Mark Sutton, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu
better.
To see if this is already resolved, could you please test
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results?
** Tags added: bios-outdated-6.07
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1593012
Title:
display is garbled in high resolution
Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
need to start in recovery mode at low res for usable display
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-59.66~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt19
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-59-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
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
Date: Wed Jun 15 19:21:49 2016
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250]
[1002:9712] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2aae]
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard 100-5155
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-59-generic
root=UUID=6db44807-2f02-4129-8a6f-4b5b22e416c5 ro recovery nomodeset
Renderer: Software
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 6.04
dmi.board.name: 2AAE
dmi.board.vendor: PEGATRON CORPORATION
dmi.board.version: 1.03
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 3CR1040GJ1
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr6.04:bd08/20/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pn100-5155:pvr1.00:rvnPEGATRONCORPORATION:rn2AAE:rvr1.03:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: 100-5155
dmi.product.version: 1.00
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20160425-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1~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: Wed Jun 15 19:14:52 2016
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3.1~trusty1.1
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