After update 2018-07-08 menus and buttons are behaving badly

Example of gimp action menu.
Red backgrounds and black icons instead of coloured

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This bug affects me, too. I suspect libdrm update did this. (I am not sure though). They updated this package in order for changes HWE kernel (see http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/libd/libdrm/libdrm_2.4.91-2~16.04.1/changelog ) - but some people (including me) still use the GA kernel (4.4). The GA kernel should be supported for the entire lifespan of Ubuntu 16.04, so the graphics shouldn't be broken.

David Mckelvie is using

{{{
david:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION:
gnome-flashback-metacity:

/var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log contains

Session pid=1370: Running command /usr/sbin/lightdm-session /usr/lib/gnome-flashback/gnome-flashback-metacity
}}}

I am using Xubuntu desktop

my kernel version:

$ uname --kernel-release
4.4.0-130-generic

update that did this on my machine:

Start-Date: 2018-07-08 17:16:36
Commandline: apt upgrade
Requested-By: danny (1000)
Install: libllvm6.0:amd64 (1:6.0-1ubuntu2~16.04.1, automatic), libllvm6.0:i386 (1:6.0-1ubuntu2~16.04.1, automatic), libstd-rust-1.25:amd64 (1.25.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, automatic)
Upgrade: libsoup-gnome2.4-1:amd64 (2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2, 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.3), libgles2-mesa:amd64 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libdrm-nouveau2:i386 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), rustc:amd64 (1.24.1+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, 1.25.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~16.04.1), gir1.2-soup-2.4:amd64 (2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2, 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.3), libapt-inst2.0:amd64 (1.2.26, 1.2.27), libarchive-zip-perl:amd64 (1.56-2, 1.56-2ubuntu0.1), apt:amd64 (1.2.26, 1.2.27), libglapi-mesa:amd64 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libglapi-mesa:i386 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libxatracker2:amd64 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libegl1-mesa:amd64 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libstd-rust-dev:amd64 (1.24.1+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, 1.25.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~16.04.1), libapt-pkg5.0:amd64 (1.2.26, 1.2.27), libsoup2.4-1:amd64 (2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2, 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.3), libgbm1:amd64 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), rust-gdb:amd64 (1.24.1+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, 1.25.0+dfsg1+llvm-0ubuntu1~16.04.1), libdrm-amdgpu1:amd64 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), firefox-locale-en:amd64 (60.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2), libwayland-egl1-mesa:amd64 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libdrm2:amd64 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libdrm2:i386 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), apt-utils:amd64 (1.2.26, 1.2.27), libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libdrm-intel1:amd64 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libdrm-intel1:i386 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), firefox:amd64 (60.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 61.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2), apt-transport-https:amd64 (1.2.26, 1.2.27), libdrm-radeon1:amd64 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), libdrm-radeon1:i386 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1), mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 (17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1, 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1), libdrm-common:amd64 (2.4.83-1~16.04.1, 2.4.91-2~16.04.1)
End-Date: 2018-07-08 17:17:36

my graphics card information can be useful here:

$ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K2200] (rev a2)

I am using the open source (nouveau) drivers

Ditto. Also using that kernel

david:~$ uname --kernel-release
4.4.0-130-generic

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Also using NVIDIA Quadro and nouveau driver

david:~$ lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K620] (rev a2)

david:~$ lsmod | grep video
video 40960 2 nouveau,asus_wmi

David, the bot in comment #11 suggests us to file this bug against some specific package rather than Ubuntu in general: I don't want to do this myself, since it's you who reported the bug and I don't want to "hijack" it: I suggest we set this bug against either libdrm-common, or (maybe better) libdrm-nouveau2 - do you agree?

I dont know enough to be sure whether or not libdrm-nouveau2 is the responsible package.
But I will change the package on this ticket to that, if it helps get it more attention.

Possible related or duplicate bug #1780664

Thanks @Patrick for the link between the bug reports. Bug #1780664 contains instructions on how to revert to earlier libgl-mesa package versions while we wait for a fix.

I was able to work-around this issue by rolling back only the *libgl-mesa* packages from version 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1 to version 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1.

I did not need to revert the *libdrm* packages in order to work-around this issue.

David, if the workaround in Bug #1780664 works in our case (i.e. for this bug) we should change the affected component from "libdrm" to "mesa": I was searching for something related to graphics drivers to be responsible for this bug, thought it was libdrm, but it can be mesa, too. Have you tried the workaround? I did not for now, I have a lot of work to do till weekend: and in my case Firefox, Mplayer, Dosbox and Vim work fine, which are the programs I use most, so I am not very pressured to do the fix, maybe I will wait until the official fix is out.

