Strange graphic artifacts.

Bug #1583365 reported by P.Johnston
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xorg (Ubuntu)
Expired
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

In window menus, scroll bars. Strange and random colors shift and spread through areas of the screen. Usually the color is blue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:
 /dev/sdb1: recovering journal
 /dev/sdb1: clean, 287693/3662848 files, 1686817/14648437 blocks
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Wed May 18 17:27:10 2016
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] [10de:1380] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] [1043:84bb]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 8700
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-22-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=9b3a2ee0-7743-43b2-b375-527cf9436dab ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/09/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.name: 0KWVT8
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A03
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd07/09/2015:svnDellInc.:pnXPS8700:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0KWVT8:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS 8700
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Wed May 18 17:21:11 2016
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2
xserver.video_driver: modeset

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P.Johnston (paul-d-johnston) wrote :
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

P.Johnston, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

To clarify, if you use the proprietary nvidia drivers does this provide a WORKAROUND as outlined in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia ?

tags: added: latest-bios-a11
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for xorg (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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