For me updating to the 4.8 kernel fixed this issue but gave me another suspend
related issue which I reported here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/+bug/1699436
I eventually gave up on it and switched to using hibernate.
sudo pm-hibernate
or
sudo pm-suspend-hybrid
If these work for you there are instructions online for removing suspend
from the GUI menu and adding hibernate.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1573959
Title:
On-screen text disappears after suspend
Status in linux-lts-xenial package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
After resuming from a suspend, almost all text on screen is not
visible. This includes menu items, text in all three boxes (list of
folders, list of e-mails, e-mail body) in Thunderbird (with the
curious exception of "ffl" in the File menu), top menu in Chromium
(but not the menu obtained by pressing the hamburger button), and the
menus produced by clicking items in the system tray. Also, the apport
dialog had no text except for a few capital letters.
WORKAROUND / 'FIX' (added on March 9, 2017)
Several people have mentioned upgrading to kernel 4.8 or higher solves the
issue. As per #81, you can easily install kernel 4.8 (if you're on Ubuntu
16.04, that is) by running
sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04
If you are still experiencing this issue after upgrading to kernel
4.8, please share your system details in the comments.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
* initctl restart unity-panel-service restarts the panel, but the text is
still missing
* suspend and resume does not fix the issue
* Logging out fixes the issue
* Other affected applications:
** Chromium file select dialog
** Terminal (entire window)
** ttys 1-6 (Ctrl+Alt+F1, etc.)
** Document viewer (menus)
** Software Updater
** Rhythmbox
** The dialog that appears when you take a screenshot with Ctrl+Alt+PrtSc
** ubuntu-bug
** Nautilus
** LibreOffice Calc (spreadsheet text contents)
** Firefox
* Unity dash is not affected.
* Skype is not affected.
* Mousing over a button in a dialog correctly shows the text.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:
CompizPlugins:
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,imgpng,place,move,resize,vpswitch,snap,regex,grid,mousepoll,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,session,wall,workarounds,expo,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Apr 23 12:04:57 2016
DistUpgraded: 2016-04-22 09:22:44,147 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16]
(rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics
Controller [14c0:0075]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-21 (457 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
(20140722.2)
MachineType: Compal VAW70
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic
root=UUID=8f4bd759-42d2-4828-8470-2aaf6fcb75ff ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (1 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: V1.01T01
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Type2 - Board Product Name1
dmi.board.vendor: Compal
dmi.board.version: V1.01T01
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.01T01:bd07/31/2013:svnCompal:pnVAW70:pvrV1.01T01:rvnCompal:rnType2-BoardProductName1:rvrV1.01T01:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: VAW70
dmi.product.version: V1.01T01
dmi.sys.vendor: Compal
upstart.unity-panel-service-lockscreen.log:
(unity-panel-service:14416): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 4294967295 was not
found when attempting to remove it
(unity-panel-service:26413): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 4294967295 was not
found when attempting to remove it
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experiment
