This bug is still present in 18.04 LTS. The steps are the same. The startup application workaround #2 in the OP works only temporarily as the permissions on /var/lib/lightdm/.config/dconf/user get reset and the workaround fails.
Switching from lightdm to gdm3 gives you an ugly primitive on screen keyboard but at least they get the coordinates right. This page explains how to switch display manager. https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/12/how-to-change-default-display- manager.html If you do this on a laptop with an external monitor you will probably run into gdm bug: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/372 To get the gdm3 login screen to appear on the proper monitor I used the accepted solution by Aravind here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1043337/ubuntu-18-04-login-screen- display-settings ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues #372 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/372 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1647059 Title: On screen keyboard partially clipped or completely off screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1647059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
