[SOLVED] cinnamon-settings-daemon issue after upgrade 17.3

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thenotec
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[SOLVED] cinnamon-settings-daemon issue after upgrade 17.3

Post by thenotec »

Yesterday I have upgraded from Mint Cinnamon 17.2 to 17.3 and at reboot Cinnamon didn't run.
I can boot the desktop manager if I run cinnamon-settings-manager manually but the styles, fonts, icons pack are at default settings and I can not change them.
I have a Intel GPU (Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller) that has never given problems with Cinnamon.

Someone may come to my assistance?
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Re: cinnamon-settings-daemon doesn't boot after upgrade 17.3

Post by Cosmo. »

Do you say, that the daemon does not appear in the list of processes? You mention it in the title, but not in the body of your post.

Open a terminal and enter those commands (one after the other):

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ll ~/.config/dconf
ll ~/.cinnamon
Can you reproduce the problem in a fresh new user account?
thenotec
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Re: cinnamon-settings-daemon doesn't boot after upgrade 17.3

Post by thenotec »

I fixed my issue deleting the file ~/.local/share/applications/cinnamon-settings-daemon.desktop
It seems all is coming back to normality. Only a thing, if i go in Account details into the Settings, the settings windows locks but i can live without.

Do you have any other suggestions for me?
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Re: cinnamon-settings-daemon doesn't boot after upgrade 17.3

Post by Cosmo. »

thenotec wrote:I fixed my issue deleting the file ~/.local/share/applications/cinnamon-settings-daemon.desktop
I am astonished it was there.
thenotec wrote:Do you have any other suggestions for me?
Yes, do what I advised.
djk44883

Re: [SOLVED] cinnamon-settings-daemon issue after upgrade 17

Post by djk44883 »

THANK YOU!

I had similar issues with my desktop display after upgrading. I haven't had time to really look into it - I'm not really sure what went wrong, but your solution
deleting the file ~/.local/share/applications/cinnamon-settings-daemon.desktop
fixed my issue! Not sure what it fixed, still not sure what was screwed up - thanks for saving me the hassle of digging into it.

I still have a couple more systems to upgrade - hoping it's less hassle.
Crockett15

Re: [SOLVED] cinnamon-settings-daemon issue after upgrade 17

Post by Crockett15 »

This caused a different issue for me, when upgrading from 17.2 to 17.3, that of a plain black desktop background which couldn't be changed.

I could select a new one but the selection never actually applied & the background remained stubbornly black.

The cause & fix was the same, however.
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