Bugs in Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon desktop environment

[Endorphas]

Hi everybody!

I discovered some blemishes on the freshly installed Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon.

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Scenario 1:

1. Click and HOLD the left mouse button -> Any file or folder (Nemo or Desktop) OR click on an empty area of ​​the desktop OR click on an empty area or a button within a program.
2. Click and release the "superkey" ("windows key" or "tux-key") (Cinnamon main menu opens.)
3. Now release the left mouse button.

The Cinnamon main menu no longer reacts to any selection and remains in the foreground until the "super button" is pressed again.

Scenario 2:

1. Right-click and release on the desktop (regardless of whether it is an empty area or an object).

The brightness AND the volume can no longer be controlled via the FN key until the selection is deselected again with the LEFT mouse button. (Fn-key (hold) + Fx keys (press); depends on the keyboard)

Scenario 3:

1. Left click on the calendar OR the battery icon OR the volume control OR the network icon OR the eject icon OR the notification icon in the taskbar and release.

The brightness can no longer be controlled via the FN key until the selection is deselected again with the LEFT mouse button.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-53-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X705FN_N705FN v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X705FN v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
    v: X705FN.314 date: 07/04/2019
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.5 Wh (97.4%) condition: 31.3/43.0 Wh (72.8%) volts: 11.6 min: 11.6
    model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery serial: N/A status: Not charging
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-8265U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake
    note: check rev: C cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 897 high: 1302 min/max: 400/3900 cores: 1: 1302 2: 700 3: 700 4: 745 5: 1194
    6: 1165 7: 700 8: 673 bogomips: 28800
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3ea0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 515.65.01 pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d10
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:5
    chip-ID: 13d3:5a11
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 98
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG res: 1920x1080 dpi: 128 diag: 438mm (17.3")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9dc8
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-53-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP CNVi [Wireless-AC] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:9df0
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-10:7 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.1
    sub-v: 100
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 715.41 GiB used: 338.65 GiB (47.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKNW512G8 size: 476.94 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 25.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Samsung model: 470 Series S size: 238.47 GiB serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.89 GiB used: 123.45 GiB (26.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.2 MiB (1.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 2 MiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C pch: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1900
Repos:
  Packages: 2545 apt: 2529 flatpak: 16
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https: //ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //mirror.easyname.at/ubuntu-archive jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //mirror.easyname.at/ubuntu-archive jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //mirror.easyname.at/ubuntu-archive jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/picoscope7.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/picoscope7.gpg] https: //labs.picotech.com/rc/picoscope7/debian/ picoscope main
Info:
  Processes: 323 Uptime: 6h 59m Memory: 7.62 GiB used: 3.83 GiB (50.3%) Init: systemd v: 249
  runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11 Client: Cinnamon v: 5.4.12 inxi: 3.3.13

[anaximeno]

I was able to reproduce the bug.

It looks like a problem with the focus on those sections. When you release the left-click on the mouse, the focus is probably sent to the desktop; therefore, it is no longer on the menu.

[Endorphas]

Thanks for confirmation.

I was able to reproduce the bug.

It looks like a problem with the focus on those sections. When you release the left-click on the mouse, the focus is probably sent to the desktop; therefore, it is no longer on the menu.

That will probably be the problem.

[NintendoManiac64]

It may be worth mentioning that I had previously ran into scenario 1, if not at least the same end result of scenario 1 with the Cinnamon main menu being "stuck" in the foreground without being able to interact with it, but this was achieved with a touch screen tablet device instead by simply touching the "Cinnamon main menu" icon on the panel via the touch screen... but it seemed to not be just that and required some other prerequisite to occur as, when repeating the task after a reboot, the issue wouldn't occur.

I wonder if the unknown prerequisite in my case was to first click on an item on the desktop use the mouse, and then touch the "Cinnamon main menu" icon via the touch screen... but I do not have access to the touch screen device in question at this time, so I cannot confirm/refute if this is in fact the prerequisite step that I was missing.

[Endorphas]

NintendoManiac64 wrote: It may be worth mentioning that I had previously ran into scenario 1, if not at least the same end result of scenario 1 with the Cinnamon main menu being "stuck" in the foreground without being able to interact with it, but this was achieved with a touch screen tablet device instead by simply touching the "Cinnamon main menu" icon on the panel via the touch screen... but it seemed to not be just that and required some other prerequisite to occur as, when repeating the task after a reboot, the issue wouldn't occur.

I wonder if the unknown prerequisite in my case was to first click on an item on the desktop use the mouse, and then touch the "Cinnamon main menu" icon via the touch screen... but I do not have access to the touch screen device in question at this time, so I cannot confirm/refute if this is in fact the prerequisite step that I was missing.

Interesting, it might be the same bug. Maybe someday you will have time to try scenario 1 with the mouse as well. (And the keyboard, if you're using a keyboard with the tablet.)