mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

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mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by rbutler »

I have a fresh install of 17.3 64bit Cinnamon. The bootup is not speedy but not bad as it is an older computer. Once at the login screen and I enter my password it takes a minute to load the desktop but the mint style icons do not appear and there is no background. If I wait another 30 second the background will load but the icons stay as gnome icon set. I have to press ctrl+alt+backspace then login to load everything correctly ( I have to wait 2 minutes before attempting to login again or it still will not load correctly). I have tried several suggestions (turning off effects, removing startup applications, removing quiet and splash from grub and several others). Once loaded the system seems to run fine. any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Intel core2 quad Q9400
8 gig DDR2
Nvidia Gforce 9500GT with Nvidia drivers
750g Seagate 7200 rpm HD
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Cosmo.
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Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

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Is there a significant difference to the live system? If not I would consider the Mate or XFCE edition.
guym

Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by guym »

I have just recently been having a similar problem after a reboot. After entering my password on the login screen, the screen goes black for a bit, then loads an alternate desktop (not cinnamon). If I log out, then back it, the cinnamon desktop loads fine. This just recently started happening. I never had this issue with Mint 17.2 Cinnamon.

My system:
Mint 17.3 Cinnamon
Core i5 750
8GB DDR3
128GB SSD System Drive
Nvidia 8800 GTS 512

I thought maybe it was a video card issue, so I tried loading the nvidia-340-updates driver in lieu of the nvidia-340 driver I was running. That didn't resolve the problem. Any suggestions?
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Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

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Create a new user account. Is the problem reproducible?
rbutler

Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by rbutler »

I did create another account and the same thing happens. I then rebooted and waited about 90 seconds to login and it still did not load correctly. I rebooted one more time and waited 3 minutes before logging in and this time the desktop icons and windows loaded correctly. I have Linux Mint 17.3 in a virtual machine on a laptop and on another desktop and both of those machines load the desktop correctly on first login. I am not sure if it is related to the nvidia driver or not. Are there some logs to look at for problems loading cinnamon once the computer is up and running it works quite well. Has not been a big issue as I do not restart very often it is one of those things I would like to resolve.
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Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by rbutler »

I have installed xfce on a different hard drive and it seems to boot correctly. From startup to login screen took 28 seconds. From login screen to fully loaded desktop it took another 17 seconds (not bad for an old computer). Cinnamon took 30 seconds to get to the login windows and another minute to load the desktop (no background and incorrect icons on the menu bar and desktop). It did finally load the desktop background and the menu bar about a minute later but the desktop icons and right click menus look like old gnome graphics. I have to logout then back in for these to be correct.very strange behaviour
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Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

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Take a look into .cinnamon/glass.log inside your home. Note, that the folder .cinnamon is hidden, you must make hidden files visible (ctrl-h) to see them.
guym

Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by guym »

Cosmo. wrote:Take a look into .cinnamon/glass.log inside your home. Note, that the folder .cinnamon is hidden, you must make hidden files visible (ctrl-h) to see them.
I had two glass.log files: glass.log and glass.log.last

glass.log:
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:35.935Z Cinnamon.AppSystem.get_default() started in 111 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:35.938Z loading user theme: /usr/share/themes/Linux Mint/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:35.953Z added icon directory: /usr/share/themes/Linux Mint/cinnamon
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.002Z PlacesManager: Updating devices
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.056Z loaded at Tue Feb 02 2016 20:30:36 GMT-0500 (EST)
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.561Z Loaded applet menu@cinnamon.org in 503 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.566Z Loaded applet show-desktop@cinnamon.org in 4 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.586Z Role locked: panellauncher
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.586Z Loaded applet panel-launchers@cinnamon.org in 19 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.595Z Loaded applet window-list@cinnamon.org in 8 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.602Z Role locked: notifications
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.606Z Loaded applet notifications@cinnamon.org in 10 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.636Z Loaded applet user@cinnamon.org in 29 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.642Z Loaded applet removable-drives@cinnamon.org in 6 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.667Z Loaded applet keyboard@cinnamon.org in 24 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.691Z Loaded applet bluetooth@cinnamon.org in 23 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.731Z Loaded applet network@cinnamon.org in 40 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.759Z Loaded applet sound@cinnamon.org in 27 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.765Z Loaded applet systray@cinnamon.org in 5 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.780Z Loaded applet calendar@cinnamon.org in 14 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.786Z Loaded applet windows-quick-list@cinnamon.org in 6 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.799Z Loaded applet power@cinnamon.org in 13 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.799Z AppletManager.init() started in 742 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.800Z Cinnamon took 988 ms to start
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.928Z Hiding indicator (role already handled): nm-applet
info t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.932Z GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.cinnamon.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files
trace t=2016-02-03T01:30:36.932Z
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_proxyInvoker/asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:83
---------------->

