Cinnamon doesn't start (log included)

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Cinnamon doesn't start (log included)

Post by outhud »

Hi,

Cinnamon isn't starting after reboot. Xorg is running, I can see the desktop, I can right click and open Terminal, but no taskbar or start menu etc.

The output of inxi -Fxz is:

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System:
  Host: john-hpenvy Kernel: 5.3.0-51-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia 
  base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ENVY Notebook v: Type1ProductConfigId 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: HP model: 80DF v: 87.34 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: F.16 
  date: 08/21/2015 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 24.8 Wh condition: 30.4/45.0 Wh (68%) 
  model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-6200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Skylake rev: 3 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19200 
  Speed: 600 MHz min/max: 400/2800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 574 2: 588 
  3: 521 4: 516 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: intel resolution: 3200x1800~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 520 (Skylake GT2) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.8 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.3.0-51-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4040 
  bus ID: 01:00.0 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 145.04 GiB (60.8%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MZNTE256HMHP-000H1 size: 238.47 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 156.12 GiB used: 144.96 GiB (92.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 7.90 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 189 Uptime: 17m Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 995.2 MiB (12.7%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 clang: 6.0.0-1ubuntu2 
  Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 inxi: 3.0.32 
And my .xsession-errors file is:

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dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
dbus-update-activation-environment: warning: error sending to systemd: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: warning: error sending to systemd: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_MEASUREMENT=en_IE.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_PAPER=en_IE.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_MONETARY=en_IE.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANG=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDM_LANG=en_US
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/cinnamon.mandatory.path
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting S_COLORS=auto
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_NAME=en_IE.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/john
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting USER=john
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DESKTOP_SESSION=cinnamon
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/cinnamon.default.path
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PWD=/home/john
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting HOME=/home/john
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/john/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/share/cinnamon:/home/john/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=cinnamon
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_ADDRESS=en_IE.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_NUMERIC=en_IE.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PAPERSIZE=a4
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHELL=/bin/bash
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHLVL=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANGUAGE=en_US
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_ID=XXX.apps.googleusercontent.com
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_TELEPHONE=en_IE.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDMSESSION=cinnamon
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LOGNAME=john
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-Xu2fQcm5a9,guid=b79385a6202f0f5fb15141ed5ea94671
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/home/john/.Xauthority
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-cinnamon:/etc/xdg
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GOOGLE_API_KEY=XXX
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PATH=/home/john/bin:/home/john/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/john/.local/bin
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_IE.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GOOGLE_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET=XXX
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LC_TIME=en_IE.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting _=/usr/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment
dbus-update-activation-environment: warning: error sending to systemd: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
[cinnamon-settings-daemon-smartcard] Failed to start: no suitable smartcard driver could be found
[cinnamon-settings-daemon-smartcard] Failed to start: no suitable smartcard driver could be found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher", line 12, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')  # noqa
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 145, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_cinnamon-launcher.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher", line 12, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')  # noqa
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher", line 12, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')  # noqa
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 145, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_cinnamon-launcher.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-launcher", line 12, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')  # noqa
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
cinnamon-session[3679]: WARNING: t+1.27519s: App 'cinnamon.desktop' respawning too quickly
cinnamon-session[3679]: CRITICAL: t+1.27547s: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
cinnamon-session[3679]: WARNING: t+1.28598s: Failed to start app: Unable to start application: Failed to execute child process “dropbox” (No such file or directory)
[+0.003][json.settings][json.cpp:344][debug] Successfully read clientsettings.json
[+0.004][default][linux_env.cpp:21][info] XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP= "X-Cinnamon"
[+0.004][default][linux_env.cpp:69][info] Detected desktop "Cinnamon" and RTL: false
[+0.127][default][builtin/util.cpp:228][info] Initializing crash handler
[+0.128][logger][builtin/logging.cpp:226][info] Initializing LoggerPrivate
[+0.128][logger][builtin/logging.cpp:252][info] Loaded debug.txt with filter rules: ("*.debug=true", "qt*.debug=false", "latency.*=false", "qt.scenegraph.general*=true")
[+0.129][logger][builtin/logging.cpp:339][info] Starting log session (v2.0.1+04518)
[+0.129][default][/home/gitlab-runner/builds/MHsxFzVx/0/research/pia_desktop/common/src/appsingleton.cpp:93][debug] Checking for another instance
[+0.129][default][/home/gitlab-runner/builds/MHsxFzVx/0/research/pia_desktop/common/src/appsingleton.cpp:117][debug] Value of shared memory data is  0
[+0.267][default][client.cpp:399][info] Changed to locale "en-US"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-killer-daemon", line 12, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Keybinder', '3.0')  # noqa
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Keybinder not available
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 145, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_cinnamon-killer-daemon.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/cinnamon-killer-daemon", line 12, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Keybinder', '3.0')  # noqa
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Keybinder not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/blueman-applet", line 16, in <module>
    gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 145, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_blueman-applet.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/blueman-applet", line 16, in <module>
    gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintupload/launch-file-uploader.py", line 4, in <module>
    from mintupload_core import *
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintupload/mintupload_core.py", line 20, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Notify', '0.7')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Notify not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/nvidia-prime-applet/nvidia-prime", line 8, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 145, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_lib_nvidia-prime-applet_nvidia-prime.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/nvidia-prime-applet/nvidia-prime", line 8, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/blueberry/blueberry-obex-agent.py", line 27, in <module>
    gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 145, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_lib_blueberry_blueberry-obex-agent.py.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/blueberry/blueberry-obex-agent.py", line 27, in <module>
    gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
[+0.787][qt.scenegraph.general][debug] threaded render loop
[+0.789][qt.scenegraph.general][debug] Using sg animation driver
[+0.789][qt.scenegraph.general][debug] Animation Driver: using vsync: 16.95 ms

