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[Anthony Waitz <742260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

I first noticed what appeared to be font corruption in Firefox.  Then I
noticed corruption of graphical elements other than characters.  And I
also noticed this corruption happening outside of Firefox (but I mostly
see it in Firefox).  I realized that the corruption was due to
horizontal bars that would overwrite a portion of a character or other
graphical element.  I mostly see this while in Firefox, but also in
other programs like OpenOffice.org Write (where I am writing this and
seeing the bars corrupting the font).  It may not show up immediately
when a page first displays but may develop over time.  If I select the
bad text the problem is preserved.  For non text items the horizontal
bar is black.  For font characters the horizontal bar is the background
color making it look like the font is broken.

Attached files (in .zip) showing the effect:
[Screenshot-Reporting Bugs - HowTo - Community Ubuntu Documentation - Mozilla Firefox.png]
Screen snapshot of a ubuntu.com web page where the text "Complete the bug report filing process" shows the problem in the "h" of the word "the".

[Screenshot-Untitled 1 - OpenOffice.org Writer.png]
Screen shot of OpenOffice.org Writer showing numerous cases of the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1280x768
 edid-base64: AP///////wBMo0IyAAAAAAAPAQOAHhJ4Cof1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB7RoAgFAAMDAQMDYAMbcQAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAABJuEyADAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gBMVE4xNDBXMS1MMDEKAOQ=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes: 
 edid-base64:
Date: Thu Mar 24 17:11:43 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
Lsusb:
 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv1000 (PT111AV#ABA)
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic root=UUID=acd3e615-f9e6-4df7-80af-a1267e3f0a07 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 03/23/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.22
dmi.board.name: 308F
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 46.13
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ��������������������
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.22:bd03/23/2006:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv1000(PT111AV#ABA):pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn308F:rvr46.13:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv1000 (PT111AV#ABA)
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           maverick
 architecture:       i686
 kernel:             2.6.35-28-generic

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug corruption i386 maverick

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Title:
  horizontal bars through fonts and other objects