White rectangles keep appearing in Ubuntu Menu

[kemi242]

Binary package hint: unity

White rectangles over text on some icons, but sometimes all over the menu keep appearing. I've tried installing fglrx, but it didn't solve the problem, and I've gone back to the default open source driver, because it raised performance issues.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1920x1080 1680x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1440x900 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480
 edid-base64: AP///////wAF4wAifXUAAAoUAQNsLxp4LjWFplZImiQSUFQvbwBxT4GAgYqVAJUPswDRwAEBAjqAGHE4LUBYLEUA3AwRAAAeAAAA/wBSMTBBM0hBMTMwMDc3AAAA/QAySx5TFQAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABGMjIKICAgICAgICAgAO0=
Date: Sat Apr 30 18:05:36 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
 ATI Technologies Inc RV770 LE [Radeon HD 4800 Series] [1002:944c] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:e104]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770-DS3
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=hu_HU:en
 LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=C03299EE3299E9A4 loop=/hostname/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F6
dmi.board.name: GA-MA770-DS3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF6:bd06/24/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA770-DS3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA770-DS3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA770-DS3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

take a screen short and attach with it

[kemi242 (kemi242)]

It's there. First file in the attachments. Just forgot to rename the file to become more obvious for non Hungarian readers. :P

[kemi242 (kemi242)]

I upgraded fglrx, it seems to solve the problem, but compiz effects become slow and sluggish, and generally slows down my pc. It may be an issue with the open source AMD graphics driver. (My advice to anyone, is stay away from fglrx.)