Anirban Ghosh, thank you for your comment. So your hardware and problem may be tracked, could you please file a new report by executing the following in a terminal: ubuntu-bug xorg
Please ensure you have xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information. For more on this, please see the official Ubuntu documentation: Ubuntu X.Org Team, Ubuntu Bug Control, and Ubuntu Bug Squad: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/BestPractices#X.2BAC8-Reporting.Focus_on_One_Issue Ubuntu Community: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette When opening up the new report, please feel free to subscribe me to it. Please note, not filing a new report will delay your problem being addressed as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243735 Title: Glitches in text rendering Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This happens since upgrading to 13.10. With 13.04 I did not have this problem. I notice glitches in the text rendering (randomly, one character in many will be rendered as noise). This happens in all applications (xterm, Mozilla, etc). Other that that I observe no crashes or problems. Attached is a snapshot that shows the problem. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,snap,gnomecompat,compiztoolbox,resize,move,mousepoll,grid,imgpng,vpswitch,place,regex,animation,workarounds,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,expo,ezoom,fade,session,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Wed Oct 23 16:22:59 2013 DistUpgraded: 2013-10-21 11:57:38,259 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: saucy DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 6.30.223.141+bdcom, 3.11.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed bcmwl, 6.30.223.141+bdcom, 3.8.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.2.16, 3.11.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.2.16, 3.8.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02bc] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:02bc] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-20 (156 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 1520 MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=5326adab-e228-4770-90ca-3c0261353884 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg-server UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-21 (2 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/27/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A05 dmi.board.name: 0T816J dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd10/27/2009:svnDellInc.:pnVostro1520:pvrNull:rvnDellInc.:rn0T816J:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Vostro 1520 dmi.product.version: Null dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1 xserver.bootTime: Tue Oct 22 10:31:47 2013 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 9079 vendor AUO xserver.version: 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1243735/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
