Public bug reported:
I’ve encountered an issue in Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04 where the remote
repositories for Applets, Desklets, and Extensions are not loading. The
‘Download’ section remains blank.
when i run it from a terminal i get this:
$: cinnamon-settings desklets
/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py:458:
DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Window.set_wmclass is deprecated
self.window.set_wmclass(wm_class, wm_class)
Loading Desklets module
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/ExtensionCore.py", line 1060,
in on_page_shown
self.build_list()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/ExtensionCore.py", line 1034,
in build_list
row = DownloadSpicesRow(uuid, data, self.spices, size_groups)
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/ExtensionCore.py", line 770,
in __init__
score_label = Gtk.Label(self.score)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/__init__.py", line 357, in
new_init
return super_init_func(self, **new_kwargs)
TypeError: Must be string, not int
i found a fix with help from ai see
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-cinnamon-26-04-lts-missing-extensions-and-desklets-etc/81572/7?u=cybermaxpower
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: cinnamon 6.4.13-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-15.15-generic 7.0.0
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Thu May 14 17:49:07 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-04-29 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Cinnamon 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64
(20260423.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: cinnamon
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: cinnamon (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug resolute third-party-packages
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2026-05-04 14-42-51.png"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2152641/+attachment/5970305/+files/Screenshot%20from%202026-05-04%2014-42-51.png
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in Ubuntu Cinnamon 26.04 where the remote repositories for Applets,
Desklets, and Extensions are not loading. The ‘Download’ section
remains blank,
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