FAH and Mint 19

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Nert
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FAH and Mint 19

Post by Nert »

I have killed my main Linux system while attempting to update from 17.3 to 18. The update failed and I'm not smart enough to figure out how to fix it. I'm now faced with the prospect of doing a clean install. I really really didn't want to do this update, but 17.3 is going unsupported in spring of next year. Is anyone running Mint 19 with FAH ? Any issues about FAH or anything else that I need to be aware of before proceeding ?

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bruce
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Re: FAH and Mint 19

Post by bruce »

I ran into a similar problem upgrading Ubuntu. Before upgrading Debian/Mint/Ubuntu, you have to unload the add-on drivers and either revert to Noveau or disable whatever xserver code us driving your GUI. I tried a number of things to recover my machine and finally settled on a clean install.

Here's a related discussion, though it's not exactly the same.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/905043/ ... upt-ubuntu
SteveWillis
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Hardware configuration: PC 1:
Linux Mint 17.3
three gtx 1080 GPUs One on a powered header
Motherboard = [MB-AM3-AS-SB-990FXR2] qty 1 Asus Sabertooth 990FX(+59.99)
CPU = [CPU-AM3-FX-8320BR] qty 1 AMD FX 8320 Eight Core 3.5GHz(+41.99)

PC2:
Linux Mint 18
Open air case
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition with Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan
three gtx 1080,
one gtx 1080 TI on a powered header

Re: FAH and Mint 19

Post by SteveWillis »

bruce,
I think you gave a link to a file on your own computer.
Image

1080 and 1080TI GPUs on Linux Mint
bruce
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Re: FAH and Mint 19

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Oops.

Fixed.
Nert
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Re: FAH and Mint 19

Post by Nert »

In case anyone else has this question, I can confirm that Mint 19 runs FAH fine. The installation itself was the usual multi-day hassle. The system is dual boot with linux and Windows 10 and I've had lots of problems with it in the past. This time I ran into GRUB/UEFI/CSM issues caused by the older Windows installation being on an MBR partition (couldn't get GRUB to see the Windows partition). The problem indications weren't obvious and it took me a long time to figure it out. Good news is that I now have a 5 year support window and I won't have to do this again until 2023.
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