linuxmint/Cinnamon — Issue #323: cinnamon-settings thumbnail file for themes missing
Author: rayvar
Created: 2012-02-11 22:13:02+00:00
State: open

I've just installed cinnamon in Debian Sid/Experimental and found the following issue when trying to change the theme settings:

r@bacha:~/.themes$ cinnamon-settings
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gobject/constants.py:24: Warning: g_boxed_type_register_static: assertion `g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed
import gobject._gobject
Themes
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 1006, in side_view_nav
sidePage.build()
File "/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 138, in build
img = GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_file_at_size( "/usr/share/cinnamon/theme/thumbnail.png", 64, 64 )
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/types.py", line 72, in constructor
return info.invoke(cls, *args, **kwargs)
gi._glib.GError: No se ha podido abrir el archivo «/usr/share/cinnamon/theme/thumbnail.png»: No existe el fichero o el directorio
Translated: File does not exist.

The themes tab is not working due to this, it is very easy to solve it by creating the ...cinnamon/theme/ folder and then copying the thumbnail file from the data directory (pulled with git).
The installer should be modified maybe.

Cheers