glass.log.last:
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:25.484Z Cinnamon.AppSystem.get_default() started in 121 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:25.651Z loading user theme: /usr/share/themes/Linux Mint/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:25.665Z added icon directory: /usr/share/themes/Linux Mint/cinnamon
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:25.713Z PlacesManager: Updating devices
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:25.768Z loaded at Tue Feb 02 2016 20:27:25 GMT-0500 (EST)
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.089Z Loaded applet menu@cinnamon.org in 320 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.094Z Loaded applet show-desktop@cinnamon.org in 4 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.113Z Role locked: panellauncher
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.113Z Loaded applet panel-launchers@cinnamon.org in 19 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.122Z Loaded applet window-list@cinnamon.org in 8 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.129Z Role locked: notifications
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.133Z Loaded applet notifications@cinnamon.org in 11 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.150Z Loaded applet user@cinnamon.org in 17 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.157Z Loaded applet removable-drives@cinnamon.org in 6 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.179Z Loaded applet keyboard@cinnamon.org in 21 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.198Z Loaded applet bluetooth@cinnamon.org in 19 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.241Z Loaded applet network@cinnamon.org in 42 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.270Z Loaded applet sound@cinnamon.org in 28 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.276Z Loaded applet systray@cinnamon.org in 6 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.291Z Loaded applet calendar@cinnamon.org in 14 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.297Z Loaded applet windows-quick-list@cinnamon.org in 6 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.310Z Loaded applet power@cinnamon.org in 13 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.310Z AppletManager.init() started in 542 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.311Z Cinnamon took 964 ms to start
info t=2016-02-03T01:27:26.441Z Hiding indicator (role already handled): nm-applet
info t=2016-02-03T01:29:04.661Z GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.cinnamon.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files
trace t=2016-02-03T01:29:04.661Z
<----------------
_proxyInvoker/asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:83
---------------->
guym

Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by guym »

Cosmo. wrote:Create a new user account. Is the problem reproducible?
I tried creating a new user, but had the same results. My desktop icons look like rbutler's icons above. As soon as I log out of my account, then back in, the normal cinnamon desktop is restored.
guym

Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by guym »

Just for fun I rebooted again but didn't log in for several minutes. This time, the cinnamon desktop loaded normally. Below is the glass.log file after this delayed log in.

info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.523Z Cinnamon.AppSystem.get_default() started in 520 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.528Z loading user theme: /usr/share/themes/Linux Mint/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.544Z added icon directory: /usr/share/themes/Linux Mint/cinnamon
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.597Z PlacesManager: Updating devices
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.622Z loaded at Tue Feb 02 2016 20:46:21 GMT-0500 (EST)
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.952Z Loaded applet menu@cinnamon.org in 328 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.957Z Loaded applet show-desktop@cinnamon.org in 5 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.979Z Role locked: panellauncher
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.979Z Loaded applet panel-launchers@cinnamon.org in 21 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.989Z Loaded applet window-list@cinnamon.org in 10 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:21.998Z Role locked: notifications
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.001Z Loaded applet notifications@cinnamon.org in 11 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.043Z Loaded applet user@cinnamon.org in 41 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.050Z Loaded applet removable-drives@cinnamon.org in 7 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.078Z Loaded applet keyboard@cinnamon.org in 27 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.104Z Loaded applet bluetooth@cinnamon.org in 25 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.151Z Loaded applet network@cinnamon.org in 47 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.183Z Loaded applet sound@cinnamon.org in 32 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.191Z Loaded applet systray@cinnamon.org in 8 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.207Z Loaded applet calendar@cinnamon.org in 16 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.214Z Loaded applet windows-quick-list@cinnamon.org in 6 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.229Z Loaded applet power@cinnamon.org in 14 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.229Z AppletManager.init() started in 607 ms
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.230Z Cinnamon took 1250 ms to start
info t=2016-02-03T01:46:22.360Z Hiding indicator (role already handled): nm-applet
rbutler

Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by rbutler »

my logs look the same as guym. When I login right away I get the following. But If I wait to login I get the second log.

