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Granny Sue
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Everything went well, until it booted up and there were no icons. So yeah, I gave up for the night because oh my I am so tired. But I’ll be back at it tomorrow I’m sure thank you for all your help.
No, there was nothing on the screen except the Linux mint icon which I clicked on and nothing happened. Rest of the screen was black they were some black they almost look like hashmarks at the top and that was itExactly what do you mean by "there were no icons"? What did you see?
More often Linux does not place separate icons on the desktop (screen). Was there a panel (bar) at the bottom?
Oh and there was no piano bar anywhere either. I turned it off and rebooted and got into it again but nothing changed. I went into the set up menu but I know nothing about what it was saying so I didn’t do anything there.No, there was nothing on the screen except the Linux mint icon which I clicked on and nothing happened. Rest of the screen was black they were some black they almost look like hashmarks at the top and that was it
I’m wondering if I need to download that checksum program to see if it didn’t download right.Oh and there was no piano bar anywhere either. I turned it off and rebooted and got into it again but nothing changed. I went into the set up menu but I know nothing about what it was saying so I didn’t do anything there.
In Linux, we call it the "panel"... it is similar to the "taskbar" at the bottom of the screen in Windows.there was no piano bar anywhere either
I think I tried that last night but I will try to get in right now. However I did something really stupid just now and I was in the set up menu and I chose the option to return to the default set up or start up or something. So now the system bypasses the stick and it just goes straight into windows vista. And I’m not quite sure what to do to correct that error.Does anything happen if you RIGHT-click on the Linux Mint screen?
I’m beating myself up pretty bad right now. I can’t even boot into Linux now. I’m calling myself really bad names including stupid. Please tell me I haven’t totally undone all the work we did yesterday. It’s just building straight into Vista and it won’t even let me know I’ll get into the setup menuI think I tried that last night but I will try to get in right now. However I did something really stupid just now and I was in the set up menu and I chose the option to return to the default set up or start up or something. So now the system bypasses the stick and it just goes straight into windows vista. And I’m not quite sure what to do to correct that error.
This is what I get when I try to go into the boot menuI’m beating myself up pretty bad right now. I can’t even boot into Linux now. I’m calling myself really bad names including stupid. Please tell me I haven’t totally undone all the work we did yesterday. It’s just building straight into Vista and it won’t even let me know I’ll get into the setup menu
I have a bad habit of not previewing my posts. What I was trying to say is the computer is booting straight into windows vista and it bypasses the stick all together. Are you calling me bad names too ?
No, I don't think so. I think your USB with Linux Mint is probably fine, so I'm not too anxious to go back and "verify" the download. But don't delete it anyway, just in case we change our mind.Please tell me I haven’t totally undone all the work we did yesterday.
OK, I thought you were still working with the HP/Compaq, which would use ESC. Any other brand may use different keys. F2 and F10 make sense, but one should be Boot Menu, and the other is Setup. Right?Also, since I’m using my laptop, the escape key is not an option. I can use F2 or F 10 one is for bios and one is for set up. But even when I go into set up I get the set up for windows not for Linux .