Re: Firefox text display is misbehaving
On 07/14/2006 09:36 AM John - wrote:
> Since yesterday's upgrade of firefox to 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-2,
> something's out of whack: only the first word on each line of text is
> displayed. If I click on or highlight the line (via left mouse
> button), the rest of the words usually appear, then disappear again if
> I move the mouse. This behavior extends even to Firefox's own buttons:
> e.g., "Check " becomes "Check Mail" when touched.
>
> Mozilla-browser displays text OK, as does mozilla-firefox in a
> chrooted sarge installation on the same computer. So I think it's a
> firefox problem. Downgrading firefox as low as 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.3-2 does
> not help, nor does fiddling with fonts via "Preferences," nor even
> purging and reinstalling it.
>
> The machine with the misbehavior is a ThinkPad A31, pure sid, and it
> shows up with two different home-compiled kernels: 2.6.16 from Debian
> and 2.6.17 from kernel.org.
>
> Got suggestions? If so, thanks!
>
I have this problem as well, but on my system it is not restricted to
firefox. I see the problem in gaim, xcdroast, galeon, gimp, and a few
others. I don't see the problem in mozilla, thunderbird, konquerer,
gnome-terminal, and gedit. When I create a new user and try these
applications, they appear to be okay for awhile, then they have the same
problem. I'm running sid, linux-image-2.6.15-1, on a Thinkpad T40.
I had assumed that I had damaged my system somehow and I was just about
to try reinstalling.
Aenoch
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