Comment 82 for bug 745608

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In , Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

Description of the problem:
With the soon to be released distros graphical corruption occasionally appears on font characters - everywhere a corrupted character of that size is it will be corrupted the same way.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Start computer.
2. Start a gnome-terminal .
3. Type
echo "import string; print string.printable" | python
4. Press Ctrl-"+" several times.
5. Press Ctrl-"-" several times.
6. Go to step 4.

Expected results:
Text to look normal as it is resized.

Actual results:
Sometimes characters will appear to have a line through them.

How reproducible is the problem?
Somewhat reproducible but only on an EeePC 900.

Version information:
Ubuntu 11.04
xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu1
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu6
linux-image-2.6.38-7-generic 2.6.38-7.39

Fedora 15
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.10.0-7.fc15.i686
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.14.0-4.fc15.i686
kernel-2.6.38.2-9.fc15.i686

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML
Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 04)

Additional Information:
Unreproducible on a machine with a 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML (rev 03)