Public bug reported: Seen on both SuperMicro and Dell AMD Epyc based servers (that's right, I installed the desktop version of 17.10 on a server):
Dell: $ lspci | grep VGA 83:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. Device 0536 (rev 04) $ lspci -s 83:00 -n 83:00.0 0300: 102b:0536 (rev 04) SuperMicro: $ lspci | grep VGA 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 41) $ lspci -s 02:00 -n 02:00.0 0300: 1a03:2000 (rev 41) The Xwayland default is not a good one here, editing /etc/gdm3/custom.conf and removing the comment in front of WaylandEnable=false has fixed every system that has failed. ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1730796 Title: Ubuntu 17.10 graphical login and desktop unreadable (no hsync, tearing) on AMD Epyc servers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1730796/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs