I enabled ppa:canonical-x/x-staging. Corruption looks now a little different, but is still there.
** Attachment added: "screenshot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1492580/+attachment/4462027/+files/Screenshot%20from%202015-09-12%2008%3A31%3A06.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1492580 Title: Display corruption Status in xserver-xorg-video-ati package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I am running a newly installed and updated Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS on a Samsung P500 Laptop (Model NP-P500I, NP-P500-RA01DE). I guess this issue is related to the graphics card, which is a Radeon Xpress 1250. The display corruption occurs directly after login on the top of the screen and i mentioned something at the bottom of the search window. I attached screenshots of it. I see similar corruption with ubuntu 15.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt4 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Sep 5 14:05:22 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS600M [Radeon Xpress 1250] [1002:7942] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c034] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-05 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805) MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. R59P/R60P/R61P ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-26-generic root=UUID=baa0aac5-0549-40cc-b292-1b9a4af32753 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/26/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 09YI dmi.board.name: R59P/R60P/R61P dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr09YI:bd09/26/2008:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnR59P/R60P/R61P:pvr02YI:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnR59P/R60P/R61P:rvr:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: R59P/R60P/R61P dmi.product.version: 02YI dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Sat Sep 5 13:47:09 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3~trusty1 xserver.video_driver: radeon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1492580/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp