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Ubuntu 14.04 Fresh Install - Parts of screen garbled

Asked by Kanon Kubose

I've installed Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 on a Dell Vostro 1500 with 2.5 gigs of ram, and I'm experiencing garbled (corruption or gibberish) graphics. Screenshot at this link: http://www.herbaloutfitters.com/ubuntu/

I ran 12.04 before, and it didn't have this problem. This new 14.04 installation is fresh, not an upgrade. I've done all updates.

The diagnostic command and output are here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/11994904/

The screen starts off okay after boot, and the corruption seems to start if I open too many programs, getting worse the more resources I use. Sometimes parts will fix themselves if I manipulate the interface with the mouse, but other times they remain garbled even if I select the garbled text, etc.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

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Kanon Kubose (pbuntuone) said : 		#2

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a
[sudo] password for kanon:
  *-display:0
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0c
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:43 memory:fea00000-feafffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:efe8(size=8)
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2.1
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
       version: 0c
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:feb00000-febfffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Linux kanon-Vostro-1500 3.16.0-46-generic #62~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 11 16:27:16 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Could try the Intel driver installer, may help.

OmgUbuntu has a guide.

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