Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
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Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
TL;DR:
Are there any BIOS- or Grub-Settings Linux Mint needs to work (particularly shutdown) correctly?
The whole story:
As a long-term XFCE-user I ditched the delivered install in favor of the XFCE-Edition of Linux Mint (of course without doing a backup before )
After a series of problems, now it's running quite fine beside of at least two problems:
1. When I shutdown the box and start it again after only some minutes, everything is fine.
But after powering it on after a few hours, the box hangs.
The displays shows nothing, all Lights are green, NumLock is on, nothing happens.
Today I left it in this state and after a while some messages showed up, pls see the attachment for it.
The only remedy is to long press the power button. All light go off and afterwards it's starting fine.
2. After either suspending or shutting down, in both cases the power button went orange, LED1 and LED2 stayed on and green.
Is this the expected behavior?
Especially in contrast to all lights going off when pressing the power button for a longer time?
Before installing, the BIOS was set to defaults. The only changes I made were setting "OS Selection" to "Linux" and enabling "Wake On Lan" in "Chipset -> South Cluster Configuration -> Misc. Config."
I installed from the image downloaded from the Linux Mint site and applied all updates.
I supposed (better: hoped ), that there could be any BIOS-Settings or kernel parameters to solve these problems.
Thanks in advance,
Christian
Are there any BIOS- or Grub-Settings Linux Mint needs to work (particularly shutdown) correctly?
The whole story:
As a long-term XFCE-user I ditched the delivered install in favor of the XFCE-Edition of Linux Mint (of course without doing a backup before )
After a series of problems, now it's running quite fine beside of at least two problems:
1. When I shutdown the box and start it again after only some minutes, everything is fine.
But after powering it on after a few hours, the box hangs.
The displays shows nothing, all Lights are green, NumLock is on, nothing happens.
Today I left it in this state and after a while some messages showed up, pls see the attachment for it.
The only remedy is to long press the power button. All light go off and afterwards it's starting fine.
2. After either suspending or shutting down, in both cases the power button went orange, LED1 and LED2 stayed on and green.
Is this the expected behavior?
Especially in contrast to all lights going off when pressing the power button for a longer time?
Before installing, the BIOS was set to defaults. The only changes I made were setting "OS Selection" to "Linux" and enabling "Wake On Lan" in "Chipset -> South Cluster Configuration -> Misc. Config."
I installed from the image downloaded from the Linux Mint site and applied all updates.
I supposed (better: hoped ), that there could be any BIOS-Settings or kernel parameters to solve these problems.
Thanks in advance,
Christian
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Re: Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
Which Kernel you're operating system is working on?
Also, what is the BIOS version?
I'd recommend to update both of them:
BIOS update - http://fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/Fitlet2:_BIOS_Update
Kernel update - Through the Linux mint updating service.
Could also be done through the shell if you're comfortable with it.
Also, what is the BIOS version?
I'd recommend to update both of them:
BIOS update - http://fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/Fitlet2:_BIOS_Update
Kernel update - Through the Linux mint updating service.
Could also be done through the shell if you're comfortable with it.
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Re: Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
As stated, of course i did apply all updates. At the time of writing my first posting, it was:tamir wrote:I'd recommend to update both of them:
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uname -r
4.15.0-24-generic
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4.15.0-29-generic
BIOS was delivered with the latest version:
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# dmidecode 3.1
...
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: FLT2.MBM2.0.40.01.00
Release Date: 07/05/2018
...
Any other other suggestions?
Re: Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
Thank you for the information
We are not aware of such issue or special configuration to be done at BIOS level to address such behavior.
I'd suggest to try and install the recent mint 19 TARA:
https://linuxmint.com/download.php
It is known to run good and stable.
The LED behavior you're describing is normal, when the power button LED is lit in orange, the others are in green.
We formed a manual to control these:
http://fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ:fi ... nt_LEDs.3F
If there are still settings change at the BIOS level, I'd suggest to have them restored to defaults prior to the re-installation, to confirm stable behavior.
We are not aware of such issue or special configuration to be done at BIOS level to address such behavior.
