"Display Settings" not opening on Ubuntu 23.04

[Haui111]

Hi! I'm trying to find out why my display settings are not showing when rightclicking or using gnome-control-center display.

I have recently disabled a mod I had done to disable pipewire since I couldn't hear anything when using rdp. But probably some of the changed configuration is now breaking parts of my system.

Here's the error message when using the above command:

GStreamer-Play[16682]:   ERROR: GtkGstPlay: 'playbin' element not found, please check your setup
^CTrace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

I tried the following:

• uninstalling gstreamer (bad idea)
• reinstalling gstreamer using apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gstreamer1.0-qt5 gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio
• reinstalling ubuntu desktop

I'm pretty much out of ideas as when I google the problem I only get obscure problems on github which don't seem to resemble the problem I have.

Can anyone tell me what may be wrong? I will gladly provide logs if you need them.

Thank you very much for reading. Have a good one.

 

[Brickwizard]

you could try
sudo apt update && sudo apt --fix-broken install
or
sudo apt update && sudo apt-get --fix-missing

 

[kc1di]

What happens if you issue this command in a terminal

gnome-control-center display

any error messages?

 

[Haui111]

you could try
sudo apt update && sudo apt --fix-broken install
or
sudo apt update && sudo apt-get --fix-missing

Thanks for the suggestion! Always a pleasure how fast you react!

Sadly, the error prevails. The second command seems to be incorrect or something. It shows the general usage of apt-get.

here are similar errors:

gnome-control-center crashes on ubuntu 23.04 when trying to open the mouse screen (#2459) · Issues · GNOME / Settings · GitLab

Steps to reproduce: In GNOME Settings, navigate to the mouse screen. Close GNOME Settings. EDIT: this crashes gnome-control-center now. Open GNOME Settings again,...

gitlab.gnome.org

Bug #2017498 “crashes trying to open the mouse screen” : Bugs : gnome-control-center package : Ubuntu

gnome-control-center crashes on ubuntu 23.04 when trying to open the mouse screen Steps to reproduce: 1. In GNOME Settings, navigate to the mouse screen. The control center crashes (i.e., the window closes instead of showing the mouse screen). 2. Start GNOME Settings again, e.g., using GNOME...

bugs.launchpad.net

this seems to be not that uncommon on 23.04

can I provide you with logs? if yes which ones?

 

[Haui111]

What happens if you issue this command in a terminal

gnome-control-center display

any error messages?

yes, as mentioned:

haui@haui-TowerPC:~$ gnome-control-center display
16:20:10.6842       GStreamer-Play[41314]:   ERROR: GtkGstPlay: 'playbin' element not found, please check your setup
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

I'm fully baffled as to what to do next. Feel free to suggest.

 

[Brickwizard]

The second command seems to be incorrect or something.

oops sorry missed a space [rooky error]

sudo apt update && sudo apt-get --fix-missing

 

[Haui111]

oops sorry missed a space [rooky error]

sudo apt update && sudo apt-get --fix-missing

Still says:

apt 2.6.0ubuntu0.1 (amd64)
Usage: apt-get [options] command
...

 

[Brickwizard]

try without the get
sudo apt update && sudo apt --fix-missing

 

[Haui111]

try without the get
sudo apt update && sudo apt --fix-missing

I did. Didn’t work either. I then googled it and someone in another forum said sudo apt update —fix-missing which did work but the error remains.

Do you have any other ideas? I‘m not familiar how gnome works so I have no idea what gstreamer actually does and why it is crucial for ubuntu desktop.

 

[Brickwizard]

I have no idea what gstreamer actually does

It works with your Graphics, audio,and video, it automatically can convert the file format to work with any given application

install on ubuntu [its a long one so copy paste to terminal]

apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-gtk3 gstreamer1.0-qt5 gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio

told you it was long

 

[Haui111]

It works with your Graphics, audio,and video, it automatically can convert the file format to work with any given application

install on ubuntu [its a long one so copy paste to terminal]

y

told you it was long

Not trying to be a wiseass but isn't that the exact command I put in my first post in the thread?

Anyway, is there anything I can do to get this "setup" working as the error mentions or get "playbin" to work? I'm very much in a bind here.

 

[Brickwizard]

Had a quick look round, as I am going out shortly, see if this helps.

How do I install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package?

I would like to install the restricted extras package, which I didn't select during the install. How can I do that? ubuntu-restricted-extras is a meta-package that installs: Support for ...

askubuntu.com

 

[Haui111]

Had a quick look round, as I am going out shortly, see if this helps.

How do I install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package?

I would like to install the restricted extras package, which I didn't select during the install. How can I do that? ubuntu-restricted-extras is a meta-package that installs: Support for ...

askubuntu.com

I read through this and didn't find anything resembling my problem. I still gave it a whirl but no dice, sadly. Just gonna sit here and google a little more. If anyone has further suggestions, hit me.

Edit: I got it! I FKIN GOT IT!

gsettings reset org.gnome.Settings last-panel

The panel was broken. I skimmed over this as I thought my problem was something else.

For anyone having this problem, check this out:

Bug #2017498 “crashes trying to open the mouse screen” : Bugs : gnome-control-center package : Ubuntu

gnome-control-center crashes on ubuntu 23.04 when trying to open the mouse screen Steps to reproduce: 1. In GNOME Settings, navigate to the mouse screen. The control center crashes (i.e., the window closes instead of showing the mouse screen). 2. Start GNOME Settings again, e.g., using GNOME...

bugs.launchpad.net

Lubomir Brindza (lubomir-brindza) wrote on 2023-04-24 (last edit on 2023-04-24):

#2

Also happens on the "Multitasking" panel.
The last panel setting can also be cleared by running gsettings reset org.gnome.Settings last-panel.

This is doing it for me. Yay!