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tareq
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preferences not working

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:~$ hostnamectl
Static hostname: linux
Icon name: computer-laptop
Chassis: laptop
Machine ID: *******
Boot ID: *******
Operating System: LMDE 4 (debbie)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-17-amd64
Architecture: x86-64
:~$ cinnamon-settings
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
when i click on preferences icon nothing happen ??
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Re: preferences not working

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Would you be so kind as to follow the instruction above in the Pink Box on "How to get help"?
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Re: preferences not working

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tareq wrote: ⤴Sun Oct 03, 2021 11:04 am ...
:~$ cinnamon-settings
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
when i click on preferences icon nothing happen ??
take a look at : viewtopic.php?t=352577
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Re: preferences not working [SOLVED]

Post by tareq »

I don't why that happens but when I uninstall Pillow lib, it works fine.
thank you, guys :)
pip3 uninstall Pillow
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Re: preferences not working

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Strange, it works for me:-

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hostnamectl
   Static hostname: hal
         Icon name: computer-desktop
           Chassis: desktop
        Machine ID: 2da860379b704a0c9b0dc3da694d3b2d
           Boot ID: f22bb15b728e46e3b4527cab2aa82ccd
  Operating System: LMDE 4 (debbie)
            Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-0.bpo.8-amd64
      Architecture: x86-64

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pip3 show Pillow
Name: Pillow
Version: 5.4.1
Summary: Python Imaging Library (Fork)
Home-page: http://python-pillow.org
Author: Alex Clark (Fork Author)
Author-email: aclark@aclark.net
License: Standard PIL License
Location: /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
Requires: 
Required-by:
I seem to have a lot of Python crud...

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pip3 list | wc -l
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