Text becomes unreadable rapidly

[mccreasw]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Fonts (any fonts) turn into blocks quickly on any application. At first, some test becomes "grayed out". Then the text becomes a block of the original font (blue font becomes a blue block, red font becomes a red block etc.) and more and more text becomes affected.

I have screenshots that I would like you to see - is it possible to attach them?

i CANNOT read the guidance on this bug reporting page since almost all of the text is now blocks of black or color.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[Alex Wardle (awardle)]

Yes it would be useful to attach some screen shots, there is a section on the right hand side of the page which lets you add attachments.

[mccreasw (scott-mccrea)]

Thanks -

I will look, though reading what is there is nearly impossible in Ubuntu.

-SM

--- On Tue, 1/19/10, Alex Wardle <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Alex Wardle <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 509824] Re: Text becomes unreadable rapidly
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 4:20 PM

Yes it would be useful to attach some screen shots, there is a section
on the right hand side of the page which lets you add attachments.

** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Fonts (any fonts) turn into blocks quickly on any application.  At first, some test becomes "grayed out".  Then the text becomes a block of the original font (blue font becomes a blue block, red font becomes a red block etc.) and more and more text becomes affected.

I have screenshots that I would like you to see - is it possible to attach them?

i CANNOT read the guidance on this bug reporting page since almost all of the text is now blocks of black or color.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

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[mccreasw (scott-mccrea)]

Hi Alex -

Thank you for helping with this!

I have attached two .png files to the bug.  Let me know what else you need.

Thanks again,

-SM

--- On Tue, 1/19/10, Alex Wardle <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Alex Wardle <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 509824] Re: Text becomes unreadable rapidly
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 4:20 PM

Yes it would be useful to attach some screen shots, there is a section
on the right hand side of the page which lets you add attachments.

** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Text becomes unreadable rapidly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509824
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Fonts (any fonts) turn into blocks quickly on any application.  At first, some test becomes "grayed out".  Then the text becomes a block of the original font (blue font becomes a blue block, red font becomes a red block etc.) and more and more text becomes affected.

I have screenshots that I would like you to see - is it possible to attach them?

i CANNOT read the guidance on this bug reporting page since almost all of the text is now blocks of black or color.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

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[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Not sure what package this should be under (it would depends on what font you use from what source package. This is not a Firefox bug in any way. it maybe a GTK bug or theme bug

[mccreasw (scott-mccrea)]

Hi John -

Thanks for taking a look.  The referral to FireFox came from the tool that gathers information from the system for the bug report.  The actual build is simply the downloaded Ubuntu .iso plus any updates that are deemed necessary buy the Update Manager.  I am not intentionally selecting fonts; this is the build as it comes "out of the box".  I did try 9.10, but that didn't work out (display flickers badly, right edge of image appears on left side of screen...).

Thanks again,

-SM

--- On Tue, 1/19/10, John Vivirito <email address hidden> wrote:

From: John Vivirito <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 509824] Re: Text becomes unreadable rapidly
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 8:50 PM

Not sure what package this should be under (it would depends on what
font you use from what source package. This is not a Firefox bug in any
way. it maybe a GTK bug or theme bug

[mccreasw (scott-mccrea)]

Any chance that this is fixable?  Is Bug #304514 related?

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