Hey Xubuntu community,

I recently updated to Xubuntu 24.04 LTS and noticed something odd. The loading screen (the one with the Xubuntu logo) isn't centered on my screen. Instead, it appears shifted towards the left side.

Has anyone else encountered this issue? Here are some details about my setup:

• Device: HP-430 (2012)
• Graphics Card: none

This might seem like a minor issue, but it's quite noticeable on my setup, and I'm curious if there's a known fix or if others are experiencing the same thing. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Edit: If you've encountered this before or have any tips on how to adjust the boot screen alignment, please share! Also, if you need more information about my system, just ask.

Tags: [Xubuntu] [24.04 LTS] [Display Issue] [Boot Screen]

Hi guys! I'm running into issues installing XUbuntu 24.04.1... I have downloaded the ISO file "xubuntu-24.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso" from the official website. When I create the Virtual Machine and run it, I get the error of the image.

I have tried installing a previous XUbuntu version (20.04.6) and it worked fine. Do you have any idea of what could be happening? Thank you!

https://preview.redd.it/aof3joc3iq1e1.png?width=1023&format=png&auto=webp&s=5277f541eec76d43eb5796f1fa3b374fd853aba2

I have recently installed Xubuntu 22.04 on a brand new Asus Zenbook. However, every single element in the UI looks too small.

I managed to remediate this by increasing font size and the panel icon size in settings, but some things still look too small, such as the default size of windows and menus and the windows tabs when they are minimized.

I read somewhere this is because Xfce still doesn't properly support displays of higher resolution and I would need to use something else like KDE instead. I really like Xubuntu's smaller resource usage though, so if someone knows a workaround for this I would be glad to try it.

I am running xubuntu on my pc.

How do I know my version of xubuntu?

Background: I am fairly new to Linux in general. I tried using

lsb_release -a cat /etc/issue

Bith yielded the same results listing mote or less Ubuntu etc....

Now I do know that xubuntu is a distro that is evolved from Ubuntu, or if I am using the term correctly, downstream from it, so I am aware there is a connection, but I am very confused to see Ubuntu listed as a response.

After all when I log on, there is this big bright 'uuge xubuntu logo on my screen.

Anyway, how do I know the version of xubuntu installed and perhaps if this is not a thing, perhaps some clarification and insight about why it isn't a thing.

Hi,

I have an old Toshiba laptop that was set up as a dual boot with Windows 10 and Xubuntu. Once it was set up I only ever used the linux side, and then had let the machine sit for a while (not sure how long. Less than three years). I wanted to see if it would still charge okay, and when I started it up, what I remember my password to be wasn't accepted. (This is all on the Xubuntu side - that's all I want to run.) I went to the askUbuntu website and found instructions but they involved selecting recovery mode during startup, and the recovery mode option doesn't appear for me. There was another set of instructions using the grub prompt, but I got really lost there: it was like most of my keystrokes weren't being processed at all.

Anyone think they can steer me in a better direction, or talk me through this? I'm sure I'll need some ELI5 stuff - I did try to learn my way around linux a while back but it's been a while and I was always on kind of shaky ground anyway.

I also want to mention that I vacuumed the keyboard and sprayed it with compressed air, feeling like it had to be something other than getting the password wrong. This is because the password on my current laptop is the the same as the old one with a very specific adjustment, so I'm unable to imagine that I could be getting it wrong. But then you know what they say about lack of imagination:/

Thanks for your time in even reading this.

update: after many attempts where I thought I was losing my mind because it seemed like the same effort was yielding different results, I realized that the problem actually was my keystrokes not always registering (and not consistently - some keys were grumpy but would work after n tries, n variable). I went back to the login screen and hit each character of my password until it registered, and got in.

I want to use any file browser with server, access only by SSH keys (no username nor password), can't figure out by myself how to do that with Gigolo or Thunar.
How to add path to keys in Gigolo? How to setup network bookmark in Thunar accessible only with SSH keys?
Or there are another way to use any GUI file browser?

Tried to use google, now i got even more confused with sftp, remembering user ID (non existent) and other things about magic.

Edti --> solved: ssh-add /path/to/ssh/key and the Gigolo will work and will open file browser (Thunar)

What is the benefit of the minimal version?

I went to the office, downloaded the minimal 24.04 on fast internet, size is 2.5G; created USB.
Then I returned home to install, and it still tries to download over 600MB via slow mobile internet. :(

I’d rather use 20.04.06 for some compatibility reasons. Is it unsafe for me to do?

[SOLVED] Hey there, I just installed a copy of xubuntu today, and I've ran into an issue. For some reason the touchpad is disabled when I am typing, yet I can't find a setting for it in the "mouse and touchpad" section. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Usually every month or two. Xubuntu is unable to boot. When I run advanced startup recovery from grub2 and run `fsck /dev/sda2`. It constantly reports errors every time I respond with `y`. Pressing `a` will auto yes for everything onward. Then the screen flashes with countless disk sectors. Usually takes an hour on the check and another hour on the fixing.

It starts up and shutdowns okay each day until a month or two later. And I hadn't seen any files corrupted.

