[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1770850] Re: Login Screen text missing
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1760201 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760201 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1760201 ubuntu 18.04 GDM - missing icons and letters on login screen with nouveau + Wayland -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770850 Title: Login Screen text missing Status in gdm package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After updating to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS the login screen shows no user names, just the user icons. In the follow up screen some letters are missing e.g. "Cancel" is written "Ca l ", see screenshots. https://www.pic-upload.de/view-35312811/ubuntu18.04.login-screen.png.html If I toggle the text settings "large texts = on/off" the texts appear. (In this dropdown menu single letters are missing, too.) So I think it might be a rendering problem. Any hints? Thanks in advance... I am not sure if this is a bug by ubuntu or by me. The output of dpkg -l | grep dm: ii bsdmainutils11.1.2ubuntu1 amd64collection of more utilities from FreeBSD ii cups-ipp-utils 2.2.7-1ubuntu2 amd64Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - IPP developer/admin utilities ii dmeventd 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper event daemon ii dmidecode 3.1-1 amd64SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ii dmsetup 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library ii dmz-cursor-theme0.4.5ubuntu1 all Style neutral, scalable cursor theme ii ebtables 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu2 amd64Ethernet bridge frame table administration ii gdm3 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GObject introspection data for the GNOME Display Manager ii iptables 1.6.1-2ubuntu2 amd64administration tools for packet filtering and NAT ii libdmapsharing-3.0-2:amd64 2.9.39-2 amd64DMAP client and server library - runtime rc libdmtx0a:amd64 0.7.4-2 amd64Data Matrix barcodes (runtime library) ii libgdm1 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager (shared library) ii liblightdm-gobject-1-0:amd64 1.26.0-0ubuntu1 amd64LightDM GObject client library ii liblouisutdml-bin 2.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation utilities ii liblouisutdml-data 2.7.0-1 all Braille UTDML translation library - data ii liblouisutdml8:amd642.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation library - shared libs ii libnfsidmap2:amd64 0.25-5.1 amd64NFS idmapping library ii libpod-readme-perl 1.1.2-2 all Perl module to convert POD to README file ii libquadmath0:amd64 8-20180414-1ubuntu2 amd64GCC Quad-Precision Math Library ii librdmacm1:amd6417.1-1 amd64Library for managing RDMA connections ii libwildmidi-config 0.4.2-1 all software MIDI player configuration rc libwildmidi1:amd64 0.3.8-2 amd64software MIDI player library ii libwildmidi2:amd64 0.4.2-1 amd64software MIDI player
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1770850] Re: Login Screen text missing
Reinstalling ubuntu-desktop didn't change anything. So I tried to find other posts with the same problem. It seems my English was not good enough to use the best keywords in the previous searches. But this time I found something new: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029784/ubuntu-18-04-missing-letters-in-login-screen/1034235 Especially the picture there look exactly like mine. And that pointed me to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1760201 So I tried setting WaylandEnable=false and it seems to work I do not understand what that will do and the it feels more like a workaround than a fix, but that's god enough for me. Maybe this will help your analysis of the root cause. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770850 Title: Login Screen text missing Status in gdm package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After updating to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS the login screen shows no user names, just the user icons. In the follow up screen some letters are missing e.g. "Cancel" is written "Ca l ", see screenshots. https://www.pic-upload.de/view-35312811/ubuntu18.04.login-screen.png.html If I toggle the text settings "large texts = on/off" the texts appear. (In this dropdown menu single letters are missing, too.) So I think it might be a rendering problem. Any hints? Thanks in advance... I am not sure if this is a bug by ubuntu or by me. The output of dpkg -l | grep dm: ii bsdmainutils11.1.2ubuntu1 amd64collection of more utilities from FreeBSD ii cups-ipp-utils 2.2.7-1ubuntu2 amd64Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - IPP developer/admin utilities ii dmeventd 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper event daemon ii dmidecode 3.1-1 amd64SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ii dmsetup 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library ii dmz-cursor-theme0.4.5ubuntu1 all Style neutral, scalable cursor theme ii ebtables 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu2 amd64Ethernet bridge frame table administration ii gdm3 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GObject introspection data for the GNOME Display Manager ii iptables 1.6.1-2ubuntu2 amd64administration tools for packet filtering and NAT ii libdmapsharing-3.0-2:amd64 2.9.39-2 amd64DMAP client and server library - runtime rc libdmtx0a:amd64 0.7.4-2 amd64Data Matrix barcodes (runtime library) ii libgdm1 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager (shared library) ii liblightdm-gobject-1-0:amd64 1.26.0-0ubuntu1 amd64LightDM GObject client library ii liblouisutdml-bin 2.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation utilities ii liblouisutdml-data 2.7.0-1 all Braille UTDML translation library - data ii liblouisutdml8:amd642.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation library - shared libs ii libnfsidmap2:amd64 0.25-5.1 amd64NFS idmapping library ii libpod-readme-perl 1.1.2-2 all Perl module to convert POD to README file ii libquadmath0:amd64 8-20180414-1ubuntu2 amd64GCC Quad-Precision Math Library ii librdmacm1:amd6417.1-1 amd64Library for managing RDMA
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1770850] Re: Login Screen text missing
Thank your for the fast answers. I have to admit I am just an Ubuntu user not an expert, so your recommendations were difficult for me. What would "startx" do? My login screen is strange, but afterwards graphical desktop is running. In another thread I found for "reinstall ubuntu": sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop sudo apt-get build-dep ubuntu-desktop Correct? Afterwards I'll look what "gtkorphan & bleachbit" mean. Additional remark: I am using the cinnamon desktop. Sorry, I forgot to mention that. Can that be the reason that some recommended packages were not installed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770850 Title: Login Screen text missing Status in gdm package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After updating to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS the login screen shows no user names, just the user icons. In the follow up screen some letters are missing e.g. "Cancel" is written "Ca l ", see screenshots. https://www.pic-upload.de/view-35312811/ubuntu18.04.login-screen.png.html If I toggle the text settings "large texts = on/off" the texts appear. (In this dropdown menu single letters are missing, too.) So I think it might be a rendering problem. Any hints? Thanks in advance... I am not sure if this is a bug by ubuntu or by me. The output of dpkg -l | grep dm: ii bsdmainutils11.1.2ubuntu1 amd64collection of more utilities from FreeBSD ii cups-ipp-utils 2.2.7-1ubuntu2 amd64Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - IPP developer/admin utilities ii dmeventd 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper event daemon ii dmidecode 3.1-1 amd64SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ii dmsetup 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library ii dmz-cursor-theme0.4.5ubuntu1 all Style neutral, scalable cursor theme ii ebtables 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu2 amd64Ethernet bridge frame table administration ii gdm3 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GObject introspection data for the GNOME Display Manager ii iptables 1.6.1-2ubuntu2 amd64administration tools for packet filtering and NAT ii libdmapsharing-3.0-2:amd64 2.9.39-2 amd64DMAP client and server library - runtime rc libdmtx0a:amd64 0.7.4-2 amd64Data Matrix barcodes (runtime library) ii libgdm1 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager (shared library) ii liblightdm-gobject-1-0:amd64 1.26.0-0ubuntu1 amd64LightDM GObject client library ii liblouisutdml-bin 2.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation utilities ii liblouisutdml-data 2.7.0-1 all Braille UTDML translation library - data ii liblouisutdml8:amd642.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation library - shared libs ii libnfsidmap2:amd64 0.25-5.1 amd64NFS idmapping library ii libpod-readme-perl 1.1.2-2 all Perl module to convert POD to README file ii libquadmath0:amd64 8-20180414-1ubuntu2 amd64GCC Quad-Precision Math Library ii librdmacm1:amd6417.1-1 amd64Library for managing RDMA connections ii libwildmidi-config
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1770850] Re: Login Screen text missing
Looks like the 'recommended' packages are not installed. Plymouth 'recommend' either plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text or plymouth-theme >From a tty console, run startx You can reinstall 'ubuntu-desktop' to see if other packages are also missing. Take time to clean the system after a dist-upgrade, via gtkorphan & bleachbit (as root, carefully select options) and reboot. Finally glance at warnings/errors via 'journalctl-b' ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770850 Title: Login Screen text missing Status in gdm package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After updating to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS the login screen shows no user names, just the user icons. In the follow up screen some