Logged out when browsing fonts in System Settings Font Selection

[Adimovx]

Distribution

Mint 21.3

Package version

Cinnamon 6.0.4

Graphics hardware in use

Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller

Frequency

Always

Bug description

I get suddenly logged out after a little while when I try to browse (scroll) upwards with the middle mouse button (wheel), the fonts list in the System Settings - Font Selection - Default font option.

Steps to reproduce

Go to the Main menu and open the System Settings and there click the Fonts Selection option from the Appearance section, now you should see two sections: Font Selection and Font Settings. In the Font Selection section choose the Default font option and click on the Ubuntu Regular font button. A small window should open with a list of fonts.

Now from the highlighted Ubuntu Regular font, slowly scroll up with your mouse wheel till you reach the Symbola Bold font. Then stop. If you choose to scroll further up you get, suddenly, logged out. Don't be scared, you can log back in and confidently continue your exciting Linux Mint adventure like nothing (really) ever happened.

Expected behavior

Just scroll the fonts with the mouse and don't get suddenly kicked (logged) out.

Additional information

Thanks.

[Adimovx]

I wonder what is the connection between the two separate and apparently not related features, one involving the fonts browsing and the other involving the logout feature.

It seems that each time the Pick a font window is involved the spooky thing happens.

I was using an applet from the System Settings - Applets called Settings API Demo that has a Change font feature (option) which triggers the above mentioned Pick a font window. The nasty logout happens again when I try to browse the fonts by the mouse scrolling. I guess there IS a ghost in the machine after all.

The bad part is when you have unsaved things and you are suddenly logged out. All your unsaved work will be gone.

[Kev99sl]

I am experiencing the same issue. System info: Cinnamon 6.0.4 Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia CPU: Intel Core i5 M 450 Graphics: Intel Core Processor Integrated OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes

[claudiux]

I haven't encountered this problem.

System:
  Kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33
    wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: GIGABYTE model: MSH87TN-00 v: 1.x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: F6 date: 09/08/2015
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-4785T bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Haswell
    rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1415 high: 1995 min/max: 800/3200 cores: 1: 1421 2: 1990 3: 1483 4: 1079
    5: 1100 6: 1454 7: 800 8: 1995 bogomips: 35116
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-2,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0412 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: Idek Iiyama PL2283H serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 98 size: 496x292mm (19.5x11.5") diag: 576mm (22.7") modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 720x400
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
    direct render: Yes