You have been subscribed to a public bug: Setting background to Solid color (Black) causes noise to appear on background (instead of black). This regularly happens on resume from sleep.
See also https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/8ezq2q/strange_graphics_bug_ubuntu_1710_background/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-88.88-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-88-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 390.116 Sun Jan 27 07:21:36 PST 2019 GCC version: gcc version 7.4.0 (Ubuntu 7.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04.1) ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.11 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Feb 26 07:09:26 2020 DistUpgraded: 2018-09-03 16:17:03,502 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8)) DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia, 390.116, 4.15.0-76-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia, 390.116, 4.15.0-88-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 5.2.34, 4.15.0-76-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 5.2.34, 4.15.0-88-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GP102 [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] [10de:1b06] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. GP102 [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] [3842:6593] InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-27 (852 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) MachineType: MSI MS-7A62 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/usr/bin/fish ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-88-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-03 (540 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/10/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.30 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.30:bd07/10/2017:svnMSI:pnMS-7A62:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnZ270GAMINGM3(MS-7A62):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: Default string dmi.product.name: MS-7A62 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.99-1ubuntu1~18.04.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.2 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic corruption ubuntu -- Background solid color causes noise https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1864839 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ 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