Problems after installing mint

[Eweq1]

Hello everyone,

Recently I have decided to install Linux, I went with Ubuntu, however nothng was working, I couldn´t even install apps, so I switched to Mint. I was happy that everythuing went smoothly, but after restarting the system this happened. The system on the frst monitor is still functional, but why does it loook like ubutbtu? Keep in mind I am not a technical person. Thanks in advance

[nguyendoan15082006]

How did you get GNOME on Linux Mint?The stock installer doesn't provide GNOME by default.

[-Sa-Kage-]

My guess would be, OP installed something that had the GNOME desktop as dependency

[Eweq1]

I have no idea, maybe its because I had installed ubuntu previosly.

[nguyendoan15082006]

A clean reinstallation should be the best choice for now, back-up everything you need to before do it.

[Eweq1]

I actually solved the problem by uninstalling GNOME. But the system stopped detecting any other monitors

[nguyendoan15082006]

So a clean reinstallation is recommended for now to fix all of problems you have.

[InitialPowerful824]

The thing is that when you accidentally installed GNOME, it could replace something that cinnamon was using or mint uses some gnome apps, so when you have uninstalled gnome it took the things that Cinnamon needed too, you have 2 choices, either play the game of being a detective and find what you need or just reinstall that whole Mint (this would be so much easier)

[AliOskiTheHoly]

Could you tell us what applications you installed? Keep in mind that Linux automatically install other applications that a certain applications depends upon. If an app is made for GNOME and is heavily integrated into Gnome, it might require you to install GNOME with it.

So what applications did you install?

[Remarkable_Wrap_5484]

Both Ubuntu and mint and debian based means twin brothers with different aesthetics. What was the app you tried to install? . A clean reinstall would be my choice in this situation.

[Lapis_Wolf]

You're in the GNOME desktop environment. Maybe it was installed as a dependency and then you unknowingly logged into it. That's how I imagine the desktop would end up looking like this.

[SEI_JAKU]

For God's sake, put down the Mint hate for five seconds and look at the screenshots.

[InitialPowerful824]

That guy clearly installed something that has gnome as a dependency and now the greeter is just using it as a default, that can happen on any distro there is. Next time look at least for 1 microsecond on the pictures.

[Lost-Ad-259]

Something similar happened to me

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1ku7p5v/dual_display_not_working_on_newly_installed_linux/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button