Problem with Gnome Menu search

[ilya1245]

Linux Mint 10 (julia): Open Gnome Menu, search for 'rar'. My 2 computers hang, I can do nothing but RESET.

[tdockery97]

I can confirm that it's the same in LMDE. My only way out was ctrl-Alt-backspace to exit X and then log back in. That is one serious (and obscure) bug.

Note: The freeze also shot my CPU temp up 10 degrees for a few moments.

[wayne128]

Just try this with system monitor turn on.

See the same problem, CPU utilization would be 100%, computer hang..I did not check temperature but with 100% CPU I can understand the danger.

Sound like a serious bug

[wayne128]

Now that I have LMDE 64-bit installed, I tested this issue and oop! still hang up

Can someone with LMDE 64-bit confirm this ?

[Logs_Con]

I just tried this on my desktop.

LMDE 64 (Installed two days ago)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @3GHz
4GiB Ram

I opened up the system monitor and then searched for rar from the menu.

Immediately one core went up to 100% and the ram usage started increasing at about 1MiB per second.

After about 20-30 seconds the menu closed and a window opened titled "Search for files". (CPU and ram stayed at their high level.)

After another 20-30 Seconds the search was complete and CPU and RAM levels returned to their normal levels.

Definitely slow and very resource intensive (Although definitely preferable to having tracker or beagle running all the time.)
But it seems to be doing as it should for me.

If the machines that are having the problem are slightly older I can imagine the time for anything to happen may be a lot longer.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

T

[vanbosco]

Same problem also for me with LMDE 64, AMD Athlon II X4 600e 4GB RAM.
It appens also for other words, ubuntu for example.
Mouse cursor disappears, keboard is not responding and all i can do, after waiting for six minutes, is to push the reset button.
During the six minutes of "freeze" cpu and ram were regular (conky continued to work).

[msbln]

LMDE32:mintMenu 5.1.6: (unwanted) Package-Search freezes pc and cannot be deactivated

Switching off "Search for packages to install" in >Menus Preferences>Applications didn't help,
because it is still searching for packages (yes, I even tried rebooting after changing this option).

IMHO the search options in mintMenu 4.9.9 were enough, no need to bloat it up...
Would be great, if that behaviour could be configured, i.e. choosing the integrated search engines by ticking them on/off in a seperated section within the menu-preferences.

[rdonnelly]

Add "provi" to the list of things that shoot the CPU up. http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=63792

[zole052]

Same problem here

[msbln]

I don't get it. I whole bunch of people have reported this problem. There's at least one bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mintmenu/+bug/677335... but no one seems to care

[rdonnelly]

I replaced the menu with the "GNOME main menu" just install it with the package manager, then add to panel. I sure do miss the option to find any program by typing it in, but it is not much help if it crashes the system 90% of the time.

[Habitual]

Add "provi" to the list of things that shoot the CPU up. http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=63792

OMG. after 10m I could Ctrl+Alt+Backspace back to login.
Don't try this at home!

At least with "secu" you could recover after a minute or two.

[adefigo]

Quick and dirty fix:
in /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/applications.py
line 797 - 803 comment out the lines starting with thr

Code: Select all

                        if self.current_suggestion is not None and self.current_suggestion in text:
                            # We're restricting our search... 
                            self.add_search_suggestions(text)
                            #if (len(self.current_results) > 0):
                                #self.add_apt_filter_results_sync(self.current_results, text)
                            #else:
                            #thr = threading.Thread(name="mint-menu-apt-filter", group=None, target=self.add_apt_filter_results, args=([text]), kwargs={})
                            #thr.start()  
                        else:
                            self.current_results = []  
                            self.add_search_suggestions(text) 
                            #thr = threading.Thread(name="mint-menu-apt-filter", group=None, target=self.add_apt_filter_results, args=([text]), kwargs={})
                            #thr.start() 

and re-login.

The menu is finally usable.

[Habitual]

What really amazes me is that a "guy" with only 2 posts has a fix.

Works GREAT! but the package lookup seems to be the victim here.

+1 with Mad Props.

My apologies if you are not a "guy".

[adefigo]

What really amazes me is that a "guy" with only 2 posts has a fix.

I don't like forums and only visit them when I want to see if others have a solution for a problem I have myself.

I think the real flaw in the package-search is, that the mintmenu updates the cache too often - I just had a quick look at the sourcecode but I think it updates the list after every typed letter.

Works GREAT! but the package lookup seems to be the victim here.

Sure, but every apt-cache search gives better results.

[rdonnelly]

Great, that solved the problem, did not crash when I typed "provider".

[asedt]

I also have problem with this. It can be almost any search word.

Last time it occurred i typed "inc" when I was looking for incscape and it made cpu go 100% and I could only move the mouse for 3-5 minutes and could not do anything with the system.

I experience it to happen when i check if stuff is already installed and is not.


$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Linux Mint 10 Julia
Release: 10
$ uname -a
Linux aron-ThinkPad-T43 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

[Habitual]

Sure, but every apt-cache search gives better results.

Thanks, but I never use the menu to search for packages, always c-li

[adefigo]

Thanks, but I never use the menu to search for packages, always c-li

That's what I say…

[rdonnelly]

I found you can also do Menu Preferences>Applications then deselect>Search for packages to install.