Mint 20.04. Errors reported every startup

[pinnerite]

I have a very erratic Intel Powered Mint 20.04 machine.
Every time it comes up, it reports one or more errors and asks if I want to report it/them. I nearly always do but that gets me nowhere.

The most significant lines in the crash reports are:

PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher']
Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher", line 74, in <module>
if confirm_restart():
File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher", line 34, in confirm_restart
d = Gtk.MessageDialog(title=None, parent=None, flags=0, message_type=Gtk.MessageType.WARNING)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 319, in new_init
return super_init_func(self, **new_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 577, in __init__
self._init(*args, **new_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 319, in new_init
return super_init_func(self, **new_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 520, in __init__
raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Gtk couldn't be initialized. Use Gtk.init_check() if you want to handle this case.
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin mysql mythtv plugdev sambashare sudo
_LogindSession: c1

Unfortunately I cannot understand why they show up and not my other mint powered machines.

Suggestions please.

[The Sidhe]

Post by pinnerite
a very erratic Intel Powered Mint 20.04 machine

You already have the answer, Intel does not like Linux,
I wont bother to ask what it prefers, this breaches the
question, in order to continue to use these modern
machines you must use their choice of software, hardware
and current narratives, I say save those old precessors
and figure out how to use them on the newer mother
boards.

[Mike Easter]

Post by The Sidhe
Intel does not like Linux,

Where did you get that idea?

Personally for my hardware purchases I lean toward AMD, but Intel does
like linux.

There's a reddit discussion w/ scores of comments "AMD or Intel CPU:
Which has better linux support?"

Linus Torvalds needs a powerful machine and he recently switched to an
AMD powered one rather than his traditional Intel.

Intel dev/s a great linux OS for its own 'purposes' which has better
performance on Intel CPUs than other linux distro/s -- Clear OS.

There are just over 2 dozen top tier corporate sponsors considered
'Platinum' by contributing over $0.5 mil annually to the Linux
Foundation of which Intel is one. AMD is down there at Silver which is
something less than $100k.

[The Sidhe]

Post by Mike Easter

Post by The Sidhe
Intel does not like Linux,

Where did you get that idea?
Personally for my hardware purchases I lean toward

AMD, but

Post by Mike Easter
Intel does like linux.
There's a reddit discussion w/ scores of comments

"AMD or Intel

Post by Mike Easter
CPU: Which has better linux support?"
Linus Torvalds needs a powerful machine and he

recently switched

Post by Mike Easter
to an AMD powered one rather than his traditional

Intel.

Post by Mike Easter
Intel dev/s a great linux OS for its own 'purposes'

which has

Post by Mike Easter
better performance on Intel CPUs than other linux

distro/s --

Post by Mike Easter
Clear OS.
There are just over 2 dozen top tier corporate

sponsors

Post by Mike Easter
considered 'Platinum' by contributing over $0.5 mil

annually to

Post by Mike Easter
the Linux Foundation of which Intel is one. AMD is

down there

Post by Mike Easter
at Silver which is something less than $100k.

All your talk of corporate takeovers diminishes my
thoughts, what:about:your thoughts about the hardware
required to keep channels open, how do you imagine the
communication industry will survive, have you succomed
to this modern day belief you have my prayer

[Mike Easter]

Post by The Sidhe
All your talk of corporate takeovers diminishes my
thoughts, what:about:your thoughts about the hardware
required to keep channels open, how do you imagine the
communication industry will survive, have you succomed
to this modern day belief you have my prayer

I don't know how to parse these statements into a coherent stream; it
reminds me of some of Flasherly's.

While there are certainly corporate 'takeovers' all over the place; I
wasn't talking of any.

I can't say about my thoughts about hardware to keep channels open
because I don't know which channels you are referring.

The communication industry seems to be doing grandly; sat/s of every
orbital type everywhere and proliferating, wireless cells going ever
faster and faster. I even use my home's old twisted copper for
telephoning with more features than ever for 'free' (piggy-backed onto
my broadband internet connectivity via a device and Google Voice) when
previously I was paying $60/mo for 2 old AT&T lines which were extremely
hard for AT&T to troubleshoot when they had problems. Now I have more
than 2 functional lines including both cell and VoIP.

The most modern hardware works fine on linux. I'll post an example of
an article from a few years ago 2016 Sep in which there was a mistaken
reporting that some Intel & AMD CPUs weren't supporting linux but only
Win10.

https://www.theregister.com/2016/09/02/windows_intel_kaby_lake_amd_zen/?ma=1505520015001
Latest Intel, AMD chips will only run Windows 10 ... and Linux, BSD, OS X

That is, the report that Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Zen chips only
supported Win10 actually meant that earlier *Wins* weren't supported.

The fact is that older Win users sometimes have a harder problem w/ such
as drivers for newer hardware than do linux users. The worm has turned.

