Comment 10 for bug 1573959

Update: my current workaround is now to remove xserver-xorg-video-intel,
and instead use the built in modesetting driver. So far, I've had no
issues, and acceleration works fine.
On May 4, 2016 05:15, "Ibrahim Awwal" <email address hidden> wrote:

> I tried setting COGL_ATLAS_DEFAULT_BLIT_MODE to framebuffer and
> performance seems to become poorer and I start having glitches when
> changing workspaces (in Awesome window manager). Not sure if that's a
> satisfactory workaround.
>
> Interestingly there are reports for similar issues dating back to 14.04
> but I never had this problem until now with 16.04.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1573959
>
> Title:
> On-screen text disappears after suspend
>
> Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> 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.
>
> 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+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
> .tmp.unity_support_test.0:
>
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: amd64
> BootLog:
>
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,imgpng,place,move,resize,vpswitch,snap,regex,grid,mousepoll,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,session,wall,workarounds,expo,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
> CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
> 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=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic
> root=UUID=8f4bd759-42d2-4828-8470-2aaf6fcb75ff ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> 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.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.name: Type2 - Board Product Name1
> dmi.board.vendor: Compal
> dmi.board.version: V1.01T01
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
> dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.01T01:bd07/31/2013:svnCompal:pnVAW70:pvrV1.01T01:rvnCompal:rnType2-BoardProductName1:rvrV1.01T01:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
> dmi.product.name: VAW70
> dmi.product.version: V1.01T01
> dmi.sys.vendor: Compal
> upstart.unity-panel-service-lockscreen.log:
> (unity-panel-service:14416): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 4294967295 was
> not found when attempting to remove it
>
> (unity-panel-service:26413): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 4294967295 was
> not found when attempting to remove it
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2
> 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
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.12-1build2
> 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
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