cinnamon-settings in version 3.8.8 won't run without python3 support in PyPAM, which prevents most Cinnamon Settings Applets from running. Cinnamon's ebuild requires python2 support where it should just require 3.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=8da71837558fd68d32a72b8b7b5fb88071e78ecc commit 8da71837558fd68d32a72b8b7b5fb88071e78ecc Author: Matthew Turnbull <sparky@bluefang-logic.com> AuthorDate: 2020-05-13 05:52:22 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-05-29 00:10:46 +0000 gnome-extra/cinnamon: 4.4.8 version bump Update cinnamon to 4.4.8. Re-work python support as python-single-r1 with python3_{6,7} compat. Clean-up dependencies and make networkmanager optional. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/553946 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/704532 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/662546 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/709016 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/718316 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.99, Repoman-2.3.22 Signed-off-by: Matthew S. Turnbull <sparky@bluefang-logic.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> gnome-extra/cinnamon/Manifest | 1 + gnome-extra/cinnamon/cinnamon-4.4.8.ebuild | 176 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ gnome-extra/cinnamon/metadata.xml | 8 ++ 3 files changed, 185 insertions(+)