Bug#496272: xserver-xorg: fonts and menu icons are blank in pristine lenny install

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Mark Hedges wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.3+15
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
>
> I just installed lenny with the netinst installer on a Thinkpad X61.
>
> All the fonts are blank.  gdm or kdm.  I log into gnome and the fonts 
> and menus are all blank.  I can click on the menu, and the entries 
> highlight, but they are all blank.
>
> It doesn't matter if I use the default xorg.conf file generated by dpkg 
> or if I use the one that used to work with this system before my hard 
> drive died.
>   

This is likely a duplicate of #451791 and friends.

Does adding one of the following lines in the Device section help?
    Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
    Option "EXANoComposite"

Brice