The latest update caused issues with your laptop.
The latest update caused issues with your laptop.
I'm facing an issue with Mint 19.1 MATE on my Lenovo T430. After installing the latest updates, my computer froze after login. It takes a long time to reach the screen, but entering the password doesn't work. Then the display goes dark, a cursor appears in the top-left corner, and the screen turns off before I can return to the login page. This loop keeps happening. Any suggestions?
It might be useful to record the situation.
The video I made was about five minutes and 300MB, which is too large for this platform.
I replaced the SSD with an external case. But when opening home it shows: "THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED TO PROTECT YOUR DATA." From the graphical desktop, click on "Access Your Private Data" or run the command from the terminal: ecryptfs-mount-private. If you choose "Access your Private Data" you’ll see an error. I tried that command but don’t remember the passphrase. When I set up Mint, I selected "encrypt home folder," but no instructions for a passphrase were given—just a login password. Any suggestions? I’m not comfortable with the command line.
I totally cracked it after hours of digging online and testing countless methods (and then making things worse). Finally, my files came off the encrypted drive in a clean state. Here’s the step-by-step: first, put the SSD back in the original machine, then boot into recovery mode, go to root, insert an external drive, use the command line to log in as super user, create a mount, transfer the home folder, and finally move files to another laptop. Now I can reinstall Mint on the SSD, sync everything again, and set it up just the way I want—should take under an hour! I’m still a total beginner with the command line, but I did it! Probably shouldn’t mention @GabenJr, but hey, in this exhausted state it’s time to celebrate.