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updates | April 03, 2026

Abnormal Display Glitch On MacBook Pro mid 2015 (Ubuntu)

This is the video of what is happening:

I have tried Ubuntu 20.04 and 21.04 (and also PopOS) and the issue persists. Also the weird display happens not only on the desktop but at boot and when shuting it down.

Adding acpi-osi= to the boot parameters, installing xbacklight doesn't do a thing.

And I am certain the this is not a hardware problem since the macOS works just fine.

Versions tried: 20.04 LTS, 21.04 and PopOS 20.04.

It is present in both live USB as well as after installation.

I have never faced this issue in the past.

Any help would be amazing.

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