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OK Fixed it by some extra searching.
Need to do

xhost local:root

To allow local root access to the xserver.

Really weird how it wasn't allowed by default!

Mint 20 Cinnamon upgraded from 19.3 When I try to open a gtk app in sudo mode it errors sudo synaptic No protocol specified Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused Failed to initialise GTK. You're probably running Synaptic on Wayland with root permission. Please restart your ses...

OK appears to be a faulty hdd.
Just after I posted that I booted back to Mint 20 and it froze with read errors on the hdd.
Will retry when I get a new ssd.

Just trying out LMDE 4 64bit, clean install on new partition. Cinnamon version. Nvidia driver installed, Fully updated. System Settings : Preferences Everything BUT preferred applications & startup applications doesn't work Nothing will allow any changes Clicking on the show/hide reverts to prev...

Found the error after I posted that message.
I needed to remove the ~/.Xauthority file

Just did an upgrade to Mint 19, clean install with kept /home. Lightdm will not let me log in at all. I can jump to a terminal session and log in there fine so not a password issue. I enter my password and it just drops me back to the login prompt, jumping between my monitors as it does so. Tried ma...

I am used to using
crtl-1/2/3 to switch between views but this is no longer working
How do I re-enable it?

Sorry for late reply didn't get a notification of a reply. usb://Canon/iP5000?serial=127627 Canon PIXMA iP5000 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.11 No extra printers installed for years now. Keep getting an Epson driver trying to be installed but I don't own an Epson printer. The only 2 printers ever connected...

Now I have ONE printer installed and working, but on startup it always now does a "searching for drivers" followed by a root request and a list of drivers for Epson printers. I have a Canon printer. hairybiker@octo:~$ dmesg|grep printer [ 7.886256] usblp 3-3:1.0: usblp1: USB Bidirectional ...

Ahh that fixed it thanks.
But I don't remember EVER pressing it before.

I've gotten used to using the breadcrumbs for navigation, but in Mint 18 it only seems to offer the text entry for location. Is there anyway to restore the breadcrumbs? I've tried different themes so it isn't that. EDIT: just created a new user and they have breadcrumbs, but I can't see where the se...

OK fixed it. On the Desktop settings, choose Show desktop icons on all monitors.
Now this doesn't actually do what it says
However it DOES allow the full right click menu on both monitors now.

I can only get a full right click menu on the default monitor. On the 2nd monitor I only see "add desklet, change background & settings", instead of the whole normal menu.
So I can no longer create a folder/item on the 2nd monitor or cut & paste to it.
How can I get my menu back?

I have several nfs shares from my "server" running Mint 17.3 Mate to my other machines. Until 17.3 Cinnamon I could happily see the contents of all the shares on this pc. Shares are all using the same share values. e.g. /exports/Movies 192.168.1.1/24(rw,no_subtree_check) /exports/home 192....

I am the ONLY user on this system, with full admin rights. Found out the reason again, something had added kernel.dmesg_restrict = 1 to the end of sysinit.conf. Now I know I didn't and the post I made above showed it to be 0, but resetting it has made dmesg work again. This has only happened since I...

Well it has been fine till this week again, same issue As to using sudo WHY I have never had to in the past what has changed?

When I try to run dmesg I get:
dmesg: klogctl failed: Operation not permitted

This is only happened since upgrading to 17.2 Cinnamon. (Clean install as I had issues getting wine to run on an upgrade)

Running 17.2 Cinnamon 64 bit. Fully updated on Amd 8 core proc.

Cheers that works.

Bit of a faff compared to Mate though.
The QuickPar config sets itself up to associate with par/2 & md5 files, but it doesn't seem to be getting passed to nemo.

OK have searched around and can't find a solution.
I have QuickPar installed under wine. On Mate it just worked and added itself to the open with menu, but on Cinnamon it doesn't.

I have tried adding a custom launcher, but it launches QP but not with the file selected.

No one else having this problem?