Hi, I'm posting here after a couple hours searching the forums and other online resources. Looks like people don't run (yet ?) much into the issue. I have a very recent (december 2014) retina macbook pro with Yosemite inside and Parallels 10. With three systems (Ubuntu 14.10, Mint (17 ?) and Debian Jessie), I experience random UI lock ups, all the while using the Cinnamon desktop. For various reasons, I decided to standardize my dev. env on debian/Jessie and will not insist on Ubuntu nor Mint right now. The lock up happens quite irregularly. I have had full days without a hitch, and some days I had to reboot several times a day to get unstuck. When the lockup happens, the system still works (e.g. I can also ssh to it and "gdm3 restart" fixes the issue, at the cost of my current X session). At times, It seemed like switching from/to energy saving mode made the issue appear quickly, but I believe it also can lock with the mac being on sector all the time. I havent a lot of clues about the pb. I suspect (wild guesses ahead) a problem with the 3D/Opengl side of things, because Cinnamon makes some use of it, but I can hardly correlate it. I should probably try to run with 3D disabled for some time and report back here. In the mean time, if some people have heard of this, I'd like to know Regards, Aurélien.
I note that I gave just 256 Mb of video RAM to the guest. Could a low amount of video memory cause such a freeze ? OTOH I did run a couple of webgl demos in firefox, without triggering anything.
I am also seeing lockups - Mint Cinnamon and Parallels 10. Seems random and not as frequent on Mint Mate. I usually get i while on battery power. Non-Retina Macbook Pro.
I've since switched to the "notion" window manager (an old tiling crude thing) and haven't seen a lockup since. SterlingG: do you still see the lockup after the recent parallels upgrade ? I've forgotten the exact description but it alluded to a possible problem related to graphic adapter switching between battery/sector mode causing problems. Could be somewhat related to these lockups.
Yes - I am running latest Parallels 10 update with updated tools. I don't see the issue if the tools are not installed. I also haven't seen it that I remember on OpenSuse
