The issue appears to have started around the 21st April, and apart from a couple of browser upgrades some misc packages, there appear to have been a number of Mesa related upgrades (see attached).
** Attachment added: "Grepped output from /var/log/dpkg.loc" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1926009/+attachment/5492530/+files/upgradelog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926009 Title: Incomplete display of text Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Ubuntu release: 20.04.1 * What is expected to happen. All gui text elements to display complete words. * What actually happens. Since a recent update, gui text displays incompletely. I'm posting this with some difficulty from the affected system, but have noted similar issues being experienced by others and I share links below: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1328937/ubuntu-20-04-only-shows-half-text https://askubuntu.com/questions/1329312/xubuntu-20-04-incomplete-words https://askubuntu.com/questions/1329059/on-the-desktop-xfce-displays-text-incorrectly https://askubuntu.com/questions/1332354/ubuntu-20-04-is-showing-a-bad-text The issues above seem to suggest the the issue may lie with the AMD graphics driver, although in my case I think I am using the 'radeon' open source driver. The issue occurs regardless of me use the current or previous kernel version installed. Please let me know if there is any more information that I can provide, and I will do my best to get it to you. Many thanks, Mark. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-72.80-generic 5.4.101 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Apr 24 12:07:35 2021 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu EcryptfsInUse: Yes GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8570D] [1002:990e] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Richland [Radeon HD 8570D] [1043:8526] MachineType: NOVATECH LTD MBB-66004G ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-72-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgubuntu-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/03/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 6102 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: F2A55-M LK dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: NOVATECH LTD dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr6102:bd05/03/2013:svnNOVATECHLTD:pnMBB-66004G:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnF2A55-MLK:rvrRevX.0x:cvnNOVATECHLTD:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: MBB-66004G dmi.product.sku: SKU dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: NOVATECH LTD version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.105-1ubuntu1~f~mesarc2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 21.1.0~rc2+git2104212235.09d505a3ab7~f~mesarc2 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1926009/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
