. I’m also studying for several Microsoft Certifications as these pay the bills and keep a roof over our heads.

Windows 11 is not a nice OS, telemetry aside and the horrible interface I really hate the fact that AI is going to be baked into everything going towards. I will be honest and say that I really dislike and distrust AI and the people behind it. Yes I have to use it for my day job and to take my exams but that’s is all I use it for now.

Fedora - this was my first port of call and while I really like the Gnome desktop, I found the multimedia support a pain even with the RPM Fusion repositories added there were still issues with x265 and h265 videos of which I have more than a few of as I like their smaller size. We do not own a television so multimedia playback is important to me.

Next stop was Ubuntu, the first distro I had ever used. Now the multimedia experience was a lot better and as with Fedora it was a Gnome desktop, I also liked the fact that I could install a minimal system and then install the apps I need but I do not like their choice of a snap based system rather than defaulting to a deb package it soon became a no.

I also looked at Pop OS but as they transitioning to their own desktop I decided to leave that one alone as I don’t like being a guinea pig and would rather let someone else find the bugs.

Now I’ve never really used KDE as I’ve always preferred Gnome based distros so I thought I’d give it a look.

My first stop was KDE Neon which failed to boot after installation due to a bug which occurs when a disc is encrypted - this is essential for me as even though it’s a personal laptop I do take it to coffee shops and the library so I want data secure.

Next up was Tuxedo OS which cannot use secure boot out of the box - another big no for me. Yea there is a work around but I don’t see why I should have to do that.

So onto another distro, this time openSUSE with the KDE desktop, which allowed me to use both secure boot and disc encryption. However once installed I realised that that was too much in the way configuration options for me - this is one of the reasons I like Gnome. Also the multimedia support was worse than Fedora’s to the point where I couldn’t even play a MP3 without tracking down a codec. At this point I was seriously thinking of jacking it all in and just using Windows as nothing was really working for me.

Rather than do that I decided to return to Linux Mint as the Edge iso means I can use secure boot and I have no issues with disc encryption. Multimedia support is there and I don’t have to worry about anything as things just work, which at the end of the day is what I want.

So thank you to Linux Mint for producing what is probably the best Linux distribution there is and for allowing a prodigal son to return.

I used these lines:

background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4); 
backdrop-filter: blur(5px); 

But only first line actually changes something, do I use it wrong, maybe it's necessary to install something like webkit or it's entirely impossible?

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I bought a wifi dongle off Amazon and it worked fine with my windows machine but now that I switched to Linux mint I can't get it to work. Any ideas

It has a lot of updates it wants to do, but I get this error. I try typing dpkg --configue -a in the terminal but that doesn't work. It says I need super user or something .

This is Linux Mint LMDE 6 "Faye"

Hi folks! I'm having a curious 'issue' as the title say setxkbmap change when I turn.

- I have Bluetooth turn off by default.

- I set setxkbmap -option caps:escape automatically when PC turns ON [Transform Caps Lock button into ESC, because vim, btw]

But when I turn ON Bluetooth via GUI this setxkbmap -option caps:escape fades away. And I have to run the setxkbmap command again in order to have my keys in order.

Well, do you have ny idea why this is happening? Thanks in advance!

It can't be just because of storage right?

Anyone else experiencing this? I am experiencing stuttery youtube on Brave browser also i am on youtube premium. so ads are the least of my worries. Just a note, Brave browser (3 tabs currently, reddit + youtube) and system monitor are currently the only apps open

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Here is my device:

Lenovo T14 Gen 1

Ryzen 5 4650u

16gb ram

512GB NVMe SSD

Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.3

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3 monitors (including the laptop monitor) resolutions are 1920x1080, 1280x720 and 1440x900.

1 Bluetooth Keyboard, 1 Bluetooth headset.

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Both bugs happen on both 6.5 (Linux Mint's inhouse kernel) and Mainline 6.6

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System monitor:

CPU usage 0 - 20%

RAM usage - 20%

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Honestly, at first I thought it was something with my workload but I start to notice this even without anything much opened. help?

Hello everyone,

Since I started my Computer Science degree, I've experimented with several Linux distros, including Ubuntu, Manjaro, and Fedora. About a year ago, I settled on using Linux Mint.

I own an Asus ROG Laptop with a dual boot setup (Windows 11 + Linux Mint). While everything runs smoothly on Windows, my Linux Mint installation tends to get excessively hot. I primarily use Linux Mint for everyday tasks such as coding, read and browsing the Internet. The most annoying issue for me is that the fans are constantly running; it feels like Linux prioritizes activating the fans as soon as possible.

