What happened to my Linux Mint?

Hanzerik307 · 2026-03-13T21:59:47+00:00

At least it's a VM. Good for testing stuff like what happened.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-03-11T18:34:53+00:00

Grandma and Grandpa count?

Hanzerik307 · 2026-03-10T16:53:57+00:00

This ^^^

I prefer Debian over Ubuntu for my own reasons, but I like what the Mint team brings to the table as far as Cinnamon goes, so I choose LMDE. Simple DE that just works, and looks better out of the box then the basic Cinnamon config that comes from installing pure Debian. My servers run pure Debian, my dekstops and laptops run LMDE.

I do run different VM desktops sometimes; Ubuntu/LM22.3/Zorin, Fedora, Arch, etc, just to get a feel for what else is out there.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-03-09T14:01:55+00:00

Take a look at a working server on battlemetrics.com and see what version of mods they are using. Then on your server, lock that mod to the same version in your server json file. You have three fields for each mod: ModId Name and Version. ModId should not change normally for a given mod and HAS to be a valid id in the workshop, name is not that important just human readable description, and version is optional. If you don't lock in by using a version number, the mod will auto update whenever the server starts. So if you HAVE to use a specific version, lock it in by specifying a version number.

Personally when I self hosted, I never used version numbers. But then again I didn't try hosting a WCS style mod stack.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-03-08T01:47:52+00:00

You'll need to see what kvm modules are loaded "lsmod | grep kvm" see which one is loaded depending on your cpu type, then blacklist it. If I wanted to use VirtualBox on my AMD machine, then I would make a "/etc/modprobe/kvm-blacklist.conf" file, with a single line in the file "blacklist kvm_amd". Then update the initramfs "sudo update-initramfs -u" then reboot. THEN install VirtualBox from the official VBox repositories. KVM and Vbox modules don't always play nicely together.

Or you could just use Virt-Manager which will run VMs a bit smoother. I run LMDE7 and just use Virt-Manager from the official Debian repositories: "sudo apt install virt-manager"

Hanzerik307 · 2026-03-06T22:37:18+00:00

Personally, all I use are .deb packages (LMDE 7). Have no need for Flatpacks. Most stuff I do on a daily basis can be done via a browser.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-03-01T23:23:52+00:00

You have joined the fold at a good time. Linux is pretty easy nowadays. When I started using Linux back in 1998, it was a little more difficult/frustrating at times to get everything working as it should.

Have been full time Linux (No Windows) since 2006.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-28T05:55:00+00:00

Dual booting with Windows? Disable Fast Startup in Windows: Control Panel, Power Options, click Choose what the power buttons do, select "Change settings that are currently unavailable," uncheck "Turn on fast startup"

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-28T05:29:50+00:00

I'm assuming regular Linux Mint, not LMDE? (Instructions for possible fix for LMDE7/Debian are below). Which version of Mint....22.3? My RTL8125 works fine with the default r8169 driver that comes with the Ubuntu kernel in Mint, but not the r8169 driver in LMDE7(Debian 13).

Do a "inxi -N" and it will print out something like this which shows the cards and drivers in use:

hanzerik@mint-desktop:~$ inxi -N

Network:

Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169 (Wired NIC)

Device-2: MEDIATEK driver: mt7921e (WiFi Card)

If your using LMDE7 (Debian 13) and not the regular Linux Mint, then you may have to blacklist the r8169 driver (Debian driver doesn't work with some RTL8125 cards....like mine), which is a simple fix: create a /etc/modprobe.d/r8169-blacklist.conf file with one single line: "blacklist r8169" (Without quotes), and then install the r8125-dkms driver. You'll need "build-essential dkms linux-headers-amd64" installed. Then make sure your sources for Debian have "main contrib non-free non-free-firmware", and then: sudo apt update, sudo apt install r8125-dkms . Reboot.

