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Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) reached end-of-life on April 29, 2021. Due to the time that has elapsed since your initial bug report I'm changing the status to 'Incomplete'. If this issue is still present in a currently supported release of Ubuntu then please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in and change the bug status to 'New' and add a full description of the problem that you are seeing. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => ubuntu ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1694359 Title: Text missing on display, from various applications and desktop Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Every once in a while, text will disappear. If you're wondering which text, the answer is any text. What I've typed in an office doc will be invisible, but selectable. Icon labels are invisible, but highlighted when clicked. Options in the control panel, and so on. Rebooting takes care of it, but it seems weird that it should happen. I upgraded to 16.04 recently. Also, I was playing around with a Linux Intel driver for graphics, that might have interfered with something, but the problem came up only recently. I made some screen captures if anyone would like to see them. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-78.99-generic 4.4.62 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-78-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon May 29 21:55:25 2017 DistUpgraded: 2017-05-22 16:47:32,404 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py' DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.0.40, 4.2.0-42-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 5.0.40, 4.4.0-78-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [103c:1993] InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-22 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 650 G1 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-78-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-05-22 (7 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/24/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: L77 Ver. 01.31 dmi.board.name: 1993 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 16.3A dmi.chassis.asset.tag: USH612L0Y6 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrL77Ver.01.31:bd12/24/2014:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook650G1:pvrA3009DD10303:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1993:rvrKBCVersion16.3A:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 650 G1 dmi.product.version: A3009DD10303 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1~ubuntu16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Mon May 29 21:37:40 2017 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 16876 vendor AUO xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1694359/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp