Happy Inspection of Hippo Kubuntu 21.04

[NoWorries]

Hi NoWorries!

woodsmoke

A Very Warm Welcome to you woodsmoke. I am sure you will find this an amazing distribution and I look forward to your contributions.

[Radcliff]

MOK fails at work xwayland xserver updates

Important security fix today (last 3), the first package or maybe others caused a secure boot issue. Mainline Kernel no longer boots unless secure boot is disabled. sudo mokutil --disable-validation has no effect by now. First time I see that bug.

grep "upgrade " /var/log/dpkg.log
...
2021-04-13 10:36:40 upgrade shim-signed:amd64 1.45+15+1552672080.a4a1fbe-0ubuntu2 1.46+15.4-0ubuntu1
2021-04-13 18:26:22 upgrade libqt5svg5:amd64 5.15.2-2 5.15.2-3
2021-04-13 18:26:22 upgrade ubuntu-minimal:amd64 1.466 1.467
2021-04-13 18:26:22 upgrade ubuntu-standard:amd64 1.466 1.467
2021-04-13 18:26:22 upgrade python3-problem-report:all 2.20.11-0ubuntu63 2.20.11-0ubuntu64
2021-04-13 18:26:23 upgrade python3-apport:all 2.20.11-0ubuntu63 2.20.11-0ubuntu64
2021-04-13 18:26:23 upgrade apport:all 2.20.11-0ubuntu63 2.20.11-0ubuntu64
2021-04-13 18:26:23 upgrade apport-kde:all 2.20.11-0ubuntu63 2.20.11-0ubuntu64
2021-04-13 18:26:23 upgrade xserver-common:all 2:1.20.10-3ubuntu7 2:1.20.11-1ubuntu1
2021-04-13 18:26:23 upgrade xserver-xorg-legacy:amd64 2:1.20.10-3ubuntu7 2:1.20.11-1ubuntu1
2021-04-13 18:26:23 upgrade xserver-xorg-core:amd64 2:1.20.10-3ubuntu7 2:1.20.11-1ubuntu1
2021-04-13 18:26:23 upgrade xwayland:amd64 2:21.0.99.902-0ubuntu1 2:21.1.1-0ubuntu1

Also, since post #98, our ThinkPad booted 2-3 times in MoK with an unusual response: system reset. I would expect to see that one today.

Not the case, must keep secure boot disabled. Must add the fact that apport is disabled and that may also be an interference.

[woodsmoke]

Hi NoWorries!

woodsmoke

[Radcliff]

Wayland session

Already too late. The Ubuntu release-team were a little hesitant at approving the freeze exception for 5.80.0 a month ago, so 5.81.0 at this late stage is a no-go. Crucial cherry-picked bugfix patches from 5.81 applied to 5.80.0 can still go in if needed. 5.81.0 will be in backports PPA on release day for anyone who really wants the whole thing.

If we were left on our appetite at this stage in Groovy, it is not the case of Hirsute. Kubuntu 21.04 is up to date and I don't mind about not having kde frameworks 5.81.

We have tested Wayland for a long time now and it is working properly. The mouse hesitation is gone now. Also, the IPTV player Hypnotix got a workaround this winter and works now with the following cmd line that opens many other apps:

GDK_BACKEND=x11 hypnotix

echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
plasmawayland

For those who may want to jump, Saturday would be better. Unless the version you are running is bug free, a clean install is by far the best thing to do. Major updates are in the latest ISO.

I don't have any bugs to report since 3 weeks, even latte-dock default works fine. Not to say that I feel that Hirsute is the best version ever made by our team. +1

All the best,

[acheron]

Maybe we will get the latest kde frameworks 5.81 this week, but it's getting late.

Already too late. The Ubuntu release-team were a little hesitant at approving the freeze exception for 5.80.0 a month ago, so 5.81.0 at this late stage is a no-go. Crucial cherry-picked bugfix patches from 5.81 applied to 5.80.0 can still go in if needed. 5.81.0 will be in backports PPA on release day for anyone who really wants the whole thing.

