In bug #67443 , Thom Pischke (sorry I just called you by your last name, by the way, if you're reading this!) fixed a problem which I had a hunch was related to this one, in which progress bars were not displaying.
The fix for that also managed to fix this!
So, I ask that, if you are encountering this problem, you please try adjusting your DefaultDepth in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Try lowering it to 16 first, and then restart X and see if anything has changed.
Hopefully it has, in which case both this bug and #67443 can probably be considered the same issue...
Perhaps a feature request could be filed: Ubuntu could check if current graphics options are suited to the driver in use, and pop up a warning if they are not. That way, if someone ends up with the wrong DefaultDepth, they can find and fix the problem immediately. (Assuming that sort of check is possible).
Okay, I need to ask a favour.
In bug #67443 , Thom Pischke (sorry I just called you by your last name, by the way, if you're reading this!) fixed a problem which I had a hunch was related to this one, in which progress bars were not displaying.
The fix for that also managed to fix this!
So, I ask that, if you are encountering this problem, you please try adjusting your DefaultDepth in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Try lowering it to 16 first, and then restart X and see if anything has changed.
Hopefully it has, in which case both this bug and #67443 can probably be considered the same issue...
Perhaps a feature request could be filed: Ubuntu could check if current graphics options are suited to the driver in use, and pop up a warning if they are not. That way, if someone ends up with the wrong DefaultDepth, they can find and fix the problem immediately. (Assuming that sort of check is possible).