Public bug reported: After updating from 19.04 to 19.10 I noted that some apps don't redraw their window(s) correctly. Affected apps include (it seems) all Qt- based apps (including KDE and VirtualBox), as well as firefox/thunderbird.
Unaffected apps include emacs, chrome, xterm. The symptom is that an affected app will only redraw its window when another X window redraws its window. If there is no other window, then the app's window is not redrawn at all. This is best illustrated with a video, which shows the problem using konsole and kpat (both KDE apps) :- https://photos.app.goo.gl/hd7UtTt2k6Pn9GBLA I am using the intel graphics driver (no graphics card). Other info as requested below :- $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 19.10 Release: 19.10 $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg xserver-xorg: Installed: 1:7.7+19ubuntu12 Candidate: 1:7.7+19ubuntu12 Version table: *** 1:7.7+19ubuntu12 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: xorg (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None Date: Wed Oct 30 11:50:09 2019 DistUpgraded: 2019-10-21 13:25:02,550 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py' DistroCodename: eoan DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 6.0.14, 5.3.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:1912] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd HD Graphics 530 [1458:d000] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-02 (1396 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M. ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.3.0-19-generic root=UUID=8af2cd02-0009-4ce5-9ec6-e6cdf44c9411 ro nopti SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-10-21 (8 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F2 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z170X-Gaming 5 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF2:bd07/23/2015:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnZ170X-Gaming5:rvrx.x:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: # set this to 0 to disable apport, or to 1 to enable it # you can temporarily override this with # sudo service apport start force_start=1 #enabled=1 enabled=0 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2016-01-06T17:10:43.876145 version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.99-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.2.1-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 19.2.1-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.5+git20191008-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.0.1-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20190815-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1850635 Title: Some applications don't redraw their windows correctly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1850635/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp