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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):

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  • What graphics driver do you have?
    – Seth
    Jun 3, 2014 at 14:32
  • Seth, I have an Intel HD graphics 4400.
    – Cody
    Jun 3, 2014 at 14:34
  • Does this happen in the guest account? or just another account?
    – Parto
    Jun 3, 2014 at 14:58
  • I have only used my primary account to log in. I just tried the guest account and encountered the same problem. It seems that when my computer boots something is going wrong with my graphics driver. When I start in the advanced options mode my graphics seem to be working great.
    – Cody
    Jun 3, 2014 at 15:11
  • Can you upload Xorg.0.log to paste.ubuntu.com and link us here? Also, what is the output of apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel mesa-utils? Please edit it into your question.
    – Seth
    Jun 3, 2014 at 15:40

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