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Solved ... wrong video drivers were installed with update and computer was in fallback mode , uninstalling drivers solved the problem

this is the first time i have been back on this laptop ... I just found out that i have NO other desktops any more , im not sure which one im stuck with but it's the only one that loads no matter what kind of session i start .... I have a menu at the top that says applications and places and a botto...

is there any way to switch back to the previous version of cinnamon ? this update ruined it for me , i cant seem to find any controls on it to remove the bottom panel ... can't move the menu to the bottom where i want it .... I can't even figure out why it was put at the top ... i was under the impr...

Lumikki wrote:I never use any desktop effects. I allways take them all off.

so do i and every time cinnamon updates it keeps turning them back on

hhead wrote:I have this problem I think it might be to do with xscreensaver? Do you have it installed?

no i dont have xscreensaver installed , but im going to try Rokens sugestion and see what happens

HP 2000 laptop mint 12 . if i walk away from my laptop for more than ten minutes the screen blanks out as if it's going into power saving mode but then there is no way to get screen brightness back , screen controls do not work and the only thing left to do is reisub to reboot . ive checked to make ...

craig10x wrote: COMBINED with more modern technology (advantages of the new Gnome3 itself

i must be mising something , i do not see one single bennefit of gnome 3 all i see is unneccesary flash and glam that makes it laggy slow and buggy,

Cinnamon is going to be our Saviour ... im using it now , it has a long way to go but I'm loving it

Let's be real here. Linux Mint 12 pretty much sucks. It's been pretty sucky for me ... slow, buggy , confusing ... but since i installed cinnamon im a lot happier with it ... it's still laggy but i can deal with it . I love the direction that clem is going with cinnamon , i just hope he's able to b...

I really like the direction cinnamon is going in , i find it missing a lot of features that i truly want like being able to easily re arrange the icons on the bottom panel .... i can't figure out how to get larger fonts or icons in the menu yet and a few other things but i know clem will get it all ...

yeah thats it , it's just user error , because YOU have never had a problem with the hardware you are using it must be MY error ... the fact that this forum even exists is PROOF that linux doesn't just work , it's a different experience for every person that uses it based on the hardware they have t...

So what? then they shall stay with Win. :lol: Linux is not Windows (old but still true) well yeah , the only problem with that thinking is that the only reason Linux doesn't have good vendor support is because not enough people use it for them to bother writing drivers for linux .... we NEED to gai...

because if you log in with LXDE there is NO brightness controls anywhere in the entire system Guess I'm lucky. On my Mint LXDE, preferences/Power Management has a brightness control that functions perfectly. Maybe i just couldn't find it because the screen was so dark but even if i could have, it w...

from my experience with all the various linux distros, the brightness keys never work...but the brightness setting in the system settings certainly works and very efficiently too...why must you do it with your keys? :wink: :lol: because if you log in with LXDE there is NO brightness controls anywhe...

kwisher wrote:Just found the link below for a solution to Handbrake and Mint-12.

http://lincgeek.org/blog/?p=1466

Thank you so much seems to be working fine for me ...

I discovered that some of the files on the installation media wee corrupted. So... New iso downloaded and burned... Start installation again... It all works... I just wish that I could find where to disable the annoying sounds at logon/logoff. Anyone know? if you just want to disable the login soun...

And again brightness controls are not working , so there must be some driver randomly loading at startup ....

Ubuntu with Unity = dictator telling you what your desktop experience will be. Gnome 3 = freedom to choose. I'll stick with Gnome 3 thank you. How Does Gnome 3 equal freedom ? I choose to NOT have my OS pop up in my face and steal focus all the time . i choose to Not have ANY side bar of any kind E...

In reply to the people bashing me for being extremely frustrated about the Distro that i have loved and donated over $1,200 to over the years . while I commend Clem for trying to make Ubuntu more Usable for the average person the fact remains , 12 is a great big mess ( at least for me ) it's buggy, ...

Remember this post of yours? I do and my opinion hasn't changed even the slightest ... the more i use 12 the more i find wrong with it .... which is EXACTLY why i did not try putting Mint on a USB for my friend i tried 4 other distros . i fully believe mint 13 will be better ... but in the mean tim...