I recently built a new computer and installed Mint 22.3
However, in a variety of situations involving both programs and applets I cannot get to aspects of configuration that I need.
While the downloading and installations seem to go off without a hitch, when I attempt to make changes and adjustments, the selections seem to be dead or grayed out. Sometimes entire dropdowns show numerous choices but they are all grayed out !
It makes me feel like I have crippled or trial versions of these programs that need something else to come alive. It doesn't happen all the time, or even most of the time. I have run "update" many times, including this morning, so it is not that.
Help! Thanks