emacs window a solid black block after a distribution upgrade

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 at 19:59, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> After updating my Dell Inspiron 530s from Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, my GNU emacs window is completely black. Firefox won't run. The HP software to access my printer/scanner is unhappy.

What desktop? Using X11 or Wayland? Whichever it is, try the other,
and report back.

If possible, try a non-3D composited desktop, such as Xfce.

Graphical Gtk Emacs or text Emacs? If the latter what are other
terminal windows like?

Does Firefox launch? What if you run it it from the command line --
any errors shown?

> Dell Inspiron 530s
> 4GiB RAM

Is it one of these?
https://icecat.biz/en/p/dell/d065s11/pcs-workstations-inspiron+530s+dt+desktop-1620567.html

If so it should have an AMD Radeon HD 2400 XT GPU, with a
RV610/RV630 chipset.

The built-in Radeon driver should be able to control this:
https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man4/radeon.4.html

What does the Ubuntu drivers tool say? If it offers anything, install
it, reboot and try again.

If you need a browser, try the natively-packaged Firefox:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to-install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04

Or Chromium which is in the repos.

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