[Cinnamon] Issues after update to Cinnamon 2.2 and GTK 3.12

madscience · 2014-04-16 21:32:50

Has anyone found and fixes for the gray screen issue yet?

dalu · 2014-04-16 22:17:01

seiichiro0185 wrote:

Ok, in case anyone had the same problem like me with the invisible windows here is my solution:
I did reset all the desktop-effects settings in dconf-editor in org->cinnamon to the default values, now the windows are visible again on start.

yup that was it, I've got my beloved cinnamon back <3
but the effects ... sx0r

ok the issue is fade and none. scale works. fade and none doesn't. on "Mapping windows:"

Last edited by dalu (2014-04-16 22:18:17)

seiichiro0185 · 2014-04-17 04:25:58

dalu wrote:

seiichiro0185 wrote:
Ok, in case anyone had the same problem like me with the invisible windows here is my solution:
I did reset all the desktop-effects settings in dconf-editor in org->cinnamon to the default values, now the windows are visible again on start.
yup that was it, I've got my beloved cinnamon back <3
but the effects ... sx0r
ok the issue is fade and none. scale works. fade and none doesn't. on "Mapping windows:"

seems like they already included a fix for this on github: https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/c … f8beeccadb

acidicX · 2014-04-17 10:56:25

madscience wrote:

Has anyone found and fixes for the gray screen issue yet?

If you are referring to grey screen after login (and you use mdm as display manager), there is just this workaround atm:

Remove mdm from startup:

# systemctl disable mdm

Then create a new ~/.xinitrc with the following content

#!/bin/bash
exec cinnamon-session-cinnamon

Now you can start cinnamon with

$ startx

So far the mdm repo maintainer has not responded to the issue.

madscience · 2014-04-17 11:07:01

fwiw I added a confirmation to your post on the AUR

madscience · 2014-04-17 12:25:48

I have a feeling that it's related to changes in pam rules... look here: https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm/issues/32

what's in /etc/pam.d/mdm now:

#%PAM-1.0
auth        include     system-login
-auth       optional    pam_gnome_keyring.so
account     include     system-login
password    include     system-login
session     include     system-login
-session    optional    pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start

what's suggested on the github issue tracker:

#%PAM-1.0
auth            requisite       pam_nologin.so
auth            required        pam_env.so
auth            required        pam_unix.so
-auth       optional    pam_gnome_keyring.so
account         required        pam_unix.so
session         required        pam_limits.so
session         required        pam_unix.so
password        required        pam_unix.so

-session    required        pam_loginuid.so
-session        optional        pam_systemd.so
-session    optional    pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start

I'm going to give it a try in a bit and I'll report back

madscience · 2014-04-17 12:57:58

That didn't work

bug report is here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39899

lbig · 2014-04-17 13:23:13

Beside the delay I have notice that System Tray icons fail to appear when first added in a session. They only appear if I restart Cinnamon or reset settings to default.
Looking glass error logs show the icons being added to the systray and nothing more.

cinnamon 2.2-3
cinnamon-control-center 2.2.3-1
cinnamon-desktop 2.2.0-1
cinnammon-menues 2.2.0-1
cinnamon-screensaver 2.2.0-1
cinnamon-session 2.2.0-2
cinnamon-settings-daemon 2.2.1-1
cinnamon-translations 2.2.0-1

Last edited by lbig (2014-04-17 13:25:22)

spikeh · 2014-04-17 15:05:36

Plutonium wrote:

Does anyone notice that the XOrg process is taking very high CPU usage when in lock screen? In my case it is taking up to 50% when viewed in top. Cinnamon process is also taking higher than normal CPU usage when not under lock screen (about 10%), I think this is a very serious issue for laptops, as it consumes large amount of battery power when idle under lock screen.

I can confirm that my CPU usage is also very high while locked. When I unlock I notice that my CPU temperatures are abnormally high. Should we file a bug report, and where?

clfarron4 · 2014-04-17 15:46:38

spikeh wrote:

Plutonium wrote:
Does anyone notice that the XOrg process is taking very high CPU usage when in lock screen? In my case it is taking up to 50% when viewed in top. Cinnamon process is also taking higher than normal CPU usage when not under lock screen (about 10%), I think this is a very serious issue for laptops, as it consumes large amount of battery power when idle under lock screen.
I can confirm that my CPU usage is also very high while locked. When I unlock I notice that my CPU temperatures are abnormally high. Should we file a bug report, and where?

I'll need to look at the temperatures, but as I've all ready said, I do have the CPU usage at around 50%.

If you do report it, report it against the cinnamon-screensaver package (make sure the report title includes [cinnamon-screensaver]).

madscience · 2014-04-17 15:49:18

Clfarron, are you using MDM successfully with 2.2?

madscience · 2014-04-17 15:50:19

Is it just me, or is CSD in GTK 3.12 terrible?

clfarron4 · 2014-04-17 15:51:49

madscience wrote:

Clfarron, are you using MDM successfully with 2.2?

Yup, I have the latest MDM installed, as well as the latest Cinnamon packages from [community] and it's working.

claire ~ % pacman -Qs mdm-display
local/mdm-display-manager 1.5.1-3
    The MDM Display Manager
claire ~ % pacman -Qs cinnamon
local/cinnamon 2.2.3-3
    Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional
    user experience
local/cinnamon-control-center 2.2.3-1
    The Control Center for Cinnamon
local/cinnamon-desktop 2.2.0-1
    Library with common API for various Cinnamon modules
local/cinnamon-menus 2.2.0-1
    Cinnamon menu specifications
local/cinnamon-screensaver 2.2.0-1
    Screensaver designed to integrate well with the Cinnamon desktop.
local/cinnamon-session 2.2.0-2
    The Cinnamon Session Handler
local/cinnamon-settings-daemon 2.2.1-1
    The Cinnamon Settings daemon
local/cinnamon-translations 2.2.0-1
    Translations for Cinnamon and Nemo
local/cjs 2.2.0-1
    Javascript Bindings for Cinnamon
local/muffin 2.2.1-1
    Cinnamon window manager based on Mutter
local/nemo 2.2.0-2
    Cinnamon file manager (Nautilus fork)

madscience · 2014-04-17 15:53:48

clfarron4 wrote:

madscience wrote:

Clfarron, are you using MDM successfully with 2.2?

Yup, I have the latest MDM installed, as well as the latest Cinnamon packages from [community] and it's working.

claire ~ % pacman -Qs mdm-display
local/mdm-display-manager 1.5.1-3
    The MDM Display Manager
claire ~ % pacman -Qs cinnamon
local/cinnamon 2.2.3-3
    Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional
    user experience
local/cinnamon-control-center 2.2.3-1
    The Control Center for Cinnamon
local/cinnamon-desktop 2.2.0-1
    Library with common API for various Cinnamon modules
local/cinnamon-menus 2.2.0-1
    Cinnamon menu specifications
local/cinnamon-screensaver 2.2.0-1
    Screensaver designed to integrate well with the Cinnamon desktop.
local/cinnamon-session 2.2.0-2
    The Cinnamon Session Handler
local/cinnamon-settings-daemon 2.2.1-1
    The Cinnamon Settings daemon
local/cinnamon-translations 2.2.0-1
    Translations for Cinnamon and Nemo
local/cjs 2.2.0-1
    Javascript Bindings for Cinnamon
local/muffin 2.2.1-1
    Cinnamon window manager based on Mutter
local/nemo 2.2.0-2
    Cinnamon file manager (Nautilus fork)

Intel, ATI or Nvidia? I'm running dual display, so I'm trying to track down where my problem lies. I'm seriously considering a fresh install to see if it fixes the problem, but if it doesn't then I'll be left without a working GUI. And I WILL NOT GO TO GNOME.

loqs · 2014-04-17 16:07:34

Madscience have you tried lightdm in place of mdm works for me while a test of mdm gives me a grey screen.

madscience · 2014-04-17 16:42:28

loqs wrote:

Madscience have you tried lightdm in place of mdm works for me while a test of mdm gives me a grey screen.

