System crash again
Maybe you should consider something other than Mint … maybe Ubuntu or Peppermint ?
I’ve now installed/uninstalled that same updated driver multiple times in Peppermint 6 without issue … it should be the same for Ubuntu, I can only assume that something Mint are doing differently (they have a weird update policy that blocks kernel updates amongst others) that’s causing that crash.
Which one you suggest? I choose mint because all pcs in the university is install
Also just told me the commands that make my wifi works to download another version of Linux
Either one of Peppermint or Ubuntu should be fine … pleae re-read my last posting, I’ve added a bit of info.
Personally I’d say Peppermint 6 64bit … but then I’m on the Peppermint team so I would say that 
But Ubuntu 14.04.4 64bit should be fine too.
Also just told me the commands that make my wifi works to download another version of Linux
So is Mint currently not booting ?
Yes it’s not, it says something like I can’t mount Skip or Manual repair. I think this is the message
do you have access to another pc ?
No but now I run mint live and I am on the pc, just want from where I begin again
From the Mint LiveCD/LiveUSB, open a terminal and post the output from:
sudo fdisk -l
and
mount
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on ‘/dev/sda’! The util fdisk doesn’t support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x355d84ee
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1953525167 976762583+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/mapper/mint–vg-root: 990.9 GB, 990900125696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 120470 cylinders, total 1935351808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/mint–vg-root doesn’t contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/mapper/mint–vg-swap_1: 8497 MB, 8497659904 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1033 cylinders, total 16596992 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/mint–vg-swap_1 doesn’t contain a valid partition table
/cow on / type overlay (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/999/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=mint)
what’s the output from:
sudo blkid
/dev/loop0: TYPE=“squashfs”
/dev/sda1: UUID=“763B-4FF6” TYPE=“vfat”
/dev/sda2: UUID=“3f976542-a319-4c6c-be45-42ad81357367” TYPE=“ext2”
/dev/sda3: UUID=“PRfqzw-JT5F-Gx1K-jwYa-Flxh-rhYB-tq0Ir6” TYPE=“LVM2_member”
/dev/sr0: LABEL=“Linux Mint 17.3 MATE 64-bit” TYPE=“iso9660”
/dev/mapper/mint–vg-root: UUID=“0b7b1922-1c29-40b8-83e7-8d9edf454a8b” TYPE=“ext4”
/dev/mapper/mint–vg-swap_1: UUID=“ef9cc0c6-4efd-40de-b361-607b1af69010” TYPE=“swap”
do you get any error if you run:
sudo mount /dev/mapper/mint--vg-root /mnt
and
sudo touch /mnt/forcefsck
and now what’s the output from:
ls /mnt
no error for first 2 commands
the output is
bin dev home lib64 mnt root srv usr
boot etc initrd.img lost+found opt run sys var
cdrom forcefsck lib media proc sbin tmp vmlinuz
Okay try rebooting to the hard drive … hopefully Mint will run an automatic file system check during the boot process
I reboot but just a black screen
Okay if you don’t have access to another PC we have 2 options
a) reinstall Mint … then use it to download Peppermint or Ubuntu, and create a LiveUSB
or
b) attach to your router via an ethernet cable and download Peppermint or Ubuntu in a live session … but for this you’ll also need another USB stick
are you able to attach to your router via an ethernet cable ? … and do you have another spare USB stick ?
Yes I have usb , but is this version widely work, I mean when I download some programs they ask about which version of Linux
I find cd with Ubuntu , I’m not sure how old it is so I will install it then try to install which version you suggest
Mint 17 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 … so is Peppermint 6, so anything you can do on Mint can also be done on Ubuntu and Peppermint.
The only difference is that for some reason Mint block certain updates that both Ubuntu and Peppermint dont … I’ve always though this was a silly policy because it risks breaking things from the Ubuntu repositories which they all share, in my opinion if they’re based on Ubuntu and get their sftware from the Ubuntu repositories, they should follow the Ubuntu update policy.
so YES, pretty much all software/help/tutorial/documentation available in Mint has is also available in Ubuntu and Peppermint as it’s pretty common to them all … online tutorials are usually for Ubuntu not Mint, and have to be translated slightly for Mint
Mint is NOT the top of the chain … that would be Ubuntu … the only real differences are cosmetic, and that Mint have a daft update policy that makes it fine if it works, but harder if it doesn’t
Here’s what you have to decide
Ubuntu have a weird Desktop interface, some love it, some hate it … this desktop interface is the primary reason for Mints popularity (it’s more like Windows)
Peppermint on the other hand uses a very “light” desktop so is extremely fast … the downside is some manual configuration MAY be necessary.
If I were you I’d ook at screenshots and decide which deskto you like the look of
http://peppermintos.com/screenshots/
or take the Ubuntu tour
http://tour.ubuntu.com/en/#
then let me know which you like the look of … remember, everything Mint can do, so can Ubuntu or Peppermint, it’s just the desktop UI and the daft Mint update policy that differ.