Cinnamon is desktop environment which is a fork of GNOME Shell. It is derived from GNOME 3 but has a look and feel closer to GNOME 2.
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I can't get Cinnamon to stop freezing, how can I revert it back?
I have an issue, and I'm unsure if it is a bug or not but here's the skinny:
I updated cinnamon from 1.6.7 to 1.8 (don't get me wrong, I love it BUT!)
Ever since I did the update, Cinnamon has been ...
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Mint update with NVIDIA breaks Cinnamon
I have Linux Mint 14 64-bit Cinnamon on a desktop with an NVidia GTX 680 graphics card. I downloaded and installed the drivers from the NVIDIA website (installed on TTY1 with sudo service mdm stop). ...
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linux mint cinnamon - AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter keeps disconnecting
Lately I got a DELL inspiron 15-3521, I installed the latest Linux mint cinnamon. I have been having some problems with my Ethernet card, when i start my pc everything works perfectly for about 10 to ...
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Removing Clock screenlet in Linux Mint
I admit the question is kind of stupid, but I honestly can't do anything about this weird issue.
I've added a Clock screenlet (with a custom theme) on my desktop and the thing is that I can't remove ...
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Adding the panel to the second monitor
I have set up two monitors in my system. One is powered by the HDMI port and the other one is powered by the normal analogue port of the same GPU (Nvidia Ge-force 210).
I just setup twin display in ...
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Map workspace switch to mouse buttons in cinnamon
I want to set up cinnamon to switch workspaces right and left when I press my mouse scroll wheel clicker right or left, but I don't see an option in the cinnamon settings. Is there any way to ...
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How to set up keyboard shortuts with custom modifiers (like Mod3) in Cinnamon?
I'm trying to migrate from Mate into Cinnamon. In Mate, it was possible to assign custom modifiers to Switch to workspace on the left of the current workspace. In Cinnamon keyboard configuration ...
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Decrease the font size in Cinnamon from the command line
While I was playing with Cinnamon settings I set the font size to 990 from the font icon available in cinnamon settings. Now I can't use any applications because of the font. It garbles the whole ...
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How to disable moving between workspaces feature?
I have installed Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon - have been upgraded from Linux Mint 13.
There is a feature: i can move between workspaces by moving cursor to the edge of screen and holding it there for ...
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Linux Mint Taskbar and Icons are gone
I have linux mint cinnamon 13. I installed it today. Well my problem is that my panel and my icons are gone. There is absolutely nothing but my desktop background. But I'm still able to switch to F1 + ...
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How do I change the number of available workspaces in Cinnamon?
I am used to four workspaces in Gnome, but now that I have Cinnamon installed I only have two. Can I increase the number? If so, how?
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Cinnamon failed: desktop only, no panel, no dialog frame
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 froze, so I logged out by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
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Unable to upgrade Cinnamon with Linux Mint 13
I would like to upgrade to the latest version of Cinnamon. I'm running Linux Mint 13 in a virtual machine. Everywhere I look, I see the same instructions:
> sudo add-apt-repository ...
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How to get cinnamon window styling
I think I may have chosen Mint-with no codecs from the downloads section. What should I do to get the nicer cinnamon window styling as in this page?. I have attached a file to show how my window title ...
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touchpad scrolling lost when switching between physical and virtual tty
I have setup touchpad scrolling by running the following script in .xsession
$ cat ~/bin/enablescrolling
# enable two finger scroll
synclient VertTwoFingerScroll=1
synclient HorizTwoFingerScroll=1
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Change desktop wallpaper from terminal
I am running Mint 13 with Cinnamon 1.6. I would like my desktop wallpaper to automatically change depending on the time of day. So, the first thing that comes to mind is setting up a cron job to do it ...
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Open window maximised on X startup
I have a .xsession script. I am opening a gnome-terminal in background. I would like to open it maximised. I use Cinnamon as window manager. I do understand usually window manager is responsible for ...
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Where is Xkb getting its configuration?
Is there a way to query where xkb is getting its configuration from?
