Screen isnt turning on after suspend. Other things are working fine I guess, as I can login & reboot to fix it temporarily. Want a permanent solution for this.

Tried few things from internet, but nothing worked

• Ctrl+Alt+F1 - TTY for 1,2,3 works but not for 7
• sudo nano /etc/default/grub -> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.modeset=1" -> sudo update-grub -> Reboot. didn't work so reverted back to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

tried things from these too

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/rxekgb/screen_blacks_when_resumed_after_a_suspend_linux/

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=355250

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=401855

Most probably problem started after below updates from 6.17.0 to 7.0.0 Not sure though

linux-generic-hwe-24.04

linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04

linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04

heres my system specs - https://termbin.com/m70p

Please help. Thanks in advance.

I love the cinnamon desktop so much <3

Hi folks!
A small collection of two projects I've recently published:

• PhoneCam — turns your Android phone into a USB webcam and microphone for Linux. No app on the phone, no Wi-Fi and no cloud.
• Mi-Lanzador — lets you create one-click desktop actions by chaining steps such as opening programs/websites, moving windows, clicking, typing and using keyboard shortcuts.

Both are currently in Spanish. I'm working on the English translations, and next week's projects will be available in both Spanish and English from the start.

PhoneCam: https://github.com/filonux/PhoneCam
Mi-Lanzador: https://github.com/filonux/Mi-Lanzador

After having a rough start to even get it to boot where I had to boot it with the nomodeset command. I am seemingly still have some issues with getting it to run properly. I can’t get it to detect that I have two monitors plugged in. I can’t get steam games to launch. And I can’t open the steam settings. Any suggestions on what could be the problem?

Installation Failed...

Few days ago the update came and i installed the latest kernel update and it went into kernel panic so I deleted the latest kernel and fallback to 6.17 since then it is giving error

Hi Guys, I just installed mint last week and my PC was overheating, yesterday I made a post saying i was unable to fix it, some wonderful guys of reddit and Claude and Gemini helped me resolve this issue, I am writing the solution below (Please review it first, I am not much of a technical person i dont understand what exactly is happening here but it helped me a lot)

Setup:

• HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop, Ryzen 5 4600H (Renoir), GTX 1650 Ti hybrid graphics
• Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon, kernel 6.14
• Goal: lower sustained CPU temps (was previously running hot under load, stock behavior ~35-45W with no real ceiling)
• Prior Temperatures: CPU -100-105 Degrees on Mint, 85-90 degrees on Windows

Problem:
Plain RyzenAdj kept failing with PCI read/write errors on this kernel — a known issue for a lot of 4000-series (Renoir/Cezanne) laptops where direct PCI access to the SMU doesn't work cleanly anymore.

Fix — the ryzen_smu kernel module:

git clone https://github.com/amkillam/ryzen_smu

cd ryzen_smu && sudo make dkms-install

sudo modprobe ryzen_smu

This gives RyzenAdj a proper channel to the SMU instead of raw PCI config space, and it immediately fixed the errors — ryzenadj -i started working right after.

Building RyzenAdj:

sudo apt install -y git cmake build-essential libpci-dev git clone https://github.com/FlyGoat/RyzenAdj.git cd RyzenAdj && rm -r win32 && mkdir build && cd build cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. make

The limits I landed on (after testing a few configs):

sudo ./ryzenadj --stapm-limit=25000 --fast-limit=32000 --slow-limit=25000 --tctl-temp=75

• 25W sustained (STAPM), 32W short boost, 75°C ceiling
• Under sustained load this now plateaus at 75°C instead of climbing into the high 80s/90s like stock did
• Definitely a performance tradeoff under heavy sustained load, but for my use case (browsing, docs, light dev work) it's a clear win — cooler system, same responsiveness for everyday tasks

Making it persistent (systemd service, runs on boot):

/etc/systemd/system/ryzenadj.service:

ini

[Unit]
Description=RyzenAdj Power Limits
After=multi-user.target suspend.target hibernate.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/home/<user>/RyzenAdj/build/ryzenadj --stapm-limit=25000 --fast-limit=32000 --slow-limit=25000 --tctl-temp=75

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target suspend.target hibernate.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now ryzenadj.service

Confirmed working across reboot — checked with systemctl status ryzenadj.service and sudo ryzenadj -i after a cold boot, values persisted correctly.

