Graphics missing

[shieldfire]

It seems when I added Cinnamon to Min 17 KDE that I didn't get the proper graphics installed.
In the package managers everything looks ok, but the desktop is "crude" and the start menu is lacking icons for logout/exit etc. There are no background images provided either.

So how do I fix this, apologies if this is somewhere answered - in a bit of a hurry atm.
If it is, just point me to the page =)

[austin.texas]

Some older hardware has trouble with Cinnamon.
Please post the result of the command:

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inxi -Fxz

[shieldfire]

Some older hardware has trouble with Cinnamon.
Please post the result of the command:

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inxi -Fxz

Will do when I get back to work. KDE works as intended though, if Cinnamon has higher requirements than KDE then that would be an area of improvement =)

[shieldfire]

System: Host: fsydit-Mint17 Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine: System: FUJITSU product: ESPRIMO E900
Mobo: FUJITSU model: D3062-A1 version: S26361-D3062-A1
Bios: FUJITSU // American Megatrends version: V4.6.4.0 R1.17.0 for D3062-A1x date: 11/23/2011
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i5-2400 CPU (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 24743.8
Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 3101.00 MHz 3: 1600.00 MHz 4: 2300.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Card-2: Microsoft driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 045e:070f
Card-3: Microsoft LifeCam Studio driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 045e:0772
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network: Card: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e ver: 2.3.2-k port: f080 bus-ID: 00:19.0
IF: eth1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (1.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD5000AAKX size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 173G used: 7.6G (5%) fs: ext4
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 153 Uptime: 18:07 Memory: 942.6/16072.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4

[austin.texas]

Is there some reason you chose to use 32 bit Mint on your 64 bit machine?

[shieldfire]

Not anything more than it was what was on my desk, and I didn't notice until it was installed.

[austin.texas]

It seems when I added Cinnamon to Min 17 KDE that I didn't get the proper graphics installed.
In the package managers everything looks ok, but the desktop is "crude" and the start menu is lacking icons for logout/exit etc. There are no background images provided either.

It sounds like the "crude" desktop is the gnome fallback that you get when Cinnamon is not running.
Try the commands:

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cinnamon --version

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cinnamon --replace

[shieldfire]

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marskj@fsydit-Mint17:~ > cinnamon --version
Cinnamon 2.2.16

--replace produces a bad crash. I'd provide the errors/backtrace but it locks up X totally, so the only way of getting any response from the box seems to be ctrl+alt+backspc

From what I can see it complains about Mint-X and themes, but the themes are installed.

[austin.texas]

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marskj@fsydit-Mint17:~ > cinnamon --version
Cinnamon 2.2.16

--replace produces a bad crash. I'd provide the errors/backtrace but it locks up X totally, so the only way of getting any response from the box seems to be ctrl+alt+backspc

From what I can see it complains about Mint-X and themes, but the themes are installed.

The wrong theme can crash Cinnamon. Are you using the default theme?
cinnamon --replace should simply refresh the display.

[shieldfire]

I reinstalled the themes package through the package management tool. Unfortunately i also installed mint-meta-cinnamon.
One of those fixed the problem and now everything looks and behaves as expected.
Thanks for the tip =)