I was also thinking that another thing that may fix this could be upgrading the kernel from GA to HWE according to this article: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack (the command when they say "DESKTOP") - but this can be dangerous and can break other things so I was not brave enough to do this upgrade: also the bug can maybe stay even when the kernel is updated this way which would be sad

changing package to "mesa" according to comment #17

Thanks to Patrick Wigmore and Curtis Gedak for diagnosing the problem and coming up with a way to revert the problem.

I downloaded the .deb files linked to from Bug #1780664.

Then

sudo dpkg -i \
libgbm1_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libwayland-egl1-mesa_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libegl1-mesa_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libgl1-mesa-dri_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libgl1-mesa-dri_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_i386.deb \
mesa-vdpau-drivers_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb

Then restarted the machine, tho restarting X might have done the job.

Now I am back to menus and buttons looking like they should.

Really good, thanks.

Like David, I downgraded the mesa packages in order for the problem to disapear. The package system needed the old libllvm library (unfortunately, I purged it with "sudo apt autoremove" before) so my command line for this downgrade/fix was

sudo dpkg -i \
libllvm5.0_5.0-3~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libllvm5.0_5.0-3~16.04.1_i386.deb \
libgbm1_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libwayland-egl1-mesa_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libegl1-mesa_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libgl1-mesa-dri_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libgl1-mesa-dri_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_i386.deb \
mesa-vdpau-drivers_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb

now the menus and buttons look normally

This bug was marked as a duplicate of bug #1780664

But now I can see on bug #1780664 :

This bug was fixed in the package xorg-server - 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8

I updated to this package, but it didn't help me.

It seems the "duplicate" status was wrong. The workaround still helps, but the fix of bug #1780664 did not help me.

I removed the "duplicate" tag.

Daniel, can you try rebooting your computer or otherwise restarting the xserver and then re-testing?

Curtis, what I did was 1. I updated the system: the packages are not "held" on my system, so I got the new xorg-server and the new mesa libraries 2. I rebooted the computer and noticed that the XFCE menu is broken, it behaved the same as without the fix 3. after downgrading mesa libraries (see comment #21) and rebooting the computer again the menus were OK

this problem has visually different symptoms than bug #1780664 - in that bug, the menus were not visible at all, in this bug, the menus are there, but with strange colours and the text disappears, there are screenshots in this bug. so I think this is a different problem with the same mesa update, which is similar but not quite the same

@David McKelvie: what about you, did the xserver-common update work for you?

Daniel, the KDE menu bar colour problem I experienced and noted in bug #1780664 also went away when I upgraded to the new xorg-server.

I had to reboot and upgrade all my packages twice in order to get the latest. You might try checking to ensure that you have all the latest packages.

The update to xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8 doesnt seem to fix the menu bug for me.

I apt-mark unheld libegl1-mesa libgbm1 libgl1-mesa-dri libwayland-egl1-mesa mesa-vdpau-drivers

Did an update. Checked that I had xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8 installed

Rebooted.

Then bug is back. Icons on Gimp Tool menu turns black and/red on mouse over.
Popup menu in emacs (when closing emacs window with unsaved files) does not display some buttons until you mouse over them. Popup menu for software updater has black background instead of white.

I reverted to the correct behaviour by

cd /home/david/DisplayBug-Jul7-2018

sudo dpkg -i \
libgbm1_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libwayland-egl1-mesa_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libegl1-mesa_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libgl1-mesa-dri_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb \
libgl1-mesa-dri_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_i386.deb \
mesa-vdpau-drivers_17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb

sudo apt-mark hold \
    libegl1-mesa \
    libgbm1 \
    libgl1-mesa-dri \
    libwayland-egl1-mesa \
    mesa-vdpau-drivers

so you all are using nouveau?

@Timo, I am using Intel HD Graphics and no longer experience issues as described in this report.

I am using nouveau

lspci -k says

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K620] (rev a2)
 Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K620]
 Kernel driver in use: nouveau
 Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau

I am also using nouveau

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K2200] (rev a2)
 Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K2200]
 Kernel driver in use: nouveau
 Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau

well, there's probably a regression in the nouveau driver then.. does 18.04 have the same issue or not?

Hello, I plan to create a DVD or flash with live 18.04, boot it on the machine and test the bug. I had a vacation, so I didn't do it yet.

Well, I created a bootable DVD with 18.04 and booted it on the machine: it does NOT have this issue.

Ditto. I created a bootable DVD with 18.04 and booted it on the machine: it does NOT have this issue.

But not sure if this shows anything, as 18.04 is quite different. Different desktop, gimp and emacs versions. But maybe.

Hi,
Besides issues with buttons I experience transparency in dialog menus (where should not be any transparency).
The updated xorg does not help (I've double check this).
Downgrade mesa fixes this.
I use nouveau with
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] (rev a2)

(Another workaround for this bug would be to use the proprietary driver for Nvidia instead of nouveau. I am not planning to do this (yet?) )

Hello, I solved this by upgrading to the HWE kernel and Xorg

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Ubuntu_16.04_LTS_-_Xenial_Xerus