Public bug reported: These strange lines appear at the top of the desktop, and at the bottom of the "unity overlay" (the thing that comes up when you click the ubuntu logo in the top left.
Running natty (upgraded from maverick) although I know another person has experienced it after doing a fresh install. The common thing between the both of us is that we both have the ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 graphics chipset. See here for more information + screenshots: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1752329 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: unity 3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz DRM.card0.LVDS.1: status: connected enabled: enabled dpms: On modes: 1280x800 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480 edid-base64: DRM.card0.VGA.1: status: disconnected enabled: disabled dpms: On modes: edid-base64: Date: Thu Jun 23 17:26:05 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-29 07:20:49.421794 DistroCodename: natty DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 1250 [1002:7942] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c511] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. R19/R20/R21 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=3f992c8d-f84c-4e83-84d1-cd2b5e8e0e8a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Renderer: Unknown SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (54 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/03/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 10SH dmi.board.name: R19/R20/R21 dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr10SH:bd04/03/2007:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnR19/R20/R21:pvr09SH:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnR19/R20/R21:rvr:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: R19/R20/R21 dmi.product.version: 09SH dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7 ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 natty regression-update running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/801356 Title: Lines appear at the top of the desktop, and at the bottom of some windows To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/801356/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs