I’m trying to install Mint in parallel with Win10. I’ve allocated a 1TB partition on my HD in anticipation. I downloaded the ISO file (Cinnamon 64) and created a bootable USB drive. I’m following the advice in the It’s Foss 'How to boot Linux Mint and Windows 10 [Beginner’s Guide]. Everything wo…

sounds like it could possibly be an issue with video drivers. can you post a clear photo of the error message?

Rather difficult to provide a photo as the message moves over the screen as a smallish blue rectangle with the message “Input Not Supported”. Before that the LM logo in a green circle is displayed on a black screen. There are some very brief messages at the top left hand corner too fast to read. I…

good luck with trying something different. one thing to keep in mind regarding: [image] GeoffSleath: I’m going to try downloading the 32 bit version and see how that works. is that 32-bit operating systems can only address 4 gb of ram so you will only be able to use that amount even if your …

You are trying to install Mint from a usb drive? Can you burn a live CD and use it for the install? I find a CD will sometimes work better than a usb drive for a Linux install. Your video drivers are up to date for Windows 10, Linux Mint is obviously having issues with your graphics environment.

Thanks for the help. I’m really only experimenting for my own ammsement. I used to design electronic measurement/control systems and inevitably wrote some software but it was mostly assembler and a bit of ‘C’. However I’ve been retired for 25 years so a biit out of touch :slight_smile: I’m just t…

i have read about an option to boot a live usb with a parameter called “nomodeset” so that it is more likely to boot in systems with nvidia graphics cards. i don’t have a system with nvidia myself so i have never used it. i am trying to find a well-written description of how to enable the option. pe…

you have to scroll a ways down the page ( https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tricia_cinnamon.php ), but eventually there is a section titled: Solving freezes during the boot sequence. the very first video shows how to enable the “nomodeset” option by pressing tab when Start Linux Mint is highlighted and re…

Did you disable ‘secure boot’ in your BIOS?

cordx: Thanks. I’ll have a look at that. wgberninghausen : I didn’t but it may be disabled. I’ll have a look at the BIOS and see. I didn’t think it was even a requirement. It seems using Linux may be easy but actually installing it is fraught with potential hazards. Geoff

Looking back on my own experience, I also had problems with Linux Mint. But it was mostly my learning curve. I had a hardware issue of a jumping mouse (cursor) that I had to resolve, but Linux Mint never fail to install. Granted, I install Linux Mint several times and now it seems it is easy as a pi…

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Boot problem with Mint 19.3

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Akito 7 February 2021 12:19 20

kc1di:

You need the nomodeset parameter in the boot line

What tips/tricks do you have for multimonitor setup on Linux? Discussion

I don’t know if you could count that as a “tip”, but I definitely advise people to use the original drivers provided by the manufacturer, because they are usually far superior to nouveau. The last time I installed Debian with KDE on my computer it even lagged (I have a GTX 970 + i7-8700K …), probably partially due to my 5 connected monitors. Once I installed the original NVIDIA driver’s newest version, everything runs smoothly. Additionally, you need to make sure that the driver is actually rec…

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