New desktop environment by the developers of Linux Mint.
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Computer and home folder icon do not appear in cinnamon unless I boot into gnome classic first. (12.04 LTS)
New guy here :)
So, I have the respective checkboxes ticked for the home icon and the computer icon for them to supposedly appear in the desktop but no matter how many times I log in and out of ...
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add comment feature — what is the file manager support it ?? — ubuntu 12.04
I need to write comment on file ..
assume I have .mp3 , I want to write comment as example : " I listen to 50 min"
I want to write comments like that on many file extensions (PDF , DOC , ... ...
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Cinnamon menu panel in wrong position
I'm using Cinnamon on Ubuntu 13.04. I undocked my laptop (Thinkpad T420) and replaced it. The panel menu is a bit off. Any idea how to correct this?
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Ubuntu 13.04 claims wrong password
So I am trying to open my file manager as root, but when it asks for my password, it says it is incorrect. I am the ONLY user on this system, I am setup as Administrator (confirmed in the "details" ...
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1answer
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How do I remove the window borders from modal dialogs in Cinnamon?
System: Ubuntu 13.04, with Cinnamon 1.8.
Whenever a modal dialog like the one below (password prompt in GDebi) pops up, it always has an annoying border around it. Is there any way to fix this?
I ...
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Screen tearing on Ubuntu 13.04 with Cinnamon 1.8.2
I have some pretty bad screen tearing on nvidia-common and kernel 3.9
What are some things I can check/do under Cinnamon?
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Cinnamon stops working on ubuntu 13.04
I upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04 and cinnamon stops working.
When I load cinnamon it only displays a slow responding cursor over a black screen. And the desktop never loads.
So (for getting access to ...
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1answer
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disable lock screen away message
Updated today and now I have an issue where the lock screen wants me to input an 'Away Message'. How can I disable this option?
Also if someone could add the tag
away-message
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1answer
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How to completely remove Unity, and replace it with Cinnamon?
I installed Cinnamon 1.8 on Ubuntu 13.04, and now I would like to completely remove Unity and everything related to it, but I'd like to keep the programs, LightDM and Software Center.
What packages ...
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1answer
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How do I set the position of a Cinnamon desklet?
I'm using Cinnamon 1.8 and tried out it's native desklets.
But neither could I figure out myself nor find any documentation on how a desklet's position is defined.
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Cimmamon stoped working, it goes to Gnome fallback [closed]
I have been using ubuntu since 11.04. My question is how can I remove Gnome desktop.
I like Cinnamon desktop and Ubuntu 13.04 broke it. I do not like Gnome fallback,and I do not what to keep using it ...
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2answers
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cinnamon not installing in ubuntu 13.04
I have been trying to install cinnamon in my ubuntu 13.04 and when i give
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
I get the error as:
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
...
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USB mouse not responding (13.04: Raring Ringtail)
I've recently upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04. Last version worked fine. However, in 13.04 my mouse (usb connection) freezes/stops responding. The keyboard (also usb) still works so I am assuming it's ...
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4answers
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Computer wakes up to a black screen in Ubuntu 12.04 dual booted with Linuxmint 14 Cinnamon on separate hdd
I've never had this problem until recently and don't know if it has something to do with Ubuntu being on a SATA HDD and Linuxmint 14 on a IDE HDD.
When I move my mouse to wake computer I just get a ...
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Cinnamon starts Nautilus by default instead of Nemo [duplicate]
I installed the latest Cinnamon in 13.04 from ppa but somehow it didn't install Nemo. I had to install it manually. It worked fine but after a reboot the default file manager seems to be Nautilus ...
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I have installed Cinnamon in Ubuntu 13.04, but it doesn't show up
I have installed Cinnamon in Ubuntu 13.04, from repositories. After a reboot, Unity was still there, so I unistalled its packages and rebooted again. Now I only see the wallpaper and the mouse cursor: ...
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Installed Cinnamon now 13.04 is frozen
I installed Cinnamon and when I booted, Raring froze. I logged out and removed Cinnamon via Synaptic. Rebooted and now I am unable to login to anything except a Guest Account (I had Unity set for ...