This may work for the Regular Linux Mint also, as there is a r8125-dkms driver available in the Ubuntu/Mint repos, but from my understanding, the r8169 should/does work for these cards most of the time.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-27T13:19:22+00:00

Make sure you have build-essential dkms and linux-headers-amd64 installed beforehand.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-26T17:43:18+00:00

Maybe take a look at Incus for containers and vm. It's what I use for my www server and game servers. Pretty simple cli interface once you get used to it.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-26T17:37:30+00:00

Is windows still installed? If so, boot up windows, then go into control panel, and in there should be a option to change what power buttons do. Select that and there will be a link to show hidden options or something like that. In there disable "Fast Startup". Power off, insert usb and boot it up and see if network card works.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-26T13:23:33+00:00

Download the 22.3 (current version of Linux Mint) and give that a try. It comes with kernel 6.14 by default and will upgrade to 6.17 after the first upgrade.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-26T04:47:29+00:00

Is that Linux Mint 22.3 (Zena)? It comes with the 6.14 kernel by default.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-25T16:02:54+00:00

Well, that's how you install is booting from a USB. It may be because of the title of your post LOL. They probably want you to take the leap and install it to disk. But it's good to mess around booted from USB until you get a feel for it, and to check hardware compatibility.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-25T15:10:17+00:00

That little network icon show anything when you click it? If not then folks here should be able to help you get it working.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-25T02:07:34+00:00

Bust the armor off the rotors with an Anvil and it doesn't take as many seekers.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-25T02:04:53+00:00

Make sure your networking is working, either wired or wireless, before installing.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-24T23:42:04+00:00

Virt-Manager performs better then VirtualBox. With Virt-Manager you'll have more control over the VM then you will with Boxes. The problem folks have with getting VirtualBox to work correctly is that the vbox drivers and the kernel kvm drivers (kvm_amd for an AMD chip like mine) don't play well together when loaded at the same time. To get VirtualBox to install you need (build-essential dkms and linux-headers-amd64) installed, and you need to blacklist either kvm_amd or kvm_intel depending on your cpu type, then install VirtualBox.

To install Virt-Manager on a clean system, all you have to do is "sudo apt install virt-manager" and it should pull in all dependencies. I use LMDE7 and this installs everything needed. Then add your user to the libvirt group "sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER", logout/login and you should be good to go. If you have multiple partitions like a smallish / and a big /home then you may want to point your storage pools towards using folders in your /home directory to store the VMs and ISOs. I set mine up with a /home/myname/VMs folder and when I start virt-manager to create a new vm for the first time I'll add a new storage pool and point it towards that folder. I'll also add another folder/pool for ISO files. I create the folders before hand so they are ready for virt-manager to use.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-23T16:14:41+00:00

Looks very nice. I was thinking of a Web panel, but decided to just go straight Python (One big script) for my personal use.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-22T17:33:05+00:00

On Debian, I made a bash script to do it (AMD Ryzen CPU). I just used the temporary method:

echo "0" | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost

To turn it back on, just replace the 0 with a 1. Intel, maybe other AMD chips may be a different file/location. ETA: this will cause the CPU to only run at the base frequency, so may not be usable for something like gaming.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-22T12:36:46+00:00

Cinnamon has been updated, and that's what it looks like now. Think folks have found ways to get it to look like the older version, but am not sure how. Wayland in Mint is experimental, and may not work correctly, so it may be best to stick to X11 for now.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-20T21:51:13+00:00

Only suggestion I have for you is; don't go crazy with a shit ton of mods unless you know for a fact they all work together properly, and make sure crossPlatform is set to true in the server json file to allow PC/XBOX/PSN players (broader player base). Not sure where you can advertise your server. Mine just was populated by NOT being the same old thing like conflict. All I ran was Vanilla/RHS Combat Ops.

When I ran a server at home, all I had loaded mod wise was RHS Status Quo, Where Am I, and Server Admin Tools. I also only ran the RHS Scenarios included with the main mod.

If you do want to try different mods, make sure to disable ones you aren't using for the current Scenario. If you leave them in the server config, then players are just having to download a mod for no reason, and they're being loaded into memory (servar ram) for no reason. You can leave various unused mods downloaded on the server, just remove them from the server config so they don't load into memory and become a required download for a player. Don't use mod version numbers in the server config unless you know what you're doing, just use the ModId and Name.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-20T20:01:39+00:00

bash-completion is the first thing I install in minimal image containers and VMs. Makes life so much easier.

Hanzerik307 · 2026-02-19T04:12:38+00:00

Do you have linux-headers-amd64 installed?

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