I have a Dell inspiron 17r which has an Intel hd graphics 4400 GPU dual booted with Ubuntu and Windows 8.
When I first tried Ubuntu without installing my screen was green instead of the usually orange glow. I just assumed I would need to download a package to get better graphics after the install in order to fix this problem. I decided to install it and I did so with accepting the 3rd party add ons for media and color support.
After I restarted to check if everything worked, Ubuntu had its normal orange background and the colors were normal. I restarted again to check windows and everything was okay.
Now for some reason, whenever I load Ubuntu I have the original problem of horrible discoloration and was wondering if anyone knows what could have gone wrong?
NOTE: I restarted my computer in a fail safe graphics mode (recovery option) and the color is normal. However when I restarted my computer in the normal mode it goes back to the screen color below.
NOTE2: after entering "apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel mesa-utils" into the command line the console outputted:
xserver-xorg-video-intel: Installed: 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status mesa-utils: Installed: (none) Candidate: 8.1.0-2 Version table: 8.1.0-2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
NOTE3: here is the pasted xorg file : http://paste.ubuntu.com/7581271/
Here's a screenshot of my issue (taken with my phone):
Xorg.0.log
to paste.ubuntu.com and link us here? Also, what is the output ofapt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel mesa-utils
? Please edit it into your question.