Cannot start the linux terminal

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  • Description: I have tried to open the terminal and I got this error :Error starting crostini for terminal: 54

:computer:System & Device Information

  • Hardware & System Configuration:

    • Processor: AMD A8-7410
    • Graphics Card(Please specify if there’s a discrete graphics card): AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
    • RAM: 16 GB
    • FydeOS Version: v18.1
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