[DanS]

Post by Mike Easter

Post by The Sidhe
All your talk of corporate takeovers diminishes my
thoughts, what:about:your thoughts about the hardware
required to keep channels open, how do you imagine the
communication industry will survive, have you succomed
to this modern day belief you have my prayer

I don't know how to parse these statements into a coherent
stream; it reminds me of some of Flasherly's.

You don't.

You let it pass as the incoherent useless drivel it is, and move on to the next post.

[The Sidhe]

Post by Mike Easter

Post by The Sidhe
All your talk of corporate takeovers diminishes my
thoughts, what:about:your thoughts about the

hardware

Post by Mike Easter

Post by The Sidhe
required to keep channels open, how do you imagine

the

Post by Mike Easter

Post by The Sidhe
communication industry will survive, have you

succomed

Post by Mike Easter

Post by The Sidhe
to this modern day belief you have my prayer

I don't know how to parse these statements into a

coherent

Post by Mike Easter
stream; it reminds me of some of Flasherly's.
While there are certainly corporate 'takeovers' all

over the

Post by Mike Easter
place; I wasn't talking of any.
I can't say about my thoughts about hardware to keep

channels

Post by Mike Easter
open because I don't know which channels you are

referring.

Post by Mike Easter
The communication industry seems to be doing

grandly; sat/s of

Post by Mike Easter
every orbital type everywhere and proliferating,

wireless cells

Post by Mike Easter
going ever faster and faster. I even use my home's

old twisted

Post by Mike Easter
copper for telephoning with more features than ever

for 'free'

Post by Mike Easter
(piggy-backed onto my broadband internet

connectivity via a

Post by Mike Easter
device and Google Voice) when previously I was

paying $60/mo for

Post by Mike Easter
2 old AT&T lines which were extremely hard for AT&T

to

Post by Mike Easter
troubleshoot when they had problems. Now I have

more than 2

Post by Mike Easter
functional lines including both cell and VoIP.
The most modern hardware works fine on linux. I'll

post an

Post by Mike Easter
example of an article from a few years ago 2016 Sep

in which

Post by Mike Easter
there was a mistaken reporting that some Intel & AMD

CPUs

Post by Mike Easter
weren't supporting linux but only Win10.
https://www.theregister.com/2016/09/02/windows_intel

_kaby_lake_am

Post by Mike Easter
d_zen/?ma=1505520015001
Latest Intel, AMD chips will only run Windows 10

... and

Post by Mike Easter
Linux, BSD, OS X
That is, the report that Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Zen

chips only

Post by Mike Easter
supported Win10 actually meant that earlier *Wins*

weren't

Post by Mike Easter
supported.
The fact is that older Win users sometimes have a

harder problem

Post by Mike Easter
w/ such as drivers for newer hardware than do linux

users. The

Post by Mike Easter
worm has turned.

My point was how hardware is being employed to censor
everything but the state approved information. Yes
there are many sats which relay information to
anywhere on this planet, but it is being shaped by
some people who only wish you listen to thier analysis
of world events. What good can come from an endless
stream of propaganda, when eventually whatever channel
you seek to educate yourself will contain the same
identical script. See bitly https://wp.me/p2vCQD-o59i
In the post What would happen if Usenet went away?

[pinnerite]

On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:36:14 +0000

Post by pinnerite
I have a very erratic Intel Powered Mint 20.04 machine.
Every time it comes up, it reports one or more errors and asks if I want to report it/them. I nearly always do but that gets me nowhere.
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher']
File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher", line 74, in <module>
File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher", line 34, in confirm_restart
d = Gtk.MessageDialog(title=None, parent=None, flags=0, message_type=Gtk.MessageType.WARNING)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 319, in new_init
return super_init_func(self, **new_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 577, in __init__
self._init(*args, **new_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 319, in new_init
return super_init_func(self, **new_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 520, in __init__
raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Gtk couldn't be initialized. Use Gtk.init_check() if you want to handle this case.
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin mysql mythtv plugdev sambashare sudo
_LogindSession: c1
Unfortunately I cannot understand why they show up and not my other mint powered machines.
Suggestions please.

None of the responses relate to the question and seem to have gone off on a personal crusade.

Well, I forced reinstalls of cinnamon and python3. I couldn't work out what to do about gtk. Nothing obvious worked. I had to reboot a coupl of times because I needed kernel ..... 54 to avoid having to compile my TBS DVB-TV drivers.

As before an error message box showed up inviting me to report it. Other than that, so far it is working and there are no new log messages in /var/crash although my work machine serving as a remote TV frontend has had a couple of brief disconnect/reconnect spots with the backend on the intel box.

However it always takes between one and three days to seize up if it is going to.

Regarding the AMD/Intel duel:

It so happens that I usually choose AMD processors. At the moment, apart from an unused redundant netbook, this is my only Intel processor based machine.

The mothernoard was chosen because at the time it was the only one available in micro-ATX format with on-board wi-fi, graphics and a free PC1e-16 slot. The core-i3 processor was selected because of its low TDP of 55W. I continue not to find an AMD powered equivalent.