Problem with Gnome Menu search

[adefigo]

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

Doesn't work for me, this setting seems to be ignored.

[rdonnelly]

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

Doesn't work for me, this setting seems to be ignored.

It is working for me on 3 machines, go figure?

[viking777]

Ikey,

FWIW I tried the 'solution' as given earlier in this thread. I can assure you that it does not work for me. Although it allows you to complete the typing of lib into libre office, and even gives you enough time to search for it, it does NOT prevent the runaway mintmenu process and accompanying overheating, all it does is slow it down at bit. I still had to kill the mintmenu process in order to prevent the overheat. So whatever your answer is, this is not it.

I think mintmenu really needs some serious looking at. 90% of the time on LMDE I am using the fluxbox window manager which does not use mintmenu and therefore I have not really noticed this before, but over the last half day I have been using Gnome desktop on LMDE and I note from conky that mintmenu - even when unused - is always in the top 4 processes for consuming resources and usually it is top of that list. The amounts it consumes are only small, maybe 0.5% cpu and 1.5% memory, so not enough to cause any problems, but in my innocence, I would have expected an unused menu button to consume zero resources (or near enough) until somebody clicks on it, this is certainly not the case.

On mint 10 mintmenu is never visible in conky 'top' processes unless you are using it.

[msbln]

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

Doesn't work for me, this setting seems to be ignored.

As I mentioned earlier, this setting unfortunately does not have any effect on my system either.
So I can only repeat what adefigo says: it seems to be ignored.

[msbln]

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

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                        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.

It works for me too.
I didn't want to wait for the fix anymore.

Thank you, adefigo.

[yet_another_username]

So, what's the status for this fix? I'm very thankful to adefigo for his fix, which worked for me. However, I'm hesitant to recommend Mint to other users because of this bug. I myself just moved to Mint from OpenSuSE, and other than this particular bug, I've been far happier with Mint. However, I don't want to recommend this to other people if their computer is going to freeze. And, for those who migrate from Windows and decide to give Linux a chance, something like this could give them a bad impression of Linux as a whole.

[Herbivore]

So, what's the status for this fix? I'm very thankful to adefigo for his fix, which worked for me. However, I'm hesitant to recommend Mint to other users because of this bug. I myself just moved to Mint from OpenSuSE, and other than this particular bug, I've been far happier with Mint. However, I don't want to recommend this to other people if their computer is going to freeze. And, for those who migrate from Windows and decide to give Linux a chance, something like this could give them a bad impression of Linux as a whole.

Ditto!

[wayne128]

I tried few times

It did not work for me. Still hang with CPU100%

[msbln]

I tried few times

It did not work for me. Still hang with CPU100%

Why not?

1. Terminal: sudo gedit /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/applications.py
2. comment out line 799,800, 804,805 so that it looks like:

#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()

3. Save & Restart

[Darksun]

Is there any word on an official fix? The code workaround works for me, but I quite like being able to search packages from the mintMenu (when it doesn't freeze) so it's a shame to lose this feature.

Also, it is possible to recover from this crash without resetting X/the computer by dropping into a terminal and killing the mintMenu process.

If you don't know how to do that: press ctrl-alt-F1 to switch to terminal 1. Log in, and type

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killall mintmenu

Press ctrl-alt-F7 to switch back to your desktop. A dialogue will pop up asking if you want to reload mintMenu, click to reload and all should be well (till next time you try typing in a common word into the menu)

[AlbertP]

Since Mint 11, I am also having this problem. The computer locks up for some 10 seconds when I type 'trac' into the Mint Menu: there is no program with 'trac' in the name installed at me.

[wyrdoak]

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

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                        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.

Sorry but what is the edit command for this file. I can look at it but can't edit it with the text editer

[wyrdoak]

belay my last! It helps to read the whole post.

[AlbertP]

Right-click it: Open as Root/Administrator (don't know exact English name as my Mint is Dutch).

Or in terminal:

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gksu gedit /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/applications.py

[adefigo]

Glad and proud I could help you all!

[limotux]

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()

That's great!
This was the only thing that works, but with no package search
By the way, not necessary to find "thr" at the same lines mentioned, mine was 1 or 2 lines different, but I noticed that from the editor you can search for thr without quotes, all what is found I commented out.

Maybe any other or complementary solution to keep package search?

P.S. disabeling search for packages only didn't work for me.

and re-login.

The menu is finally usable.

[skybluenova]

I was running into the same problems. This happened "alln of a sudden", as I could type in whatever I wanted in the search box before, but today it just started behaving as also the others here have experienced it. So I modified the applications.py as adefigo suggested, et voilá the search does not hang anymore (I did not use package search anyways) .. great fix. I'm still wondering why I had no problems before and from today on things did not work -

Best
Dennis

[msbln]

Is there any word on an official fix? The code workaround works for me, but I quite like being able to search packages from the mintMenu (when it doesn't freeze) so it's a shame to lose this feature.

Also, it is possible to recover from this crash without resetting X/the computer by dropping into a terminal and killing the mintMenu process.

If you don't know how to do that: press ctrl-alt-F1 to switch to terminal 1. Log in, and type

Code: Select all

killall mintmenu

Press ctrl-alt-F7 to switch back to your desktop. A dialogue will pop up asking if you want to reload mintMenu, click to reload and all should be well (till next time you try typing in a common word into the menu)

I like this idea most. It's simple and always handy to know.
Adefigos solution is subtle and works, at least until the next mint menu update.
As I don't want to repeat this workaround after every update,
I'll stick with Darksun's idea when the next hang occurs.

[ksfooo]

Linux Mint 11 Katya
Hi,
I have similar problem:
After I enter in the search Menu in Gnome "ca;c", whole system freezes. This happened, when I was looking for calculator and I missed the keyboard key "l".
I wanted to share this with you. Thanks

ksfooo