Ginn on linux mint (disabling synaptic?)

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2013-08
  • So8res

    I'm trying to get ginn to work in a new Linux Mint 13 (Cinnamon) install.

    Apparently, ginn's use of evdev conflicts with standard synaptic functionality.

    When I run ginn, it doesn't seem to detect any touchpad taps or gestures of any sort. (I'm assuming that ginn alone outputs debug information whenever you touch the touchpad, but I'm not sure about this, because I've never seen a working instance of ginn running.)

    How do I get ginn working? If it requires disabling synaptic, how do I do that so that ginn can handle the touchpad?

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    About once a day the UI will completely freeze - except the mouse will move. It won't respond to any clicks or any keyboard ctrl+alt+delete, so I can't actually DO anything, but the mouse does move. Also, if I'm listening to music, that'll keep playing..

    I am running an ssh server on that box and I can ssh into the server while this is running.

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  • slhck

    There is another way besides putting it to sleep.

    Press Ctrl-Alt-F1, login. Type 

    sudo killall gnome-shell

    Then, press Ctrl-Alt-F7. And everything should be fine again, but it's pretty annoying to it this often.

  • Andy

    Happens to me too on my laptop. I found out that putting it to sleep and waking it up gets things going again. It doesn't fix it, but avoids data loss from rebooting.

  • j-a

    In short: try just type your password, press enter. This worked for me and I had all of the same symptoms:

    • UI will completely freeze: x
    • except the mouse will move: x
    • won't respond to any clicks or keyboard: x
    • not even ctrl+alt+delete: x
    • music will continue play: x

    This won't answer "how to debug this" but it may get your computer usable without having to resort to killing anything, so that you can begin to debug this.

    You are not telling us if this happens suddenly while doing something, or if it happens if you leave the computer for a little bit.

    In my case, this happens if I leave for a short time. I.e. when I come back, the screen looks exactly as when I left it and it won't respond to anything - yet I can move the mouse.

    What I found out is that for some reason it is only rendering that frame over and over, however beneath it is all active. It is actually prompting me for a password and all I need to do is enter it in the dark and then it is all functioning again.