I installed Lubuntu 18.04 LTS on VirtualBox, and I met similar issue. The text messages on gajim chat window were messy. GTK didn't seem to refresh the window and kept previous text overlapped on the window.
I found a discussion (in Chinese) here, they found an workaround solution - changing desktop theme: https://www.ubuntu- tw.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=108158&forum=2&post_id=360960 My input method was changed to gcin. Other than that, LXDE related settings were unchanged after Lubuntu installation. After using lxappearance to change theme to "Industrial", the symptom disappeared. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gtk+3.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760818 Title: gedit and gnome-calculator transparency/graphics corruption issue when GTK_IM_MODULE=xim is set Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in im-config package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In a "Ubuntu" (Xorg) session on 18.04 gedit and gnome-calculator suffer from a graphics issue where parts of their windows hold parts of wallpaper or other windows' contents as background. See attached screenshot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: light-themes 16.10+18.04.20180328-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Apr 3 09:12:31 2018 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-themes UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-02-07 (54 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1760818/+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