Cinnamon DE not loading after screen saver install
by CurrentWave from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5PHAZ)
I'm lost... yesterday I installed xscreensaver, I had to remove my Cinnamon screen saver first. And today Cinnamon won't load. I'm guessing other important parts were removed? I need an app that prevents me from shooting my own foot!
I'm running Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon 4.?
I have managed to get to the root command line, and have tried apt-get install cinnamon-desktop-environment but that said failed.... could not resolve packages.linuxmint.com - same when using reinstall.
From here: root command line - I see where uninstall and reinstall are options... Can I uninstall xcreensaver (all it's parts) and reinstall Cinnamon screensaver? And if I can, and that would solve my problem, can someone give me the command line(s) to do this?
Also I tried apt-get --fix-broken and fix broken install - also no good. Same for using --fix-missing. I got errors for the -- '-' is not recognized or something. Since I do not know what I am typing I do not know what is making it mad. I am doing searches for other people's problems and trying what worked for them, which is not working for me.
I could not get to the bios - to disable secure boot so I could boot from my USB install drive. I will continue to work on doing that...
Any help is much appreciated ~ Thanks
I'm running Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon 4.?
I have managed to get to the root command line, and have tried apt-get install cinnamon-desktop-environment but that said failed.... could not resolve packages.linuxmint.com - same when using reinstall.
From here: root command line - I see where uninstall and reinstall are options... Can I uninstall xcreensaver (all it's parts) and reinstall Cinnamon screensaver? And if I can, and that would solve my problem, can someone give me the command line(s) to do this?
Also I tried apt-get --fix-broken and fix broken install - also no good. Same for using --fix-missing. I got errors for the -- '-' is not recognized or something. Since I do not know what I am typing I do not know what is making it mad. I am doing searches for other people's problems and trying what worked for them, which is not working for me.
I could not get to the bios - to disable secure boot so I could boot from my USB install drive. I will continue to work on doing that...
Any help is much appreciated ~ Thanks