cinnamon: crashes when pressing the [Windows] key

[od4knb]

Problem

When pressing the [Windows] key, to open the LM menu, the message panel "Cinnamon just crashed" is shown.

Reproduction

• boot from .iso file Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon beta using a Ventoy 1.1.10 bootloader
• install [veracrypt-1.26.24-Ubuntu-24.04-amd64.deb] using Captain GUI installer
• check: Veracrypt is installed OK
• note: the Veracrypt GUI is not started
• open Xed
• open Archive manager
• open Firefox
• open Terminal
• press [Windows] key
• the message panel "Cinnamon just crashed" is shown, containing the message:

You are currently running in fallback mode.
If you suspect the source of <...> using the checkbox below.
Do you want to restart Cinnamon?

• click the □ before "Disable downloaded applets, desklets and extensions"
• click the [Yes] button
• check: everything works normally
• check: the taskbar is OK
• note: the "Ibus" icon has appeared in the system tray (clapper with green dot)
• left-click the Ibus icon
• check: a [English - English (US)] button appears in the left-above corner of the desktop
• click the [English - English (US)] button
• check: noting happens
• right-click the Ibus icon
• check: a menu with the options "Preferences, Emoji Choice, About, Restart, Quit" appears in the left-above corner of the desktop
• go to [LM menu\Administration\Software Information\Crash reports]
• check: the following report is shown:

Sat 2025-12-27 14:52:30 CET 2110 /usr/bin/cinnamon

• note: the log is in the "Information" section below

Information

Crash Report

2025-12-27-14.52-Crash-Report-Cinnamon-on-Linux-Mint-22.3-beta-Cinnamon.log

Inxi

2025-12-27-12.20-Inxi-Asus-P5G31.log

Keyboard

Dell SK-8115, US International, 105 keys, USB 2.0

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Kind regards, Odie

[mtwebster]

Can you please upload the ~/.xsession-errors log, at least from the start of the session (it gets created new when you log in) until the crash.

Thanks!

[od4knb]

Dear Michael,

I tried to reproduce the situation before the crash, but I failed. When I press the [Windows] key now, the LM menu is opened normally. Sorry.

For the wishlist: put the data in ~/.xsession-errors in [LM menu\Administration\Software Information\Crash reports].

KUTGW, Odie

Off topic: Where can I post something for the "Wishlist" for the LM beta version? My issue #52 was closed with a tag "not a bug".