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rc.local refuses to run at boot
During the boottime operations on my machine, rc.local refuses to run the scripts that I've put into it.
I'm running Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon (which I know is not Ubuntu, but it's based off of it and ...
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1answer
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Dependency error while installing cinnamon
I get following error while installing Cinnamon
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be ...
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1answer
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Cinnamon settings are not default after installing Cinnamon in Ubuntu 12.10
I tried out Cinnamon UI in Ubuntu 12.10 today and found that Cinnamon settings were not default (like when right-clicking desktop > change background, it shows the Ubuntu settings window not Cinnamon ...
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0answers
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Strange blue flashes when using a screen recorder, white flashes when using vlc to record
I use cinnamon currently and whenever I use ffmpeg to record my screen, blue flashes appear when I interact with the cinnamon panel and applets. When I initiate a recording in vlc, similar things ...
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Cinnamon reverted to gnome
After Installing 12.04 and installing Cinnamon and using it for a while, I logged out and then back in to find that it was just loading into gnome 3.4.2.1. I have tried removing it and purging it and ...
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Cinnamon settings will not open on 12.04 (Cinnamon 1.6.7 stable)
Have Cinnamon 1.6.7 (stable) for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise installed. Cannot open the Cinnamon settings Panel. I have tried both Stable & Nightly same thing. Have changed 1 item in ...
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esata docking station mint cinnamon or ubuntu
Try to use a docking station with either Mint/Ubuntu and I have no luck on it showing up using dmesg.
Motherboard has esata on it. Custom built pc.
Plug hard drive and it does not show up like usb ...
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1answer
190 views
cinnamon login screen and desktop settings gone [closed]
I'm running Linux Mint Maya with Cinnamon 1.4.0, so I hope it's okay to ask this here.
So I uninstalled by graphics card and reverted to onboard video (in an attempt to solve a different problem), ...
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Trying to install cinnamon and getting a dependency error [duplicate]
Trying to install cinnamon 1.6.4 using apt-get install cinnamon and I'm getting this error. How can I resolve this error?
cinnamon : Depends: gir1.2-muffin-3.0 but it is not going to be installed
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Cinnamon themes don't show up in Cinnamon settings
I've been having an issue with trying to get a new theme working with Cinnamon. I installed Cinnamon using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
...
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1answer
119 views
What to do about those Shutdown Errors?
When I press shutdown it goes to this screen:
mountall: Disconnected from Plymouth
acpid : exiting
[1078.933492] INFO: task Xorg :1128 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[1078.933628] "echo 0 > ...
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2answers
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Irritating window stuck always on top
10.
Sometimes there is a small window(corrupt) appearing, once it is there, it sticks there on top of all, irrespctive of whatever I do except logout.
I have tried different options like cinnamon, ...
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0answers
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familiarize - Unity [closed]
I'm Ubuntu user for years.
However, some GUI concept of this system is still rather strange and unconvenient for me.
First of all - multiple desktops.
Of course, I'm aware of switching it off ...
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1answer
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How do I widen Cinnamon's panel entries?
I pack a great deal of information into the status line of terminals and like to be able to see it in the panel, but to see it all, I need Cinnamon to let me make the panel entries a bit wider. I've ...
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Why is Cinnamon blocking function keys? F1-12 aren't getting to the terminal
I map the function keys in vim to modify a ton of stuff, from syntax line numbering to autoindenting to changing the tab width and syntax highlighting.
Unity was a major problem here because if I ...
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2answers
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Xubuntu 1080p HD video play and CPU usage
I am looking for a light version of Linux. I tried out Unity desktop but it is a bit too much for my laptop so I switched to Mint Cinnamon. It is less heavy but I could not install my graphics card ...
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2answers
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How do I disable the Workspace Switcher in the Cinnamon environment I use with 12.04LTS?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Cinnamon DE on my laptop.
Whenever I move the mouse cursor to the top left area of the screen, the workspace switcher comes up to offer multiple workspaces.
