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Ubuntu 17.04 Not Shutdown

My ubuntu is not shutting down. Shutdown is Frozen Freeze Note : grub default acpi=force or reboot=force, EFI not run. System : MSI GE60 2PC Apache Graphic Drivers : Nvidia-375(ppa:graphics-drivers/...
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My apps are enlarged on Ubuntu, how to change overall settings for it?

I'm using 1980x1080 monitors. Chrome, IntelliJ and Terminals are kind of enlarged. Their texts are kind of huge. Apparently it has something to do with Unity Environment. I've tried Cinnamon ...
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Can't install nemo-seahorse

I've tried installing nemo-seahorse extension for nemo file manager after installing it as given in the following sites http://www.webupd8.org/2016/11/nemo-320-with-unity-patches-and-without.html ...
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Restore previously open windows in Nemo at startup on Cinnamon [duplicate]

Is there a way to have Ubuntu automatically open the windows (in the file manager) which were open when it was shut down? I am using the Cinnamon desktop environment with Nemo as file manager.
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DisplayPort Chaining crashes display manager

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell laptop with a dell dock. (Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller) I have two monitors running via display port and want to add a third. I dual boot ...
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How to add a shortcut to a command to the Cinnamon menu?

Is there a utility I can use to add an icon to the Cinnamon menu which runs a user-specified command, and as a bonus, displays a user-specified icon? specifically I'm trying to add a command to open ...
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How can I remove shortcuts in Cinnamon?

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 with Cinnamon. How can I remove shortcuts?
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Getting Notification in Ubuntu 14.04 that "Update Information is Outdated"

Hoping someone can assist with this as I am for some reason getting this everytime I fire up my Ubuntu box. I basically performed a "sudo apt-get update" and received the following info: Err http://...
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Where is my cinnamon desktop [closed]

I downloaded Linux Mint 18.1 with (I thought) the cinnamon desktop. I received a set of files but no Cinnamon desktop and no terminal file so I can't enter the commands. How do I get the Cinnamon ...
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failed in install Cinnamon - held broken packages

I am trying to install Cinnamon and allow myself to choose which one I would prefer. I have done the first two main steps. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa and sudo apt-get update ...
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Calibre Hangs on Xubuntu and Cinnamon, but not Ubuntu or XFCE

This is a really strange problem that has just started. It appears to happen to other python apps as well? At the risk of misleading, I think it might have to do with moving my user files? Firs, ...
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Can't resize gedit window (Cinnamon with Radiance theme)

I'm using the Radiance theme (I think it's installed by default on Ubuntu) but since the update to Ubuntu 16.04 I can't resize gedit's window with the mouse. It works if I select a different theme in ...
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Bluetooth setting not working properly in cinnamon

I had installed cinnamon desktop on ubuntu 16.04 some weeks ago and have been using it as default since then, without any problem. But today i noticed a problem- the bluetooth setting doesnot work ...
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How I get Cinnamon sound applet source code

In Cinnamon desktop, when I press fn + f11, I get I want to clone and modify it. How can I get its source code?
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Bad graphics performance using Cinnamon instead of Unity

I installed cinnamon 3.0 on Ubuntu 16.04, everything's works fine but performance is way worse than on Unity. I use this ppa :https://launchpad.net/~embrosyn/+archive/ubuntu/cinnamon Using glxgears, ...
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Visual bug when at log in screen

A couple of months ago I installed 14.04 and since I did so my screen always bugs out after I type out my password and hit enter. This is what it looks like: Login screen It does this for about a ...
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What should I do in order that the Lock Screen will turn blank/Computer will sleep? - Cinnamon 3.2.8 (Ubuntu 16.04.1)

Just installed Cinnamon 3.2.8 in Ubuntu 16.04.1. The Screensaver/Lock Screen wouldn't turn blank after a few minutes, and would remain on a Screensaver Mode all night. The computer just wouldn't ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 + Cinnamon [closed]

I have Ubuntu 14.04. I installed Cinnamon like this: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lestcape/cinnamon sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cinnamon Also tried this. sudo add-apt-...
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File browser freezes in certain folders

Nautilus crashes when I access folders with certain files: the window does not respond anymore, and I do not see the contents of the folder. If I move the files (e.g. from the terminal), I can open ...
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Black screen with cursor after login in cinnamon when VGA monitor is plugged

I have a problem with an Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS + Cinnamon installation and Linux Mint 18.1 + Cinnamon: black screens after login when an external VGA monitor plugged. These are the facts: Sometimes I ...
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Dependency error while installing cinnamon [duplicate]

I get the following error while installing Cinnamon using sudo apt-get install cinnamon: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some ...
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How do I disable the "Recent Files" feature in the Cinnamon desktop environment? [closed]

The Cinnamon desktop environment has a feature of showing "Recent Files", how can this feature be disabled?
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Where are Cinnamon Desktop Themes Stored? [duplicate]

Background I have Ubuntu 16.04, with Cinnamon 3.2.2 Desktop. I am trying to install a new theme inside Cinnamon. In the Settings panel, I find themes, but when I try to install them I get a 404 error: ...
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Incompatibility between Conky and Ubuntu SDK?

I am on 16.04 (+ Cinnamon) and I have a strange behaviour since I installed Ubuntu SDK : all my settings in Conky is displayed with squares like my fonts were no longer considered. I checked and these ...
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Ubuntu Software Center fails to launch

Everytime I try to launch ubuntu software center it flashes the window and then closes. Even if I try from the terminal. When typing software-center I get this: /usr/bin/software-center:25: ...
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Cinnamon task bar showing, but not working (i.e. not clickable)

Recently I upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. Respectively I upgraded the Cinnamon version to 3.0. So I have the following installed: Ubuntu: 16.04 Cinnamon: 3.0.7 My issue is as mentioned in the ...
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Trouble accessing Google Drive from file manager [duplicate]

In response to possible duplicate question: I am trying to get access to my Google Drive files via the file manager. I am not trying to find and install a Google Drive client. I'm just talking about ...
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How to set Ubuntu with Cinnamon to hibernate when lid is closed with external monitor?

