Linux mint hangs after "Started*AppArmor*initializaion".
Running on a Lenovo R500 Thinkpad, 64bit, 2GB mem. with Linux Mint with MATE 19.3 on a USB stick. Not seeing any errors as it boots up. It gets to that point "starting AppArmor" and then hangs (booting in recovery mode). It will boot on another Lenovo L412 Thinkpad, 64bit, 4GB memory. The R500 has Linux Mint Mate 19.3 installed on the HDD (but currently getting a grub error - reason I'm trying to boot from USB stick). The L412 has Windows 10 Pro installed on the HDD. I should add, I can't get to the Recovery menu.

I asked the above question about the hang after apparmor started and have not seen anything. Is there anyone out there that knows how to fix the problem?

Firstly, it helps to give verbatim messages.

Secondly, your post isn't the easiest to read - when a post is difficult to understand, a lot of people just skip past it, so try re-phrasing it and being more structured.

As for the issue itself, you say the same thing works on another machine, so what is the next step that occurs there, that the hanging machine doesn't reach?

Also, how much do you care about solving this specific issue, versus finding another way to solve your Grub problem? (Can you just try another distro and/or USB drive?)

As I stated, I have Linux Mint on a USB stick (32GB). It will boot on a Lenovo L412 but not on a Lenovo R500, where it hangs after the "starting Apparmor" message. In addition, to hanging in a normal boot, it also hangs there in trying to get to "recovery mode" - you know recovery mode where you can do a "Clean", "DPKG", "FSCK", etc.

The only piece of data that could be confusing was just saying "Recovery mode". The intent was recovery mode could not be reached either on the system where it hangs on the Apparmor.

If I had just posted it hangs on "starting apparmor", I would have been questioned, what system I am running, what ios the H/W, etc., etc., including was it cloudy that day or was the sun shining, how many siblings do I have, etc. Not trying to be a smart@$$, but the relatively few questions have posted in the past amount to just that and even after reposting all the requested information, never got an answer. One reason why I don't post an occasional problem on these boards as I either get BS replies back or a lot of "why are you doing what you are doing" or other nonsensical replies. I see too much of that on a lot of these boards, which is why I can see newbies saying "screwit, I'll stick to Windows.

So, do you have a solution? If so, it would be appreciated. Thank you.