Questions tagged [cinnamon]
Cinnamon is a DE released as one of the new interfaces of Linux Mint 13. It is characterized by its use of the classic desktop metaphor.
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Menulibre crashes cinnamon: Keeps starting in fallback mode
I created a new launcher in menulibre. After saving, menulibre crashed into fallback mode. Restarting my computer does not help. The menus are currupted.
See the error message here:
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How can I resize the viewport on Debian 11/Cinnamon?
I have a resize script that resizes the viewport to 1920x1280 on Linux:
xrandr --newmode "1920x1080" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode Virtual1 ...
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Weird characters in linux Konsole
I´m running linux Konsole on top of Cinnamon graphical environment under zsh shell.
Here is the shot
The .zshrc contains the following call:
autoload -U promptinit && promptinit
prompt fade
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How to zoom cinnamon or gnome terminal window to full size via bash?
The question refers to the following environment:
Linux Mint 64, Cinnamon, version 20.x
It is known that terminal cinnamon and gnome terminal windows and their fonts can be zoomed in size via ...
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Save and switch to different display positioning configurations - Linux Mint Cinnamon
My system is Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon. I have a configuration of 3 displays.
My usual configuration with all 3 active is a little weird since the displays must be a little misaligned for the ...
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The deepin theme is not recognized by Cinnamon because the "gtk-3.20" folder is missing
I use Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS 64-bit with "cinnamon-desktop-environment" installed.
The link to the theme is the following:
https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-gtk-theme/issues/20
Is there a ...
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Linux Mint Cinamon: Keyboard shortcut for a specific keyboard layout
In KDE I used to use
Ctrl+1 for English
Ctrl+2 for second language
Ctrl+3 for third language
This is very convenient because Windows 10 also allows you to use these keyboard shortcuts to switch ...
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Odd pages duplex printing incorrect on Debian with Cinnamon
When duplex printing odd number of pages, I get first paper sheet with blank/empty back and then double-side printed rest of the pages. The correct/expected would be that the last page is blank on its ...
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How to reset the graphics drivers in Linux Mint back to the open source version?
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I have a Dell XPS 15 7590 laptop, and have managed to break the desktop video drivers in Mint 20 Cinnamon. (Background: my system was working with a Thunderbolt/USB 3-C connection to a ...
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How to disable the behavior of alt key on Cinnamon on Ubuntu?
Pressing the alt key puts the current active window to another workspace, how do I disable this? I cant find this information anywhere.
Edit: solved, shortcuts menu was bugged, I had alt + L binded ...
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Linux Mint 20 will not run Cinnamon GUI
Linux Mint 20 with Cinnamon as the default desktop environment. Recently, Gnome forces itself on boot instead of Cinnamon.
I've tried systemctl set-default multi-user.target then rebooted to disable ...
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How to: Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04
I'm just starting to learn unix, be gentle. I installed ubuntu 20.04 on a windows 10 pro (2004) from the ms store with the following commands:
from powershell as admin:
1) wsl --set-default-version ...
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How to clear notification sent by shell script
In my script I'm sending notification to the user and prompting him to enter some data. After that I want to clear notification that was sent earlier. The notification should stay in tray until user ...
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Is there any way to enable Aqua scrollbars under Mint 20?
I've been looking through cinnamon-look.org and been finding themes labeled as Aqua that either do not work at all, or do not look anything like the iconic classic Aqua scrollbars, under Mint 20.
I've ...
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Keepass XC auto type often not working properly
I am using Debian Buster and Cinnamon Desktop.
For my daily work, I use guake as a drop down console on monitor one and Konsole for my second screen. When I run, for example, mtr on guake, Keepass XC'...
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Firefox top blackline
While using Firefox in Linux Mint 19.3, I have an issue as shown here:
When maximising the browser, the several pixel height line appears at the top of the screen. "Title bar" and "...
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The left mouse button has stopped working properly
Suddenly my left mouse button has got a very strange behaviour.
I can run applications by clicking the items in the main menu, can close them using the cross at the top right hand corner... But I ...
