Strange graphic artifacts.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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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
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_
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/
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=
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.
dmi.product.name: XPS 8700
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
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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.
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/ BinaryDriverHow to/Nvidia ?