I've tried startx, and it does work, although my panel icons are all resized randomly.

clfarron4 · 2014-04-17 16:45:40

madscience wrote:

clfarron4 wrote:
madscience wrote:
Clfarron, are you using MDM successfully with 2.2?
[snip]

Intel, ATI or Nvidia? I'm running dual display, so I'm trying to track down where my problem lies. I'm seriously considering a fresh install to see if it fixes the problem, but if it doesn't then I'll be left without a working GUI. And I WILL NOT GO TO GNOME.

AMD 3305M APU with AMD Radeon 6480G Graphics, using the catalyst-test package from the AUR.

Haha, GNOME3 hates my graphics chip with a passion.

loqs wrote:

Madscience have you tried lightdm in place of mdm works for me while a test of mdm gives me a grey screen.

Using LightDM is sound advice I think. You might as well try.

madscience · 2014-04-17 16:51:11

clfarron4 wrote:

madscience wrote:
clfarron4 wrote:
[snip]

Intel, ATI or Nvidia? I'm running dual display, so I'm trying to track down where my problem lies. I'm seriously considering a fresh install to see if it fixes the problem, but if it doesn't then I'll be left without a working GUI. And I WILL NOT GO TO GNOME.
AMD 3305M APU with AMD Radeon 6480G Graphics, using the catalyst-test package from the AUR.
Haha, GNOME3 hates my graphics chip with a passion.
loqs wrote:
Madscience have you tried lightdm in place of mdm works for me while a test of mdm gives me a grey screen.
Using LightDM is sound advice I think. You might as well try.

I'm giving it a try, but I'm partial to my MDM theme... silly as that sounds.

madscience · 2014-04-17 17:09:51

LightDM works, as expected. However, this happens to my panel:

EDIT: Apparently it's an issue with my cinnamon theme

Last edited by madscience (2014-04-17 17:11:42)

madscience · 2014-04-17 19:10:23

So I've reverted back to 2.0 until some of the issues are sorted out... I guess they'll have everything working when mint 17 is ready...

cris9288 · 2014-04-17 19:13:29

madscience wrote:

LightDM works, as expected. However, this happens to my panel:
http://i.imgur.com/nHFV9ft.png
EDIT: Apparently it's an issue with my cinnamon theme

open up panel from the System Settings and check the "Use customized panel size..." and "Allow Cinnamon to scale panel text" boxes. That fixes it for me.

madscience · 2014-04-17 19:16:29

cris9288 wrote:

madscience wrote:
LightDM works, as expected. However, this happens to my panel:
http://i.imgur.com/nHFV9ft.png
EDIT: Apparently it's an issue with my cinnamon theme
open up panel from the System Settings and check the "Use customized panel size..." and "Allow Cinnamon to scale panel text" boxes. That fixes it for me.

I fixed that by replacing the applets.js from another theme's cinnamon.css , but I was getting a lot of disk thrashing and soft lockups. I'll wait a week and see where it's at fwiw I don't like the direction GTK is heading, but I don't like QT so I guess mate or xfce might be in my future.

Last edited by madscience (2014-04-17 19:17:52)

Marshal Kilgore · 2014-04-17 21:33:39

cris9288 wrote:

open up panel from the System Settings and check the "Use customized panel size..." and "Allow Cinnamon to scale panel text" boxes. ...

THX for the tip.

sm0x · 2014-04-17 21:54:00

Hey guys,

Is a workarround or bugreport known because the Battery problem?

I've already tried to downgrade upower, but without success.

clfarron4 · 2014-04-17 22:48:54

sm0x wrote:

Hey guys,
Is a workarround or bugreport known because the Battery problem?
I've already tried to downgrade upower, but without success.

WolleTD wrote:

To UPower:
The bug only appears with package version 0.99.0-2. I just downgraded to 0.99.0-1 and got battery information again.
Bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39876

Arch Linux

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