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How can I update my OpenGL to 3.0 or higher
I am trying to play a game called "Endless Sky" but the message it gives me is "Endless Sky requires OpenGL version 3.0 or higher. Your OpenGL version is 2.1 Mesa 19.2.8, GLSL version 1.20. Please ...
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How to remove a launcher from Cinnamon main menu
I am running cinnamon desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. I want to remove a launcher from the Other section of the main menu. How can I remove it?
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How to disable Super+{N} shortcuts in Cinnamon
I've recently upgraded my Linux Mint to 19.3 (Cinnamon 4.4.8) and it installed Super+Number shortcut for starting apps from panel.
When I press Super+1 in launches File Manger, Super+2 — terminal etc.
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Configuring W10 firewall ports to allow communication with Cinnamon 19.3 installed on VirtualBox
My PC: W10 Pro v1909 build 18363.778 i7-8700k processor on Asus ROG Strix Z-370e MB
On VirtualBox v6.0.20 I have Linux 19.3 Cinnamon (Tricia) installed.
I need to allow traffic from Cinnamon to W10 ...
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Making Firefox fullscreen-like without actually maximizing the window
When using multiple windows on the same monitor, I like to have Firefox and my IDE open side to side (like with Win+Arrow) and it would be cool to have Firefox in a "fullscreen-like" style, where the ...
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Cinnamon Date/Time applet not using user timezone
Cinnamon 4.0.9-1
System time is set UTC.
I've set the test user timezone to be my local timezone by using the command.
export TZ="US/Pacific"
Run the "date" command and it shows the local timezone ...
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Strange desktop blur out (Ubuntu 19 cinnamon desktop)
Ubuntu 19.04
Cinnamon Desktop
ASUS Nvidia GTX 1070 Turbo
2x1080p 24" monitors
1x1440p 32" monitors
i7-8700K (HT disabled)
16GB Ram
OS on Kingston NVMe M.2 256GB SSD
I'm getting a very strange blur ...
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X11 & Cinnamon: Set different rotation as normal value for display
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Can I set Cinnamon, or X11, that 'normal' for my touchscreen is actually 90° counterclockwise, ensuring this is not forgotten after a rotation?
Could I also set this system wide, ...
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Cinnamon crashes when connect to a VNC server on Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop
I installed a VNCServer on Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon. And I want to connect to it via a client on Windows 10 with creating a new Cinnamon desktop. As I know, three different VNCServer can do this, they'...
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How to edit the network adapter changes from the command line?
I have plugged a Screen Monitor (HDMI), keyboard and mouse in my Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.1 machine and had set up a fixed IP address using the Graphics Interface as in the picture below: (I had taken a ...
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How to disable login and other system sounds in Linux Mint 19.1
This question has been asked before on this forum for an earlier version of Mint Disable Linux Mint system start sound?
In the 19.1 Cinnamon startup menu there is no option "GNOME Login Sound". I'...
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I can't open terminal on Linux Mint
I don't know exactly what happened, I am using this PC for a few weeks, I installed a bunch of packages yesterday and suddenly a lot of bugs started to appear.
After I boot the PC, select Linux Mint ...
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Is Cinnamon a desktop environment or a window manager? (Or both?)
As far as I understand it:
X11 is how you draw primitive things;
A (compositing) window manager is something that uses X11 to provide the tools for drawing more complex things, and position them in ...
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Is there a way to change the default, system wide folder color of a Linux Mint’s folder colors?
Well, I know that the folders’ colors on the Linux Mint (Cinnamon) are supposed to be green, as it makes a connection to the fact of the distro’s flavor.
I am interested in changing the colors of the ...
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Is it possible to rollback / downgrade Linux Mint?
I have a box upgrade from Linux 18.3 to 19.1, and it does not display my preferred theme's widgets correctly.
Is there a good way to downgrade the windowing and/or the whole installation back to how ...
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Switching to i3wm from Cinnamon
I want to change the way that windows are layed out in cinnamon but keep all of the other features like the panel icons and menu, and interface animations. I just want windows tiled and with the ...
