Window effects dont work

[Fennix900]

I can choose the effects but they dont take effect.
I have the recommended nvidia driver version and the newest linux mint version
[SOLVED]

[motoryzen]

Please read that part in pink background above that literally says " how to get help" it's a link. At least specifically most when they mention this here..they mean step number 5.

TLDR= you given us no info other than you're using the newest Linux Mint. Desktop? Mate? Cinnamon?. Xfce?? Details matter. No insult meant but we cannot read you mind and otherwise we'll be just guessing and speculating...wasting time.

[Fennix900]

Im really sorry
Im using Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon
I have the RTX3070
Ryzen 7 5800x
32GB DDR4 Ram
A Nvme ssd

[SMG]

Im using Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

Please give us information about your install by entering this command in a terminal: inxi -Fxxxrz
Click </> from the mini toolbar above the textbox where you type your reply and then place your cursor between the code markers and paste the results of the command between the code markers [code]Results[/code]. This will let us know how Mint sees your hardware.

[motoryzen]

Helpful hint.

After you've clicked that </> button. press that space bar a few times. , then go to your terminal command window, paste that inxi -Fxxxrz, press enter, highlight all the results, " copy" , come back here and paste" like smg explained.

[Fennix900]

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-94-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 wm: muffin 5.0.2 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Alienware product: Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition 
  v: 2.2.4 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Alienware model: 0TYR0X v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Alienware 
  v: 2.2.4 date: 11/12/2021 
CPU:
  Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Zen 3 L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 121367 
  Speed: 3593 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 3588 2: 3589 3: 3586 4: 3590 5: 3606 6: 3605 7: 3591 8: 3589 9: 3592 
  10: 3603 11: 3631 12: 3600 13: 3615 14: 3593 15: 3590 16: 3592 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 470.86 bus ID: 0b:00.0 
  chip ID: 10de:2484 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: nvidia 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 2560x1440~144Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.86 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 0b:00.1 chip ID: 10de:228b 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 0d:00.4 chip ID: 1022:1487 
  Device-3: Razer USA Razer Seiren X type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 3-4:4 chip ID: 1532:0511 
  serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-94-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:2600 
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: f000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
  chip ID: 168c:0042 
  IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-9:3 
  chip ID: 0cf3:e009 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 134.63 GiB (14.1%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: PM9A1 NVMe 1024GB 
  size: 953.87 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 36307029 
  scheme: GPT 
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device driver: N/A v: N/A 
  port: N/A bus ID: 02:00.1 chip ID: 1022.43bd rev: 01 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 234.40 GiB used: 134.59 GiB (57.4%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 0.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30% 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris-team-lutris-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lutris-team/lutris/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openrazer-daily-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openrazer/daily/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openrazer-stable-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openrazer/stable/ubuntu focal main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teejee2008-ppa-focal.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/teejee2008/ppa/ubuntu focal main
Info:
  Processes: 363 Uptime: 13h 57m Memory: 31.28 GiB used: 7.12 GiB (22.8%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38  

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System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-94-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 wm: muffin 5.0.2 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
CPU:
  Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Zen 3 L2 cache: 4096 KiB 

Please upgrade to using a newer kernel. Your Ryzen 5000 series is much newer than the 5.4 kernel and thus it does not have necessary hardware support for your CPU. I"m not sure that kernel has the full necessary support for your GPU either.

Instructions for upgrading to the 5.13 kernel:

• Open Update Manager.
• Select View > Linux Kernels and click Continue.
• Make sure 5.13 is selected on the left panel and then click the top-most option on the right panel. An "Install" button will appear.
• Install the kernel and then reboot for it to become active.

Let us know if that clears the issue.

[Fennix900]

when I just reboot nothing happens.
When I choose the newest kernel, my second display does not turn on and my main display is recognized as a laptop (30 hz less)

[SMG]

when I just reboot nothing happens.
When I choose the newest kernel, my second display does not turn on and my main display is recognized as a laptop (30 hz less)

That may be an issue with how the Nvidia driver files rebuilt themselves for the newer kernel. I think your problem is similar to the one in this topic [SOLVED] NVIDIA driver failing sometimes on boot ("no hardware acceleration"). Let us know if the fix roblm recommends in the second post addresses the issue for you.

Making that change will make sure the nouveau driver files do not load before the nvidia driver files which is probably what happened.

[Fennix900]

I tried, nothing happened

[SMG]

I tried, nothing happened

Please provide the output of inxi -SMCGx

[Fennix900]

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 System:
  Host: fennix900-Aurora Kernel: 5.13.0-27-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Alienware product: Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition 
  v: 2.2.4 serial: <superuser/root required> 
  Mobo: Alienware model: 0TYR0X v: A00 serial: <superuser/root required> 
  UEFI: Alienware v: 2.2.4 date: 11/12/2021 
CPU:
  Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Zen 3 L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 121380 
  Speed: 2234 MHz min/max: 2200/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2235 2: 2235 
  3: 2232 4: 2787 5: 2233 6: 2235 7: 2231 8: 2793 9: 2236 10: 2235 11: 2785 
  12: 2232 13: 2227 14: 2794 15: 2233 16: 2244 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Dell driver: N/A bus ID: 0b:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: fbdev,nouveau 
  unloaded: modesetting,vesa resolution: 3440x1440~89Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 
  direct render: Yes 

[SMG]

There is no graphics driver showing as loaded.

Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: Dell driver: N/A bus ID: 0b:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: fbdev,nouveau
unloaded: modesetting,vesa resolution: 3440x1440~89Hz
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3
direct render: Yes

I'm not sure what may have happened. Please provide the output of dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia, mokutil --sb-state, and cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log.

[Fennix900]

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ii  libnvidia-cfg1-470:amd64                   470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-470                       470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
ii  libnvidia-compute-470:amd64                470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-470:i386                 470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
rc  libnvidia-compute-495:amd64                495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-470:amd64                 470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-decode-470:i386                  470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-encode-470:amd64                 470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-encode-470:i386                  470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-470:amd64                  470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-470:amd64                   470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-470:i386                    470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-470:amd64                     470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-gl-470:i386                      470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-ifr1-470:amd64                   470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii  libnvidia-ifr1-470:i386                    470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-470-5.4.0-94-generic  5.4.0-94.106                          amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.4.0-94
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-470-5.4.0-96-generic  5.4.0-96.109                          amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.4.0-96
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-470-generic           5.4.0-96.109                          amd64        Extra drivers for nvidia-470 for the generic flavour
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-470-5.4.0-94-generic  5.4.0-94.106                          amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.4.0-94 (objects)
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-470-5.4.0-96-generic  5.4.0-96.109                          amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.4.0-96 (objects)
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-5.4.0-94-generic   5.4.0-94.106                          amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.4.0-94-generic
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-5.4.0-96-generic   5.4.0-96.109                          amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.4.0-96-generic
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-470                   470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
rc  nvidia-compute-utils-495                   495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
rc  nvidia-dkms-470                            470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
rc  nvidia-dkms-495                            495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-driver-470                          470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-470                   470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
rc  nvidia-kernel-common-495                   495.46-0ubuntu0.20.04.1               amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-470                   470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-prime                               0.8.16~0.20.04.1                      all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-prime-applet                        1.2.9                                 all          An applet for NVIDIA Prime
ii  nvidia-settings                            470.57.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.2            amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-470                           470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  screen-resolution-extra                    0.18build1                            all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470              470.86-0ubuntu0.20.04.2               amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

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log_file: /var/log/gpu-manager.log
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
can't access /run/u-d-c-nvidia-was-loaded file
can't access /opt/amdgpu-pro/bin/amdgpu-pro-px
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.13.0-27-generic/kernel
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.13.0-27-generic/updates/dkms
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.13.0-27-generic/kernel
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.13.0-27-generic/updates/dkms
Is nvidia loaded? no
Was nvidia unloaded? no
Is nvidia blacklisted? no
Is intel loaded? no
Is radeon loaded? no
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu loaded? no
Is amdgpu blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu versioned? no
Is amdgpu pro stack? no
Is nouveau loaded? no
Is nouveau blacklisted? yes
Is nvidia kernel module available? no
Is amdgpu kernel module available? no
Vendor/Device Id: 10de:2484
BusID "PCI:11@0:0:0"
Is boot vga? yes
Error: can't access /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:0b:00.0/driver
The device is not bound to any driver.
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Does it require offloading? no
last cards number = 1
Has amd? no
Has intel? no
Has nvidia? yes
How many cards? 1
Has the system changed? No
Single card detected
Nothing to do

[Fennix900]

Update: I fixed the "Laptop" bug
Im in the newest kernal now with the recommended NVIDIA Driver (4.70) installed like I have had in my kernel before
But the window effects still dont take effect

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But the window effects still dont take effect

Please describe what windows effects you are wanting to work that do not work. You indicated in your first post that you could choose the effect, but it didn't work. The Windows Effects in Cinnamon are turned on by default, so I am not sure what you are choosing.

[Fennix900]

When I minimize/maximize/close/... windows, they do that instantly
When I change the fx or turn them to custom nothing changes
Like there are never smooth transitions or animations although I choosed them

[SMG]

When I change the fx or turn them to custom nothing changes
Like there are never smooth transitions or animations although I choosed them

I opened the Effects app in LM20.3.

In the Windows Effects options there are None, Traditional, and Fly for Minimize and Closing windows. Where are you setting these to "custom"?

[smurphos]

In the Windows Effects options there are None, Traditional, and Fly for Minimize and Closing windows. Where are you setting these to "custom"?

Effects very vastly simplified between Cinnamon 5.0 and 5.2. prior to 5.2 there was a lot more customisation available.

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Effects very vastly simplified between Cinnamon 5.0 and 5.2. prior to 5.2 there was a lot more customisation available.

I thought I recalled there being more effects in the past (although I do not recall a "custom" option), but I never used them so I wasn't sure.