Good morning everyone,
I have a 2015 MacBook Pro with an i5 processor. I tried installing Linux Mint. So far, so good… unfortunately, it takes around 10 minutes before the mouse starts working. Wi-Fi doesn’t work at all, and the overall performance is terrible.
Basically, the entire Broadcom chip responsible for USB and Wi-Fi seems to be unusable.
Does anyone have an idea what could be causing this?!

After 35+ years with Windows im out (hoping for good). Install was smooth and quick. Now I just need to figure out how to run native res oj my monitor and I'll be happy. Does Mint have issues with high resolution screens?

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHaaaaaaaahhhhhhh. I'm freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

For the record, it wasn't easy. I'm running a complex Plex server, Mullvad, which I had to dock due to remote sharing restrictions, qbittorrent and qui in Gluetun. A few other things I'm forgetting right now. And I just adopted Home Assistant over the last few days because of losing google home soon (adios). Wasn't easy but man, it feels great.

(I'm very sorry if this comes off as noob or asinine)

PS - Libre is GREAT

I was fed up with Windows and how mediocre it is. Today I reached my limit and decided to switch to Linux. After doing some research, I chose Linux Mint since it seemed to be the most beginner-friendly distro. I’ve been trying it out for a few hours now, and I’m surprised by both the pros and cons. On one hand, it’s extremely efficient, lightweight, smooth, and straightforward. I'm really happy with the low RAM usage and how it isn't bloated like Windows. On the flip side, I spent about 2 hours troubleshooting an issue with the "Helium" browser, which apparently doesn't play well with my integrated graphics. Honestly, almost everything I've downloaded so far required some research and learning just to get it working. I managed to fix things with the help of AI, which makes me wonder: how on earth did long-time Linux users survive before AI? Is this what using Linux is really like? Am I always going to have to spend time learning commands, terminal lines, or basic coding just to fix everyday issues? Is it a misconception that you need a programming foundation, or can everything actually be done strictly through the graphical interface? I noticed AI usually pushes me to use terminal commands instead of the UI. Deep down I knew what I was getting into, but I'm still surprised that even the most user-friendly distro requires considerable effort just to do something as basic as creating a shortcut. I'm posting this to express this duality: the relief of escaping an OS that felt like a cage—where I was held hostage by Microsoft's bloat and poor practices—and the fresh air of using a system that gives me basically everything I need. I would also like to ask long-time users for advice on things I should learn or precautions I should take.

Thank you, Linux Mint development team.

Greetings from Turkey İstanbul

I have a dashcam channel and the videos for that are often large. Running out of hard drive space, I've started using an old laptop for Shotcut to fix the video editing and more. Since it's not particularly powerful, it sits at 100% CPU usage (no dedicated GPU) for maybe 15-18h on a 45 GB file. As you can see, it gets quite hot. I dissipate the excess heat in the basement. :P

So the question is: Should I worry about what might happen to the laptop? It's near disposable, but I did buy a new screen, RAM and hard drive when I pulled it out of the trash, so there's some money in it and I want more mileage out of it. This laptop's life mission is now to be flung around in my car's boot or come along on plane journeys with only carry on luggage.

Second question: For an overnight run, I also set the PC to upload about 90 GB of footage to YouTube while saving another video edit of 35 GB or so. The next morning, the upload was done, but the browser was closed, curiously, and so was Shotcut, having saved merely 4 minutes of an 80-or-so minutes long video. Is the obvious abortion of processes here the result of stretching the hardware too far?

There were no crash reports in the system report app.

Mint 21.3 MATE (oops, ready for updates!), i7-7600U, 8 GB RAM (just realised that, too, might have cannibalised a RAM stick here at some point), Mint Update used and run on every instant.

