Скорее всего, какой-нибудь зависимости не хватает. Запустите в консоли следующую команду и покажите ее вывод
cinnamon-settings info
$ cinnamon-settings info
Using pam module (python3-pampy)
/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py:422: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Window.set_wmclass is deprecated
self.window.set_wmclass(wm_class, wm_class)
Loading Info module
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 726, in <module>
window = MainWindow()
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 427, in __init__
self.go_to_sidepage(cat, path, user_action=False)
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 184, in go_to_sidepage
sidePage.build()
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/SettingsWidgets.py", line 212, in build
self.module.on_module_selected()
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_info.py", line 148, in on_module_selected
infos = createSystemInfos()
File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_info.py", line 106, in createSystemInfos
import distro
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distro'
Нужно добавить зависимость на python3-module-distro пакету cinnamon-data.