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Several ways to restart Cinnamon in Linux Mint
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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
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suchipi commented Jan 27, 2023

thanks!

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herzogf commented Apr 7, 2023

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

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felix-wtfoxtrot commented Dec 5, 2023 •
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This was super helpful!

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Cool, like KingStation!

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