This does look a lot like a driver bug rather than unity. We'll be getting a new -ati driver along with lots of other new X bits within a week and a half or so, which might make the issue go away completely. If not, we can forward the issue upstream once it's confirmed on the newer versions.
Meanwhile, could you also collect register dumps before and after? sudo apt-get install radeontool After installing it, you run it like this: avivotool regs all > regdump_good.txt avivotool regs all > regdump_broke.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700515 Title: ubuntu-bug xorg_Strange White Lines -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs