My Ubuntu mate Look like this. Help

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Thanking anyone who would help.
Jeyavishnu

I ask that you perform the following steps:

  1. First, press Ctrl-Alt-F1. This will move your system to a "virtual terminal". The whole screen will be only text; you will be presented with a login prompt.

  2. Next, log in as your user account there.

  3. When you log in, please run: sudo lshw -s > my_hardware_info.txt

  4. That command will create a file in your home directory called "my_hardware_info.txt" containing your hardware information. Please attach that file to your post; the hardware information will help us debug the problem.

  5. Oh yeah. At the command line, type "exit" to log out of the command line, then press Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to the GUI.

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A little bit of insight about the problem here:

First, did you, @Jeyavishnu, encounter any wackyness like this when you installed Ubuntu MATE?

Second, from the photo it appears that only the desktop (the thing with the desktop background and the icons) is scrambled. For other troubleshooters: since Caja draws the background, I think it's a bug in Caja.

sorry guys for delayed reply guys i had problems with internet so couldn't reply.
But it works fine on Compiz compositor but when i switch to Marco(adaptive compositor) the screen becomes something like a transparent chess board with only the panel left unaffected.

I did as you asked. Please do something about it:
computer
description: Notebook
product: 81FS (LENOVO_MT_81FS_BU_idea_FM_E41-25)
vendor: LENOVO
version: Lenovo E41-25
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-3.1.1 dmi-3.1.1 smp vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=notebook family=E41-25 frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=LENOVO_MT_81FS_BU_idea_FM_E41-25 uuid=[REMOVED]
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: LNVNB161216
vendor: LENOVO
physical id: 0
version: SDK0K88286 WIN
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: Base Board Chassis Location
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: LENOVO
physical id: 0
version: 7UCN21WW(V1.10.ELCOT.1)
date: 01/23/2019
size: 128KiB
capacity: 8MiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb uefi
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD PRO A4-4350B R4, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD PRO A4-4350B R4, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: Socket FT4
size: 1628MHz
capacity: 2500MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc rep_good acc_power nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext ptsc mwaitx cpb hw_pstate ssbd ibpb vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 xsaveopt arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif overflow_recov cpufreq
configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=2
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L1-Cache
size: 160KiB
capacity: 160KiB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 8
slot: L2-Cache
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 20
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 4GiB
*-bank
description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2133 MHz (0.5 ns)
product: RMSA3260MF68H9F-2666
vendor: RAMAXEL
physical id: 0
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: DIMM 0
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 2133MHz (0.5ns)
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Complex
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-generic:0 UNCLAIMED
description: IOMMU
product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) I/O Memory Management Unit
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 0.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: ea
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
resources: irq:33 memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:f0800000-f0ffffff ioport:4000(size=256) memory:f0500000-f053ffff memory:c0000-dffff
*-multimedia:0
description: Audio device
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:37 memory:f0560000-f0563fff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 2.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:f0400000-f04fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: enp1s0
version: 15
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 latency=0 multicast=yes
resources: irq:30 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0404000-f0404fff memory:f0400000-f0403fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 2.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:26 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:f0000000-f01fffff ioport:f1000000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlp2s0
version: 31
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath10k_pci driverversion=5.4.0-37-generic firmware=WLAN.TF.2.1-00021-QCARMSWP-1 ip=[REMOVED] latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:35 memory:f0000000-f01fffff
*-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Encryption controller
product: Carrizo Platform Security Processor
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msix ht pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f0540000-f055ffff memory:f0300000-f03fffff memory:f056f000-f056ffff memory:f056a000-f056bfff
*-multimedia:1
description: Computer telephony device
product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Audio Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 9.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:38 memory:f0564000-f0567fff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: FCH USB XHCI Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
version: 20
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f0568000-f0569fff
*-usbhost:0
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 5.4.0-37-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 0
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 5.04
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:0
description: Video
product: EasyCamera
vendor: Chicony Electronics Co.,Ltd.
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2:1
version: 77.30
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: Mass storage device
product: USB Storage
vendor: Genesys Logic, Inc.
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:2
logical name: scsi2
version: 9.03
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: STORAGE DEVICE
vendor: Generic
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 0903
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: removable
configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdb
*-usb:2
description: USB hub