I've tried installing TLP and configuring Power Saving mode, but it didn't change at all.

I'm posting this because I genuinely love Linux Mint, but this minor detail bothers me a lot. Does anyone have a solution? Thank you all.

This is the system info

https://preview.redd.it/k53zzhvakguc1.png?width=693&format=png&auto=webp&s=b1926b82d05e6f33288ab74848d48898db953409

SOLUTION: I changed from Linux Kernel 5.15 to 6.5 and seems to work because it does not overheat anymore.

I am planing to use the dd command to clone a usb thumb drive to a sd card. It seems fairly straight forward, but I have two questions. Some examples use bs=4m while others use bs=1m. Does it matter and how do I choose which to use? Most of the examples I find are cloning a sd card and suggest using dd to create an img file and then a second operation to write that img file to the second sd card. Is this just because it is assumed they only have one sd slot, and when going from usb to sdc just set if as the usb and of as the sdc and skip creating the img file?

I want to make a custom tile for my windows using gTile I downloaded from System Settings > Extensions. However, I can't press the settings button for any extensions I have downloaded. It's all greyed out but it's there. What should I do? I'm a beginner in using linux but I can probably use the terminal if needed.

Solved. bush_nugget helped me. Thank you very much :D

System Settings > Extensions screenshot

Hello,

I've been having issues with my Lenovo Miix 320s touchscreen not working after removing the screen from the keyboard(it turns into a tablet). With no fixes, I found disenabling and enabling the device using xinput to work and bring back functionality to the touchscreen. I've thought about using a cronjob to run a script using xinput but I went with UDEV rule to only run when the keyboard gets disconnected.

Sys Info

[code]mike@mike-Lenovo-MIIX-320-10ICR:$ inxi -Fxxxrpz System: Kernel: 6.5.0-27-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Machine: Type: Detachable System: LENOVO product: 80XF v: Lenovo MIIX 320-10ICR serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 32 v: Lenovo MIIX 320-10ICR serial: <superuser required> Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J91189WIN serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 5HCN39WW date: 05/11/2018 Battery: ID-1: BAPM charge: 22.3 Wh (67.0%) condition: 33.3/33.3 Wh (100.0%) volts: 3.7 min: 3.7 model: Bitland AXP288 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging CPU: Info: quad core model: Intel Atom x5-Z8350 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Airmont rev: 4 cache: L1: 224 KiB L2: 2 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 492 high: 530 min/max: 480/1920 cores: 1: 480 2: 530 3: 480 4: 480 bogomips: 11520 Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: DSI-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:22b0 class-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 339x212mm (13.3x8.3") s-diag: 400mm (15.7") Monitor-1: DSI-1 res: 1280x800 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: 800x1280 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (CHV) v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.122.04.2 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Imaging Unit vendor: Lenovo driver: intel_atomisp2_pm v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:22b8 class-ID: 0480 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.5.0-27-generic running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3165 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> IF-ID-1: wwan0 state: down mac: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2 sub-v: 1000 hci-v: 4.2 rev: 1000 Drives: Local Storage: total: 58.24 GiB used: 43.46 GiB (74.6%) ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 vendor: HP model: DF4064 size: 58.24 GiB type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0x8 scheme: GPT Partition: ID-1: / size: 56.4 GiB used: 43.45 GiB (77.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk1p3 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 6 MiB (6.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk1p1 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 58.5 MiB (2.9%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Repos: Packages: 2250 apt: 2242 flatpak: 8 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 1: deb https://mirror.cov.ukservers.com/linuxmint virginia main upstream import backport 2: deb http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse 3: deb http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse 4: deb http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse 5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse Info: Processes: 262 Uptime: 2h 6m wakeups: 1 Memory: 3.68 GiB used: 1.54 GiB (41.7%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13[/code]

XInput info

[code]mike@mike-Lenovo-MIIX-320-10ICR:~$ xinput ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ FTSC1000:00 2808:1015 id=13 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ HTX USB HID Device HTX HID Device Keyboard id=9 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ PixArt USB Optical Mouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ HTX USB HID Device HTX HID Device Mouse id=17 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ HTX USB HID Device HTX HID Device Touchpad id=18 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ FTSC1000:00 2808:1015 UNKNOWN id=14 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ gpio-keys id=15 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ gpio-keys id=16 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ HTX USB HID Device HTX HID Device Keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ HTX USB HID Device HTX HID Device Wireless Radio Control id=11 [slave keyboard (3)][/code]

