Hey everyone! I've been using Linux Mint for about three months after switching from Windows 10, and while it's been mostly great, I have a few issues I need help with before I set it up on my new PC. Here are my main concerns:
1. I have one NVME drive for Linux and two SSDs. Each time I restart, I have to manually mount the SSDs by navigating to them. How can I set these to auto-mount at startup? It's really inconvenient, especially when Steam can't see my games if I forget.
2. I've been trying to create shortcuts for some non-Steam games I have, but they disappear from the quick start menu and desktop after a restart. What's going on?
3. For mouse DPI settings, I use the Piper app, but it seems erratic. Sometimes my settings don't apply until I fiddle with it multiple times, and they disappear after rebooting. Any suggestions?
4. I own a Brother MFC-L3710CW printer which I got working for printing and copying, but I can't figure out how to make the scanner function work. Any guides for that?
5. Regarding the taskbar, I have a few pinned programs, but when I open them, they move to the right side like all the other running apps. I want them to stay where I pinned them, like in Windows 10. How can I achieve that?
Thanks in advance for your help!
3 Answers
About the DPI issues with your mouse, the settings might not be saving due to permission issues or because Piper isn't starting correctly on boot. Try running Piper with elevated permissions or check the startup applications to ensure it launches when you log in. That may help keep your settings consistent after reboots!
For the automatic mounting of your SSDs, you'll want to edit the `/etc/fstab` file. Use the command `sudo blkid` to find the UUIDs of your SSDs, then add an entry like this:
```
UUID="your-uuid-here" /path/to/mount/point ext4 defaults 0 0
```
This will mount them at startup, so you won't have to do it manually anymore. Just replace `/path/to/mount/point` with where you want each SSD to mount.
For your scanner issue with the Brother printer, there's a tool called Simple Scan that works well for scanning on Linux. You might want to try that instead of the Brother utility. I had the same problem and Simple Scan did the trick for me! It's available in the software manager too.
I had the same issue! I found that resetting the configurations occasionally helps, and sometimes just reinstalling Piper can clear up the glitches.