1.3.0 graphics problems - Linux

[mikep554]

I was running 1.24(or whatever the last 1.2x version was) with a few mods without issues on my Ubuntu Linux system. I just updated to 1.3.0, and had a strange graphical issue where when I went to the astronaut complex, it looked like there were no active Kerbals or Kerbals available to hire, even though the tab showed I had 8 active Kerbals, and there should have been Kerbals available to hire on the other half of the screen even if I had no active Kerbals. I tried deleting a few mods thinking one might cause problems with the new version, with no change. I figured I would back up my KSP directory and do a clean install. I deleted the entire KSP directory and used Steam to download and install a clean copy with no mods/changes, 100% stock.

Now when I am in the game, if I click on the astronaut complex, the buttons on the left side disappear (the buttons for entering the various buildings/complexes), and the "apps" buttons in the lower right go away, and the red exit/back button in the upper right goes grey, but it doesn't actually go into the complex, and only the escape key seems to have any effect at that point. If I hit escape, all the on-screen buttons/controls come back. I can enter other buildings like the VAB and the R&D building. If I go into the VAB, it looks like the marker lines on the floor are painted with what looks like snow from an old TV tuned to a channel that doesn't exist (static/snow). The normally white lines are white/black static, and the normally yellow lines are yellow/black static. If I build a rocket and launch it, the Navball has a circular section in the center where I can see the outdoor scene/launchpad that should be behind the navball. There are probably more graphical anomalies, but I haven't taken the time to do a thorough inventory.

I'm running Ubuntu 16.10. I was running graphics drivers for my GTX 1060 direct from nvidia, version 375.26. I tried updating the drivers to the latest version 384.69, but that caused no change.

Any ideas how I can get back to a working installation of KSP?

[mikep554]

I just solved a big part of my problem. When I said I had a stock install, I had forgotten I had made one modification. I am using a 4k TV as a monitor. In order to make the game playable, in the past I manually edited the settings.conf file and changed the UI_SCALE value to something higher than the 1.5 (150%) normally allowed through the gui. I had the setting at 3. I changed it back to 1.5, and I can now enter the astronaut complex, and the navball is working normally. With the advanced tweakables, I have all the objects with individual controls set to 150%, and it is just barely playable with the overall UI_SCALE at 1.5. The biggest problem, which has always existed since I have been on 4k, is some text is still almost microscopic. A good example is the speed/apoapsis/periapsis data when you hover the cursor over an object in orbit in the map view.

However, I still have the static/snow lines on the floor of the VAB.