I also experienced this issue in 16.10 (also with Intel graphics), as noted in a comment on another bug[1]. But, for what it's worth, I don't experience the issue anymore in 17.04.
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/yakkety/+source/gnome- calculator/+bug/1615408/comments/3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-calculator in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662617 Title: gnome-calculator with transparent formula entry box Status in gnome-calculator package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have a notebook and desktop running Ubuntu 16.10 with Unity... in both machines the gnome-calculator shows a transparent formula entry box. Installing the new version 2.23.4 solved the issue in the notebook but not in the desktop. Desktop Graphic Card: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 09 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:29 memory:f7800000-f7bfffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-calculator/+bug/1662617/+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