Green "boxes" on desktop after upgrading from eoan to focal
Upgrade from eoan to focal went pretty good. The only problem I see is that the desktop gets filled with equally spaced green "boxes" when I log in to my account. Restarting gnome (alt+f2 then r) fixes it. Any suggestion on what I should do to fix this?
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Michael John Lopez (mjglopez) said : | #1 |
I also tried creating another account just in case the issue stems from my account config but the problem persists.
What is the output of:
sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo dmidecode -t 1
Thanks
Michael John Lopez (mjglopez) said : | #3 |
Hi
output of sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo dmidecode -t 1
is
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Iris Plus Graphics 655
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:140 memory:
LSB Version: core-11.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
Linux wolfman 5.4.0-18-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Sat Mar 7 18:13:06 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# dmidecode 3.2
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.2.1 present.
# SMBIOS implementations newer than version 3.2.0 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Client Systems
Product Name: NUC8i5BEH
Version: J72747-305
Serial Number: G6BE93800SGN
UUID: 1f261432-
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: BOXNUC8i5BEH
Family: Intel NUC
Also here's a screenshot of what I see:
https:/
Does it happen on all screens? If you set a different refresh rate is it different?
Michael John Lopez (mjglopez) said : | #5 |
Hi
Not sure what you mean by screens. Do you mean monitors? If so, I only
have one.Happens even if I change the refresh rate.
Here's what I figured out so far.
When I login, it only happens if I choose any of the following from the
gear icon at the bottom right corner of the login screen:- GNOME
Classic- GNOME on Xorg- Ubuntu
It doesn't happen if I choose:- GNOME- Ubuntu on Wayland
I wonder if the stemmed from the fact that I upgraded from eoan. Old
incompatible configs perhaps?
Mike
On Thu, 2020-03-26 at 16:22 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #689506 on linux in Ubuntu changed:
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> actionparsnip requested more information:Does it happen on all
> screens? If you set a different refresh rate is itdifferent?
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Yes, monitor = screen.
If you use the additional drivers app does that help?
Michael John Lopez (mjglopez) said : | #8 |
monitors = screens. Gotcha. That said, I only have one.
Tried the additional drivers but the only thing there is the wifi
driver.
On Thu, 2020-03-26 at 17:07 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
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> drivers app does that help?
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Bernard Stafford (bernard010) said : | #9 |
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Daily Build has not been released yet. 23 April 2020 is the Official release date.
This is a Developmental Branch OS at this point. File any necessary bug reports that may occur.
This build changes on a daily basis with a new build. Suggestion is to reinstall after the new LTS Release is out.
Michael John Lopez (mjglopez) said : | #10 |
Gotcha. Just to clarify, are you suggesting that I file a bug report after
the official release provided that the problem still persists or should I
file the bug report now?
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> Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Daily Build has not been released yet. 23
> April 2020 is the Official release date.
> This is a Developmental Branch OS at this point. File any necessary bug
> reports that may occur.
> This build changes on a daily basis with a new build. Suggestion is to
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Michael John Lopez (mjglopez) said : | #11 |
Hi
Just wanted to make a quick update on this one. Here's what I did to "fix" this.
sudo apt remove --purge xorg xserver-xorg gnome-session ubuntu-
sudo autoremove --purge
# unsure if the following two mv steps were necessary
mv /etc/X11 /etc/X11.bak
mv /usr/share/X11 /usr/share/X11.bak
sudo apt install gnome-session ubuntu-
# this is i had to do as it seems I lost keyboard config when I did the above mv
sudo apt install --reinstall xkb-data
reboot
All is well now. Posting this here for reference.
Great share. Hopefully this will help others