I'm running into this exact issue --> viewtopic.php?t=329787 from last year, only I'm on Mint 20.2 Cinnamon. I'm running on a Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad and prefer to RDP into it from my Windows 10 workstation so I can get dual-monitors and all that. Most of the time this works beautifully, but intermittently the interface looks like the below screenshot whether I access it locally or via RDP:
Sometimes a reboot fixes it and sometimes it doesn't. I found the afore-linked issue and that partially worked for me, but threw some errors and I'd lose the system menu when closing that terminal. I imagine this is because of the different versioning. Anyhow, this leads me here to this moment where I'm asking how I can correct this and avoid causing it to happen in the future. (I don't see any root-owned items anywhere in the home directory)
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System:
Kernel: 5.11.0-38-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.20 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20URS01J00 v: ThinkPad T15g Gen 1
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20URS01J00 v: SDK0T08861 WIN serial: <filter>
UEFI: LENOVO v: N30ET40W (1.23 ) date: 08/03/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 90.6 Wh condition: 93.5/94.0 Wh (99%) volts: 12.2/11.5
model: Celxpert 5B10W13959 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Unknown
cycles: 3
CPU:
Topology: 8-Core model: Intel Core i9-10885H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: N/A L2 cache: 16.0 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 76800
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/5300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 862 2: 1896
3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
13: 800 14: 939 15: 800 16: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:9bc4
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Lenovo driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:1e93
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa compositor: compton v: 0.1~beta2+20150922
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:06c8
Device-2: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f8
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.0-38-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000
bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:06f0
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:0d4c
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 54.47 GiB (11.7%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXM7
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 456.96 GiB used: 54.47 GiB (11.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: 37.0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 34 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oem-sutton.simon-addison-meta.list
1: deb http://lenovo.archive.canonical.com/ focal sutton
2: deb http://lenovo.archive.canonical.com/ focal sutton.simon
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/slack.list
1: deb https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian/ jessie main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
Processes: 345 Uptime: 22m Memory: 62.45 GiB used: 1.41 GiB (2.3%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash
v: 5.0.17 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
