Customizing my desktop
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miken22
Customizing my desktop
Hey, I'm fairly new to Linux and have been trying to figure out how to change my desktop themes. I've downloaded some different icons and window themes but when I change them in the drop down menu from Cinnamon Settings nothing happens. The only time there is a change is when I open a folder as root, which doesn't make sense because I'm the system administrator so I should be able to see the changes anyways. Everything in the applications part of the start menu has disappeared and I cannot find a way to get them back and all the GTK themes have disappeared too. Any help would be awesome, thanks!
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aw2103
Re: Customizing my desktop
Hi. I'm new too and am having the same problem.
Freshly installed one of the first things I've tried to do was go to Cinnamon Settings and change the theme. Won't change...
Let's me change the headers etc on the menu, but nothing happens when I click on any of the Themes listed.
Iknow I'm missing something, but have no idea where to start looking...
Freshly installed one of the first things I've tried to do was go to Cinnamon Settings and change the theme. Won't change...
Let's me change the headers etc on the menu, but nothing happens when I click on any of the Themes listed.
Iknow I'm missing something, but have no idea where to start looking...
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aw2103
Re: Customizing my desktop
Had a further hunt around for ideas - the Linux Mint user guide is somewhat lacking in any assistance - and established I'm running in fallback mode.
Free3d.org has my graphics card (Intel 82865g) listed as being compatible and DRI has a "yes", which suggests it should be able to handle 3d acceleration, but one post elsewhere on here suggests it isn't supported.
Am totally confused now - is it supported or not? If so, how do I update the drivers for it and if not, which card would be a suitable replacement?
Free3d.org has my graphics card (Intel 82865g) listed as being compatible and DRI has a "yes", which suggests it should be able to handle 3d acceleration, but one post elsewhere on here suggests it isn't supported.
Am totally confused now - is it supported or not? If so, how do I update the drivers for it and if not, which card would be a suitable replacement?