Updating of systemd desappeared the taskbar! (No, it is mesa 19.0.2 + xfwm 4.13.0)

[linxmintq]

I proceeded from the update manager to update systemd, and disapppeared that was the taskbar, does not let me close the firefox page, does not let me copy and when I open the text editor, does not let me type in the page of the browser, someone helps me with that taskbar what not this present?

The system is Linux Mint 19.1 with Xfce and 64-bits.

[gittiest personITW]

Have you tried restarting the system?

[MrEen]

Clem has created a fix. See here. You should have a new update available that fixes the issue very soon.

[linxmintq]

Have you tried restarting the system?

Yes.

Clem has created a fix. See here. You should have a new update available that fixes the issue very soon.

Systemd update corrupted the system. I had no choice but to restore the system to a previous date and everything returned to normal, however the manager of updates, that systemd was present again and I had to demarcate it to update other packages and not spoil the system again.

[ajgringo619]

It's not systemd; it's the mesa drivers.

[linxmintq]

It's not systemd; it's the mesa drivers.

What is the procedure to solve that problem and update that systemd notification?

[ajgringo619]

Clem just put out a downgraded xfwm4 package that seems to have solved the problem, for now. It hit my repo about 10 minutes ago.

[linxmintq]

Clem just put out a downgraded xfwm4 package that seems to have solved the problem, for now. It hit my repo about 10 minutes ago.

The system only detects the package xfwm4_4.13.0-2 installed and there is no other one in the repositories.

[ajgringo619]

Clem just put out a downgraded xfwm4 package that seems to have solved the problem, for now. It hit my repo about 10 minutes ago.

The system only detects the package xfwm4_4.13.0-2 installed and there is no other one in the repositories.

Give it a little while; I'm sure it will get passed along soon enough. This is the latest info on the xfwm4 package:

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apt policy xfwm4
xfwm4:
  Installed: 4.13.0-2~downgrade-4.12.5-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+tara
  Candidate: 4.13.0-2~downgrade-4.12.5-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+tara
  Version table:
 *** 4.13.0-2~downgrade-4.12.5-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+tara 700
        700 http://mirror.os6.org/linuxmint.com/packages tessa/upstream amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4.12.5-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 500
        500 http://mirror.os6.org/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     4.12.4-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://mirror.os6.org/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages

[karlchen]

I proceeded from the update manager to update systemd, and disapppeared that was the taskbar, [...] The system is Linux Mint 19.1 with Xfce and 64-bits.

As MrEen had already explained at the beginning of this thread:
The systemd update is innocent in this case. It is the mesa update, which must have been included in the same update operation, which has got this side effect on Linux Mint 19.x xfce systems in combination with particular Intel graphics chips.
Relevant thread, including solution, announced by Clem, and also being deployed by now, here:

Window manager broken after last update

• Root cause explained by Clem: mesa update 19.0.2 and xfwm 4.13.0 in conflict
• Solution being rolled out by now: xfwm 4.13.0 downgrade to xfwm 4.12.5 through Mint Update Manager
  (See also ajgringo619's post right above)

[linxmintq]

I proceeded from the update manager to update systemd, and disapppeared that was the taskbar, [...] The system is Linux Mint 19.1 with Xfce and 64-bits.

As MrEen had already explained at the beginning of this thread:
The systemd update is innocent in this case. It is the mesa update, which must have been included in the same update operation, which has got this side effect on Linux Mint 19.x xfce systems in combination with particular Intel graphics chips.
Relevant thread, including solution, announced by Clem, and also being deployed by now, here:

Everything was included in the update, and by default it was marked systemd, which spoiled the system to such an extent that it was restored to an earlier date and normalized. However, those updates appeared again in the manager, and I unchecked systemd to update the other update packages including mesa and nothing happened.

To check this is one of the packages of updates or dependencies of systemd without installing that by default is present marked in the graphical manager.

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$ sudo apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
libnss-myhostname/bionic-updates 237-3ubuntu10.24 amd64 [upgradeable from: 237-3ubuntu10.23]
libnss-systemd/bionic-updates 237-3ubuntu10.24 amd64 [upgradeable from: 237-3ubuntu10.23]
libpam-systemd/bionic-updates 237-3ubuntu10.24 amd64 [upgradeable from: 237-3ubuntu10.23]
libsystemd0/bionic-updates 237-3ubuntu10.24 amd64 [upgradeable from: 237-3ubuntu10.23]
libudev1/bionic-updates 237-3ubuntu10.24 amd64 [upgradeable from: 237-3ubuntu10.23]
systemd/bionic-updates 237-3ubuntu10.24 amd64 [upgradeable from: 237-3ubuntu10.23]
systemd-sysv/bionic-updates 237-3ubuntu10.24 amd64 [upgradeable from: 237-3ubuntu10.23]
udev/bionic-updates 237-3ubuntu10.24 amd64 [upgradeable from: 237-3ubuntu10.23]
$ 

Visualized outputs of the packages as mesa or xfwm-4.13.0-2 that for the moment does not generate problems after having updated without systemd.

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$  inxi -Gxx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0046 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile v: 2.1 Mesa 19.0.2 
  direct render: Yes 
  $ 

And:

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$ sudo apt policy xfwm4
xfwm4:
   Installed: 4.13.0-2~downgrade-4.12.5-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+tara
  Candidat:  4.13.0-2~downgrade-4.12.5-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+tara
  Version table:
 *** 4.13.0-2~downgrade-4.12.5-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+tara 700
        700 http://packages.linuxmint.com tessa/upstream amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4.12.5-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     4.12.4-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
$ 

[karlchen]

linuxmintq,

in case you had bothered to read Clem's posts, to which I had linked, you would know that Clem does not mention systemd once. The only ones involved in the problem are mesa 19.0.2 and xfwm.
regards,
Karl

[linxmintq]

linuxmintq,

in case you had bothered to read Clem's posts, to which I had linked, you would know that Clem does not mention systemd once. The only ones involved in the problem are mesa 19.0.2 and xfwm.
regards,
Karl

This topic is published before I mention Clem and of the system spoiled. Sometimes I visualize the window manager updates that are marked and ready to install. Packages such as mesa or xfwm-4.13.0-2
do not generate problems until now as published above, also does not exist in the xfwm4=4.12.4-0ubuntu1" repositories.