Cinnamon and the slow menu from the stoneage

[Raven135]

Take a look at this discussion: https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/2597
That is an interesting idea.

[Redsandro]

I just installed Mint 16 RC, and the problem is still there.

This is just completely retarded and incompetent. I know these problems are an upstream heritage from GNOME Shell. But now that Cinnamon is a stand-alone product, I hope they will finally get around to fix this unbelievable problem.

When you reinstall all your software packages back to a convenient state, Linux Mint 16 boots faster than it takes the first time to open the menu.

Okay that's not true. But this delay is still pure BS. I can't believe there are devs out there in the Shell team who are just happy with this.

In other news, Mint 16 boots awesomely fast!

[Previous1]

Recently switched to Mint 16 Cinnamon, and had the same issue until I installed fglrx 13.11 from AMD.com (radeon 6450)

[InkKnife]

I just upgraded to Mint16 and while there is still a bit of delay, it is much less than I experienced in 15.

[surruk51]

I have this problem too.
About a 3 second delay if not used for a while (which is commonly the case)
About a 1-1.5 second delay all other times
Occasionally a much longer delay with no apparent reason.

Tested in Cinnamon 2d and Cinnamon
Tested with the theme I was using (I forget which, but non standard) and Cinnamon theme.
System set up (just the possibly relevant bits)

-Computer-
Processor : 2x AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Memory : 3642MB (812MB used)
Operating System : Linux Mint 14 Nadia
Date/Time : Wed 18 Dec 2013 08:20:51 WITA

-Display-
Resolution : 1366x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard

-SCSI Disks-
ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABD0
Slimtype DVD A DS8A5SH

Can I also add that ploughing through message after message that implies "I don't have this problem, so I can't help", or "I don't have this problem, it must be very unusual" or 'I don't have this problem - are you sure you are not imagining it" is not actually very helpful at all.

For those of us who DO have this problem, it is 100% pain, EVEN if we are only 1% of the Cinnamon population, and it seems that in fact it IS quite common.

I would GUESS that for those who do not have the problem, there is a background process working that the menu display calls on to display the current menu state and for the rest of us, for some reason it has to build from scratch, maybe because something installed prevents that from working properly. For example, I have the chinese language input method installed - which interacts with d-bus. Not saying this is it, but maybe something like it.

[problemchild2]

Joined just so I could post the fix.........

What worked for me (mint Petra + Cinnamon) laptop= dell vostro 1500 core 2 (old and slow) was to right click/configure on the mint logo (menu logo button) and UNCHECK "Open the menu when I move the mouse over it". Before I unchecked it I set the delay time to 0 from 750ms just as an added measure. I actually went back and unchecked every item checked later. But unchecking the mouse over took my menu delay from about 5 seconds down to almost instant (maybe 50ms now).

Hope that helps someone...........

[Blackhawks13]

I had this issue as well as very bad performance on games. For instance tux racer was unplayable. I have a quad core amd machine with 8gb of ram, and using onboard radeon 3000 graphics. Mate, xfce and KDE all work as they should, I've settled on mate. I hope this issue is resolved because I really like the features and look of cinnamon and would go back as soon as it works properly. Has anybody noted the same problem using LMDE or is this isolated to the ubuntu based version?

[anandrkris]

https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/2597 - Check here for a discussion.

I was testing the main menu of some Desktop Environments (Mate and Xfce) to find out why their menus are so much faster than Cinnamon's menu. Well, I think I found one of the possible reasons for it. Under Mater or Xfce the menu opens just by a mouse button press, I mean, the menu opens even before the user releases the mouse button. Under Cinnamon the menu only opens after the user releases the mouse button. In my opinion, this contributes substantially to the overall sensation of slowness. I know this may appear to be a negligible detail, but trust me, it makes a huge difference.

So my suggestion:

Make the menu open immediately when the user presses the mouse button. Don't wait for it to open only when the user releases the pressed button .

[Redsandro]

This is FINALLY fixed! In Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 x64, the menu is instant!
Even after I installed a hundred new packages.

Very nice work. This is what would get accepted into "acceptable for mainline use" according to my standards. It is unfortunate that this is typical for Linux: A huge usability bug in core functionality was fixed in three years.

Now I can finally recommend the beautiful Linux Mint Cinnamon to everyone randomly during every awkward silence in any random conversation!

[WinterTroubles]

....recommend the beautiful Linux Mint Cinnamon to everyone randomly during every awkward silence in any random conversation!

Now that is what I call a marketing campaign

[paul59]

Now can someone fix my *massive* log-in delay?

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 8&t=171089

Paul

[messo8080]

A solution i may have !!

cinnamon SystemSettings - Menu - Advanced options - Menu hover delay is set to 0 by default.

i changed this to 50 milliseconds and it is a VAST improvement on speed.

hope it helps

Manual of delicadaz

[InkKnife]

Just got my new(ish) rig going:
C2Quad @2.33
6GB Ram
Radeon 6800
Spinning HDD
The Cinnamon menu opens without delay with Mint 17.

[messo8080]

i have probably great news!!!
I haven't problem with slow menu after upgrade to cinnamon 2.4.6

Please write here if you have problem with slow menu.

[Redsandro]

i have probably great news!!!
I haven't problem with slow menu after upgrade to cinnamon 2.4.6

Please write here if you have problem with slow menu.

This is FINALLY fixed! In Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 x64, the menu is instant!
Even after I installed a hundred new packages.

[messo8080]

Redsandro i had slow menu also after update to 17.1, cinnamon 2.4.5. in my opinion it was more worse like mint 17.0
But after update to cinnamon 2.4.6 bug gone. Update realeased 20th january 2015

[Hoser Rob]

This is FINALLY fixed! In Linux Mint Cinnamon 17 x64, the menu is instant!
Even after I installed a hundred new packages....

Now would they please fix it in Mate??? I use both and if there's anything that drives me nuts about mate that'd be it.

[ericramos1990]

I am running Linux Mint 17, Cinnamon 2.4.8, and the problem is still occurring for me

I'm glad I came across this post, I thought I was crazy.

I have a pretty decent setup, including a GTX 970, does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to remedy this horrible lag?

[Pjotr]

I am running Linux Mint 17, Cinnamon 2.4.8, and the problem is still occurring for me

I'm glad I came across this post, I thought I was crazy.

I have a pretty decent setup, including a GTX 970, does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to remedy this horrible lag?

What driver does that GTX 970 run on?

[ericramos1990]

Running

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inxi -G | grep Renderer

I get:

GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 349.16

Pjotr, I installed my driver using your method you suggested in the past