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Several ways to restart Cinnamon in Linux Mint
1. Hit ctrl+alt+esc
2. Hit Alt+F2, type r, and press Enter
3. Switch to another tty, for example tty6, by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F6
Run:
pkill -HUP -f "cinnamon --replace"
Return to tty8 by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F8
@suchipi

suchipi commented Jan 27, 2023

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thanks!

@herzogf

herzogf commented Apr 7, 2023

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Thx! solved my "cinnamon consumes 100% cpu again" issue ;-)

@felix-wtfoxtrot

felix-wtfoxtrot commented Dec 5, 2023

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This was super helpful!

@Ever17lab

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Cool, like KingStation!

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3 was the only one that did anything, and it just put me on a black console screen that ignored all my keyboard inputs. Is there something I can do to get around that?

@wallart1

wallart1 commented Mar 5, 2025

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These don't work when the keyboard and mouse are completely locked up. Plan ahead for the next time. I set up the ssh server on Mint. When it locks up, I go in through ssh (from another system) and do the pkill as given above. Usually works.

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