`gnome-disk-utility` reports that the disk is okay. From the report. It's been powered on for near 3 years.

I have a ramdisk setup on boot that I use to reduce writes for temporary files. Also I have Firefox set to store cache in memory instead of disk to help preserve the disk.

Any help would be appreciated.

I use PipeWire under Xubuntu. Unfortunately, I'm not able to set the system sound volume. Normally, the “Playback” panel of Pavucontrol should show “System Sounds”, but there isn't any in my case. How can I make “System Sounds” re-appear in that panel?

How can I install kwin in xubuntu

Everytime i launch xubuntu my screen turns black and my monitor turns of after receiving no signal. I have also have win11 on the same pc if that's the issue. I have tried to safeboot to install new graphics drivers which didn't work. I have tried repairing the bootloader wich didn't work. I have also tried to reinstall multiple times from different usb's. Is there anything I'm doing wrong? (I am in no way an experienced Linux user. I'm trying to setup xubuntu as my first personal os on Linux without it being a virtual machine or Kali)

Hi,
The other day I tried to install xubuntu into a computer alongside windows. I always install ubuntu, but it's an old computer, so I tried xubuntu.
I create the usb with rufus and the official xubuntu image. And I create a partition with 30Gb free.
Then I start the computer with the usb, and it starts xubuntu, I see an icon to install xubuntu, and I select to install it alongside windows. Then, I failed in some step, I can't select where and it starts installing it... ok, if it doesn't delete windows or the other storage partition, it's good for me.
When it finish It restart, and I see this message:

istRT: Volume Full                        could not create MokL
Could not create MokListXRT: Volume Full
Could not create SbatLevelRT: Volume Full
Could not create MokListTrustedRT: Volume Full
Something has gone seriously wrong: import mok_state() failed: Volume Full

I were worried, I start with windows, and it works, ok, my heart starts working again.
I see in the partition that the installation create a new Volume with ubuntu, so, I think it's good (but I don't understand which space do it use)
I tried to start from it, but the same message, I tried to starts from the usb, and the same message...
So I delete the volume created, but the same message.. oh oh
I tried with ubuntu and... the same message
I can't understand why at least the usb doesn't works, it's like the computer doesn't allow any ubuntu-linux distro anymore, even the lives one.
It's an 'asus' computer, intel5, and the bios is very strange, so I cannot try to disable secure boot (if I recall it correctly), a recommendation of chatGPT for the problem.

Now, with more time to investigate, I think I need human help. So, Any clue?
And, no, it's not possible to remove windows, It's necesary because it has programs that are needed.

Latest LTS release: 24.04Latest LTS release: 24.04

Desktop, downloaded from here: https://xubuntu.org/download/

I’ve been googling a lot but not finding what I need to fix this issue. Any ideas please?

I have a VirtualBox VM running xubuntu. Recently, shortly after I start it up, the mouse cursor disappears and it stops responding to keyboard input. It's getting through my .xsession OK, so I'm not sure where the failure is. I can ssh into the VM without problems, but cannot start X applications that way.

I would welcome any suggestions about how to diagnose and/or fix this.

The problems began after I changed the number of displays attached to the VM from 4 to 1, and played around with arandr a bit. I don't know whether that's related.

Below is my .xsession-errors, in case it's helpful:

dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/home/ubuntu/.Xauthority
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHELL=/bin/bash
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu:/etc/xdg
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting CLUTTER_BACKEND=x11
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANGUAGE=en_US
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting MANDATORY_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/xubuntu.mandatory.path
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DOTNET_ROOT=/home/ubuntu/.dotnet
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting BOOGIE_EXE=/home/ubuntu/.dotnet/tools/boogie
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DESKTOP_SESSION=xubuntu
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PWD=/home/ubuntu
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=xubuntu
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LOGNAME=ubuntu
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=gtk2
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XAUTHORITY=/home/ubuntu/.Xauthority
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/ubuntu
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDM_LANG=en_US
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting HOME=/home/ubuntu
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting LANG=en_US.UTF-8
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=XFCE
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DEFAULTS_PATH=/usr/share/gconf/xubuntu.default.path
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting Z3_EXE=/home/ubuntu/bin/z3
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting USER=ubuntu
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DISPLAY=:0
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting SHLVL=1
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting CVC5_EXE=/home/ubuntu/bin/cvc5
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/xubuntu:/usr/share/xfce4:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting PATH=/home/ubuntu/.dotnet/tools:/home/ubuntu/bin:/home/ubuntu/.cargo/bin:/home/ubuntu/.local/bin:/home/ubuntu/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting GDMSESSION=xubuntu
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
dbus-update-activation-environment: setting _=/usr/bin/dbus-update-activation-environment
/usr/bin/iceauth:  creating new authority file /run/user/1000/ICEauthority
** Message: 12:00:33.385: couldn't access control socket: /run/user/1000/keyring/control: No such file or directory

(xfwm4:2470): xfwm4-WARNING **: 12:00:34.218: Unsupported GL renderer (llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits)).

