[Bug 1518597] Re: All system menus, as well as dolphin and other apps totally unreadable because of overlap

[Chris Bertin]

Well, that didn't work and my system setting menu doesn't have 'graphical
effects' but I think you pointed me in the right direction!! I also noticed
that what seemed to trigger the problem was to play embedded videos in a
browser, which explains why things sometimes would work for quite a while
and sometimes would mess up quickly.

So, after trying a few things that didn't work, I changed:

System Settings -> Desktop effects -> Advanced -> Composition type:  OpenGL
2.0 instead of XRender
System Settings -> Desktop effects -> Advanced -> Qt graphics: Native
instead of Raster.


And, so far, so good, assuming the trigger was indeed embedded videos. I
will keep these settings and see if that fixes the problem.

Thanks!!!



Chris (chris.bertin at gmail.com or chris.bertin at protonmail.com)


On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Flames_in_Paradise <
1518597 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> Since U reported it's barely useable U could probabely try it w/o 3D-
> Acceleration. To switch it off press ALT+ shift  +F12 (that temporarely
> turns it off) I've permanentely turned it off on my 2nd machine, an old
> Dell D600. Via "Systemsettings -> graphical effects -> enhanced"
>
> And remember if the system seems to be completely borked you still have
> the repair-chance to make use of the chroot-method from a Live-CD ->
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCdRecovery#Update_Failure
>
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> Title:
>   All system menus, as well as dolphin and other apps totally unreadable
>   because of overlap
>
> Status in kde-workspace package in Ubuntu:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   A few minutes/seconds after a system restart, all menus become
>   unreadable. First, the text is no longer centered, then any kind of
>   scrolling or change of screen result in the new text being displayed
>   on top of the previous content. I have been using Linux/KDE/[K]Ubuntu
>   for 20 years and I have never seen anything like this. I have googled
>   for hours and have not been able to find any information. One
>   screenshots is attached. It is very hard to add more because 'Choose
>   file' is just as messed up as all other system menus/apps and finding
>   the right file is very challenging...
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>   Package: plasma-desktop 4:4.11.11-0ubuntu0.2
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-68.111-generic 3.13.11-ckt27
>   Uname: Linux 3.13.0-68-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CurrentDesktop: KDE
>   Date: Sat Nov 21 09:46:26 2015
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-26 (209 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
> (20140722.2)
>   SourcePackage: kde-workspace
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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