Bug 5661 - Fonts display corrupt intermittently.
Summary: Fonts display corrupt intermittently.
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: XFree86
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Preston Brown
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-10-07 01:05 UTC by Dave Johnson
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-04 16:33:09 UTC
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Description Dave Johnson 1999-10-07 01:05:03 UTC 
Intermittently, my fonts display in a corrupt fashion while
running X.  AFAIK, this only occurs while running Netscape,
however, fonts display poorly in gnome panel, x-terms, and
all other X apps.

xrefresh fixes the display for only a few seconds.

I am running a stock 6.1 install, 2.2.12 kernel with an S3
Virge video card.

------- Additional Comments From   11/10/99 22:21 -------
I also have this problem, but it only occurs when running Netscape.
The text display inside the Netscape window is visibly corrupted -
ie. some of the text is squashed or moved up with respect to the
text around it.  I've downgraded from XFree 3.3.5 to 3.3.1 and the
problem is mostly gone.
Comment 1 Preston Brown 2000-02-04 16:33:59 UTC 
try using the S3V X server instead of the SVGA server.  Or get a better video
card; virges are notoriously poorly supported under linux.
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