I've seen this type of corruption before with -ati. I think this is a driver bug.
Could you run 'apport collect 681915'? This will attach necessary files for diagnosing X bugs. Then I think we should forward this upstream for guidance. ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681915 Title: garbled graphics and text after launching unity -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs