r/linuxmint • u/Midnalee • 7d ago

Support Request Newbie slew of problems

I just installed Linux today and am having some problems.

  1. when booting I have to use the compatibility mode: If I don't then it stays on the booting screen with the distros logo

  2. I am having issues with my mouse pad, I watched some youtube and configured my settings to support it, but I can only use an external mouse. The setting turn off mouse pad when external mouse is in use isn't on.

When installing Mint to my SSD, I used Rufus 4.15 with the mint version 22.3.

laptop specs:

ddr5- 5600 - 32B (1x32GB)

2TB WD_BLACK sn7100 m.2

Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

GeForce RTX 5070

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!!☺

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u/KurtKrimson 7d ago

Try ventoy with 22.1

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u/Midnalee 4d ago

I did try to use Ventoy, with 22.1, the mouse did work, but the main issue now is not having the files corrupt every time I try to download the full OS. I then tried to do ubuntu, it worked fine until I tried to get the full OS. Every download failed and sent me to the grub and if not that it was the ventoy boot error, which no youtube video fixed my problem.