[Solved] Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
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[Solved] Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
Hi everybody,
I upgraded my system and I installed the "cinnamon". But, when I choose the "Cinnamon" desktop at log in, I get Gnome 3 instead. How can I get Cinnamon?
Thank you in advance.
I upgraded my system and I installed the "cinnamon". But, when I choose the "Cinnamon" desktop at log in, I get Gnome 3 instead. How can I get Cinnamon?
Thank you in advance.
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Re: Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
Hi, have you made any config in the Cinnamon setting?
At first I logged on Gnome 3 (Cinnamon was not proposed), the after using the Cinnamon setting, and deciding few things it appears in the logging options.
It works normally now.
At first I logged on Gnome 3 (Cinnamon was not proposed), the after using the Cinnamon setting, and deciding few things it appears in the logging options.
It works normally now.
Re: Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
Hi
When you log in are you getting full gnome3 or is it in fallback mode?
From what I understand (& I have seen with 1 of my own systems) if the graphics card dosn't support / dosn't have the drivers for the 3d effects needed to run Cinnamon it will instead drop you into Gnome fallback mode
When you log in are you getting full gnome3 or is it in fallback mode?
From what I understand (& I have seen with 1 of my own systems) if the graphics card dosn't support / dosn't have the drivers for the 3d effects needed to run Cinnamon it will instead drop you into Gnome fallback mode
Re: Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
I updated another computer (with the same graphic card) yesterday and I had no problem. And, yes, it may be the fallback mode because when I load Gnome 3 on both computers, I have two different interfaces.
Note : All my computers have a Intel chip (cheap) as a graphic card.
Note : All my computers have a Intel chip (cheap) as a graphic card.
Re: Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
There are many various Intel chips, some are bad, some are worse so that doesn't explain the problem.
BTW, I stumbled upon a couple of hints - this and this - about getting explanations on why Gnome Shell (or Cinnamon) refuses to start. You only need to correct the path - in Debian it's
To be honest, I doubt it will yield something more detailed than "no 3D support", but you can at least try.
BTW, I stumbled upon a couple of hints - this and this - about getting explanations on why Gnome Shell (or Cinnamon) refuses to start. You only need to correct the path - in Debian it's
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/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-accelerated
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Result:
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Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Re: Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
Hi, you may check in synaptic and install (or re-install) canberra-session-manager. it should help.
This missing module seems frequent.
This missing module seems frequent.
Re: Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... [code]sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk3-module[/code]jcbrinfo wrote:Result:Code: Select all
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Re: Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
Installed "libcanberra-gtk3-module" and reinstalled "libcanberra-gtk-module". Now:
[*]/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-accelerated shows nothing.[/*]
[*]The "pop-up" messages of Linux Mint are shown entirely. (It was not the case before.)[/*]
[*]Even after killing X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace), I can't get the Cinnamon desktop yet.[/*]
[*]/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-accelerated shows nothing.[/*]
[*]The "pop-up" messages of Linux Mint are shown entirely. (It was not the case before.)[/*]
[*]Even after killing X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace), I can't get the Cinnamon desktop yet.[/*]
Re: Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon
You mean the notifications? Do you have notification-daemon installed?jcbrinfo wrote:[*]The "pop-up" messages of Linux Mint are shown entirely. (It was not the case before.)[/*]
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... on#p567426[*]Even after killing X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace), I can't get the Cinnamon desktop yet.[/*]
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Edit: Also look here http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 67#p568667
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jcbrinfo@***:~$ inxi -Gx
Graphics: Card Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) X.Org 1.11.4 Res: 1280x800@60.0hz
GLX Renderer N/A GLX Version N/A Direct Rendering N/A
jcbrinfo@***:~$ glxgears
X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 136 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
Serial number of failed request: 12
Current serial number in output stream: 12
Edit: After uninstalling all flgrx packages, GLX and Cinnamon work.