Cinnamon Spices Network and Sound

I added Network and Sound to the other monitors

Network and sound are a couple of the files that aren't numbered by default.
Even if that stops you from adding them in GUI, this is not a limitation in the back end

Duplicate the named files as many times as you need and name the new files with next available number

as an example, this is the new content of my /sound@cinnamon.org

48.json
50.json
52.json
sound@cinnamon.org.json

All files have identical content
You can rename the original file to its corresponding number but you don't have to

gsettings get org.cinnamon enabled-applets

will give you current list

Here are the new entries I had to make

• Panel 2 (Right):

  • Network: panel2:right:6:network@cinnamon.org:47

  • Sound: panel2:right:7:sound@cinnamon.org:48

• Panel 3 (Right):

  • Network: panel3:right:6:network@cinnamon.org:49

  • Sound: panel3:right:7:sound@cinnamon.org:50

• Panel 4 (Right):

  • Network: panel4:right:6:network@cinnamon.org:51

  • Sound: panel4:right:7:sound@cinnamon.org:52

panel(number) is your monitor, in this case I already had network@cinnamon.org.json and sound@cinnamon.org.json on panel1

right or left is self explained but the number after is the position, it need to be vacant and you can move them later in panel edit mode

Mine ended up as this after moving around:

'panel2:right:4:network@cinnamon.org:47', 'panel2:right:5:sound@cinnamon.org:48',
'panel3:right:4:network@cinnamon.org:49', 'panel3:right:5:sound@cinnamon.org:50',
'panel4:right:4:network@cinnamon.org:51', 'panel4:right:5:sound@cinnamon.org:52']

Add the new info right before the ending bracket. It is all in apostrophes and on one line separated by "comma space"

Use

gsettings get org.cinnamon enabled-applets

To export current list and use

gsettings set org.cinnamon enabled-applets "['one panel', 'after another', 'all in one line']"

To save the new list.
Include the quotation marks (") 

Finally some progress and, Ouchie!

A server that corrupted data after a bit of use have had me running loops around faulty... everythings for some time now.

Today it zapped me.

I bring my full body chainmail for tomorrows bug hunt.

Side note; Walk around holding on to one end of a voltmeter, and poke things with the other end. Fire extinguishers of all things surprised me a bit.

Multi monitor Panels Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon

I wanted to update my panel apps on my other monitors since my goto apps have changed a bit. This wasn't all that straight forward on Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon so I did what I do best, fetch a coffee and forget stuff.

After I forgot that I had already written about duplicating your panel on multiple monitors or simply change them all from one place earlier, I instead found a bunch of seemingly random numbered json files in

/home/your_username/.config/cinnamon/spices/grouped-window-list@cinnamon.org/

In there was one file for every monitor, plus 3 I didn't bother to investigate closer, because it's Tuesday after all and I needed to fetch a coffee.
Those, in my case 4 files had this section in them:


    "pinned-apps": {
        "type": "generic",
        "default": [
            "nemo.desktop",
            "firefox.desktop",
            "org.gnome.Terminal.desktop"
        ],
        "value": [
            "nemo.desktop",
            "firefox.desktop",
            "org.mozilla.firefox.desktop:flatpak",
            "org.gnome.Terminal.desktop",
            "one.ablaze.floorp.desktop:flatpak",
            "LibreWolf.desktop:flatpak",
            "Ásbrú Connection Manage.desktop",
            "signal-desktop.desktop",
            "rustdesk.desktop",
            "com.github.wwmm.easyeffects.desktop:flatpak",
            "org.kde.kdeconnect.app.desktop",
        ]

They had some other stuff as well, but I felt I should get a coffee so I just forgot about that and started some copy and pasting.
After saving I forgot to restart and simply though it didn't work.

I recommend you avoid the forgetting bit as much as possible and focus on a restart instead, it works better that way.

I used to think I wrote these things as a reminder to my self but, that clearly don't work.

Linux Change brightness in a click

Heres my my 0.8_Brightness.sh that I launch from meny with  "in terminal" checked

#!/bin/bash

xrandr --output HDMI-0 --brightness 0.8

xrandr --output DP-4 --brightness 0.8

xrandr --output DP-2 --brightness 0.8

xrandr --output DP-0 --brightness 0.8

xrandr                    :you need this one

--output                :I would have guessed set or something but .. well

HDMI or DP        :Use xrandr -q

--brightness            :this makes sense

Value of 1 is normal 0.5 is really dark

For easy restore to normal, just create another file with --brightness 1

#!/bin/bash

xrandr --output HDMI-0 --brightness 1

xrandr --output DP-4 --brightness 1

xrandr --output DP-2 --brightness 1

xrandr --output DP-0 --brightness 1

Don't forget to make the files executable

 

Linux Mint Cinnamon Pinned apps. Duplicate Cinnamon panel

I wanted the same panel in Linux on all my monitors and found that the info/config is a bit spread out.

If you want to duplicate your pinned apps you will find the json files in

http://in/home/Your-USERNAME/.config/cinnamon/spices/grouped-window-list@cinnamon.org/

 

I used

dconf dump /org/cinnamon/ > panel-config.txt

to duplicate my panels (remember that all id's must be unique)* in order to populate /grouped-window-list@cinnamon.org/ with json-files and then replaced the new files with the file from the original panel.

 

Use 

dconf load /org/cinnamon/ > panel-config.txt

to write your changes.

 

* I pasted the panel bit found in between "enabled-applets=[" and  "] enabled-desklets" into calc, quadruplicated  the text and used the rolling number (pull down) feature to ensure unique numbers. Exported and cleaned it up for pasting.

 

 

Docker on Linux mint 22

The repository 'https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ Release' does not have a Release file.

Is

 echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

not working?
 

If you are running Linux Mint 22 use this instead
 

echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu noble stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

$(dpkg --architecture)  :you can leave this if you don't know that you have amd64

$(lsb_release -cs) :will return wilma or another incorrect value. Mint 22 is based on Noble Numbat so we be better off writing out noble.

If you use another version of Mint, check corresponding Ubuntu version and check what it corresponds to in the repo https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/
"Noble Numbat" is located in the catalog "noble"

Little Red Dot

 
I saw this little angry red dot next to the clock earlier today.
I clicked on it, it said "info" and Remove 'XApp Status Applet'
Selecting info only showed me info regarding XApp Status Applet.


 

It turns out it was the built-in screen recorder.


I use Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon, and just as in other Linux desktop environments, you have a built-in screen recorder that activates/deactivates with CTRL ALT Shift R.
IT saves the file in /Videos. In Cinnamon, the filename starts with cinnamon and can look something like this cinnamon-2024-10-12T125401+0200.webm



Shortcut Key Command: Activate/Deactivate CTRL ALT Shift R
Save file location: ~/videos