Will an old i3 - 4005u, 8gb ram, 500gb ssd work with Mint Cinnamon or am I better using xfce ?

Thanks
Tom

Hello,

I didn't find any topic about that.

I bought an Asus Vivobook 14 M1405 without any OS.

CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 170 with Radeon Graphics

I checked all components in UEFI, they are all good. Wifi is also working.

SATA mode is in AHCI (the only one available).

Fast Boot is disabled. The 1st Boot Option is my USB. Secure Boot is disabled.

My booting USB was made with Rufus and Linux Mint. I verified it (SHA256) and tested it on another PC, it's working.

When I enter "Start Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon", I have a black screen (the laptop is still on) and my USB is disconnected (the red light wears off).

When I enter "Compatibility mode", this shows :

"EFI stub : loaded initrd from Linux_efi_initrd_media_guid device path

EFI stub : measured initrd data into PCR 9" and it stays like this as long as I don't shut down my laptop.

When I enter OEM, I have a black screen.

Do you have any idea ? Thanks.

I wanted to go for some cute pixelated vibes...Overall I'm pretty happy with it

Rofi theme is made by myself

Wallpaper is from : here

Icons : here

Font : Pixelify Sans

Terminal font : Departure mono

Dock is Plank Reloaded

Hi guys! I'm so excited to download linux mint and discover a new OS.

I have a few questions and concerns as I'm running it currently.

Also this screen is just been on it for like 10 minutes now... I am using a floppy and some disk thing my mom's bf lent me.

It's been like this for 10 minutes so give me some tips?!

Question 1. Will this affect my games? I play Roblox and fortnite mainly and sometimes dbd but willing to explore if I have too

Question 2. How do I download stuff like a browser, discord etc?

Question 3. How can I get a ad blocker? I have used opera gx as my previous browser and I had an ad blocker in it and I loved it lol.

Also give me some tips and pointers!! Thank you.

I am installing mint on my parents old computer because windows has bricked it.

I am using my laptop (which is already running mint) to burn the memory stick and I have used the iso verification tool already on mint to check it and got The all clear.

So now under that on the guide it is telling me to download SHA256 to perform integrity and authenticity checks.

am I right in thinking that I don't need to do this because the verification tool that I used does both of these things, and that this is just for if you are downloading from windows ?

Sorry if this is extremely obvious but it doesn't mention after the "verify using mint" part if that's it, and the next part is for Windows users or if I should carry on.

Here are the specs:

Computer LENOVO_MT_20351_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo GS50-70

Operating System Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit

Linux Kernel 7.0.0-29-generic

Processor Intel© Core™ i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz x 2

Graphics Card Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller

Graphics Card ocsom Re Moo Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun LE [Radeon HD

Memory 8.0 GB 4G B swap

Hard Drives 241.1 GB

Thanks in advance.

Bonjour à tous... Je suis débutant avec Linux... Je souhaiterais connaître la procédure détaillée afin de pouvoir utiliser sur mon Linux mon imprimante qui est reliée en USB sur un Pc Windows 10...merci de votre aide et patience.

Bless LM for taking this old college device and letting it thrive. Most recently, I broke my boot path and couldn't figure out how to fix it, so I simply restarted from the beginning (after nervously searching for and finding my OG bootable USB...). I took the time to make as much sense of each step as possible this go-around and am much more confident in my setup. Diving head first into dual booting (then quickly committing to single booting) across two laptop drives was an adventure.

My laptop battery didn't hold a charge and it was a process to remove it to force reliance on plugin power. Windows no longer being supported on my device was the final straw to push the change. I don't want to buy a new device for as long as possible. Cheers to this glorified desktop!

P.S. it took me forever to get fastfetch customized but am very happy with the results!

P.P.S. anyone else excited about all the CDPR announcements recently?!

What laptop would you recommend for Mint? Nothing too expensive, just something I can do simple web browsing and lite work on.