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Ubuntu is only showing half text in almost any program, title bars, menus, etc.

I tried setting font to large in accessibility, didn't work. used fc-cache -r fc-cache -f and didn't work.

additional info about my PC setup:

  1. fonts are default Ubuntu fonts.
  2. AMD Radeon GPU with mesa graphic driver.
  3. issue remains even without any extension enabled.
  4. as you can see in the screenshot only 4 first character of any string is displayed, I'm sure there is a pattern because if a folder name is long enough, some characters at the end of it will also appear.

Screenshot of my display

my PC setup:

uname -r    
5.8.0-48-generic

lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series]

inxi -G              
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] driver: radeon 
  v: kernel 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: radeon resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD CEDAR (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.8.0-48-generic LLVM 12.0.0) 
  v: 3.3 Mesa 21.1.0-devel (git-5c8a7fa 2021-03-31 focal-oibaf-ppa)

similar issues from other people: 1 2 3

it seems, Ubuntu update has some problems.

someone suggested installing oibaf drivers would fix the issue, I have installed oibaf mesa drivers and it didn't fix my issue.

Mahdi Baghbani
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Did you change the font type. If not, first install gnome tweaks and change the fonts and check if the problem is solved.

To install GNOME TWEAKS.

sudo add-apt-repository universe

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

Then launch it by,

gnome-tweaks

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Dhyansaj
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After I got the same error, purge-ppa ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers fixed it!

sudo apt install ppa-purge

sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers

Phnoggie
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My Ubuntu has started displaying only the first few letters in all output. Even when typing text in a terminal window everything after the first 3-4 letters disappears...

Hesekiel Kontiainen
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