glass.log.last

info t=2016-02-02T21:12:10.099Z Cinnamon.AppSystem.get_default() started in 5268 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:10.127Z loading default theme
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:11.596Z PlacesManager: Updating devices
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:11.619Z loaded at Tue Feb 02 2016 14:12:11 GMT-0700 (MST)
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:13.149Z Loaded applet menu@cinnamon.org in 1476 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:13.201Z Loaded applet show-desktop@cinnamon.org in 51 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:13.314Z Role locked: panellauncher
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:13.314Z Loaded applet panel-launchers@cinnamon.org in 111 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:13.381Z Loaded applet window-list@cinnamon.org in 66 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:13.438Z Role locked: notifications
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:13.445Z Loaded applet notifications@cinnamon.org in 63 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:13.719Z Loaded applet user@cinnamon.org in 273 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:13.735Z Loaded applet removable-drives@cinnamon.org in 15 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.260Z Loaded applet keyboard@cinnamon.org in 524 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.425Z Loaded applet bluetooth@cinnamon.org in 165 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.550Z Loaded applet network@cinnamon.org in 123 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.660Z Loaded applet sound@cinnamon.org in 109 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.685Z Loaded applet power@cinnamon.org in 25 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.696Z Loaded applet systray@cinnamon.org in 10 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.747Z Loaded applet calendar@cinnamon.org in 50 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.757Z Loaded applet windows-quick-list@cinnamon.org in 9 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.757Z AppletManager.init() started in 3138 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.759Z Cinnamon took 10310 ms to start
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.987Z Hiding indicator (role already handled): nm-applet
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.992Z GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.cinnamon.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files
trace t=2016-02-02T21:12:14.992Z
<----------------
_proxyInvoker/asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:83
---------------->
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:19.355Z Adding systray: skype (20x20px)
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:20.858Z Resized skype with normalized size (22x22px)
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:23.814Z Adding systray: mintupdate.py (20x20px)
info t=2016-02-02T21:12:25.316Z Resized mintupdate.py with normalized size (22x22px)
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:03.939Z GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.cinnamon.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files
trace t=2016-02-02T21:32:03.939Z
<----------------
_proxyInvoker/asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:83
---------------->


glass.log

info t=2016-02-02T21:32:15.751Z Cinnamon.AppSystem.get_default() started in 145 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:15.756Z loading default theme
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:15.978Z PlacesManager: Updating devices
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.040Z loaded at Tue Feb 02 2016 14:32:16 GMT-0700 (MST)
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.639Z Loaded applet menu@cinnamon.org in 596 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.646Z Loaded applet show-desktop@cinnamon.org in 7 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.697Z Role locked: panellauncher
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.697Z Loaded applet panel-launchers@cinnamon.org in 50 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.710Z Loaded applet window-list@cinnamon.org in 12 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.720Z Role locked: notifications
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.726Z Loaded applet notifications@cinnamon.org in 15 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.753Z Loaded applet user@cinnamon.org in 26 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.764Z Loaded applet removable-drives@cinnamon.org in 10 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.797Z Loaded applet keyboard@cinnamon.org in 32 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.832Z Loaded applet bluetooth@cinnamon.org in 34 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.891Z Loaded applet network@cinnamon.org in 58 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.934Z Loaded applet sound@cinnamon.org in 41 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.952Z Loaded applet power@cinnamon.org in 17 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.963Z Loaded applet systray@cinnamon.org in 9 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.985Z Loaded applet calendar@cinnamon.org in 22 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.995Z Loaded applet windows-quick-list@cinnamon.org in 9 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.996Z AppletManager.init() started in 955 ms
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:16.998Z Cinnamon took 1436 ms to start
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:17.206Z Hiding indicator (role already handled): nm-applet
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:35.661Z Adding systray: mintupdate.py (20x20px)
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:37.164Z Resized mintupdate.py with normalized size (22x22px)
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:54.637Z Adding systray: skype (20x20px)
info t=2016-02-02T21:32:56.141Z Resized skype with normalized size (22x22px)
raven2611

Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by raven2611 »

Have the same Problem on "Rosa". Only restarting the "Nemo" Process seems to help. But only until next restart.
guym

Re: mint 17.3 login slow desktop icons not loading correctly

Post by guym »

I just wanted to follow up on my issue and solution. I noticed my PC was starting to slow down on loading usb devices during POST. I traced it to a miss behaving SD card reader connected via USB header pins. Once I disconnected the device from the motherboard, the boot no longer slowed during POST and my Cinnamon desktop loaded right away. Hope this helps someone.
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