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.
1
vote
2answers
579 views
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.
...
4
votes
1answer
399 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
251 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
171 views
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 + ...
3
votes
0answers
402 views
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.
...
2
votes
0answers
188 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
22 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
199 views
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: ...
1
vote
0answers
298 views
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. ...
1
vote
0answers
274 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
45 views
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
...
0
votes
0answers
250 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
166 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
454 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
638 views
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?
Update
I tried to solve the ...