How do I ...
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Will running Cinnamon on 12.04 slow down ubuntu? [duplicate]
I really like the Cinnamon interface ( already know how to get cinnamon on Ubuntu) Just need to know if it will slow down my computer. I use Unity on 12.04 Ubuntu
As requested here are my computer ...
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Screenshot utilty keeps taking the same pictures. (and using ffmpeg x11grab does the same) [closed]
The titles says it all. And this seems to happen a lot after installing Steam.
At least I think it's tied into Steam because I start getting odd artifacts when starting Steam when. I don't think I ...
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Ubuntu Cinnamon 12.10 - No Launcher on left hand side besides menu?
somehow the Cinnamon launcher (which was having icons to Terminal, Firefox, Home Folder etc) is not being shown. I am very surprised how it disappear and I am not able to get it back even after re ...
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Screen size issues with Cinnamon on 12.10 [closed]
I use Ubuntu 12.10 with GNOME3 with no issues. I recently decided to try the Cinnamon desktop environment. It installed without issue, and I can easily log in with Cinnamon, but I get various screen ...
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1answer
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Can't boot my Ubuntu 12.04 machine; displays error on start
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 running Cinnamon desktop. I tried to reboot, and now I get an error and the system halts.
The error is:
> Starting nanny (Parental Control Daemon):
> ...
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2answers
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Cinnamon on Ubuntu high cpu usage
I am using the desktop environment Cinnamon on my 12.10 install. Everything works great, except that it uses an absurdly high amount of my cpu. My third core is always at +60%.
Any ideas?
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1answer
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Cinnamon desktop lost after Mint Update and Nvidia tool settings/experimental installation [closed]
Mine is HP 540 / Gnu/Linux Mint Maya. No GPU. I use Cinnamon. I did Mint Update. I simply installed Nvidia tool settings and experimental-310. Once I rebooted, I can see only ordinary desktop without ...
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1answer
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Cinnamon, Stuck with 'old style' menu
I tried installing nvidia drivers, but that didn't work, so I reverted to the nouveau ones. Everything is almost back to normal except my cinnamon menu is looking strange (and I can't do things like ...
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2answers
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How to install dcop?
I tried to run dcop, since my yakuake cannot be shown again in my Cinnamon, and I don't want to restart my yakuake. I found that this command can make my yakuake show again:
dcop yakuake ...
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1answer
347 views
12.10 Cinnamon problems
I have just installed 12.10, but my graphic card doesn't support Unity (3D) and I installed Cinnamon.
My problem is that when I go to open Cinnamon it's like GNOME (when I go to GNOME there is the ...
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Is it possible to read from a file from a Cinnamon applet?
Is it possible somehow to read from a local file (or a file in name@domain directory) some info from the applet?
So, i need to extract information from local file, that will be created in local ...
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161 views
Move panel to the right in Cinnamon?
Maybe the question will be naive, but how to place panel on the right? I am using Cinnamon (Gnome fork) as main windows manager
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0answers
336 views
Custom desktop environment for Debian/Ubuntu [closed]
I like Unity a lot for its gorgeous dash and panel look, the global menu and HUD, the super+# shortcuts and that's it. I really hate it for the stupid launcher and its general inflexibility compared ...
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1answer
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Cinnamon failed: desktop only, no panel, no dialog frame [closed]
I am using Linux Mint 14 (MATE) with Cinnamon installed.
Cinnamon failed when I tried to delete an item on the menu with menu editor.
The system freezed, so I logged out by pressing ctrl+alt+del.
...
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3answers
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Is running Cinnamon on Lubuntu a good idea?
I dont really want to use linux mint 14 cinnamon, but I love the interface. Is it a good idea to stick to Ubuntu and run cinnamon on it? Does it work 100% fine?
Another thing: is it a good idea to ...
2
votes
1answer
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KDE theme appears in Unity, Cinnamon, and XCFE
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 with Unity, Cinnamon, XCFE, and KDE installed. Every time I run KDE, the KDE theme appears in all the applications when run on any of the other desktops. I'd really ...
