Public bug reported: Mostly in empathy and in the titlebar text AMD/ATI graphic cards both in GNOME and Unity produces weird black squares replacing the text. I attach an screenshot.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic 3.2.0-23.36 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: fran 3495 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: fran 3495 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country GB: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xb0900000 irq 48' Mixer name : 'Cirrus Logic CS4206' Components : 'HDA:10134206,106b1d00,00100301' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 10 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xb0840000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Thu Apr 12 11:19:13 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120408) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro8,2 ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=f755d13d-6540-4aff-bff6-78eb93b26ce0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.78 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: mei UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/24/12 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBP81.88Z.0047.B27.1201241646 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-94245A3940C91C80 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: MacBookPro8,2 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-94245A3940C91C80 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP81.88Z.0047.B27.1201241646:bd01/24/12:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro8,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-94245A3940C91C80:rvrMacBookPro8,2:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-94245A3940C91C80: dmi.product.name: MacBookPro8,2 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise staging third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/979712 Title: AMD/ATI graphic cards sometimes produces weird black squares in screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/979712/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs