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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770850 Title: Login Screen text missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/1770850/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs