xubuntu groovy qa-test install; no background & only boxes on greeter

[Chris Guiver]

Xubuntu daily (groovy) QA-test install on
sony vaio svp112a1cw (i5-9400u, 4gb, intel haswell-ULT)

install completed without issue,

On boot on new Xubuntu, the greeter has no background, and top line/panel has boxes instead of characters

https://photos.app.goo.gl/7Lje8iMkFkgToD8A7

Once logged in everything looks good & acts correctly.

** Expected Result

I expected a background at greeter, and it should be free of boxes which are confusing and tell me nothing.

(I've believe I reported this before, but I couldn't find bug report; so could be a duplicate (unless I just noted it on existing report)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: xubuntu-desktop 2.233
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-20.21-generic 5.8.10
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu49
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Oct 8 16:55:02 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-08 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Beta amd64 (20201007)
SourcePackage: xubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1898975

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

on (2nd) subsequent reboot all looked good at greeter/lightdm

on 3rd boot, back to no background & squares at top of display, no boxname, clock etc

on 4th boot, no background & squares at top of display at greeter/lightdm

(i've done & reported this before on launchpad; haven't found where though)

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Is this still an issue with hirsute or impish?

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

I've not tagged it again (in QA-test), so no evidence of re-occurrence.

I just completed a QA-test install (impish) to
- sony vaio svp112a1cw (i5-9400u, 4gb, intel haswell-ULT)

all looks good, I also rebooted the device twice and greeter had background images both times.

(the case where it was reported was a 'replace partition; manual partitioning' type of install; I did a full disk (clean) install today... this box was running a xubuntu hirsute (final RC with encryption) so it didn't regularly occur)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Just did a manual install (impish daily; re-use partitions (/ & efi) from the prior install) and again no issues.

[Sean Davis (bluesabre)]

Thanks for following up. Closing this one out.