Cinnamon: [3.6] cinnamon-settings: themes doesn't function if ~/.themes/ isn't present

Created on 2 Nov 2017 · 3Comments · Source: linuxmint/cinnamon

 * Cinnamon version = 3.6.0
 * Distribution - Fedora 28
 * Graphics hardware *and* driver used

Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GK106 [GeForce GTX 660]
           Display Server: x11 (X.org 119.5 )
           drivers: nvidia (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
           Resolution: [email protected]
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 660/PCIe/SSE2
           version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 387.22

 * 64 bit
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**Issue**

cinnamon-settings theme fails to run if ~/.themes/ isn't present

Loading Themes module
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 553, in button_press
self.side_view_nav(widget, None, category)
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 114, in side_view_nav
self.go_to_sidepage(cat, filtered_path)
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 128, in go_to_sidepage
sidePage.build()
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/SettingsWidgets.py", line 123, in build
self.module.on_module_selected()
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_themes.py", line 31, in on_module_selected
self.spices = Spice_Harvester('theme', self.window)
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/Spices.py", line 163, in __init__
self._load_metadata()
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/Spices.py", line 371, in _load_metadata
extensions = os.listdir(directory)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/leigh/.themes/'
```

creating ~/.themes/ fixes the issue

Steps to reproduce

rm -rf ~/.themes/
cinnamon-settings themes
crash

Expected behaviour

It shouldn't fail if ~/.themes/ isn't present

Other information

Life sucks.

BUG CINNAMON SETTINGS

Source

leigh123linux

All 3 comments

Well the themes folder is present and my cinnamon desktop in Suse and Antergos both do NOT have working theme setting when the button is clicked. This is an active problem and needs a patch. You can easily verify it by installing the new cinnamon in anything but mint, Antergos is a quick install to try it out on. I opened the theme folder in etc/share/theme and all the themes were present in their folders so someone missed something during the upgrade or it may be a part in gnome that was upgraded that is causing the problem.