letters are missing e.g. "Cancel" is written "Ca l ", see screenshots. https://www.pic-upload.de/view-35312811/ubuntu18.04.login-screen.png.html If I toggle the text settings "large texts = on/off" the texts appear. (In this dropdown menu single letters are missing, too.) So I think it might be a rendering problem. Any hints? Thanks in advance... I am not sure if this is a bug by ubuntu or by me. The output of dpkg -l | grep dm: ii bsdmainutils11.1.2ubuntu1 amd64collection of more utilities from FreeBSD ii cups-ipp-utils 2.2.7-1ubuntu2 amd64Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - IPP developer/admin utilities ii dmeventd 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper event daemon ii dmidecode 3.1-1 amd64SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ii dmsetup 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library ii dmz-cursor-theme0.4.5ubuntu1 all Style neutral, scalable cursor theme ii ebtables 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu2 amd64Ethernet bridge frame table administration ii gdm3 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GObject introspection data for the GNOME Display Manager ii iptables 1.6.1-2ubuntu2 amd64administration tools for packet filtering and NAT ii libdmapsharing-3.0-2:amd64 2.9.39-2 amd64DMAP client and server library - runtime rc libdmtx0a:amd64 0.7.4-2 amd64Data Matrix barcodes (runtime library) ii libgdm1 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager (shared library) ii liblightdm-gobject-1-0:amd64 1.26.0-0ubuntu1 amd64LightDM GObject client library ii liblouisutdml-bin 2.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation utilities ii liblouisutdml-data 2.7.0-1 all Braille UTDML translation library - data ii liblouisutdml8:amd642.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation library - shared libs ii libnfsidmap2:amd64 0.25-5.1 amd64NFS idmapping library ii libpod-readme-perl 1.1.2-2 all Perl module to convert POD to README file ii libquadmath0:amd64 8-20180414-1ubuntu2 amd64GCC Quad-Precision Math Library ii librdmacm1:amd6417.1-1 amd64Library for managing RDMA connections ii libwildmidi-config 0.4.2-1 all software MIDI player configuration rc libwildmidi1:amd64
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1770850] Re: Login Screen text missing
** Package changed: ubuntu => gdm (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770850 Title: Login Screen text missing Status in gdm package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After updating to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS the login screen shows no user names, just the user icons. In the follow up screen some letters are missing e.g. "Cancel" is written "Ca l ", see screenshots. https://www.pic-upload.de/view-35312811/ubuntu18.04.login-screen.png.html If I toggle the text settings "large texts = on/off" the texts appear. (In this dropdown menu single letters are missing, too.) So I think it might be a rendering problem. Any hints? Thanks in advance... I am not sure if this is a bug by ubuntu or by me. The output of dpkg -l | grep dm: ii bsdmainutils11.1.2ubuntu1 amd64collection of more utilities from FreeBSD ii cups-ipp-utils 2.2.7-1ubuntu2 amd64Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - IPP developer/admin utilities ii dmeventd 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper event daemon ii dmidecode 3.1-1 amd64SMBIOS/DMI table decoder ii dmsetup 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3 amd64Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library ii dmz-cursor-theme0.4.5ubuntu1 all Style neutral, scalable cursor theme ii ebtables 2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu2 amd64Ethernet bridge frame table administration ii gdm3 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager ii gir1.2-gdm-1.0 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GObject introspection data for the GNOME Display Manager ii iptables 1.6.1-2ubuntu2 amd64administration tools for packet filtering and NAT ii libdmapsharing-3.0-2:amd64 2.9.39-2 amd64DMAP client and server library - runtime rc libdmtx0a:amd64 0.7.4-2 amd64Data Matrix barcodes (runtime library) ii libgdm1 3.28.0-0ubuntu1 amd64GNOME Display Manager (shared library) ii liblightdm-gobject-1-0:amd64 1.26.0-0ubuntu1 amd64LightDM GObject client library ii liblouisutdml-bin 2.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation utilities ii liblouisutdml-data 2.7.0-1 all Braille UTDML translation library - data ii liblouisutdml8:amd642.7.0-1 amd64Braille UTDML translation library - shared libs ii libnfsidmap2:amd64 0.25-5.1 amd64NFS idmapping library ii libpod-readme-perl 1.1.2-2 all Perl module to convert POD to README file ii libquadmath0:amd64 8-20180414-1ubuntu2 amd64GCC Quad-Precision Math Library ii librdmacm1:amd6417.1-1 amd64Library for managing RDMA connections ii libwildmidi-config 0.4.2-1 all software MIDI player configuration rc libwildmidi1:amd64 0.3.8-2 amd64software MIDI player library ii libwildmidi2:amd64 0.4.2-1 amd64software MIDI player library ii libxdmcp6:amd64 1:1.1.2-3 amd64X11 Display Manager Control Protocol library