[NoWorries]

I continue to find this distribution to be amazingly reliable. I previously reported problems with LibreOffice and now I have pre-release candidates enabled and it is working very well. I had previously encountered LibreOffice Impress artefacts with embedded movies being displaced in the control viewing window. I now find that the video image is perfectly located.

BTW I have KDE Frameworks 5.81.0 installed as I use the staging frameworks ppa. No doubt it will be coming soon for the standard packages.

I have also tested the Wayland version of 21.04 and it still needs more refinement to catch up with the X11 version. The System Settings > Display and Monitor does not provide more than one resolution option for my Laptop screen but provides them all for my External display. Also there is no option for selecting a Primary display. In spite of this limitation, LibreOffice impress now works as it should, though somewhat slower, particularly on embedded videos which are jerky.

The old problem on not restoring the previous session is still present. Also Wayland seems to take much longer to shutdown than X11.

So from what I have stated above, you will not be surprised that I highly recommend 21.04 as a production desktop - NOW.

[woodsmoke]

Radcliff

hmm...well... I thought that it was just a "bad burn" on my part, so, this is interesting, that i had just all sorts of problems with a similar thing.
thanks for the information.
woodsmoke

[Radcliff]

Hi Guys,

From what I have read so far about stability and work ability, would you recommend someone upgrading at this stage to the 21.04 version? I understand there maybe issues still, but really, what is your opinion from what you have experienced. :-)

Kind regards
Ste

Hirsute is pretty set for the big leagues, only fine tunings ahead final ISO on the 22nd. Maybe we will get the latest kde frameworks 5.81 this week, but it's getting late.

[Bukunut]

Hi Guys,

From what I have read so far about stability and work ability, would you recommend someone upgrading at this stage to the 21.04 version? I understand there maybe issues still, but really, what is your opinion from what you have experienced. :-)

Kind regards
Ste

[Radcliff]

Plasma 5.21.4 20210408 iso

All good, not a single error from booting ubiquity, tweaking plasma to update manager. Same for the surprising content of Proposed. Plasma 5.21.4 is out.

Operating System: Kubuntu 21.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.80.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.12.0-051200rc6-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Graphics Platform: X11

$ dpkg -l '*buntu-desktop' | grep ^ii
ii  kubuntu-desktop 1.405        amd64        Kubuntu Plasma Desktop/Netbook system

# fs=$(df / | tail -1 | cut -f1 -d' ') && tune2fs -l $fs | grep created
Filesystem created:       Fri Apr  9 05:36:36 2021

[NoWorries]

Yes, I am happily enjoying being able to get onto the latest page, ie 11. I think I was only blocked from access for a brief period.

[Snowhog]

As I cannot currently get onto page 11 of this thread, ...

Is this still the case for you? I can get to all pages of this thread, and not being able to isn't unique to specific members. When it happens, it happens to everyone (and can be fixed, if I'm told about it).

[NoWorries]

As I cannot currently get onto page 11 of this thread, I would like to point out that the problem with adjusting the width of the LibreOffice Properties panel only occurs on my UHD system. My ASUS with HD graphics works as it should.

I firstly tried purging all LibreOffice office and also removing all related packages. By reinstalling LibreOffice again it made no difference.

I finally unchecked the Pre-released Updates option in Muon and repeated the purge and reinstallation of LibreOffice. This solved my crashing problem with LibreOffice when I try to move the Properties panel. It also solved another problem that I had with the LibreOffice expanded menus not located under the item being selected.

So I can now use LibreOffice with confidence on my UHD system.

[acheron]

A minor frustration, which is not in any way related to Frameworks 5.81, is that I cannot set the small image graphic above the password. It is there when I logout but not there on reboot. I have my graphic in the home directory files .face and .face.icon. I cannot find any location in System Settings to define this graphic.

Possibly related to some of the home directory default permission changes that Ubuntu wanted to make for this release. e.g. perhaps sddm cannot access the faces files now.

[NoWorries]

What rough edges?

As I cannot currently get onto page 11 of this thread, I would like to point out that the problem with adjusting the width of the LibreOffice Properties panel only occurs on my UHD system. My ASUS with HD graphics works as it should.