I've been on Mint 19 for a long time and upgraded to 19.2 & 19.3
I'm pretty sure its been over a year since I've been on Mint 19.3 and I'm pretty sure I even upgraded to 19 from Mint 18.3
So I finally decided to pickup a new $500.00 SSD since the prices have been dropping considerably. Downloaded Mint 20.1 and did a fresh install on a new drive. The reason I prefer a "fresh install" over an upgrade is to remove any forgotten apps, lingering game files or residual files from uninstalled applications. Unfortunately I have a spare 1Terabyte drive as my /home which means a lot of those residual files still exist.
I install Mint 20.1 on the new drive and did some updates. Then I mounted the 1Terabyte drive as /home in FSTAB and rebooted... everything was perfect! I only had to install a few missing apps like:
Did I mention... I LOVE LINUX!!!
The only problem I have noticed are some errors at boot but nothing that breaks my system in any way.
I'm pretty sure its related to hardware and the kernel, but I don't have any symptoms as the only accessories I'm using are:
I did a bit of research and haven't had any success yet, so maybe waiting it out could fix this issue with kernel updates?
Research:
AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0011...
https://us.informatiweb.net/tutorials/it/bios/enable-iommu-or-vt-d-in-your-bios.html
Solution 1:
Disable IOMMU in ASUS UEFI Bios
Failed! Ended up disabling my network port and USB ports
Solution 2:
I'm pretty sure its been over a year since I've been on Mint 19.3 and I'm pretty sure I even upgraded to 19 from Mint 18.3
So I finally decided to pickup a new $500.00 SSD since the prices have been dropping considerably. Downloaded Mint 20.1 and did a fresh install on a new drive. The reason I prefer a "fresh install" over an upgrade is to remove any forgotten apps, lingering game files or residual files from uninstalled applications. Unfortunately I have a spare 1Terabyte drive as my /home which means a lot of those residual files still exist.
I install Mint 20.1 on the new drive and did some updates. Then I mounted the 1Terabyte drive as /home in FSTAB and rebooted... everything was perfect! I only had to install a few missing apps like:
- Chrome
- Minetest
- VLC
- GZDoom
- DOSBox
- scrot
- OpenShot Video Editor
- Themes
- Steam
Did I mention... I LOVE LINUX!!!
The only problem I have noticed are some errors at boot but nothing that breaks my system in any way.
I'm pretty sure its related to hardware and the kernel, but I don't have any symptoms as the only accessories I'm using are:
- 5.1 Home Theater (analog connectors)
- USB Wireless Keyboard & Mouse (Logitech)
- USB Amazon Basics Xbox Controller
- Acer 27" Monitor
I did a bit of research and haven't had any success yet, so maybe waiting it out could fix this issue with kernel updates?
Research:
AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT device=02:00.0 domain=0x0011...
https://us.informatiweb.net/tutorials/it/bios/enable-iommu-or-vt-d-in-your-bios.html
Solution 1:
Disable IOMMU in ASUS UEFI Bios
Failed! Ended up disabling my network port and USB ports
Solution 2:
- Open Terminal
- sudo nano /etc/default/grub
- Edit the line that says GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
- Add iommu=soft
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet iommu=soft splash" - Save the file
- Issue the command sudo update-grub
- Reboot