I'd suggest to try and install the recent mint 19 TARA:
https://linuxmint.com/download.php
It is known to run good and stable.
The LED behavior you're describing is normal, when the power button LED is lit in orange, the others are in green.
We formed a manual to control these:
http://fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ:fi ... nt_LEDs.3F
If there are still settings change at the BIOS level, I'd suggest to have them restored to defaults prior to the re-installation, to confirm stable behavior.
Re: Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
Hello there,
I bought recently MBM2 Pro and i would like to say that i have the same problems also, with the only difference that i use linux mint cinnamon and not xfce. I even created a thread in the linux mint forum https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic. ... 6&t=274942
Any help to solve this problem will be appreciated.
I bought recently MBM2 Pro and i would like to say that i have the same problems also, with the only difference that i use linux mint cinnamon and not xfce. I even created a thread in the linux mint forum https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic. ... 6&t=274942
Any help to solve this problem will be appreciated.
Re: Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
well, I have installed Debian 9 on my Fitlet2, without any problems.
apart from the boot-order, I did not change anything in the BIOS.
apart from the boot-order, I did not change anything in the BIOS.
Re: Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
That's very nice, your system and machine is working perfectly.fred44nl wrote:well, I have installed Debian 9 on my Fitlet2, without any problems.
apart from the boot-order, I did not change anything in the BIOS.
Unfortunately this is not the case for me and the person who created this thread, there is a serious problem that needs a solution. And to install a different linux distro to my mintbox it's not a solution, just saying.
Re: Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
Please make sure the your MBM2 has the latest BIOS update:SoulRescuer wrote:Hello there,
I bought recently MBM2 Pro and i would like to say that i have the same problems also, with the only difference that i use linux mint cinnamon and not xfce. I even created a thread in the linux mint forum https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic. ... 6&t=274942
Any help to solve this problem will be appreciated.
http://fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/Fitlet2:_BIOS_Update
And install the most latest distribution of mint, currently mint 19 TARA:
https://www.linuxmint.com/release.php?id=32
Also updating Kernel is advised, last time I checked it was 4.15.0-29.
Can be conveniently achieved from the GUI update manager.
Re: Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
I have the latest BIOS update! More specifically i have FLT2.NBR.0.40.01.00 Unbranded version, with the default BIOS settings.tamir wrote:Please make sure the your MBM2 has the latest BIOS update:
http://fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/Fitlet2:_BIOS_Update
I even sent you email to ask if you can upload the latest BIOS version but Linux Mint branded. You replied that there will be a release of a new linux mint branded version in the fitlet2 bios file page by the end of Aug. 18. I'm waiting for that too.
Right now i am running LM 19 Tara with Cinnamon (installed in UEFI mode) and my kernel is 4.15.0-30-generic.tamir wrote: And install the most latest distribution of mint, currently mint 19 TARA:
https://www.linuxmint.com/release.php?id=32
Also updating Kernel is advised, last time I checked it was 4.15.0-29.
Can be conveniently achieved from the GUI update manager.
Is there any other suggestion? Anything we can do? We still have this problem and it's a serious one.
Re: Mintbox Mini 2 Pro: Problems after fresh install
I will escalate this issue to our R&D and return to as soon as possible.SoulRescuer wrote:I have the latest BIOS update! More specifically i have FLT2.NBR.0.40.01.00 Unbranded version, with the default BIOS settings.tamir wrote:Please make sure the your MBM2 has the latest BIOS update:
http://fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/Fitlet2:_BIOS_Update
I even sent you email to ask if you can upload the latest BIOS version but Linux Mint branded. You replied that there will be a release of a new linux mint branded version in the fitlet2 bios file page by the end of Aug. 18. I'm waiting for that too.
Right now i am running LM 19 Tara with Cinnamon (installed in UEFI mode) and my kernel is 4.15.0-30-generic.tamir wrote: And install the most latest distribution of mint, currently mint 19 TARA:
https://www.linuxmint.com/release.php?id=32
Also updating Kernel is advised, last time I checked it was 4.15.0-29.
Can be conveniently achieved from the GUI update manager.
Is there any other suggestion? Anything we can do? We still have this problem and it's a serious one.