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Yesterday I made some system updates, and after that my ubuntu shows mixed colors around every new opened window. I tried to remove the latest update but it doesn't solve the problem. When I reboot the system, mixed colors disappears until the first suspend or hibernate. Here is an example of new opened window:

"mixed color" border of settings

Output of dpkg -l | grep nvidia:

 ii  nvidia-367                                  375.39-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 
                      amd64        Transitional package for nvidia-375
ii  nvidia-375                                  375.39-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 
                      amd64        NVIDIA binary driver - version 375.39
ii  nvidia-opencl-icd-367                       375.39-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
                       amd64        Transitional package for nvidia-opencl-icd-375
ii  nvidia-opencl-icd-375                       375.39-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
                       amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL ICD
ii  nvidia-prime                                0.8.2 
                                        amd64        Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-settings                             361.42-0ubuntu1 
                       amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

video card:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics (rev 09)

nvidia GeForce 930M

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  • Please [edit] your question and add output of dpkg -l | grep nvidia terminal command. And what is the adapter? – Pilot6 Mar 21 '17 at 18:16
  • I have added the output. But which is the adapter that you think of? – Naum PS Mar 21 '17 at 18:32
  • I am asking what is the video card. Please do not post terminal output as a screenshot. Post it as text. This is a bug with the 375 driver on some adapters. – Pilot6 Mar 21 '17 at 18:36
  • I made the changes – Naum PS Mar 21 '17 at 19:05
  • Any solution to this problem yet? I have the exact same issue. GeForce GTX 965 M.

    Currently running this driver:

    ii nvidia-378 378.09-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA binary driver - version 378.09 I can make the funny borders go away be restarting unity, but that causes other problems.

     – StvnBrkdll Mar 22 '17 at 00:10
  • I changed the driver from 375.39 to 370.28. Under Software & Updates->Additional drivers . This looks like temporary solution. Do you know any better solution ? – Naum PS Mar 22 '17 at 00:51

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The bug is also reported here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/995750/linux/375-39-causes-corruption-of-window-decor-on-ubuntu-after-suspend-resume/

The next release should fix this problem. The temporary fix described here works for me:

echo -e '#!/bin/bash'"\n## This file (or a link to it) must be in the folder /lib/systemd/system-sleep/\n## Purpose: Kill compiz after system wakes up from sleep.\n## This will fix bad window borders caused by Nvidia driver 375.39.\nkill \$(ps -C compiz -o pid=)" | sudo tee /lib/systemd/system-sleep/fixbadborders
sudo chmod +x /lib/systemd/system-sleep/fixbadborders

To remove this script:

sudo rm /lib/systemd/system-sleep/fixbadborders
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