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Manjaro gnome to cinnamon environment
I have a manjaro gnome and i was trying to install cinnamon using terminal all operations were successful then when logged out of gnome and switched to cinnamon nothing showed up shortcuts work but no ...
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Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon Wifi password not saved
On a fresh new Cinnamon install I need to re-enter my wifi password after each reboot.
As advised here How to automatically connect WiFi In Mint 18.3 KDE? I selected 'Store the password for all ...
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Linux Mint Cinnamon HiDPI scaled with xrandr -- laggy interface?
I am running Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.
I have two 4K monitors running their native display.
Everything is too small for me.
Then I turn on HiDPI scaling in the Cinnamon settings under General.
This ...
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Installing Cinnamon DE on RHEL 7.5
I have a ThinkPad T580 running RHEL 7.5. I have installed epel repo and am trying to install cinnamon DE.
I used the command sudo yum groupinstall "Cinnamon Desktop" -y to install the DE. The process ...
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How do I run cinnamon in Ubuntu?
Is there a way to change the desktop environment of Ubuntu to cinnamon?
I only have gnome on this computer.
I am using ubuntu 18.04.
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Software rendering mode in Mint 19 even with VirtualBox Guest Additions installed
I can't for the life of me figure this out...
I've installed Mint 19 with Cinnamon on VirtualBox 5.2.22 (latest version I believe) and after installation, I then installed VirtualBox guest additions ...
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How to prevent programs stealing focus in Mint Linux 19?
I would like to prevent programs from stealing window focus in Mint Linux 19. I have tried changing the "Prevent focus stealing" option in the Windows preferences dialog (see screenshot below), but it ...
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Need right-click on MacBook with Linux Mint 19 (Intel mid-2010)
Command+Click on a newly installed Intel MacBook (Mid-2010) often fails after installing both Xubuntu and Linux Mint; instead the Menu pops. I can't invoke a context menu to get to Properties and ...
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Atom Editor and VS Code turn volume up all the way when opened
I've found that consistently VS Code or most of the time when I open Atom Editor my system audio volume suddenly turns up to 100%!
I am running Arch Linux with Cinnamon Desktop. These editors are the ...
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Why is Linux Mint corrupting certain application icons?
Linux Mint 18.3, in both Cinnamon and KDE desktops, is doing something strange to the icons for LibreOffice (and only that application). I tested the most recent versions of various other distros and ...
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Disable Alt+` keyboard Shortcut in Linux
I want to use Alt+` key for my editor
Now when I press Alt+` it will show the current tab of the active window.
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How do I configure which Cinnamon applets spawn on log-in?
I use Devuan Ascii / Debian Stretch, with Cinnamon. Whenever I login, several applets which I have removed from the panel last time - appear again: Bluetooth, Accessibility, Clipboard manager thingy......
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X server randomly restarts
I'm running a Debian 9 kiosk with Cinnamon and Chrome browsers. It works fine until it reboots itself without any apparent reason. When this happens, it normally does 2 or 3 restarts in a row and then ...
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ubuntu + cinnamon + virtualbox - software rendering or no menu bar
I'm trying to get Cinnamon (3.6.7) running on Ubuntu (18.04) in my VirtualBox (5.2) which is running on Windows 10.
If I use the "default" setup of VirtualBox, Cinnamon gives me a warning that it is ...
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What does 'Mapping windows' mean, in Cinnamon Settings, Appearance, Effects, Customize settings?
Closing, minimizing, etc. make sense. But what is 'Mapping windows':
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Unprivileged video application crashing Cinnamon
I am having a long term problem, which I am unable to solve. I am using Dell i7 laptop running Debian Linux with Cinnamon and Intel GPU.
I am a heavy Zoom.us (video conferencing) application user ...
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phpsessionclean.service causes long boot time in Debian Sid
I'm on a Debian Sid machine with Cinnamon as desktop manager.
Since a couple of days I get really long boot time. From switching on the computer to the login page no problem, but once here, to log ...
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