[SOLVED] Mint 17.1 repeatedly crashes.....graphics card?

Sparky_04 · 04-20-2015, 10:20 PM

Mint 17.1 only runs in fallback mode....I believe it is due to my graphics card but it has been a while since I have studied up on my computer hardware knowledge, can somebody give me some pointers?

veerain · 04-20-2015, 11:16 PM

This card has good opensource graphics driver for it.

ardvark71 · 04-21-2015, 12:33 AM

Hi...

Welcome to the forum

Please restart the system and fater it gets done booting up (and after crashing and switches into fallback mode,) please open a terminal and post the results of this command...

Code:

dmesg

Hopefully, that will give us an idea of what's going on.

Regards...

Sparky_04 · 04-21-2015, 06:45 AM

Thank you ardvark71.....but now I have another problem, terminal will not open, ctrl alt t does absolutely nothing. Could the terminal issue be because I am running mint from a usb?

ardvark71 · 04-21-2015, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparky_04

Thank you ardvark71.....but now I have another problem, terminal will not open, ctrl alt t does absolutely nothing. Could the terminal issue be because I am running mint from a usb?

Hi...

Not sure but does this help?

Regards...

ondoho · 04-21-2015, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparky_04

Could the terminal issue be because I am running mint from a usb?

no.
can you access the terminal from the menu?

Sparky_04 · 04-22-2015, 07:04 AM

That's the other thing ondoho, I don't have a menu, toolbar is there but no menu. I played with the resolution this morning then all of a sudden when I right-click on the desktop, I get a drop down with the option to open terminal. But still no menu

Sparky_04 · 04-22-2015, 07:05 AM

Now that terminal is working I will try that code and post the results ardvark

beachboy2 · 04-22-2015, 10:30 AM

Sparky 04,

There is no need to buy another graphics card.

All you need to do is install the MATE (or Xfce) version of Linux Mint 17.1.

Open a Terminal and then type:

Code:

sudo apt-get install mint-meta-mate

See this link for further details:

http://ulyssesonline.com/2013/03/06/...on-linux-mint/

Sparky_04 · 04-22-2015, 11:49 AM

Sounds good, beachboy2, what's the difference between MATE or xfce and cinnamon?

beachboy2 · 04-22-2015, 01:08 PM

Sparky_04,

MATE's layout/look is more like Cinnamon.

Personally I would go for MATE but the choice of Desktop Environment is up to you.

Mint MATE screenshots:

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl...te+screenshots

Mint Xfce screenshots:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=...48.UXN5SMyvIDA

ondoho · 04-22-2015, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beachboy2

There is no need to buy another graphics card.
All you need to do is install the MATE (or Xfce) version of Linux Mint 17.1.

while this is certainly good advice, i doubt it will fix "repeated crashes".

dear original poster, could you describe those crashes in as much detail as possible?

Sparky_04 · 04-22-2015, 03:23 PM

As soon as I login and get to the desktop I get a pop-up saying that Cinnamon has crashed and I am now running in fallback mode would I like to restart Cinnamon. If I click yes it goes away for 2-3 seconds and it pops back up, if I click no I can go about my business doing whatever, but of course this doesn't solve anything.

Sparky_04 · 04-22-2015, 04:43 PM

just restarted my computer, once again can not access terminal unless I play with the resolution first

here is a screen shot of the pop up I keep getting

beachboy2 · 04-22-2015, 05:10 PM

Sparky_04,

If you cannot access Terminal, then backup any personal data and then do a fresh install of Linux Mint MATE (or Xfce).