The radeon graphics driver is unable to work properly, probably because you are stuck in recovery mode where kernel mode setting has been disabled:
[ 68.968] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-38-generic root=UUID=010804b7-21f1-4e4e-a968-18ae8286fbf2 ro recovery nomodeset To fix this, please reboot and tap Escape immediately as soon as you see the first purple screen. Now navigate the menus and find the default kernel option that is not recovery mode. When done, please confirm the correct change has been made by running: cat /proc/cmdline ** Tags added: radeon ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => xorg-server (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1799327 Title: screen display Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: my home and login screen looks like i had taken LSD vivid distorted colours. and just solid color on normal start-up. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic i686 .tmp.unity_support_test.1: ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None Date: Mon Oct 22 18:54:19 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400] [1002:7145] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Thinkpad T60 model 2007 [17aa:2006] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-13 (982 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417) MachineType: LENOVO 200763U PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-38-generic root=UUID=010804b7-21f1-4e4e-a968-18ae8286fbf2 ro recovery nomodeset Renderer: Software SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 79ETE6WW (2.26 ) dmi.board.name: 200763U dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr79ETE6WW(2.26):bd04/01/2010:svnLENOVO:pn200763U:pvrThinkPadT60:rvnLENOVO:rn200763U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.family: ThinkPad T60 dmi.product.name: 200763U dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T60 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 xserver.bootTime: Mon Oct 22 17:23:51 2018 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1799327/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp