Problems with Mint 13 Cinnamon

[nafnaf]

I have four problems with Mint 13 Cinnamon, which I just installed on my Dell Inspiron 15r (n5040).

1. The desktop freezes (although the Cinnamon panel and menus normally continue to work) not infrequently.
2. Cinnamon randomly restarts itself - usually when I move my mouse to the menu.
3. When I logout (or shut down), I get an error message that reads: "Could not write bytes: broken pipes." The next two lines, under the error message, each read something like "Starting Mount Network filesystem."
4. In Google Earth, a window opens on top of the broken that persists and cannot be moved so long as the program is open.

I am none too pleased about these problems, most particularly the desktop freezing problem. I hope there is someone who has an idea about these problems. I suspect the broken pipes problem is some kind of bug. I know the persisting window is a bug (since it is noted elsewhere as a bug). However, having a system freeze for no good reason is very bothersome.

[Oscar799]

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[redhatlinux10]

my box also have similar problems with #1, #3

[kamaboko]

Yes, me too. I really want to like Cin, but damn if it doens't freeze all the time. I've since switched to LM13 Mate and all is good. I would prefer Cin though.

[nafnaf]

I may have a solution for the broken pipes problem.

I did the following:

1. I typed Ctrl Alt f7, which brought up a blank screen on which the words Could not write bytes: broken pipes" and then, two times, the phrase "Starting Mount Network filesystem."

2. I shut down by switching off the on/off switch - which was the only available means to shut down.

3. I tried to boot normally but, instead, words to the effect that graphics could not load popped up.

4. I shut down again.

5. I booted using the repair mode and attempted to start up networking in the repair mode - which did not work. I shut down. I assume, given what occurred below, that this unsuccessful approach is unnecessary.

6. I booted using the repair mode and selected repair broken packages. I continued, after running the repair broken packages mode, to log on to a desktop, which was, I think, a low graphics desktop. I reset the size of my desktop to the correct size and then restarted the computer by normal means.

7. My desktop returned. On logout, the error message was gone. Also, freezing seems to have stopped and Cinnamon no longer restarts randomly.

So, I think I have fixed 3 of my four problems.

[Cariboo]

Hi,
I run a new installation of LM13-64bit Cinnamon(1.4) and
1) I can not remove application icons from the "Favorite" bar at the far left of the menu,
2) in "Sytem Settings" the settings for 'Appearance', 'Additional Drivers', and 'Date and Time' are
not accessable/changable. These three icons (only these) come with a Stop sign emblem. - see screenshot.
3) I cannot change the size of the panel.
What am I missing? What is to do to fix it?

[Monsta]

1) I can not remove application icons from the "Favorite" bar at the far left of the menu

That's an inconvenience - you can't do that on the Favorites bar. You have to locate the application in the main part of the menu, right-click on it and select "remove from favorites" in the drop-down menu.

[Cariboo]

1) I can not remove application icons from the "Favorite" bar at the far left of the menu

That's an inconvenience - you can't do that on the Favorites bar. You have to locate the application in the main part of the menu, right-click on it and select "remove from favorites" in the drop-down menu.

Thanks Monsta - If I should have read more carefully when I placed the icon...I certaily can live with this "inconvenience"

[mint-me]

my system works fine, and i still get your issue #3: When I logout (or shut down), I get an error message that reads: "Could not write bytes: broken pipes."
since all works ok i dont worry about it.

[mehdi_tey]

I have same kind of problems.
my Desktop freezes, especialy when I open a .docx file with libre writer 3.5.3
and also Cinnamon consumes much CPU load. and because of that when playing an mp3 file, movie player stops some seconds and play again.
my DELL XPS M1330 with core2duo T9300 CPU with 4GB Ram works very slowly.
heretofore I used Mint9 and everythings was very OK.

[Joe151]

my system works fine, and i still get your issue #3: When I logout (or shut down), I get an error message that reads: "Could not write bytes: broken pipes."
since all works ok i dont worry about it.

Same here.
Same error message when shutting down the system. But since everything else seems to be fine, I don't worry either.

[xtzetzias]

Hi all!
I'm new to Cinnamon, I use ubuntu 12.04 64-bit with Cinnamon, and ATI card. I face mainly two problems:
1. Cinnamon restart from time to time
2. When i try to record my desktop (with Recordmydesktop or ffmpeg) or take a snapshot, the result is a frozen past instant of the screen (when recording, only the mouse cursor moves)
I've tried recording in Unity, Gnome and Mate, but none of them showed any problem, everything was fine.
Any suggestions?

[Rehdon]

my system works fine, and i still get your issue #3: When I logout (or shut down), I get an error message that reads: "Could not write bytes: broken pipes."
since all works ok i dont worry about it.

I get that error message at boot time ... you sure it's nothing to worry about?

Rehdon

[nefnef]

Rehdon,

My fix works for problem #3; or, at least it did on my computer.

[jfuk86]

1) I can not remove application icons from the "Favorite" bar at the far left of the menu,

i found that u can drag the icons from the favorite bar to remove them

[Rehdon]

Rehdon,

My fix works for problem #3; or, at least it did on my computer.

Thanks for the info, actually I didn't have to apply it because after an update the message went away; I guess whatever it was broken in the deb database was fixed by the incoming updates

Rehdon

[Cariboo]

i found that u can drag the icons from the favorite bar to remove them

YES, I can confirm that....OK... this is convenient!

I wonder if somebody has an idea on my other point (it might have been overlooked):

2) in "Sytem Settings" the settings for 'Appearance', 'Additional Drivers', and 'Date and Time' are
not accessable/changable. These three icons (only these) come with a Stop sign emblem. - see screenshot.
I'm not able to set Date and Time nor can install the Driver for my graphic card.

[bimsebasse]

"Appearance" is borderline useless in Mint, don't use it to change theme, it's a wallpaper changer and little else - I guess it's there because it's difficult to remove.

The stop icons are a flaw in the icon theme, nothing to worry about.

You can set date and time if you turn off network time. But use Cinnamon Settings for system settings, and only use System Settings for things stuff not included in Cinnamon Settings.

[tsidock]

Bottom line for me, I use a separate /home partition, so after changing drivers, video cards removing win TV that was not used, with no improvement, I installed LMDE over top, leaving /home unformulated in gparted. Everything is working perfectly now!

The lock-up issue is easily repeatable: Open Libre Writer> add a table> enter some data in a few cells> copy and paste> by the second or third copy and paste, all control except ctrl-bkspc and a few other escape sequences, is lost.

[MSeries]

Bluetooth doesn't work properly for me. I can't receive files when send from my Nokia phone. (I had similar problems in MATE, I switched to Blueman instead of gnome-bluetooth and it work there). Is it possible to disable gnome-bluetooth on Cinnamon and use Blueman instead ?