linuxmint / linuxmint/cinnamon
Cinnamon regularly crashing on window close
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Description
Distribution
Mint 22
Package version
6.2.9
Graphics hardware in use
AMD Radeon PRO WX 3200 [Discrete], Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz [Integrated]
Frequency
Quite Often
Bug description
It doesn't happen every time, but it regularly happens (at least once a day), that I close a window and Cinnamon goes into fallback mode. This never happened in Linux Mint 21.2 or Linux Mint 21.3: it started after I updated to 22.
Steps to reproduce
It happens after a couple hours of use when you close a window
Expected behavior
Cinnamon to not crash
Additional information
Crash report:
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Research direction
Start by examining the attached crashlog.log for the failure occurring when a window is closed, then investigate the relevant Cinnamon 6.2.9 behavior on Mint 22 with the reported AMD and Intel graphics hardware. Reproduce the fallback-mode transition after extended use and verify that closing windows no longer causes Cinnamon to crash.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100