If I have external monitor attached, closing lid won't hibernate my computer. In normal Ubuntu I could edit this in power settings but how could I set my Ubuntu with Cinnamon to do this?
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Ubuntu 16.04 Excessive disk i/o

Since installing 16.04 on my laptop my disk seems to be constantly busy I ran iotop and I can see a process cinnamon --replace running frequently. Could this be the cause of my problems ? If so any ...
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Cinnamon Settings appears as Bluetooth in Docky

Recently, I switched over to Cinnamon and Docky as my main WM and it's so far been great. However, I've noticed that the Control Panel/Settings app has the Bluetooth icon (and the Bluetooth name) in ...
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programs very slow to start in ubuntu

I'm running Ubuntu 16.10 + Cinnamon on my workstation. The machine is old (probably 7+ years), but it is still an i7 with 24Gb of RAM. I also have a GEForce 210 and I'm running the NVIDIA binary ...
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Xubuntu 1080p HD video play and CPU usage [closed]

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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xrdp on Ubuntu with separate de for each user

A colleague of mine installed Ubuntu Mate on our GPU-Server and xrdp for remote control. We can connect to this PC from Windows 7 using the Windows remote desktop software. Now, for his user almost ...
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Dropbox hangs when trying to move sync folder

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with Cinnamon as desktop environment and Nemo as file manager. Dropbox's default folder is ~/Dropbox. When I try to move the folder, by clicking the "Mover" (Move) button, ...
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Is there a way to integrate synaptic with snap packages

Is there way to integrate synaptic package manager with snapd (snap packages)? Either when compiling from source or a .conf file? If not what is a package manager that will integrate with snap ...
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How to widen "Window List Item" boxes in (Cinnamon) Gnome Desktop to fit?

I was able to increase the size of GNOME panels that hold the Window List Item boxes by modifying the "width" property of the ".window-list-item-box" CSS class of cinnamon.css (in the Cinnamon desktop)...
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Hibernation and suspending on the Cinnamon desktop

I installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Then I decided to install the desktop Cinnamon. But I noticed that it can't manage the Hibernation and the suspending of the session. It is not enable to hibernate the ...
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Spotify not showing on taskbar

I'm running Spotify 1.0.37.152.gc83ea995 in Ubuntu 12.04 over Cinnamon. When I start it, it doen't show on the taskbar, but it shows on the ALT+TAB window list. Any ideas on how to fix it?
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Ubuntu stuck in fallback after attempting to install cinnamon

Running Ubuntu 14.03 dual booting along Windows 7. I have about 64gb of source code I really don't want to have to download again. So I installed the cinnamon PPA like this: sudo add-apt-repository ...
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Cinnamon: How to position popupmenu?

I'm new to cinnamon desktop, I used gnome session fallback and mate before. What I'm trying to achieve is the following: when I right click on a window on the panel, the popupmenu should be right ...
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Cinnamon Desktop - Clicking menu->shutdown presents no real button options?

When I click Menu then Shutdown (Quit) i get the following dialog: ______________________________ | Session x | ______________________________ | | | ...
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updating dconf doesnt change commands

I just updated dconf from a stored settings file using dconf load /org/cinnamon/ < keyboard_shortcuts_export_dconf I then made some changes to the file (exchanging firefox for google-chrome) and ...
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dual monitors - Cinnamon panel disappears

I use Cinnamon DE for my dual monitor setup. When I maximize KODI i.e. full screen mode, in the non-primary monitor the panel (bottom) in my primary monitor disappears. So in order to restore the ...
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cinnamon yields black background in Ubuntu 15.10

I just installed U15.10. The only thing I did was sudo apt-get install cinnamon Then I logged off, logged in with cinnamon, and I get a black background, terminal has white background, some icons ...
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Ubuntu MATE, Cinnamon Desktop, custom icon set does not scale

I have quite a strange problem with any custom icon set under Ubuntu 16.04 MATE with Cinnamon Desktop On a freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04 MATE version I did sudo apt-get install cinnamon* sudo apt-...
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Standard ubuntu 15.04 won't boot, but ubuntu (upstart) does

I understand that Ubuntu switched to systemd recently from upstart. Ubuntu started on the first boot, I installed cinnamon and made a change to grub.cfg in attempt to get my USB 3.0 Ports working, ...
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How to remove window decorations in Cinnamon / Muffin?

I have installed Cinnamon and Muffin and I love them. Finally, I have a working expo! However, I would like to remove all window decorations: I resize and move the windows with alt-mouse, and close ...
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How do I change the desktop background in Cinnamon?

I've changed my desktop environment to Cinnamon on 32 bit 15.04, the problem is that I can't seem to change my desktop background by going to System Settings->Background as I have selected a new ...
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How to define a solid color for background in Ubuntu 16.04 (with Cinnamon desktop)

Environment Ubuntu 16.04 Cinnamon Desktop From notes I jotted down when installing all system components a few months ago, I believe I installed Cinnamon Desktop as follows: sudo add-apt-repository ...
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Rrrepeattt keyys in Ubuntu 14.04 driving me nuts

Problem: Repeat keys while typing, unless I use an extraordinarily slow and careful touch on the keyboard. (Example: Thhe quickk browwn fox.) System: Dell Precision 7710 with Ubuntu 14.04 and ...

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