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Restart nemo in Cinnamon
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restart-nemo.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo Asking nemo to quit...
nemo --quit &
sleep 2
echo Killing nemo... 6 seconds remaining
killall -9 nemo
nemo --quit &
sleep 2
echo Killing nemo... 4 seconds remaining
nemo --quit &
sleep 2
echo Killing nemo... 2 seconds remaining
killall nemo
sleep 2
killall -9 nemo
echo Resetting background...
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop background-fade false
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop background-fade true
echo Restarting nemo...
nemo -n > /dev/null 2>&1 & disown
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echuber2 commented Oct 24, 2020 •
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This script was meant to restart nemo independently from Cinnamon if it begins acting strangely. It may not be needed in newer versions of nemo. The multiple rounds of quitting and killing were (originally) necessary to get it to actually quit and restart successfully.

I forget why I had the gsettings calls. Something used to get weird with desktop icons from time to time too.

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Glorious, very thx ✨

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