** (wrapper-2.0:2857): WARNING **: 12:00:34.576: No outputs have backlight property

(wrapper-2.0:2855): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:00:34.582: Attempting to add a widget with type GtkToggleButton to a container of type XfcePanelPlugin, but the widget is already inside a container of type XfcePanelPlugin, please remove the widget from its existing container first.

(wrapper-2.0:2855): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:00:34.605: Negative content width -3 (allocation 1, extents 2x2) while allocating gadget (node button, owner GtkToggleButton)

(wrapper-2.0:2853): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:00:34.609: Negative content width -3 (allocation 1, extents 2x2) while allocating gadget (node button, owner GtkToggleButton)
vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev

** (xfdesktop:2850): WARNING **: 12:00:34.619: Thumbnailer failed calling GetFlavors

** (xfce4-power-manager:2890): WARNING **: 12:00:34.625: Failed to get name owner: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.PowerManagement': no such name


** (xfce4-power-manager:2890): WARNING **: 12:00:34.626: Failed to get name owner: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not get owner of name 'org.xfce.PowerManager': no such name


(wrapper-2.0:2857): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:00:34.628: Negative content width -3 (allocation 1, extents 2x2) while allocating gadget (node button, owner PowerManagerButton)

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2916): GLib-CRITICAL **: 12:00:34.634: g_variant_new_string: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2916): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **: 12:00:34.634: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files

(process:2948): ayatana-indicator-application-service-WARNING **: 12:00:34.647: Unable to get watcher name 'org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher'

** (xfce4-screensaver:2933): WARNING **: 12:00:34.678: screensaver already running in this session

(xfce4-power-manager:2890): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 12:00:34.693: ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:2613: signal 'Changed' is invalid for instance '0x56366e895160' of type 'GDBusProxy'

(wrapper-2.0:2858): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:00:34.721: Negative content width -3 (allocation 1, extents 2x2) while allocating gadget (node button, owner PulseaudioButton)

(xfce4-power-manager:2890): xfce4-power-manager-WARNING **: 12:00:34.740: could not map keysym 1008ffa8 to keycode


** (xfce4-power-manager:2890): WARNING **: 12:00:34.752: No outputs have backlight property

** (xiccd:2968): WARNING **: 12:00:34.754: EDID is empty

** (xiccd:2968): WARNING **: 12:00:34.755: EDID is empty

(xfce4-power-manager:2890): xfce4-power-manager-WARNING **: 12:00:34.755: Failed to get keyboard max brightness level : GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Object does not exist at path “/org/freedesktop/UPower/KbdBacklight”

** (xiccd:2968): WARNING **: 12:00:34.755: EDID is empty

** (xiccd:2968): WARNING **: 12:00:36.925: EDID is empty

** (xiccd:2968): WARNING **: 12:00:36.925: EDID is empty

** (xiccd:2968): WARNING **: 12:00:36.926: EDID is empty

** (xiccd:2968): WARNING **: 12:00:36.929: EDID is empty

** (xiccd:2968): WARNING **: 12:00:36.929: EDID is empty

** (xiccd:2968): WARNING **: 12:00:36.929: EDID is empty

I upgraded my Lenovo T530 to 24.04. I did not do any mearuring but afterwards it seems it takes longer from entering the LUKS password to presenting the login screen. Did anybody of you observe something similar?

A few specs if it helps: Intel i5-3210M, 4 cores, disk is an SSD with plenty of space, 16GB main mem, /boot as ext4, rest of the disk LUKS container with swap and a btrfs volume. Nothing of that changed during the upgrade.

I jailbroke my Chromebook and put xubuntu on it but it won’t let me sign in with the username and password I set. Does anyone know how to fix this?

For context, I have done my CS bachelors and starting a job as a data scientist. Lately, networking and low level programming are in my mind and I'm trying to upskill in it. I'm thinking of using an old laptop into a server as well as learn Linux. Is xubutnu a good choice? My pc specs are: i3 6th gen 12 gb ddr4 512gb ssd

I want to use it to host media server, maybe using Plex, a few docker containers as well as do some programming. So, is it a good option? If not, any other advice/recommendation i can get?

I want to install new version of Linux on my laptop, but the previous version isn't working due to not supporting system. How can I install new version? Any idea?

Just as the title mentioned, if anybody already their lapto/desktop running xubuntu from 22.04 to 24.04.1, plz add your valuable inputs here (gotchas, tips,…) Thanks.

python3-update-manager/jammy-updates,jammy-updates 1:22.04.20 all [upgradable from: 1:22.04.18]

update-manager-core/jammy-updates,jammy-updates 1:22.04.20 all [upgradable from: 1:22.04.18]

update-manager/jammy-updates,jammy-updates 1:22.04.20 all [upgradable from: 1:22.04.18]

I'm running:

Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

Release: 22.04

Codename: jammy

I plan on using till EOL, so do I have to force these upgrades ?

Hello, I tried Xubuntu 24.04 right when it was released, but it crashed on standard VirtualBox setup: are the images updated (daily, weekly) or do I have to wait for 24.04.1 for the new image?
(was on Xubuntu, tried Mint, but I have issues, might want to hop to 24.04)