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[Bug 1448937] Re: LibreOffice has serious kerning issues with characters' display of font, bold, italic

 

Hi Chris, in my experience it can literally happen to any document I use
in LO. So even a new document I just started with only default
formatting. So if there's any consistency in it, then it probably has to
do with my system configuration or the way my system creates document
and then interacts with my graphics driver.

So I attached an example .odp-slide that I use regularly to maybe give
you a clue. Any suggestion / help is welcome. Again: I do realise that
this is becoming quite a particular bug (hard to reproduce, potentially
related to my system configuration). So I understand if you want to give
up on it at any point.

** Attachment added: "Document that I use often that regularly gives problems. However, note that problems can occur with *any* LO-document I use, even new ones with only text in default formatting."
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1448937/+attachment/4537816/+files/BrokenDocument.odp

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Title:
  LibreOffice has serious kerning issues with characters' display of
  font, bold, italic

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  I run in to distorted text in LibreOffice, depending on zoom level. At
  first I thought it was a LO-bug, but now I have found that I don't get
  this issues when I run the AMD proprietary driver (fglrx). So I think
  it might be a problem in the xserver-xorg-video-ati driver. I have a
  Radeon HD 8600M series in a Lenovo S540.

  The attached file shows an example of the bug that I had in Calc. The
  bottom right is the 'normal' text. Three lines, with the bottom one in
  bold. Depending on the zoom level, the text is distorted in many ways:
  bold / italic / font (appearance).

  Some extra information:
  -This happens in all LO-apps I use: Calc, Writer, Impress.
  -I don't have a clear way of reproducing it. The apps normally start out perfectly fine. After a while this can happen, not always. Risk factors seem to include having multiple LO-files open, especially between different apps.
  -It is not always that the 100% zoom level is ok. That can be distorted too.
  -This never ever happens in any other app / program I use.

  If this is unlikely to be caused by the xserver-xorg-video-ati driver,
  I apologize for reporting it here. If you need additional information,
  please let me know, I will be happy to provide.

  Required info:
  1) Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
  2) xserver-xorg-video-ati Installed: 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
  --- 
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,staticswitcher,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,dbus]
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   vboxhost, 4.3.30, 3.13.0-61-generic, x86_64: installed
   vboxhost, 4.3.30, 3.13.0-62-generic, x86_64: installed
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2216]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-10 (230 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  MachineType: LENOVO 20B30064MH
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-62-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-62.102-generic 3.13.11-ckt24
  Tags:  trusty ubuntu compiz-0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-62-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 02/19/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: GPET54WW (1.54 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 20B30064MH
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: 0B98401 Pro
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGPET54WW(1.54):bd02/19/2014:svnLENOVO:pn20B30064MH:pvrThinkPadS5-S540:rvnLENOVO:rn20B30064MH:rvr0B98401Pro:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 20B30064MH
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad S5-S540
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Tue Sep 29 07:11:18 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors: RADEON(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension.
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                               13549 
   vendor                                     AUO
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7

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