There was probably an error after running the git clone command?
No. There was just a mistake on my side: I missed --recurse-submodules. Now it is all there. Thanks.
So, after all that and digging into the results of myfind, I can’t find the source of the bug.
What I did find: “A)” doesn’t work without touching the template (it requires enabling of the service, regardless of its “local” location). The workaround in the link you provided (rc.local-early) doesn’t change anything either.
For now, I am simply modifying the template to set the shell for the user, however the bug remains.
Here is one more:
Clicking on the time synchronization monitor panel widget often results in the menu showing and instantly hiding, thus making the whole thing unusable. From time to time it is stable and works as expected. Hard to relate to anything or define a pattern.