Re: Firefox text display is misbehaving [SOLVED]

["Aenoch Lynn" <aenoch.lynn@ucsf.edu>]

On 07/14/2006 01:39 PM John - wrote:
> On (14/07/06 12:39), Aenoch Lynn wrote:
>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> From: Aenoch Lynn <aenoch.lynn@ucsf.edu>
>> Subject: 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. ,,,
>>> Got suggestions? If so, thanks!
>>>  
>> I have this problem as well ...
> 
> Steve Lamb solved this one, responding under the title "Re: [Etch]
> Text disappearing in Gnome."  To wit:
>>    Known, libcairo2.  See this thread:
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/07/msg00977.html
> 
> Aptitude wouldn't undertake the fix without also removing a ton of
> other packages, but I had an older version in /var/cache/apt/archives,
> so I mustered up my nerve and did # dpkg -i libcairo2_1.0.4-2_i386.deb
> 
> And now everything works again.  Thanks, Steve.
> 

Just upgraded to libcairo2_1.2.0-5 (unstable) and things are back to normal.

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