[SOLVED] Applications look like Windows 95
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[SOLVED] Applications look like Windows 95
Hi everyone.
I have Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" - Cinnamon (64-bit). All of sudden, all my applications started to look somewhat like WIndows '95. Here they are two image-URLs for LibreOffice & Pinta respectively which better illustrate the problem:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g13kwvpxufnar ... e.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22ejy1mq6ktzn ... ng?dl=0&m=
How could I solve it?
Thank you in advance!
G.
I have Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" - Cinnamon (64-bit). All of sudden, all my applications started to look somewhat like WIndows '95. Here they are two image-URLs for LibreOffice & Pinta respectively which better illustrate the problem:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g13kwvpxufnar ... e.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22ejy1mq6ktzn ... ng?dl=0&m=
How could I solve it?
Thank you in advance!
G.
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Re: Applications look like Windows 95
Does this effect persist after a reboot?
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Re: Applications look like Windows 95
Hi, GiS91.
Looks like Cinnamon has crashed and you are now running in fallback mode, which seems to be be some Mate desktop actually.
When the same happened here some days ago, Cinnamon told me that it had crashed.
It offered to restart itself. Which worked by the way, without rebooting. Even without logging off from the GUI and logging back in.
Karl
Looks like Cinnamon has crashed and you are now running in fallback mode, which seems to be be some Mate desktop actually.
When the same happened here some days ago, Cinnamon told me that it had crashed.
It offered to restart itself. Which worked by the way, without rebooting. Even without logging off from the GUI and logging back in.
Karl
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Re: Applications look like Windows 95
And if it doesn't offer, you can restart Cinnamon by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Esc.
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Re: Applications look like Windows 95
Yes. I tried to reboot Cinnamon over and over but the problem persists.Moem wrote:Does this effect persist after a reboot?
Unfortunately, rebooting did not solve the problem. I tried to reinstall Cinnamon by typing sudo apt-get install --reinstall cinnamon but without success.karlchen wrote:Hi, GiS91.
Looks like Cinnamon has crashed and you are now running in fallback mode, which seems to be be some Mate desktop actually.
When the same happened here some days ago, Cinnamon told me that it had crashed.
It offered to restart itself. Which worked by the way, without rebooting. Even without logging off from the GUI and logging back in.
Karl
Re: Applications look like Windows 95
Try ti reinstall
and reset the themes Mint x from system settings/themes
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sudo apt install --reinstall libreoffice-style-mint mint-themes-gtk3
Re: Applications look like Windows 95
Hello, GiS91.
You have verified in the graphical login screen that you have not selected "Cinnamon Fallback Mode" as your session type by accident?
Karl
You have verified in the graphical login screen that you have not selected "Cinnamon Fallback Mode" as your session type by accident?
Karl
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Re: Applications look like Windows 95
I executed the command first, then I switched Window borders to Adwaita, Icons to Mint-X and Controls to Mint-Y and... well, It worked for all applications!minitux wrote:Try ti reinstalland reset the themes Mint x from system settings/themesCode: Select all
sudo apt install --reinstall libreoffice-style-mint mint-themes-gtk3
Anyway, what I've noted is that there is no Mint-X option for Window borders and Controls. Sincerely, it's not a thing I paid too much attention to thus far, so I'd not want Mint-X is not available because something got "corrupted"...
Re: Applications look like Windows 95
System rebooted, but Mint-X is not yet available for Window borders and Controls.minitux wrote:Try also a reboot
Re: Applications look like Windows 95
Code: Select all
sudo apt install --reinstall mint-themes
Re: Applications look like Windows 95
Solved this one, too! Now I have much more styles in Window border and Controls.minitux wrote:and retryCode: Select all
sudo apt install --reinstall mint-themes
At this point, I think the root cause of the issue was just a certain degree of corruption of MInt's themes.
Thanks everyone for your support, guys