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   On Tue, 11/11/2025 8:08 AM, pinnerite wrote:   
   > On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 11:31:17 +0000   
   > pinnerite  wrote:   
   >   
   >> This is a common problem, in my case always caused by Timeshift.   
   >> I have just reduced mine to 2 per week and 2 per month.   
   >> I will see  how that goes.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >   
   > I resolved the problem by using gparted to shrink the /home partion.   
   > The relinquished space below /home.   
   >   
   > I moved /home down, thn enlarged the / partition.   
   >   
   > It then wouldn't boot. Evenytuallly my new VBF ChatGPT suggested:   
   >   
   > $ sudo apt install --reinstall mint-meta-cinnamon   
   >   
   > That fixed it.   
   >   
      
   But you don't always learn things when you "AI it".   
      
   The AI answers aren't always provided with a "stream of reasoning"   
   unless the reasoning is recorded in the training set with that   
   particular instruction in it. The comments next to whoever dreamed   
   that up, would be invaluable for training you how to fix the next   
   catastrophe.   
      
   Moving a partition mechanically on the disk, how does that   
   "damage a package" ??? I'm not convinced gparted had anything   
   to do with that, and we don't want to unnecessary tar gparted   
   with the flaw, when the flaw might have been elsewhere.   
      
   *******   
      
   https://greenwebpage.com/community/how-to-upgrade-linux-mint-from-21-to-22/   
      
      "Desktop Doesn’t Load After Upgrade   
      
       Access Recovery Mode by holding Shift during the first boot.   
      
       Select Drop To Root Shell Prompt   
       Enter the following command: sudo apt install –reinstall m   
   nt-meta-cinnamon (you can choose xfce or mate as well).   
       Now, you must reboot your system for it to operate the standard way.   
      
   That suggests "It then wouldn't boot" wasn't quite what happened.   
   It did boot, but the desktop environment didn't start. That should have   
   left you in a terminal session or so (in an older time).   
   Unless systemd has some sort of safety-plug pulled for multi-user mode.   
   You could bring the system up single-user in such a case.   
      
   It's possible you were in the middle of a kernel change or something   
   and there was some problem with a video card.   
      
   Sometimes, a scenario that "seems to offer no options", is caused   
   by something as simple as having your OS auto-login at startup.   
   And not having various menu-barriers to jump, hides what   
   the problem really was.   
      
   This is why my philosophy towards computers, starts with   
   "quiet splash". I remove those and "update-grub". I want to see   
   the damn screen boot. I don't want to see some swirly circle on   
   my screen that hides what is going on.   
      
   You'd be surprised what your eye can catch during   
   bringup, such as the OS doing an unnecessary search for a   
   RAID configuration, which is a sign your swap isn't wired up   
   properly. Occasionally, you can see some hardware has a   
   malady that maybe you should pay attention to.   
      
   If you had a display manager login to deal with,   
   you could "attempt" to start a Desktop environment   
   and be thrown back into the login prompt when it   
   fails. And then at least, you would know there is something   
   wrong with your DE... which could justify the --reinstall   
   done above.   
      
   If the AI hides the cites, go look for them. They may be   
   slightly obscured at the bottom of the screen. The web page   
   of the cite, helps frame what the actual scenario is.   
      
      Paul   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)