This bug appears to be fixed in the released version of Ubuntu 17.10. Haven't seen any corruption yet, although I've only had Ubuntu installed for a few minutes.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711936 Title: Severe graphical corruption in gnome-shell with nouveau [Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS] Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When running gnome-shell on Ubuntu 17.10, text is visible only as white blocks (or sometimes not visible at all), and some graphics, such as the icons on the launcher menu, are corrupt. Only objects drawn by the gnome-shell and related programs seem to be affected. Software which is not part of the gnome-shell, such as LibreOffice, calculator, terminal, etc displays without corruption. --- ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DisplayManager: gdm3 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 GsettingsChanges: org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-im-module 'gtk-im-context-simple' InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-20 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170818) Package: linux PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5 Tags: artful wayland-session Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1711936/+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
