=== brainwash_ is now known as brainwash [01:37] hi [10:52] hello [10:52] I'm encountering a strange problem with XUbuntu 18.04 and a new Benq PD2700U monitor (4K) [10:53] after login, desktop background appears, but panels, icons and windows are transparent (hidden) [10:54] if I switch to virtual terminal with ctrl-alt-f1, then back to xorg with ctrl-alt-f7, windows appear [10:55] this behavior is related to 4k resolution,m it doesn't happen when resolution is lower, e.g 1560x1440 [10:55] tried to delete session files and cache.. nothing changed [10:55] any ideas? [10:55] thnaks [10:56] do you have any HWE activated? [10:57] I don't know [10:57] how check this? [10:58] hwe-support-status --verbose Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until April 2023. [10:58] so yes [10:59] other strange effect, don't know if related, is that virtual terminal has strange colors [11:00] background is green-ish, text is pink-is, as if some wrong bit map were used to unpack data from HDMI [11:00] text at BIOS start is correct [11:13] no well [11:14] what does uname -a say? [11:15] Linux shadoooo-P4 5.3.0-53-generic #47~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 7 13:10:50 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [11:15] ok, so that's current [11:15] what might be interesting is to boot a live 20.04 and see if it still happens there as well [11:16] standard XUbuntu 18.04 with updates [11:16] might just be some old xfce bug that already got fixed upstream [11:16] apastega: hwe don't install with updates by default [11:16] which is why I explicitly asked [11:16] hwe's are integrated into new install media though [11:16] should try to prepare an USB [11:16] but again, try 20.04 live, and see if it happens there as well, that's quick and easy to try at least [11:17] ok, will try [11:18] beside this, there could be something I could try to completely delete actual monitor settings, so it will recreate from scratch? [11:18] maybe it's caused from a dirty configuration? [11:19] I had another monitor before this, then added the new as second monitor, now second monitor becomes the one and only [11:20] maybe the change broke something... [11:20] create a new user account and do a quick test [11:20] apart from session cache, don't know if something else could affect [11:21] you want this one ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml [11:22] ok, will try with new user [11:22] displays.xml seems ok... but I could try to delete it? [11:22] you could [11:23] ideally, when the xfconfd process is not running [11:23] otherwise, it may recreate the old file [11:25] ok, I will try this [11:25] thanks by now [11:25] I'll be back if nothing works === genii_ is now known as genii [14:53] from a Ubuntu Server install, I wanted to use a bare minimum Xubuntu, so I installed xubuntu-core. It pulled NetworkManager while server already has networkd (which is what I want to use). Can I safely remove network-manager or will that break the core desktop? [14:56] afaik you don't need the metadata xubuntu-core to have working desktop [14:57] the question, does purging networkmanager also tell you other stuff is going to be removed [14:57] running a GUI on a server is a bit of a cornercase I guess [15:15] Well, it was only suggesting NM-related packages, so I did it, things seem fine. Although the shutdown menu seems to have been replaced the multiple choices (reboot, save session) with just a shutdown [15:18] changing network configuration via netplan doesnt work anymore [16:14] rangergord: does your netplan configu say renderer: networkd [16:15] sorry, I already fixed the issue, it was my mistake. [16:16] I'm glad that removing Network Manager doesn't break Xubuntu otherwise :) [21:20] I can't add a VPN network. [21:20] * Fernando-Basso[m uploaded an image: image.png (43KB) < https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/AqhMHekOWnSEEKsmxquhzZHY > [21:20] * Fernando-Basso[m uploaded an image: image.png (28KB) < https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/xMFhoYzVHRMwkDFLybyvvTrU > [21:20] “Save” button is always greyed out. [21:23] I have these packages installed: [21:23] network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-openconnect network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome [21:33] Fernando-Basso[m, try one of these if they work https://www.vpnbook.com/ [21:33] openvpn tab. [21:41] diogenes_: I will, thanks. But I'm really shocked it is not working. My Arch Linux box is able to create and use VPNs without any problems. I wonder if I am not in a required group, or some other dependency is missing. [21:57] Was missing libnm-vpn-plugin-openconnect-editor.so, which comes with network-manager-openconnect-gnome. [23:06] hi