[SOLVED]mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch click
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[SOLVED]mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch click
When I launch Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop and click the mintMenu icon for the very first time (whether it is immediately after starting Linux Mint or 5 - 10 minutes later), the menu icon hover background remains for about 3 seconds and disappears and the mintMenu box does not open. After the background hover color disappears, I click the menu icon again and mintMenu works perfectly then and for the rest of the session. This issue is every time I start Linux Mint. Mutiple clicks of the menu icon at startup does not help either.... just still have to wait 3-4 seconds before 1 of the clicks takes.
Has anyone else experienced this issue? I have an older GeForce 6200 video card.
It may be Gnome 3 related, because when I am in Gnome Shell at start-up and click the Activities button or swipe the upper left corner, I experience a similar result trying to access the whateveryoumightcallit app icon screen.
I'm not sure if this is video card related, slower processor related, or if there is a hack to correct. Any help would be appreciated as it is annoying as one of the first experiences at startup.
Has anyone else experienced this issue? I have an older GeForce 6200 video card.
It may be Gnome 3 related, because when I am in Gnome Shell at start-up and click the Activities button or swipe the upper left corner, I experience a similar result trying to access the whateveryoumightcallit app icon screen.
I'm not sure if this is video card related, slower processor related, or if there is a hack to correct. Any help would be appreciated as it is annoying as one of the first experiences at startup.
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Re: mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch click
I think vga driver problem , if you are using proprietary driver , update to latest NVIDIA drivers. If already the latest , try using nouveau driver.
Check your vga driver with :
Check your vga driver with :
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inxi -Gx
Re: mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch click
Here is what I have:
$ inxi -Gx
Graphics: Card-1: nVidia NV44A [GeForce 6200] bus-ID: 00:0a.0
Card-2: VIA CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org 1.10.4 drivers nvidia unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau Resolution 1280x1024@50.0hz
GLX Renderer GeForce 6200/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 2.1.2 NVIDIA 280.13 Direct Rendering Yes
$ inxi -Gx
Graphics: Card-1: nVidia NV44A [GeForce 6200] bus-ID: 00:0a.0
Card-2: VIA CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org 1.10.4 drivers nvidia unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau Resolution 1280x1024@50.0hz
GLX Renderer GeForce 6200/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 2.1.2 NVIDIA 280.13 Direct Rendering Yes
Re: mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch click
Disable On board VGA ( VIA ) in BIOS.
If you are want to used latest driver ( 290.10 ) , you can add ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
run update manager. If update manager didn't find nvidia 290, run synaptic , search nvidia 290.10 and install it, you maybe need remove nvidia 280.13 .
Restart . and check with inxi -Gx again.
If you are want to used latest driver ( 290.10 ) , you can add ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
Restart . and check with inxi -Gx again.
Re: mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch click
I updated to latest driver, but do not know how to disable on board VGA. The result is the issue still exists
$ inxi -Gx
Graphics: Card-1: nVidia NV44A [GeForce 6200] bus-ID: 00:0a.0
Card-2: VIA CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org 1.10.4 drivers nvidia unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau Resolution 1280x1024@50.0hz
GLX Renderer GeForce 6200/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 2.1.2 NVIDIA 290.10 Direct Rendering Yes
$ inxi -Gx
Graphics: Card-1: nVidia NV44A [GeForce 6200] bus-ID: 00:0a.0
Card-2: VIA CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org 1.10.4 drivers nvidia unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau Resolution 1280x1024@50.0hz
GLX Renderer GeForce 6200/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 2.1.2 NVIDIA 290.10 Direct Rendering Yes
Re: mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch click
Disable onboard VGA in BIOS depend your BIOS/Mainboard manufacture. Check manual of your mainboard.
Did you see performance improved or better color correction by latest drivers
Did you see performance improved or better color correction by latest drivers
Re: mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch click
First, relative to improved performance and colors... I suppose, but nothing shockingly different. I suppose things might look a bit more rich, but now too late to remember how things were before, same goes for performance.
I figured out how to get to my BIOS... here were the only lines that referenced VGA:
Assign IRQ for VGA <enabled>
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop <disabled>
VGA share memory size <64M>
So still not sure how to disable on board VGA.
I figured out how to get to my BIOS... here were the only lines that referenced VGA:
Assign IRQ for VGA <enabled>
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop <disabled>
VGA share memory size <64M>
So still not sure how to disable on board VGA.
Re: mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch click
To onboard VGA change VGA share memory size to 0 MB.
is better or not before installing NVIDIA driver ( at first install )
If you don't remember , launch LIVE CD again and see the different. Live cd /first install using Nouveau (open source )driver.
If better you can try uninstall /deactivated NVIDIA driver from "additional driver"
You need restart after deactivate NVIDIA driver.
check your driver after that with inxi -Gx . It something like :
drivers nouveau unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nvidia
GLX Renderer Gallium 3D at NV44A Direct Rendering Yes
In my experience ( not much ) : nouveau has better compatibility , NVIDIA has better performance
is better or not before installing NVIDIA driver ( at first install )
If you don't remember , launch LIVE CD again and see the different. Live cd /first install using Nouveau (open source )driver.
If better you can try uninstall /deactivated NVIDIA driver from "additional driver"
You need restart after deactivate NVIDIA driver.
check your driver after that with inxi -Gx . It something like :
drivers nouveau unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nvidia
GLX Renderer Gallium 3D at NV44A Direct Rendering Yes
In my experience ( not much ) : nouveau has better compatibility , NVIDIA has better performance
[SOLVED]Re: mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch c
So I removed the Proprietary Nvidia Driver and switched to Nouveau... it did not fix mintMenu issue and noticed graphics effects slightly more jerky.
Then I went back to the BIOS and when I clicked <64M> for VGA Share Memory Size, it gave me a multiple choice selection and I was able to choose <disabled>.
This fixed the problem with mintMenu... but graphics were still a bit jerky so went back to the Proprietary Nvidia driver. Now my (old) system is perfect, so thanks for the guidance. In fact I think my system is better now than ever (in the 4 or so years I've owned this economy system) now that those 64MB of VGA memory have been freed back to my system.
Then I went back to the BIOS and when I clicked <64M> for VGA Share Memory Size, it gave me a multiple choice selection and I was able to choose <disabled>.
This fixed the problem with mintMenu... but graphics were still a bit jerky so went back to the Proprietary Nvidia driver. Now my (old) system is perfect, so thanks for the guidance. In fact I think my system is better now than ever (in the 4 or so years I've owned this economy system) now that those 64MB of VGA memory have been freed back to my system.
Re: [SOLVED]mintMenu delay/does not open with first launch c
Glad could be helping
You are lucky you can have an option to disable onboard graphic in BIOS. A lot of another Mint user didn't have this option on Hybrid Graphic Notebook.
You are lucky you can have an option to disable onboard graphic in BIOS. A lot of another Mint user didn't have this option on Hybrid Graphic Notebook.