(Solved) Cannot get into system settings
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(Solved) Cannot get into system settings
When I click on system settings nothing happens. How do I fix this?
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Re: Cannot get into system settings
As my crystal ball is currently in repair, please generate an overview of your system like this:
- Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window);
- Make the terminal window full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- Copy/paste this command into the terminal:
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inxi -Fxpmrz
Press Enter.
Copy/paste the output in your next message.
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Re: Cannot get into system settings
Or use the copy button in the system report to copy the system specs. This has the big advantage, that they get automatically enclosed by code tags and making it so far better readable.
Re: Cannot get into system settings
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robert@robert-400-434:~$ inxi -Fxpmrz
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-121-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7
Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: 400-434 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2B28 v: 1.01(ECN1) serial: <filter> UEFI: AMI v: A0.10 date: 01/15/2016
Battery: Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard PID:005d charge: 70% (should be ignored)
status: Discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse PID:0038 charge: 55% (should be ignored)
status: Discharging
Device-3: hidpp_battery_2 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging
Memory: RAM: total: 7.65 GiB used: 1.42 GiB (18.6%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Pentium J2900 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont rev: 8 L2 cache: 1024 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19333
Speed: 1333 MHz min/max: 1333/2666 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1333 2: 1333 3: 1333 4: 1333
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (BYT) v: 4.2 Mesa 21.2.6 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-121-generic
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000
bus ID: 02:00.0
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtl8188ee v: kernel port: d000
bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 970.71 GiB (34.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1ER162 size: 931.51 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Passport 2626 size: 1.82 TiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 223.10 GiB used: 26.73 GiB (12.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 356.0 MiB used: 80.4 MiB (22.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
ID-3: /home/<filter>/pCloudDrive size: 6.00 GiB used: 762.2 MiB (12.4%) fs: fuse source: ERR-102
ID-4: /media/robert/WD-1TB size: 935.22 GiB used: 552.50 GiB (59.1%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb1
ID-5: /run/timeshift/backup size: 913.08 GiB used: 390.67 GiB (42.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info: Processes: 250 Uptime: 2h 16m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38
robert@robert-400-434:~$
Last edited by karlchen on Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:10 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: enclosed the inxi command and its text output in [code] [/code] tags thus preserving proper inxi screen formatting
Reason: enclosed the inxi command and its text output in [code] [/code] tags thus preserving proper inxi screen formatting
Re: Cannot get into system settings
Where exactly do you click to open the settings? The favorite bar on the left of the menu? A special setting in the menu?
What happens if you call the settings from the menus of the respective applets, e.g. power-settings, sound, network, calendar?
Do you have the user-applet in the panel? Can you open the system settings from the menu of this applet?
What happens if you call the settings from the menus of the respective applets, e.g. power-settings, sound, network, calendar?
Do you have the user-applet in the panel? Can you open the system settings from the menu of this applet?
Re: Cannot get into system settings
I click on the menu and go up to System Settings (nothing happens). I click on menu and All Applications an click on System Settings (nothing happens). I click on the menu, type in system settings and select it (nothing happens).
Finally, I right click on the panel and select Applets (nothing happens).
Finally, I right click on the panel and select Applets (nothing happens).
Re: Cannot get into system settings
What does work?
Update Manager?
Synaptic?
Terminal?
Firefox?
xed?
System Monitor?
Timeshift?
What else?
Update Manager?
Synaptic?
Terminal?
Firefox?
xed?
System Monitor?
Timeshift?
What else?
Re: Cannot get into system settings
Cosmo,
yes to all of the above.
yes to all of the above.
Re: Cannot get into system settings
Honestly, I would use Timeshift to fix this. But if you like digging deeper holes, try the suggestions here:When I click on system settings nothing happens. How do I fix this?
viewtopic.php?f=208&t=292346
Re: Cannot get into system settings
I looked at the link Mikeflan sent and although I did not understand much of what was in it one of the things that they did was type the command
robert@robert-400-434:~$ cinnamon-settings
No module named 'PIL'
That was not the error that they got. Does anyone know what the response No module named 'PIL' means?
robert@robert-400-434:~$ cinnamon-settings
No module named 'PIL'
That was not the error that they got. Does anyone know what the response No module named 'PIL' means?
Re: Cannot get into system settings
Can you post the full output of what you got fromnonno13 wrote: ⤴Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:10 pm I looked at the link Mikeflan sent and although I did not understand much of what was in it one of the things that they did was type the command
robert@robert-400-434:~$ cinnamon-settings
No module named 'PIL'
That was not the error that they got. Does anyone know what the response No module named 'PIL' means?
cinnamon-settings
on the Terminal?Try
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apt reinstall python3-pil
Re: Cannot get into system settings
Open the login screen settings (directly from the menu -> system) and activate the guest account. Reboot and log in as guest. Same problem there?
Re: Cannot get into system settings
Issued the following command from the terminal
Problem solved. Thank you.
apt reinstall python3-pil
Problem solved. Thank you.