Public bug reported: On this five years old dell workstation the screen start showing some kind of weird corrupted patterns. This corruption gets worse as time passes by. A reboot solves it for a while.
The corruption can be seen in the Unity tooltips and in the wallpapers. It can also be seen in the icons shown during Alt+tab. Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz CurrentDmesg: [ 105.467156] type=1400 audit(1337347785.933:27): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" parent=1 profile="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" name="/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/" pid=1635 comm="mission-control" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 [ 235.609175] tg3 0000:01:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex [ 235.609181] tg3 0000:01:00.0: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX [ 235.609347] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Date: Fri May 18 18:09:27 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2772] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01ad] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01ad] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex GX620 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=a62a6d7d-4449-401d-a607-df97947e2736 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/31/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 0FH884 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd03/31/2006:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlexGX620:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0FH884:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX620 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 corruption precise regression-update ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001326 Title: Screen corruption To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1001326/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp