desktop

Is everything working now, except for the Cinnamon Desktop?

 

I don't want you do to any harm to your system but you seem to be insistent on installing this, which one did you install before?

 

i install cinnamon cinnamon desktop in up first in this image, Then every time that i back to os linux, i get black screen with only pointer mouse.

how to back to gui?

RAIMA,

 

if you have no GUI, then the command line (bash) will be the only interface.

 

It's best to install a working desktop before uninstalling another.

This would be done by opening a virtual terminal, by ALT+Ctrl+F!

Then enter user name and password and the line below.

 

sudo apt-get install xfce4

 

This will give you the standard XFCE desktop environment which is compatible with linux Mint. Enter your password after running the command. The package manager will then install all the packages that make up the desktop environment. You need to  type y to confirm.

 

If you restart. you will see a list of the desktops environments you have installed, select the Xfce session. Sign in and you'll have access to all your home folders and files..

 

On second thought, i'm not certain this will work but it does for Ubuntu. The Mint system may be corrupted and a better solution might be to backup to a portable drive using the command line and do a fresh install of Cinammonotit'

 

it's not give me after restart the list of desktops environments, why?

Edited by RAMIA, 13 October 2015 - 05:37 PM.

 

this problem begin Only after that i try to install the desktop cinnamon and to login to desktop cinnamon

Yes, I understand. Have you previously installed a video driver to Mint? Please let us know if you do not understand the question.

Please also post specifications for your computer. Have you ever run Speccy or posted the output of any command that begins with

inxi

for this computer, on this forum? If so, please post a link.

 

"Have you previously installed a video driver to Mint?"

how i know if previously i installed a video driver to Mint?

"Please also post specifications for your computer. Have you ever run Speccy or posted the output of any command that begins with"

it's Complicated for me Because i have 1 computer.without camera.

Edited by RAMIA, 13 October 2015 - 05:43 PM.

The black screen with cursor appears before you are able to login (input user/password) or after that?

The black screen with cursor appears before you are able to login (input user/password) or after that?

before

RAMIA

Open a virtual terminal as described before, enter user name and password. 

Enter this command at the $ inxi -Fx

Then copy and paste the entire output to a post and submit

Edited by tealover, 13 October 2015 - 06:23 PM.

RAMIA

 

Open a virtual terminal as described before, enter user name and password. 

 

Enter this command at the $ inxi -Fx

 

Then copy and paste the entire output to a post and submit

it's Complicated for me Because i have 1 computer.without camera.

OK. It seems the Display Manager is not loading or it's crashing.

​You can try to install the correct package for cinnamon from terminal (CTRL + ALT + F1 on the black screen with cursor).

sudo apt-get install mint-meta-cinnamon

After that reboot the system and try if it is working.

​

​​If not, you can try to reconfigure the Display Manager. ​On Linux Mint the default DM is MDM, if I'm not wrong.

​To reconfigure it you can use the next command

sudo dpkg-reconfigure mdm

​

​​I'm not a Linux Mint user so you may wait for a second opinion.

OK. It seems the Display Manager is not loading or it's crashing.

 

​You can try to install the correct package for cinnamon from terminal (CTRL + ALT + F1 on the black screen with cursor).

sudo apt-get install mint-meta-cinnamon

After that reboot the system and try if it is working.

​

​​If not, you can try to reconfigure the Display Manager. ​On Linux Mint the default DM is MDM, if I'm not wrong.

​To reconfigure it you can use the next command

sudo dpkg-reconfigure mdm

​

​​I'm not a Linux Mint user so you may wait for a second opinion.

i try this but it's not solved this problem

Sorry bad post.

Edited by pcpunk, 13 October 2015 - 11:52 PM.

RAMIA, I am suggesting to remove cinnamon, but, only if others think it is worth a try:  sudo apt-get remove cinnamon

Maybe this will help I don't know, but you should wait to see what others say.

If you do not know the outcome why suggest it? By the time "others" see it may be too late and is not acceptable, You need to be sure that the instructions you give wont make things worse.

Edited by NickAu, 13 October 2015 - 11:52 PM.

 

RAMIA, I am suggesting to remove cinnamon, but, only if others think it is worth a try:  sudo apt-get remove cinnamon

Maybe this will help I don't know, but you should wait to see what others say.

If you do not know the outcome why suggest it? By the time "others" see it may be too late and is not acceptable, You need to be sure that the instructions you give wont make things worse.

Rather just try it on your own machine if you don't know what will happen

Edited by TsVk!, 14 October 2015 - 12:14 AM.

RAIMA,

sorry about the inxi -Fx advice which wouldn't work.

How did you install your Linux 17.2 Mint?

Do you have any data which you want to backup?

Was it with a live CD and have you still got it?

If you don't understand what I have said, let me know.

RAIMA,

 

sorry about the inxi -Fx advice which wouldn't work.

 

How did you install your Linux 17.2 Mint?

 

Do you have any data which you want to backup?

 

Was it with a live CD and have you still got it?

 

If you don't understand what I have said, let me know.

i have install linux mint 17.2 ,Alongside is of windows xp, via live usb, & i still got it,the Setup Files in usb key.

but i I'm not interested to Delete my data.

Guys, RAMIA said he installed cinnamon because he thought this was the cinnamon DE, then this issue happened.  So why would he not want to remove it?

RAMIA's quote:  "i install cinnamon cinnamon desktop in up first in this image, Then every time that i back to os linux, i get black screen with only pointer mouse."  In post  #31 at the bottom INSIDE of my quote.

Edited by pcpunk, 14 October 2015 - 10:53 AM.