Main Menu Oversized

[kwanbis]

Hello guys. I'm using cinnamon under Ubuntu 16.04 but I'm asking here cause I understand it is made by Linux Mint group.

So, my question is. After restarting ubuntu once, my menu no longer fits on the screen. Basically, I don't see the search field no more.

How can I fix it? Thanks.

This is how it looks: http://i.imgur.com/s9YRX0s.jpg

[karlchen]

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Ubuntu 16.04+Cinnamon != Mint 18 Cinnamon; thread therefore moved from "(Linux Mint) Main Edition - Cinnamon" to "Chat about Linux"
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[Cosmo.]

Perhaps a problem of the combination of Ubuntu with Cinnamon. We just had another problem with Nemo in the same combination in the forum. And I wonder about the same, as in the other thread: Why using Ubuntu, if you use the Cinnamon DE? The logical way is in this case Mint. (If I would want - theoretically - Unity, I would also not use Mint, but Ubuntu.)

[kwanbis]

Perhaps a problem of the combination of Ubuntu with Cinnamon. We just had another problem with Nemo in the same combination in the forum. And I wonder about the same, as in the other thread: Why using Ubuntu, if you use the Cinnamon DE? The logical way is in this case Mint. (If I would want - theoretically - Unity, I would also not use Mint, but Ubuntu.)

The strange thing is that during 3 month the menu was perfect. I might install mint, but I like the LTS releases of Ubuntu. I don't want to upgrade every 6 months.

[Cosmo.]

The strange thing is that during 3 month the menu was perfect.

That is not strange, it is absolutely impossible. Even the beta version of Cinnamon 3 does only exist since about 1 month.

Regarding LTS: All existing versions of Mint are LTS and are built on one of the LTS-versions of Ubuntu. So that is no problem at all.

[kwanbis]

That is not strange, it is absolutely impossible. Even the beta version of Cinnamon 3 does only exist since about 1 month.

Cinnamon 3.0 was released on april 24. You can check it here: https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/releases

Regarding LTS: All existing versions of Mint are LTS and are built on one of the LTS-versions of Ubuntu. So that is no problem at all.

That is very good. I understand that most if not all of the software for ubuntu should work in mint?

[Cosmo.]

Cinnamon 3.0 was released on april 24. You can check it here: https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/releases

You are right. I mixed Cinnnamon 3 release with Mint 18 release.

I understand that most if not all of the software for ubuntu should work in mint?

Yes.

[trytip]

you've got too many categories and favorites pinned to that menu. don't use cinnamon but shouldn't you have a preference setting for that menu?

[kwanbis]

you've got too many categories and favorites pinned to that menu. don't use cinnamon but shouldn't you have a preference setting for that menu?

That is the way it was. And I had no issues.

[kwanbis]

Another strange thing, is that I can no longer see the add/remove favorites.

http://i.imgur.com/J4qlCPE.png

[trytip]

try changing gtk theme or screen resolution. doesn't the cinnamon menu preference have some sort of width/height adjustment

[kwanbis]

try changing gtk theme or screen resolution. doesn't the cinnamon menu preference have some sort of width/height adjustment

Thanks but the weird thing is that I'm using the default theme and the default (maximum) screen resolution.