[Solved] Gnome starts instead of Cinnamon

[jcbrinfo]

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.

[FDF]

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.

[BigSteve_G]

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

[jcbrinfo]

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.

[Monsta]

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

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/usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-accelerated

To be honest, I doubt it will yield something more detailed than "no 3D support", but you can at least try.

[jcbrinfo]

Result:

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Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

[FDF]

Hi, you may check in synaptic and install (or re-install) canberra-session-manager. it should help.
This missing module seems frequent.

[äxl]

Result:

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Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"

viewtopic.php?p=565250#p565250

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sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk3-module

[jcbrinfo]

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.[/*]

[äxl]

[*]The "pop-up" messages of Linux Mint are shown entirely. (It was not the case before.)[/*]

You mean the notifications? Do you have notification-daemon installed?

[*]Even after killing X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace), I can't get the Cinnamon desktop yet.[/*]

viewtopic.php?f=198&t=99637&p=567426&hilit=acceleration#p567426

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Edit: Also look here viewtopic.php?f=198&t=99293&p=568667#p568667

[jcbrinfo]

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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

Weird. glxgears worked before the update...

Edit: After uninstalling all flgrx packages, GLX and Cinnamon work.