[00:51] <CyborgZeta[m]> Better to stick with the default desktop (GNOME) in Ubuntu. Installing different desktops, in my experience, tends not to work as well as something like Debian.
[02:39] <pikapika> CyborgZeta[m], just do xubuntu from the start
[02:39] <pikapika> Much easier
[02:40] <pikapika> puff, try changing login manager maybe?
[02:41] <pikapika> if lightlocker is your login program
[09:54] <Ecki> Half a year ago I got fed up with windows and decided to try Xubuntu. I first tried a live system with Focal Fossa, but was not able to use my printer, a HP Officejet Pro X451dw.
[09:54] <Ecki> Then I tried Bionic Beaver and to my astonishment, the printer worked well, I installed Bionic Beaver and worked happily with it ever since. I delayed the update to Focal Fossa until now, hoping the probelm would be solved by now. But after updating today, the printer is dead again. I get a warning: "printer possibly not connected", that is
[09:54] <Ecki> positivly wrong.
[09:56] <Ecki> I have run printer settings, the printer is detected there and I get a notification that an additional driver is needed, but none is found.
[09:59] <guiverc> this maybe helpful Ecki, https://askubuntu.com/questions/1273927/hp-printer-not-printing-correctly-after-ubuntu-20-04-install
[10:03] <guiverc> hp issue declared as fixed on https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/release_notes with hplip update 3.13.2 Ecki
[10:22] <Ecki> Thank you guiveric, I removed the printer and installed it again, but I couldn't print a testpage and still get the notification "printer possibly not connected.
[10:35] <Ecki> Finally the printer printed a testpage, but only one and no other printing. Again the notificatione "Printer possibly not connected" after disconnecting and connecting the USB cable to varying USB solts.