hi i m using zorin to navigate the web and now i m having frezing isues on my ASUSTek my kernel is 6.17.0-29-generic .I dont understand the tecnicalitys of the machine but i guess somethning is going on how can i diagnost and fix any problems whille using this complex machine ? i m not a tec guy i just use it regulary to navigate and save files , by the way how can i understand the sistem files ? it s very difrent from windows and so e times i dont find my saved files or they seam to be from outher planet
You could sart with disabling Hadware Acceleration in Brave Browser. Also: Is Brave installed as Flatpak or .deb/APT Package?
Did that happen after the Update to that Kernel? If yes, You could boot in the older Kernel and check if that helps. To do that, choose on Start-Up in the GRUB Menu ''Advanced Options'' and there look for the older Kernel.
Does Your System run in Wayland or X11? You can check that with the Terminal Command echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
Are Secure Boot and Fast Boot in BIOS disabled? If Windows is still installed: Is Fast Start-Up in Windows disabled?
is in flatpak ...
kernel update ! i dont know
it runs on wayland
Secure Boot ! i l check i didnt use windows after moving to zorin i m trying to learn this softwere but it s very complicaded to understand the difrences i going to check the bios and i tell you in a second
If you don’t have access to your saved files, that often happens when you use apps which are installed as flatpaks or snaps. Such flatpaks and snaps are sandboxed from the system and not all are set up to have access to the users files.
It helps to install apps if available as apt packages or for flatpaks to install the app "flatseal". In flatseal you can change the permissions to give the flatpak access to your users files at tab "filesystem".
For brave-browser I would recommend to install the Zorin apt package. With the brave-browser repository your browser is always up-to-date.
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fast boot was enable the secure opition does nt apear
Which OS do you use? Zorin 17 or 18, Core, Lite or Pro/Pro Lite?
It is not shown in your profile because the profile is hidden.
How much RAM do you have and what graphics?
zorin os 18.1 Education i going to try to show my version on profile i sometimes get lost on tecnicalitys were because i have to leave the computer but i l check
i use 18.1 Education 8 gb ram and
Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 UVC HD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 2-1.5:5
chip-ID: 13d3:5188 class-ID: 0e02 serial: NULL
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: gnome-shell v: 46.0 driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x212c built: 2013 res: 1366x768
dpi: 118 gamma: 1.2 size: 293x164mm (11.54x6.46") diag: 336mm (13.2")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus wayland:
drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa
v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa
Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) device-ID: 8086:0a16 memory: 1.46 GiB
unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
Try to switch to Xorg (=X11). Logout and at login click screen click on your username then a cog wheal appears at the bottom right corner. There you can switch between Xorg and Wayland.
tryed that but i get a black screan...?
had to change it again
And is Hardware Acceleration in the Browser Settings active? If yes, diable it and check if it behaves better. If not, I would suggest to uninstall the Flatpak and use the APT Package instead.
So, You only have Zorin installed ... then You don't have GRUB Menu active by default. On Start-Up, You can try to get with with Spam-Pressing Esc or the left Shift Key.
If that shouldn't work, You can enable it in Zorin over the Terminal. Open it and type:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
to work on the GRUB Configuration. Look there for this white Text Block:
the Lines 2 and 3 here are the one's that have to be changed to:
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
GRUB_TIMEOUT=20
The last one makes that the GRUB Menu will appear for 20 Seconds before to automatically boots. If these 20 Seconds shouldn't be enough for You, You can change the Value to more like 30, 40 or 50. Or when You want to have it permanently set it to -1 and then it will stay until You make an Input.
When You have made the Changes press ctrl+o to save, Enter to confirm and ctrl+x to exit. Back in the normal Terminal Overview type sudo update-grub to make the Changes affect. Don't forget that! Without that, it will not work.