product: USB Hub 2.0
vendor: ALCOR
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@2:3
version: 7.02
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb
description: USB hub
product: USB Hub 2.0
vendor: ALCOR
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@2:3.4
version: 7.02
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb:0
description: Mouse
product: Microsoft USB Optical Mouse
vendor: PixArt
physical id: 3
bus info: usb@2:3.4.3
version: 1.00
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: Keyboard
product: Wired Keyboard 600
vendor: Microsoft
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@2:3.4.4
version: 1.10
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s
*-usbhost:1
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 5.4.0-37-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@3
logical name: usb3
version: 5.04
capabilities: usb-3.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=4 speed=5000Mbit/s
*-sata
description: SATA controller
product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: 4b
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: sata pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=64
resources: irq:19 ioport:4118(size=8) ioport:4124(size=4) ioport:4110(size=8) ioport:4120(size=4) ioport:4100(size=16) memory:f056c000-f056c3ff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST500LT012-1DG14
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: LVM1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=67586f84-a4ca-4511-8abd-43a25b078d23 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096
*-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: MSDOS5.0
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
version: FAT32
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 255MiB
capacity: 259MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=SYSTEM_DRV name=EFI system partition
*-volume:1
description: reserved partition
vendor: Windows
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
serial: [REMOVED]
capacity: 15MiB
capabilities: nofs
configuration: name=Microsoft reserved partition
*-volume:2
description: Windows NTFS volume
vendor: Windows
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
version: 3.1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 164GiB
capacity: 164GiB
capabilities: ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2019-11-09 00:50:38 filesystem=ntfs label=Windows name=Basic data partition state=clean
*-volume:3
description: Windows NTFS volume
vendor: Windows
physical id: 4
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
logical name: /dev/sda4
version: 3.1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 249GiB
capacity: 249GiB
capabilities: ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2019-11-10 00:06:06 filesystem=ntfs label=Jeyavishnu name=Basic data partition state=clean
*-volume:4
description: Windows NTFS volume
vendor: Windows
physical id: 5
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,5
logical name: /dev/sda5
version: 3.1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 995MiB
capacity: 999MiB
capabilities: boot precious ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2019-11-09 00:50:42 filesystem=ntfs label=WINRE_DRV name=Basic data partition state=clean
*-volume:5
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 6
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,6
logical name: /dev/sda6
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 50GiB
capacity: 50GiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2019-11-10 16:15:31 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2020-06-25 04:13:49 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2020-06-25 04:13:55 state=mounted
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD+-RW DU-8A5HH
vendor: PLDS
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: SD12
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 49
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32
resources: irq:18 memory:f056d000-f056d0ff
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 5.4.0-37-generic ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 5.04
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb
description: USB hub
product: Root Hub
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:1
version: 0.18
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb
description: Bluetooth wireless interface
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros Communications
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@1:1.4
version: 0.01
capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.01
configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: FCH SMBus Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 4b
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: FCH LPC Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 11
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: Carrizo Audio Dummy Host Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: Stoney HT Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: Stoney Address Maps
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: Stoney DRAM Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 106
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: Stoney Miscellaneous Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 107
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k10temp
resources: irq:0
*-pci:8
description: Host bridge
product: Stoney PM Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 108
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=fam15h_power
resources: irq:0
*-pci:9
description: Host bridge
product: Stoney NB Performance Monitor
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 109
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pnp00:00
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 1
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:01
product: PnP device PNP0b00
physical id: 2
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=rtc_cmos
*-pnp00:02
product: PnP device FUJ7401
physical id: 3
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=i8042 kbd
*-pnp00:03
product: PnP device ETD0689
physical id: 5
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=i8042 aux
*-pnp00:04
product: PnP device PNP0c02
physical id: 6
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system
*-pnp00:05
product: PnP device PNP0c01
physical id: 7
capabilities: pnp
configuration: driver=system

If it has to do with Marco compositing, then why not try turning off Marco compositing?

You can do this with the MATE Tweak Tool, alternatively you can use the following command:

gsettings set org.mate.Marco.general compositing-manager false

Thank you for your reply I will be trying that