I'm using KDE on (soon-to-be)F11, and I've been noticing that occasionally, the fonts go funky in Firefox and/or OpenOffice.Org. It's hard to describe, but basically some characters get replaced by screwed-up-looking box things. Generally, restarting the app in question works.
I've attached a couple of recent screenshots showing this in action. Is it just me? What component should I even file against?
MEF
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 03:38:36PM +0100, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
I'm using KDE on (soon-to-be)F11, and I've been noticing that occasionally, the fonts go funky in Firefox and/or OpenOffice.Org. It's hard to describe, but basically some characters get replaced by screwed-up-looking box things. Generally, restarting the app in question works.
I've attached a couple of recent screenshots showing this in action. Is it just me? What component should I even file against?
Intel graphics?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495323
or possibly related:
2009/5/4 Chuck Anderson cra@wpi.edu:
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 03:38:36PM +0100, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
I'm using KDE on (soon-to-be)F11, and I've been noticing that occasionally, the fonts go funky in Firefox and/or OpenOffice.Org. It's hard to describe, but basically some characters get replaced by screwed-up-looking box things. Generally, restarting the app in question works.
Intel graphics?
Yes, I have Intel graphics, and that looks like exactly my problem -- thanks!
MEF
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 15:48 +0100, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
2009/5/4 Chuck Anderson cra@wpi.edu:
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 03:38:36PM +0100, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
I'm using KDE on (soon-to-be)F11, and I've been noticing that occasionally, the fonts go funky in Firefox and/or OpenOffice.Org. It's hard to describe, but basically some characters get replaced by screwed-up-looking box things. Generally, restarting the app in question works.
Intel graphics?
Yes, I have Intel graphics, and that looks like exactly my problem -- thanks!
I really, really wish that I had any reliable reproducer for this problem. None of my Intel machines seem to trigger it.
If anyone can come up with, say, a specific web page that introduces this corruption every time, I'd be _thrilled_.
- ajax
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 11:29 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
I really, really wish that I had any reliable reproducer for this problem. None of my Intel machines seem to trigger it.
If anyone can come up with, say, a specific web page that introduces this corruption every time, I'd be _thrilled_.
- ajax
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That would not be easy I think... I myself have seen this only *once*, in midori and, strange enough, only some of the opened webpages were affected and reload did not fix/break them (and even stranger in some of them it was letter 'e' and in others letter 'a' that was screwed, if I recall correctly). Now (after a few restarts and totally forgetting about it), everything looks just how it should... I thought at that time it was some weird font issue. I am also on Intel and on Gnome, using metacity with compositing enabled (it's more reliable for me than compiz and I just want real transparency support anyway). Definitely not always reproducible for me...
Martin
On Mon, 04 May 2009 11:29:37 -0400 Adam Jackson ajax@redhat.com wrote:
On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 15:48 +0100, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
2009/5/4 Chuck Anderson cra@wpi.edu:
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 03:38:36PM +0100, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
I'm using KDE on (soon-to-be)F11, and I've been noticing that occasionally, the fonts go funky in Firefox and/or OpenOffice.Org. It's hard to describe, but basically some characters get replaced by screwed-up-looking box things. Generally, restarting the app in question works.
Intel graphics?
Yes, I have Intel graphics, and that looks like exactly my problem -- thanks!
I really, really wish that I had any reliable reproducer for this problem. None of my Intel machines seem to trigger it.
If anyone can come up with, say, a specific web page that introduces this corruption every time, I'd be _thrilled_.
I can't say for sure if this is the case, but I have seen it much more often after I have used flash. (I typically keep flash disabled in midori and only enable it when I specifically want it).
Just tried loading a yourtube video here and I'm not getting the corruption yet, so it's clearly not a 100% thing. ;(
- ajax
kevin
Mary Ellen Foster <mefoster <at> gmail.com> writes:
I'm using KDE on (soon-to-be)F11, and I've been noticing that occasionally, the fonts go funky in Firefox and/or OpenOffice.Org. It's hard to describe, but basically some characters get replaced by screwed-up-looking box things. Generally, restarting the app in question works.
I've attached a couple of recent screenshots showing this in action. Is it just me? What component should I even file against?
There is a bug filed against gtk2, but now I really think that it is UXA. I tried downgrading gtk2 back to Apr 23 version but no change. Switched xorg.conf to EXA and problem is gone.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498848
13 14 Section "Device" 15 Identifier "intel_device" 16 Driver "intel" 17 Option "Monitor-VGA" "2407WFP-right" 18 Option "Monitor-TMDS-1" "2407WFP-left" 19 Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" 20 EndSection 21
Added line 19 above to xorg.conf.
Cry.
On my Compaq 3245 laptop[1],
1. It has happened multiple times with NVIDIA 6150 graphics - reproducible if I work on KDE continuously for more than 3 to 4 hours. 2. It does happen to me even with only KDE Apps running - but I could have opened Firefox/OO hours before it happened. I am certain no GTK app was running when it happened though. 3. It does *not* occur if I disable KDE's desktop effects. I have run the laptop for days without the blotting, for lack of a better word ;-) 4. Logout and Relogin fixed it temporarily but it came back as long as Desktop effects were enabled.
If anyone can come up with, say, a specific web page that introduces this corruption every time, I'd be _thrilled_.
Atleast for me, it is unpredictable and at times takes even 4 to 5 hours before blotting starts.
[1] http://www.smolts.org/show?uuid=pub_89861767-6567-4528-bfb5-3d5a02538aeb
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