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Bubbette
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lost access to System Settings

Post by Bubbette »

Hello,

A couple of months ago I moved & had new internet service installed (AT&T). Everything worked fine, except my printer. Thinking it was probably an ISP-related issue, I posted for help on a communications site, and one of the things I was told to do was to install hplip, which I did. That didn't resolve the issue, AND it caused me to lose access to System Settings. Can't get there from the taskbar, and can't get there thru the start menu. The menu item is there, just won't boot.

What can I do to regain access to my System Settings?
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mikeflan
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Re: lost access to System Settings

Post by mikeflan »

Timeshift back to before installing hplip.

What is the output of this in a terminal?

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cinnamon-settings
Mine is:

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$ cinnamon-settings
True
Using PAM module (python3-pam)
$
and System Settings starts.
Bubbette
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Re: lost access to System Settings

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"no module named PIL"

I've never timeshifted before, but I'm assuming I would lose everything after that date. I dragged my heels on this too long.
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Re: lost access to System Settings

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Courtesy of spamegg:

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apt reinstall python3-pil
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Re: lost access to System Settings

Post by Bubbette »

mikeflan wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:53 pm Courtesy of spamegg:

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apt reinstall python3-pil
That did the trick! Thank you!
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