My brief, incomplete LM19 Odyssey
Installation phase
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Linux Mint 19 64bit Mate v2 LIVE-CD crashed – several attempts needed
(1) frozen windows
(2) bluetooth not working
BIG PROBLEM — PASSWORD stays w ENGLISH … nuisance when using ie yzäöü etc
After Installation
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decrypt password reverts back to default= English, hence dont use pw keys that change under different idioms
like zy.- etc
Several freezes after update
Solution: Keep on working, behaviour disappeared
BIG problem
NO shutdown, no reboot — only hard reset
Solution: Add to grub “acpi=force” ==> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash acpi=force”
BIG problem
several USB SSD which were formated under Win10 1803+ not mountable – NO popup notification …
Under older Mint “Inconsistany complaints of NTFS”
Solution: ???
BIG problem
Font size of many apps dont get adjusted to customized settings- – instead stay small ie
Solution: ???
Contrast
Default font contrast not very eye friendly (lacks contrast)
Solution: ???
Keyboard
Keyboardlayout default cant be permantently changed (always reverts to English)
Solution: ???
Calibre
no icon on taskbar (Problem since 17.x) – lol
Workaround: AllTray
Application interface
When selecting several apps for install at same time/in row, not all get installed then
Solution: ???
Virtualbox
Minimzed window doesnt restore fully – 2 attempts needed
Solution: ???
NO automount of 2nd Disk
Solution: Add line to fstab “/dev/sdbx /media/username/disklabel ntfs defaults 0 0”
ie /dev/sdb3 /media/linuxmint/VM ntfs defaults 0 0
or better use the UUID instead of /dev/sdaX (the UUID can be easily found under “Disks” App)
FOlder colors
Missing several color options, ie yellow, teal, light green
Video folder doesnt change color when applied
Redshift
Doesnt work properly (cant togle between on/off
Solution: Start gtk-redshift ONLY
no redshift adjustment?
Solution: LinuxMint forum? or command line ie mint@mint:~$redshift -O 6000K
AND PLEASE finally stop using YAHOO as your default search engine —- grrrr