** (nemo-desktop:3925): WARNING **: 11:18:43.663: nemo_python_init_python failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Nemo not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 888, in _find_spec
AttributeError: 'DynamicImporter' object has no attribute 'find_spec'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/importer.py", line 127, in find_module
    'introspection typelib not found' % namespace)
ImportError: cannot import name Nemo, introspection typelib not found
** Message: 11:18:43.691: nemo-desktop: session is cinnamon, establishing proxy
[+0.886][default][client.cpp:774][debug] Sending activate notification
[+0.896][default][client.cpp:794][info] Client connected, loading UI
[+1.022][qml][qrc:/components/dashboard/connect/ModuleSorter.qml:196][info] Added missing module snooze
[+1.031][default][client.cpp:406][debug] Applying settings: {"themeName":"dark"}
[+1.031][json.settings][json.cpp:358][debug] Successfully wrote clientsettings.json
[+1.075][qml][qrc:/components/dashboard/ChangelogWindow.qml:27][info] Changelog height: 41
[+1.967][qml][qrc:/components/daemon/DaemonData.qml:135][info] Location Serbia (rs) does not have metadata
[+1.967][qml][qrc:/components/daemon/DaemonData.qml:135][info] Location Turkey (tr) does not have metadata
[+1.979][qml][qrc:/components/dashboard/PageManager.qml:181][debug] login onEnter - logged in
[+1.982][qml][qrc:/components/dashboard/login/LoginPage.qml:204][debug] login onCompleted
[+2.613][qml][qrc:/components/dashboard/ChangelogWindow.qml:27][info] Changelog height: 3607
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon-screensaver/cinnamon-screensaver-main.py", line 4, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 145, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_share_cinnamon-screensaver_cinnamon-screensaver-main.py.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon-screensaver/cinnamon-screensaver-main.py", line 4, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/blueberry/blueberry-tray.py", line 6, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 145, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_lib_blueberry_blueberry-tray.py.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/blueberry/blueberry-tray.py", line 6, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available

** (nemo-desktop:3925): WARNING **: 11:18:48.595: nemo-desktop: Desktop failsafe timeout reached, applying fallback behavior
I'm not sure how to tell what is going wrong from this. Can someone help?

When I try to run "cinnamon-settings", I get a similar error:

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    gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')  # noqa
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 130, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available' % namespace)
ValueError: Namespace Gtk not available
Some posts online say this can be fixed by sudo apt install gir1.2-gtk-3.0, but this is already installed, and reinstalling doesn't fix the issue.
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Re: Cinnamon doesn't start (log included)

Post by gittiest personITW »

Could you boot into a Live DVD/USB and assuming you have Timeshift enabled, restore from one of the snapshots?
outhud

Re: Cinnamon doesn't start (log included)

Post by outhud »

Unfortunately I didn't have any snapshots. HD space was limited so I had turned it off. Probably a mistake, I know.

Anyway I was able to solve this problem just now. I had compiled and installed the gobject-introspection-1.64.1 package manually a few days ago as part of my effort to get whipper to work.

It seems this had caused some problems. Luckily it was possible to uninstall using the meson/ninja system and cinnamon starts OK now.
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Re: Cinnamon doesn't start (log included)

Post by mikaelrask »

hey i would suggest you go back to the lts kernal 4.15 and see if that could solve the problem your computer is 5 years old and the 5,3 kernal you are running atm is towards new hardware date: 08/21/2015
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Graphic Card: AMD ATI Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900M
Ram 32 GB ddr 5
Kernel: 6.5.0-14 generic
LM Cinnamon 21.3 edge
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Re: Cinnamon doesn't start (log included)

Post by outhud »

mikaelrask wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:24 am hey i would suggest you go back to the lts kernal 4.15 and see if that could solve the problem your computer is 5 years old and the 5,3 kernal you are running atm is towards new hardware date: 08/21/2015
Thanks, I was able to solve the issue by uninstalling a package I had recently installed. It turns out it wasn't a hardware or kernel related issue.

About the kernel, was support for 2015 hardware really removed between 4.15 and 5.3? Newer kernel releases add support for newer hardware yes, but I think 5.3 would still support a 2015 laptop?
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Re: Cinnamon doesn't start (log included)

Post by gittiest personITW »

About the kernel, was support for 2015 hardware really removed between 4.15 and 5.3? Newer kernel releases add support for newer hardware yes, but I think 5.3 would still support a 2015 laptop?
The 5.3 is mostly for newer hardware. Great if it works for you, but usually best to start off with, in this instance, 4.15. Especially as it is supported till 2023, whereas the 5.3 will be supported for a much shorter time (2021 I think).

Whatever works for you, obviously, is fine.
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Re: Cinnamon doesn't start (log included)

Post by mikaelrask »

the 5,3 kernel is supported until august this year from the information kernel in the mint updater, the 5,3 kernel is for newer hardware purchased around 1-2 years ago. so yeah your 5 year old might not run that kernel well why i suggested in my previews post install the lts kernel 4,15 and see if your computer runs better with that kernel.
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Graphic Card: AMD ATI Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900M
Ram 32 GB ddr 5
Kernel: 6.5.0-14 generic
LM Cinnamon 21.3 edge
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