I have a very similar issue. Same ubuntu version 16.04, fresh install.
Using Nvidia driver strange colours appear.
Using xorg driver after clicking ubuntu search menu the system completely freezes. Must reboot after that.
This is what I see in syslog (dossier /var/log) at time of issue:
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2056.950500] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: fail ttm_validate
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2056.950508] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: validating bo list
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2056.950529] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: validate: -12
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2057.344081] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: fail ttm_validate
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2057.344089] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: validating bo list
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2057.344106] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: validate: -12
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I have a very similar issue. Same ubuntu version 16.04, fresh install.
Using Nvidia driver strange colours appear.
Using xorg driver after clicking ubuntu search menu the system completely freezes. Must reboot after that.
This is what I see in syslog (dossier /var/log) at time of issue:
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2056.950500] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: fail ttm_validate 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\00\00\ 00\
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2056.950508] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: validating bo list
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2056.950529] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: validate: -12
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2057.344081] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: fail ttm_validate
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2057.344089] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: validating bo list
May 1 19:17:33 aaa-desktop kernel: [ 2057.344106] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: compiz[1918]: validate: -12
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