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mainline does not work on mint (at least on my end). it has failed to install any kernel, for like the last year.
It works on any Ubuntu based distribution, though YMMV may vary because it's just the kernel packages.
You probably have some modules that fail to build on the install trigger because it doesn't include the dev headers. Nvidia drivers are usually the most obvious culprit.
ah, well that would be it then. couldn't figure out how to get a newer kernel to install with it so I used xanmod..until it started giving issues too. the default one is good enough anyway.
Yeah, I can't say I recommend messing with automated kernel builds on Ubuntu systems anyway unless you know what you're doing. If people want newer kernels faster, then Debian or Ubuntu distros are not the right choice.