Cinnamon Desktop broken since upgrade to Kernel 5.15.0-69

[understater]

Hi,

today (2023.03.28) my Cinnamon Mint PC got an Update to new Kernel 5.15.0-69.
Update finished as usual with the recommendation to reboot, what I did. System booted well until the moment when I pressed return after my Password.
There is only a black screen and the usual messages popping up in the right lower corner (like "Network is up" etc.)
I used [ALT] + [F2] to start that tiny command window and hit "r" to reboot cinnamon. That brought at least the Windows of the auto-stared Apps on the screen, however: taskbar, background, desktop icons, applets, desclets etc. are still not working.
Fast fix was to activate the grub menu and to boot into the old kernel. (Good idea to have another PC and the ssh server running on my Mint-PC)
PC setup is like:

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System:    Kernel: 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
           Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM
           Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-9400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check
           rev: A cache: L2: 9 MiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 34798
           Speed: 3845 MHz min/max: 800/4100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3845 2: 3987 3: 3993
           4: 3978 5: 3931 6: 3917
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
           vendor: Holco Enterprise Co /Shuttle CometLake-S driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
           chip-ID: 8086:3e92
           Device-2: Logitech Webcam C930e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9:5
           chip-ID: 046d:0843
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
           resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1200~60Hz s-dpi: 96
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5
           direct render: Yes

On an other PC with different CPU and Graphics the Kernel works fine:

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-69-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 cache:
    L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2677 high: 2700 min/max: 800/3600 cores: 1: 2659 2: 2649 3: 2700 4: 2700
    bogomips: 25599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Fujitsu Solutions driver: i915 v: kernel ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1912
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: Acer S220HQL res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102
    diag: 547mm (21.5")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes

Where can I find the cinnamon logs?
Anyone with similar problems?

[Pjotr]

Only a full inxi -Fxpmrz output is adequate information. No selections.

[understater]

Sorry, didn't noticed that in the rules. But I'm still worried about giving so much information.

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System:    Kernel: 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 tk: GTK 3.24.33
           wm: muffin dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Shuttle product: DH370 v: V1.0 serial: <filter>
           Mobo: Shuttle model: DH370 v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.06 date: 03/24/2020
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 2S serial: <filter>
           charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i5-9400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check rev: A cache: L2: 9 MiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 34798
           Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 800/4100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 1664
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Holco Enterprise Co /Shuttle CometLake-S driver: i915
           v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e92 class-ID: 0300
           Device-2: Logitech Webcam C930e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9:5 chip-ID: 046d:0843
           class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz
           2: 1920x1200~60Hz s-dpi: 96
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Holco Enterprise Co /Shuttle driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
           Device-2: Yealink Network Yealink WH66 type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usb-storage,usbhid
           bus-ID: 1-7.3:6 chip-ID: 6993:b02b class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
           Device-3: Logitech Webcam C930e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9:5 chip-ID: 046d:0843
           class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-67-generic running: yes
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
           Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:   Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Holco Enterprise Co /Shuttle driver: igb v: kernel port: 3000
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
           IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Device-2: ASIX AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet type: USB driver: ax88179_178a bus-ID: 2-4:3 chip-ID: 0b95:1790
           class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
           IF: enxf8e43b0f53c7 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
           IF-ID-2: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
           IF-ID-3: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 127.21 GiB (53.3%)
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1014 size: 238.47 GiB speed: 15.8 Gb/s
           lanes: 2 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 20110000 temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / size: 85.03 GiB used: 52.12 GiB (61.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: nvme0n1p3_crypt
           ID-2: /boot size: 920.7 MiB used: 515.6 MiB (56.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
           ID-3: /boot/efi size: 486 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:     Packages: 2942 apt: 2917 flatpak: 25
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
           1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
           1: deb https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/linuxmint vera main upstream import backport
           2: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
           3: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
           4: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
           1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:      Processes: 363 Uptime: 3h 37m wakeups: 8 Memory: 15.06 GiB used: 5.19 GiB (34.5%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5
           Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12/9 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.08

[Pjotr]

Nothing alarming in the inxi output, as far as I can see.... Although a complication might arise because of you having an encrypted file system and a rather smallish /boot partition. Space shortage might occur. But I have no experience with encrypted systems, so I'll leave it at that.

It might simply be a quirk in the -69 kernel, which affects your particular hardware combination. I recommend to blacklist the -69 kernel in Update Manager and to wait for the next kernel update.

Alternatively, as you have rather new hardware, you might try a kernel from a newer series:
Update Manager - panel: View - Linux kernels
Install the latest kernel of the 5.19 series. Then reboot and test.

[understater]

Thank you Pjotr!

I will blacklist the kernel. If I run into the same problem on an other, less needed, system I will try the 5.19 kernel solution. Up to now 2 of 3 of my computers had no probs with the new kernel.

[understater]

To all who might experienced similar:
Problem seems to be solved without further action from my side.
Boot with older kernel worked fine for the rest of the day. About 6 hours later that day, the PC got updates for the docker environment, according to the update logs.
Today I booted the PC, but missed the grub menu. So the PC ran into kernel 5.15.0-69 and , surprise! : cinnamon worked fine.

[Cosmo.]

Sounds like a docker issue, not a Cinnamon or kernel issue.

[Moem]

But I'm still worried about giving so much information.

There's no need to be. If you read the output carefully, you'll see that it says <filter> here and there. That's where the parameters of the inxi command are removing risky bits of information.