Under ArchLinux I have /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf with
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "system-keyboard"
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cinnamon: get original look and feel using xsession
OS: Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon
$ cat .xsession
xmessage -file /etc/motd
/usr/bin/cinnamon
why do not I get the same look and feel as i do get without the above .xsession file? it also affects a few ...
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Cinnamon + Gnome = Ignored settings?
I recently switched from Gnome to Cinnamon in Fedora 17, and I feel like I did something wrong because it seems as though Cinnamon ignores any Gnome settings, despite being Gnome-based (as far as I ...
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How does Linux Mint 13 GUI (Cinnamon) know which users have administrator privileges?
Recently Cinnamon crashed. And I can no longer:
Change settings of network manager
Mount any external disks (except by sudo mount ... on command line)
Shutdown (only can log out)
Click "unlock" on ...
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Gnome and Cinnamon loads in fallback (classic) mode only
So I have been using linux mint for a while now. A few months ago my Gnome shell crashed and I was unable to use the full 3d features and loaded into fallback mode only. From that day (around 2 months ...
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How to change Firefox icon shown on panel and menus?
I installed Firefox on Linux Mint Debian Edition with the Cinnamon desktop.
This Firefox package doesn't use the regular Firefox icon, with the fox curled around the world ; it has what I call the ...
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How to run cinnamon properly?
I am running cinnamon fallback, the output of inxi -SGx is
System: Host: elie-Hp Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Graphics: Card-1: ...
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I can't open the terminal in Cinnamon
I have Linux Mint 13 with Cinnamon installed, but I can't open a terminal using right click nor using CtlrAltt this is just an issue with Cinnamon, why is that happening?
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I tried to solve the ...
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How to change the default filemanager of the Cinnamon desktop?
I'm running an Arch Linux machine with the cinnamon-git desktop from the Arch User Repository.
The default filemanager is Nautilus, is there any way to change the default filemanager to thunar?
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TigerVNC Cinnamon session on Fedora 17
I'm trying to properly start a Cinnamon (2D) session in tigervnc-server on Fedora 17 "Beefy Miracle". The only way I currently know to accomplish this is to modify the file /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients. ...
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Lowres application icon on window switching (alt-tab)
I manually downloaded and installed Sublime Text 2 (instead of adding the repository and installing via apt-get install) and I'm having some trouble getting gnome to find the high res icons for ...
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Need advice for tools to use in everyday workflow [closed]
I am an open source web developer that has decided to transition away from using the Microsoft stack as the center of my everyday workflow and dive into Linux for my primary workstation. As I am new ...
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Does Linux Mint support PAE for 32-bit Cinnamon and MATE?
Does Linux Mint 32-bit support PAE for both Cinnamon and MATE desktop environments?
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How to disable window decorations in Cinnamon
I'm using Cinnamon, but would like to remove all window decorations -- I never use them, they only cost screen estate, and moving / resizing can be conveniently done with alt-mouse1 and alt-mouse2.
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Install Cinnamon on Debian
Is it possible to install Cinnamon on Debian unstable?
There is no packages for Debian on their official download page, and when i tried to add PPA to my repositories list, it won't install because ...
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How can I zoom/magnify Cinnamon desktop using the mouse wheel?
There is a wonderful feature of compiz that allows me to use a key+mouse wheel (I use win+wheel to zoom into the desktop. Is there a way to get the same effect in Cinnamon?
UPDATE: Following Mikko ...
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How can I set the position that terminal opens at?
I'd like Terminal to open near the bottom of my screen. Is there a way to set the default size and position?
I'm using Linux Mint 13, Cinnamon.
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What keeps happening to my desktop icons?
I'm using Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon for an HTPC. When it originally boots, the desktop icons look like this:
After I come back to it some time later, the desktop icons have changed and they look like ...
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How can I change my workspace switcher in Cinnamon?
In Cinnamon, you can move your pointer to the top left corner of the screen to activate the desktop switcher. This would be awesome...if I wasn't left-handed. I throw the pointer up there most of ...
