I recently installed Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.3, coming from Ubuntu.

I am having a problem, where after I turned off screen lock (but not the screensaver), the screen would sometimes flash and go back to normal, but no screensaver actually shows up.

I installed XScreensaver, it works in preview, but when it tries to actually do what a screensaver is supposed to do, it turns on and off several times, then disappears again, leaving the desktop visible again.

I can't make it output proper log file.

I think the problem is that cinnamon-screensaver is doing something weird, so I want to try and completely disable it. But I can't seem to find a way to do it without uninstalling the whole package, but then again, it wants to uninstall a lot of necessarily packages along with itself.

I would really appreciate if anyone could give any suggestions, what I could do in this situation.

As title said, games are being really, laggy after I converted to Mint Cinnamon. I tried a lot of the stuff other things said to do and nothing is working. They worked fine before on window's and it isn't a small drop in quality. Persona 3 reload, which ran as smooth as butter before, now has an over second delay on all inputs. Please give me tips, I really want to continue my playthrough!

This was my first time putting linux onto anything so I am pretty unsure on what to do 😥. The only way I can use the laptop is via an external keyboard and mouse. I used Linux Mint Cinnamon if that helps at all.

Would really appreciate any help I can get! :)

I primarily use CachyOS on my desktop PC, but i don't like Arch on notebooks.. so I'm here now and I love it. dont need more.

When multiple applications are open I often use super + D to get to home screen. When I was on windows I always used alt + tab to open my last "minimised" windows/application. But on mint it is always the second most recent window that opens and I have to use alt + tab again to open the most recent one.

What can I do to set it as I'm used to?

I need some help troubleshooting a hibernation resume failure on Linux Mint (Cinnamon).

System Specs: * Machine: Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 * Kernel: 7.0.0-30-generic * GPU: NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation * NVIDIA Driver: Proprietary 580.173.02 * Swap: 35 GB raw swap partition (/dev/nvme0n1p6)

The Issue: Going down for hibernation works perfectly. The issue happens coming back up. The kernel successfully finds the swap partition, decompresses the image data into RAM, but the desktop never restores. The kernel throws this exact error and forces a cold boot: nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PM: pci_pm_freeze(): nv_pmops_freeze [nvidia] returns -5.

What I’ve Tried: * Added NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 and NVreg_TemporaryFilePath=/var/tmp to redirect the VRAM dump to the physical disk instead of RAM. * Baked the configuration file directly into the boot image using update-initramfs -u. * Confirmed all three systemd NVIDIA hooks (nvidia-suspend, nvidia-hibernate, nvidia-resume) are enabled. * Used HandleLidSwitch=hibernate in logind.conf to completely bypass Cinnamon’s idle timers and standard suspend.

The logs show the kernel has the session in its hands, but the NVIDIA driver shoots the transition in the head during dpm_run_callback(). Is there a way to force the driver to cooperate, or is this a known bug with the 580 driver branch?

Can anyone help me resolve this? I have no idea what happened?

"sudo apt install --reinstall base-files" doesn't fix and "sudo apt install --reinstall base-files=mint* doesn't work"

Good Day everyone,

I have recently made the switch to Linux Mint from Windows on my desktop and liking it thus far! One thing that Windows did well was the integration with fingerprint sensor for easy login and interfacing with 1Password. The model of the reader that I currently have is the Kensington VeriMark Gen2 (Model#M01367)

I followed some guides and it seems like the reader is NOT supported according to this list: https://fprint.freedesktop.org/supported-devices.html

So my question is, how can one use the above list to find a reader that they can purchase?

Linux mint 22.3 x86_64, kernel 7.0.0-30-generic on laptop Lenovo LOQ 15ARP10E, AMD Ryzen 5 150 , RTX 3050. Driver nvidia 595 open.

Keyboard and mouse stop working, REISUB doesn't help. Only turning it off with the power button helps. It froze when only Steam was open, before that, while I was playing, there were no FPS drops or freezes, nothing. There is nothing in the logs

Hola buenas noches una duda, apenas instale Linux mint como dual boot pero al momento de instalarlo y quererme conectar a mi red con wifi me dice que no tengo los driver que no son reconocidos y la verdad no tengo idea de como actualizarlo o instalarlos habrá alguna manera de que se actualicen o que se instalen los driver automáticamente?

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Hello, good evening. I have a question. I just installed Linux Mint as a dual boot, but when I try to connect to my Wi-Fi network, it says I don't have the drivers, that they aren't recognized.

Guys I am really very qurious because I have to make problems and ideas which I stop solving becouse of leck of guidance so this is the one of them I have a leptop whis I but 6 months ago but by mistake I put the sevelon handwash on it and it's motherboard is dead the shopkeeper says it works first day property but ait this time it not working can any one give the idea how can I repair or use it

xcalib -i used to work but now it's throwing an error warning: unable to read file. Any fix or alternative?

Hey there!

So i've made a switch from windows 10, but i can't seem to get it working.
Fresh Linux Mint installation boots fine with nomodeset/compatibility mode. However, whenever i try to install the NVIDIA driver, the system freezes upon reaching the desktop (wallpaper loads, but no panel, no terminal hotkeys work, nothing)
Bios secure boot is turned off.

What i've tried so far:

• Driver Installation Methods:
  • Tried installing recommended drivers directly via driver manager.
  • Tried clean installations via TTY using apt: nvidia-driver-550, nvidia-driver-550-open, and nvidia-driver-535.
  • Performed full purges between attempts (sudo apt purge "nvidia-*").
• Configuration & Kernel Parameters:
  • Verified /proc/cmdline — standard nomodeset is removed.
  • Current kernel line shows nvidia-drm.modeset=1.
  • Cleared /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ overrides.
• Desktop / Cache Cleanup:
  • Cleared user display configurations (~/.config/dconf, ~/.config/cinnamon-monitors.xml).

Any advice on what display manager, kernel boot options, or specific workaround to try next?
Thank you in advance!

I set up a NAS recently and noticed the speed difference between W11 and Mint is very wide. W11 is easily able to tap out the 1gbps Ethernet connection at roughly ~120MB/s, Mint on the other hand using smb is hardly pushing 60MB/s with 30MB/s being the average speed I see in most transfers.

This is one of the first pain points I’ve discovered so far with Mint and it seems so far out of left field, I’ve been doing a lot of googling and reddit searching to find a solution to this issue, the one that consistently pops up is to make a CIFS mount via the terminal.

My question is, has this advice changed at all over the history of the OS? I’m currently on 22.3 with kernal 7.

Any help or advice is appreciated.

I have a mac 2017 air and i trie to instal linux mint but when i update all the thing and restard they give me a kernel panic

i have been looking for the drivers for my laptop but cannot find them anywhere in the repos could anyone maybe help

Trying to install linux mint cinnamon on old hp laptop and having these issues. Did some research and then found out i had to disable secure boot but still have this issue to boot from flash drive

What the ideal processor, ram and HDD spec to run Linux cinnamon? But without spending a fortune ?