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Cinnamon «running in software rendering mode»

Post by martinwag » Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:31 am

After boot I get the message «running in software rendering mode . «. I know this has been asked many times, but every answer is either very specific or boils down to «install proprietary driver».

Normally, I’m using auto-logon. The error is gone when I log out and then log in again (witout rebooting). It’s also gone when enabling manual log in. So it seems to me that this is a timing problem, meaning it’s fixed by adding something like «sleep 1» in a config file.
How can I debug this? Where does Cinnamon write its log files? I can’t find anything in the syslog.

— Mint 18.3, freshly updated from 17.3. Everyting else works (as far as I have checked ).
— system infos

martin@mint-rot:~$ inxi -Fxz System: Host: mint-rot Kernel: 4.13.0-26-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7 (Gtk 2.24.30) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia Machine: Mobo: MSI model: 970A-G43 PLUS (MS-7974) v: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends v: V1.0 date: 12/17/2015 CPU: Octa core AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core (-MCP-) cache: 16384 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 51200 clock speeds: max: 3200 MHz 1: 1400 MHz 2: 1400 MHz 3: 1400 MHz 4: 1800 MHz 5: 1400 MHz 6: 1400 MHz 7: 1800 MHz 8: 1400 MHz Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Barts PRO [Radeon HD 6850] bus-ID: 01:00.0 Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x1024@60.02hz GLX Renderer: AMD BARTS (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.13.0-26-generic, LLVM 5.0.0) GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.4 Direct Rendering: Yes Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Barts HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6800 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1 Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-26-generic Network: Card-1: Techsan B2C2 FlexCopII DVB chip / Technisat SkyStar2 DVB card driver: b2c2_flexcop_pci port: d000 bus-ID: 03:06.0 IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: c000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 IF: eth1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: Card-3: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 06:00.0 IF: wlan0 state: down mac: Drives: HDD Total Size: 400.1GB (33.5% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD1600AAJS size: 160.0GB ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ADATA_SP550 size: 240.1GB Partition: ID-1: / size: 29G used: 17G (59%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5 ID-2: /home size: 144G used: 109G (81%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb6 RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: 29.0C gpu: 46.0 Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 701 fan-2: 0 fan-3: 602 Info: Processes: 235 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 1133.6/16051.3MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35 martin@mint-rot:~$ glxinfo | grep render direct rendering: Yes GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer, Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer): OpenGL renderer string: AMD BARTS (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.13.0-26-generic, LLVM 5.0.0) GL_ARB_conditional_render_inverted, GL_ARB_conservative_depth, GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, GL_ARB_conditional_render_inverted, GL_ARB_conservative_depth, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_OES_element_index_uint, GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap,

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Cinnamon running in software rendering mode SOLVED

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Cinnamon running in software rendering mode SOLVED

Post by TvdVijsel » Wed Dec 25, 2019 10:36 am

I have upgraded Mint v18.3 64b into v19.1 64b and up to v19.3.
Faced after upgrading to 19.1 an overall delay in mouse movements especial in Firefox.
The puzzle pieces in www.jigsawexplorer.com were jumping instead of smooth gliding in my default high resolution 1920×1200.
No solution found for this behaviour I went back to Mint v18.3 that was running smoother.
In the internet I found lots of same problems.
In v18.3 I switched the default login screen to a cloudy one and got the never before seen selection box for cinnamon (Ci) or cinnamon rendering mode (C2).
In the internet the rendering mode is said not to be for an older PC (mine is 10 years) so I selected the Ci mode.
This choice is default on every login until changed. Running cinnamon Ci all slides smooth. Running cinnamon C2 the mouse delays and jumps.
Next step was to upgrade to v19.1 64b again and now my mouse is still smooth sliding as in v18.3 under cinnamon Ci.
But I cannot find what version of cinnamon is running: Ci or C2?
After upgrading to v19.3 the smooth mouse is still present but where can I see what version of cinnamon I am running?
And where to find or how to get that v18.3 cinnamon mode switch box back at login in v19.3 for you never know??

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Re: Cinnamon running in mode

Post by gittiest personITW » Wed Dec 25, 2019 10:49 am

First of all, we know nothing about your system, so could you copy/paste the output of the following command in terminal.
Enclose it in the tag (5th from left, above).

Re: Cinnamon running in mode

Post by TvdVijsel » Wed Dec 25, 2019 11:08 am

On top of this I am running multiboot with Windows XP, W7, W10 (never been any problem at all) and have a KVM Sweex switch for mouse, keyboard en screen on PS2 and VGA to run my second PC. The KVM does all the tricks in Windows using the GPU to send all information but Linux sees no screen (ACER AL2416W) so it does not support screen resolution nor color, brightness, contrast setting. Had to add some lines in xorg.conf to get that maximum 1920×1200 resolution which works well in Mint since v17 and also in v18 and v19.

System: Host: intel-desktop Kernel: 5.3.0-24-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.5 Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: N/A model: N/A serial: BIOS: Intel v: GTG4310H.86A.0028.2010.0108.1147 date: 01/08/2010 CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E7500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: A L2 cache: 3072 KiB flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11733 Speed: 1600 MHz min/max: 1596/2926 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1600 2: 1600 Graphics: Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: intel resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G45/G43 v: 2.1 Mesa 19.0.8 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801JI HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.3.0-24-generic Network: Device-1: Intel 82567V-2 Gigabit Network driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f0c0 bus ID: 00:19.0 IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.89 TiB used: 430.78 GiB (22.2%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 size: 298.09 GiB ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100 size: 931.51 GiB ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD1200JD-75GBB0 size: 111.76 GiB ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB model: Freecom Mobile Drive XXS size: 596.17 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 39.94 GiB used: 27.16 GiB (68.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 ID-2: swap-1 size: 9.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda7 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 183 Uptime: 1h 48m Memory: 3.75 GiB used: 1.21 GiB (32.3%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.4.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 inxi: 3.0.32

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Mint 19.1 «software rendering mode» running on VirtualBox

Post by D-Train1961 » Fri Mar 22, 2019 4:45 pm

Hi guys,
This is my first post here and I’m not sure if the issue I’m having is a Mint 17 issue or a VirtualBox 6 issue.
So I’ve installed Mint Cinnamon 17 and am running it on VirtualBox version 6.0
After I installed it I ran the installation CD that was already on the desktop to install the full working version rather than the trial version.
Anyway, I installed the «guest additions CD» to get it to run full screen on my laptop. The problem is I’m getting the message «Running in software rendering mode» message but the video drivers I’m running are the VirtualBox drivers so I’m not sure if there is a way to run native Linux drivers when I’m running in VirtualBox. I’ve tried running inxi -Gx and it shows that I’m running the InnoteK Virtualbox Graphics Adapter drivers.
So basically I need to know if this is a VirtualBox issue? Am I forced to using the VirtualBox display adapter drivers or can I run native drivers right in Mint?
I’ve also run the software updates until it says I’m up to date so.
Thanks!

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Re: Mint 17 running on VirtualBox

Post by xenopeek » Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:05 pm

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