Settings window doesn't show up on Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
I have a problem with Settings window not showing up when I open it on my laptop.
Whenever I start the application, even from Terminal with command gnome-control-center
, I can see the Settings icon showing up in the sidebar, but no window appearing on my screen.
I see something starts appearing on the right side of the screen, but it disappears almost immediately.
If I right click on the sidebar icon, and select All Windows, I can see the window preview, but even if I click on it, nothing happens. I have already tried to see if it is inside a different work area, and also to open it in a new area - same behaviour.
I'm running Ubuntu on my laptop, no additional display present.
I'm attaching a screenshot of the Settings icon on the side bar, and the response from gnome-control-center -v
command.
Any idea how to fix that? I hope you could help me as I'm pretty new to Ubuntu.
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Disable/remove all other workplaces except the current one and try again, if doesnt work or if the instance create a new workspace itself, then
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Remove and reinstall gnome-control-center using
sudo apt-get remove --purge gnome-control-center
and then install usingsudo apt install gnome-control-center
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Reboot system
Caution: You may lose the trivial gnome settings you already applied.
In my case, the problem solved by updating my drivers through following command:
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
which selects recommended drivers for you.
OH, don't forget to restart!