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    What am I doing wrong?

    The Ideal pad for windows has some peculiarities the following are some of them.. Select MRB partition from BIOS if using Bios then use NTFS file system, if using UEFI choose Fats 32 make sure you enable both legacy support and USB first boot in the bios boot the usb [let it do its thing] then...
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    no sound

    @noelw this has been an on going problem with I-mac sound, I have found this it goes further than i normally do, [YOU do not need to install INXI as it is already installed in Mint] https://itsfoss.com/fix-sound-ubuntu-1304-quick-tip/
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    no sound

    Oh I was not expecting that, will need to think... if your i-mac has the cirris chipset for sound then there was an updated driver put out a couple of months back https://github.com/davidjo/snd_hda_macbookpro, but i will keep thinking
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    no sound

    Sounds like the updates in the kernel have a corruption of some sort [it may not affect all machines] if all else fails try.. [sorry, this may be a pain in the butt] sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio [this will compleatly remove the current...
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    Terminal Command re system and/or problem information

    inxi is solely an information application, so you can play around as much as you like with it, it will not change anything on the machine
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    no sound

    that was my thoughts when you were on this morning
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    Terminal Command re system and/or problem information

    No you have MINT, and it doesn't matter if it's Mint21 mate mint 21 cinnamon or Mint LMDE, it comes already installed and configured [if it wasn't then you would not have been able to run the commands]
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    Terminal Command re system and/or problem information

    oh but there is, just open a terminal [little black icon with $- in it, and type inxi -FnxxZ [ or copy and paste]and enter, and You will get a full hardware schedule for your machine with the relevant drivers installed now this is safe for you to post to on line forums for help, FOR YOUR...
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    Terminal Command re system and/or problem information

    Hi John, there are several ways, I prefer inxi read this one https://www.linux.org/threads/getting-hardware-information-from-linux-to-help-forum-helpers.9676/
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    What makes you trust DuckDuckGo is OK for privacy?

    I have used DDG since it came out, I find it more accurate without the Google bloat and priority advertising, To give an example, a couple of years back my local boozer needed to have some very large canvas parasols repaired, I told them to use one of the local Tarpaulin repairs/manufacturers...
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    no sound

    that will depend on which sound server you have, from terminal run inxi -A and paste back the result, i may not be around till later but one ot our other members may pick up on it
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    no sound

    Did this happen directly following an update? if so you could try re-starting the sound server
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    text stuck on screen

    Welcome to the forums Kali is not for those unfamiliar with Linux Kali is not "Kool" Kali has one job and only one job as purely a tool for professional pen-testers Please learn Linux using a standard desktop distribution before you you Bulk your machine. [and you will at some point]
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    Laptop Problem.

    Oh, another thought some Toshes have a screen lock.. Switch on and hold FN and press F5
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    Laptop Problem.

    Good morning, do you not see anything flash on the screen? the first and easiest test is as you switch on enter the bios, on a tosh to do this , as you switch on keep tickling the F2 key, if you get the bios screen, that would then indicate it's not a screen fault, do you know what Linux...
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