Cinnamon is crashing

[urdrwho]

[solved]
Not sure what went wrong. I was going to try out Mate by booting from a USB but there was an error. Ok, so I'll try later, let me boot back into Cinnamon Rosa. Oops --- no go -- Cinnamon keeps crashing and goes into fall back mode. This has been running fine for a long time.

I can use the system in fall back but it would be nice to have Cinnamon running. It tries to start but crashes

I have home on its own partition.

If there are no ideas about how to re-start Cinnamon then what is the protocol to re-install without destroying my home partition. Is there a repair on the disc?

[urdrwho]

Tried to find out why but in the end, it was easier to just re-install. While out it I installed Mate 16.04 .... not a fan. Back to Mint 17.01.

[AZgl1800]

[solved]
Not sure what went wrong. I was going to try out Mate by booting from a USB but there was an error. Ok, so I'll try later, let me boot back into Cinnamon Rosa. Oops --- no go -- Cinnamon keeps crashing and goes into fall back mode. This has been running fine for a long time.

I can use the system in fall back but it would be nice to have Cinnamon running. It tries to start but crashes

I have home on its own partition.

If there are no ideas about how to re-start Cinnamon then what is the protocol to re-install without destroying my home partition. Is there a repair on the disc?

do this:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall cinnamon

[urdrwho]

Thanks, I'll remember that for next time. A fresh re-install was probably needed because I forced an install of Opera 52, which I believe added some things that were not to be part of Mint 17.3.

[urdrwho]

Must have been an update that did something because now the old house - everyone can use -- computer that sits on the kitchen counter crashed. Cinnamon had to start in fall back mode. I'll give the re-install a try on that one. I've copied home to a safe place.

[solved]
Not sure what went wrong. I was going to try out Mate by booting from a USB but there was an error. Ok, so I'll try later, let me boot back into Cinnamon Rosa. Oops --- no go -- Cinnamon keeps crashing and goes into fall back mode. This has been running fine for a long time.

I can use the system in fall back but it would be nice to have Cinnamon running. It tries to start but crashes

I have home on its own partition.

If there are no ideas about how to re-start Cinnamon then what is the protocol to re-install without destroying my home partition. Is there a repair on the disc?

do this:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall cinnamon

[urdrwho]

Sadly that did not fix the problem with the kitchen computer. I guess I need to re-install the OS. A bit o a hassle because it is a slim desktop, no Ethernet connection, runs on WiFi and I must bring it into this room to modprobe the B43 driver.

[vinayak_420]

What exactly will this command do (apt reinstall cinnamon), because i my system crashes sometimes when booting up(1 in 5 times), i dont want to lose my files and want cinnamon to reset its settings.

[Larry78723]

@vinayak_420 - Please read  How to get help paying special attention to item #5, then start a new thread. This one is 3 years old.