Text is occasionally rendered such that random letters throughout all applications are missing. This appears to only affect the system default font. Changing the text scaling factor via something like Ubuntu Tweak resolves the issue, as does changing the system default font. The issue reappears, however, upon reboot.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-34.45-generic 3.16.7-ckt8
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 11 18:37:40 2015
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: utopic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
bcmwl, 6.30.223.248+bdcom, 3.16.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed
bcmwl, 6.30.223.248+bdcom, 3.16.0-34-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0665]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-08 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9343
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-34-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=270c114a-a104-4702-bfb4-4fde27973a66 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/12/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0TRW8H
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd03/12/2015:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139343:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0TRW8H:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9343
dmi.product.version: 01
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140918-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3.2-0ubuntu0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3.2-0ubuntu0.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.3
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.0-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu4.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Sat Apr 11 17:30:24 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
product id 5152
vendor SHP
xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.3
Justin Toniazzo, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
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Is this reproducible in a supported release?