UDEV rule in /etc/udev/rules.d(named 85-screen-detach.rules)

[code]ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="8911", RUN+="/etc/udev/rules.d/screen_detach.sh"[/code]

Bash Script

[code]sleep 5 xinput disable 13 sleep 5 xinput enable 13 sleep 3 sudo sh -c "echo 'Screen detached - $(date)' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/log-screen-detached.txt"[/code]

i recently switched from windows 11 to linux mint (for being open source and a new look) but after switching i realized i didn't back up windows so i need the drivers , i have no internet driver , i'm using a IdeaPad 1 14IAU7 Lenovo Laptop , all the drivers on the website are .exe and none for linux , help

After several months of wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Windows 11, Fedora, Ubuntu and it’s family, OpenSUSE, Tuxedo OS, KDE Neon, Pop OS and others that I can’t remember I’ve returned to Linux Mint and beg the communities forgiveness for straying from the one true and righteous path….

Seriously I’ve realised that Linux Mint just works I can do what I need to do with the minimum of effort and fuss and not have to worry about things breaking when something updates and for that I’m eternally grateful and thankful.

I know I will need to keep a Windows computer around while I do my professional exams as the software to allow me to take the exams remotely only runs on either Windows or macOS but I can live with that as I need to pay the bills and I will also have to use Windows for work but my heart and soul belong to Linux Mint.

Hi, I love LMDE but I can't seem to find any info on the LMDE release cycle. It is more obscure while it should be the main distro.

There is no info on official pages, as far as I have seen.

Anyone who has informed or even an informed guess please respond as to when will the next version of LMDE come out.

Thanks in advance.

So I know that LM is like the official platform for Cinnamon, but whenever I see someone ask about installing KDE or Gnome, there are always replies saying 'Don't, use a distro that supports them instead'. But I've never seen an explanation for what this means, what won't work if you install them on LM, etc. Isn't the whole thing with DEs in Linux that you can just install whatever you like?

My Acer Aspire 3 15 seems to be incompatible with Linux. I initially installed kali where the problem arose; after some aggravation, I switched to the mint. The problem still persists despite switching to mint.

Any help would be appreciated; please keep in mind that I'm quite unexperienced with Linux and to be detailed in your responses.

I can also provide any commands from the terminal.

Here's the aforementioned WIFI card that comes stock with the laptop: https://www.ebay.com/p/1364033711

Disclaimer: Potentially broken english ahead as this is not my native language, sorry for all the possibly nonsense sentences.

So I've installed Linux Mint 21.3 on two of my computers:

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• Desktop:
  • Ryzen 2600x
  • 16gb ram
  • RX6600
• Laptop: Thinkpad x280
  • Intel i5-8350U
  • 8gb ram
  • Intel UHD 620

So, in both systems the OS is running pretty smooth and after installing the patch to recognize my 8bitdo Ultimate Wireless controller everything was looking great... except for a minor but very upsetting issue:

Everytime I watched some youtube video, or a Prime Video movie, or a Twitch streaming, etc... randomly the sound like cuts off for less than a second and comes back repeating the last part of sound that was reproduced. I don't know if I'm explaining myself correctly, but basically if I was watching a video, in practice it was like the people on the video were repeating the last part of the last word they've spoken. It happened on both systems with a good internet connection and it was not because my systems couldn't handle youtube or such.

So looking for a fix I didn't find any, every thread I found was marked as solved but nothing helped (for instance one guy solved the issue by upgrading the kernel to a version that is now old, or another guy just rebooted the computer and it was fixed).

Then I've read a suggestion about replacing pulseaudio with pipewire (which, as far I know, is compatible with everything pulseaudio does), so I followed this guide to install pipewire on Linux Mint, specifically the method from the software manager GUI, rebooted my system, confirmed that I'm using pulseaudio through Pipewire:

https://preview.redd.it/jphw130v1duc1.png?width=653&format=png&auto=webp&s=b86fee8fd40cb32cca05dc3a8ebd8d01cfa0740d

....and no issues so far. I've using Prime Video for like an hour and the sound thing is finally gone.

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I'm a big fan of the community based help on linux so I wanted to share this in case someone has the same issue and this could be of help.

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I like light theme but the terminal seems persistent and won't change with the theme I choose. Can I change the terminal's window theme?