You have been subscribed to a public bug: On Ubuntu 20.04, I have an AMD system with an integrated GPU (Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega 8) I am using lightdm instead of gdm3. My GPU is using the amdgpu driver. I have no specific xorg.conf in place. I am using x11vnc to login and view the desktop remotely. There is no monitor attached.
After logging into lightdm's greeter, I am presented with a blank desktop with the Focal Fossa background image and a mouse cursor, but no other visible interface or windows. There is no menu bar at the top of the desktop and no application bar on the left. This all works perfectly fine if a monitor is attached before lightdm (and thus Xorg) is started. If I change the settings at login to use fvwm for my session it works fine. This is also the case for Gnome Flashback mode (using metacity). But the default of gnome-shell/mutter does not work without the monitor. Nor does using Wayland. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Sun May 31 13:34:20 2020 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: evdi, 1.6.0+dfsg, 5.4.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed evdi, 1.6.0+dfsg, 5.4.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso [1002:15d8] (rev c9) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso [1002:15d8] InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-21 (10 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI ProcEnviron: TERM=screen-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-33-generic root=UUID=0030bb65-9e5e-4a70-bba3-da14892ec5b9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/27/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F50 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI-CF dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF50:bd11/27/2019:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnB450IAORUSPROWIFI:pvrDefaultstring:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnB450IAORUSPROWIFI-CF:rvrx.x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: Default string dmi.product.name: B450 I AORUS PRO WIFI dmi.product.sku: Default string dmi.product.version: Default string dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal ubuntu -- Desktop is blank after logging in without a monitor attached https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1881687 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs