This has apparently been an issue on earlier versions of LinuxMint with Cinnamon but using the regular launcher, although I can't confirm this.
The problem seems to point more towards Cinnamon, but I couldn't find anything relevant on the matter on the LinuxMint forums.
I've tried the Stock Launcher/FTB/Tekkit/MultiMC and all of them allow me to full screen on Cinnamon.
I've also tried an openbox/Gnome Classic/XFCE session and they also allow me to full screen. This bug happens regardless of the "desktop effects".
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@tails, I hit F11 and it tries to fullscreen for a second, then goes back to normal size, no crash or anything.
New development: As I was typing this message I tried to go full screen and it worked for the first time ever, it seems to be intermittent at this point.
This is a fairly new LinuxMint install, so I haven't had the chance to mess anything up.
Nothing out of the ordinary in the console output as I press F11, this is very bizarre.
Please see this video: http://youtu.be/c-YZoIebYiU
Erik Broes
This is very likely a LWJGL issue, feel free to report it on: https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl/issues
There is very little we can do.
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Yeah but Erik, this only happens with the Dev launcher, I use LWJGL 2.9.0 on the old launcher/FTB/Tekkit/MultiMC and it does not do that.
If you tell me that it's an Issue with my Desktop Environment that's fine, I was merely reporting it.
It's not that big of a deal, I just log out and use another DE.
Erik Broes
This issue will persist from 1.6 onwards for you, you might as well report it (it's pointless for me to do so because I cannot actually provide them with a setup to debug it).
We create the window differently for 1.6 (and thus in all snapshots after 1.5.1), and this is very likely a LWJGL issue (or maybe even a java one not 'guessing' behaviour of your Desktop Environment right.
kumasasa
Moved to project Minecraft, since no launcher issue
kumasasa
Duplicate of MC-2067.
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I'm not sure this is a duplicate of MC-2067. On my Fedora 19 system, 1.5.2 has no problems with fullscreen, but 1.6.1 gets me behavior described here.
Also note that the behavior is slightly different – in that bug, the pause screen comes up, but here, it doesn't.
Please explain what do you mean by cannot full screen. Does it crash? Then please attach the console output / crash report.