On-screen text disappears after suspend
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
|
High
|
Unassigned |
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-
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.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnred
CompositorUnred
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=
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.
dmi.board.name: Type2 - Board Product Name1
dmi.board.vendor: Compal
dmi.board.version: V1.01T01
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCo
dmi.product.name: VAW70
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Compal
upstart.
(unity-
(unity-
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
xserver.bootTime: Fri Apr 22 09:26:06 2016
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
product id 1479
vendor BOE
xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2
no longer affects: | unity (Ubuntu) |
description: | updated |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: | added: suspend-resume |
tags: | added: apport-collected |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
status: | Fix Committed → Confirmed |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
Things I've tried that do not work:
* initctl restart unity-panel-service restarts the panel, but the text is still missing
* suspend and resume does not fix the issue
Also, I have one example screenshot. However, the issue also affects the file selection dialog in Chromium, so I can't upload it now.