I installed the cinnamon-dbg_6.4.6_amd64.deb package off of github and now I can't do anything.

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https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon

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Remove the 6.4.6 version and install the one you had before

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How do I remove it?

I also don't know what I had before

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Can you bring up the terminal?

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Yes

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Ok, show me the output of

inxi -S

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Ok, next is

apt policy cinnamon-dbg

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It says you don't have it installed, did you remove it yourself?

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I honestly don't know

Do you know which one comes in default with the version of Linux mint I'm using

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Just type

sudo apt install cinnamon-dbg

there's just 1 version listed

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K

Issue still occurs

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You might need to restart for it to take effect

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I did a power off

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Alright, then go back to terminal and type

sudo apt install --reinstall mint-meta-cinnamon

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Still acting up

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Then please explain better what did you do before this started

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Installed the package that is linked above

That's it.

After that it started doing THAT

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why did you install it

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I thought it was an update

It's clear to see I'm not very good with computers. 😭

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well that's smart. fyi you install updates with update manager and not by installing random files off the internet.
do you have timeshift set up?

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I don't even know what it is

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can you do ctrl alt F5, then log in, then type timeshift list

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@hushed iris he has access to a terminal

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it keeps a working copy of your system incase you accidentally break it. the welcome app tells you to set it up.

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ah

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So yeah, can you show us the result of

sudo timeshift list

and

cat /var/log/apt/history.log | grep -A10 -B10 cinnamon-dbg

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Not found

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not found what?

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Grep

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and the timeshift?

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There isn't one

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can u share a ss or a photo of that

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Yes, a photo would be nice

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Hold on

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Check the spaces

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space between grep -A20

hmm binary matches

now try timeshift

sudo timeshift --list

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And

dpkg -l | grep mint-meta

please

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No snap shots

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Device: not selected

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Ok, let's try

sudo apt install --reinstall mint-meta-cinnamon mint-meta-core mint-meta-codecs

and photo the result

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also try this

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall cinnamon cinnamon-common cinnamon-session cinnamon-settings-daemon

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I think those are included in dependancy chain for meta packages

... I did forgot apt update though

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can you log out, next to your username select Cinnamon on Wayland and try to login? see if it works. remember the session for cinnamon is still experimental and so not all features are there.

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Black screen

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does ctrl alt t open a terminal?

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Yes

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What options do you have when you click the button next to your name in login screen?

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um did u tried this all

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I wasn't sure if that was one code or multiple

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oh

sudo apt update

sudo apt install --reinstall cinnamon cinnamon-common cinnamon-session cinnamon-settings-daemon

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And

sudo apt install --reinstall mint-meta-cinnamon mint-meta-core mint-meta-codecs

is the 3rd one then

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Ok

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Ok. can you try to add a new user and see if it works on that account? you can try doing that using settings app if you can open it. or else in terminal sudo useradd newuser ; sudo passwd newuser

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He should try these 3 and restart first

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yep

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Also see if you can login to cinnamon (software render)

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Brings me back to login

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Did you do the 3 commands? were they successful? Have you restarted?

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Yes

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Does the right click work? Does it bring up the menu?

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Yes

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It starts to seem to me like it works, but you removed the panel somehow

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I can't move Windows either

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@south bramble Do you know how to restore defalt panel if it was removed?

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The X used for closing windows are gone

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No

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@weary epoch if you type

cinnamon-settings&

what happens?

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try cinnamon-settings panel

it will open the settings and click reset

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Also show us

inxi -Gxxx

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A menu appeared

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show us

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just click reset in there

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There is no reset

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picture please

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Actually I don't see a reset in my panel settings either. There's an option in troubleshoot menu if you right click the panel.... but that requires a panel to right-click.

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It seems

gsettings reset-recursively org.cinnamon

will also reset settings

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inxi -Gxxx

please

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K

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.... and show the output

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Alright, type

gsettings reset-recursively org.cinnamon

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Nothing happened

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And then press

ctrl+alt+esc

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Getting aside screen

Acid

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A what?

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restart

type

reboot

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K

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man what got u into installing that deb file 😭

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@weary epoch And you never told us if those 3 apt commands were successful or not

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Which ones?

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it worked

he said yes previously

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ok....

After a restart, go to the terminal and show us

journalctl -b -p3

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wait a min is the screen teared or idk?

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umm.... maximize terminal and try

journalctl -b -p3 --no-pager

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No

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Can't maximize

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Can you drag at the window's corner?

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No

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Then press ctrl+alt+f2

login there and type

journalctl -b -p3 --no-pager

Amazing how all this crashed down from 1 package install. Unless there was something else going on too

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yep the binary didnt matched and thus this happened

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so does it work with the other user?

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No

I ended up reinstalling Linux Mint entirely. I managed to back up my files so yippie

Thanks to everyone for your help

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Set up timeshift this time