A couple weeks ago I did a fresh install of ubuntu-14.04.desktop.iso LTS and the garbled text bug 1507255 was back. Usual fix of
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "uxa" EndSection
worked.
Xenial new installs have been fine lately. Putting that uxa fix in Xenial prevents X windows from running.
A couple weeks ago I did a fresh install of ubuntu- 14.04.desktop. iso LTS and the garbled text bug 1507255 was back. Usual fix of
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
worked.
Xenial new installs have been fine lately. Putting that uxa fix in Xenial prevents X windows from running.