Using the xorg-edgers PPA fixes this for me also.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and KiCad EESchema Build (2011-05-25)-stable (the version installed from Ubuntu Software Centre).
I used the xorg-edgers PPA from: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/xorg-edgers?dist=oneiric
I ran the following commands to install: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Using the xorg-edgers PPA fixes this for me also.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and KiCad EESchema Build (2011-05-25)-stable (the version installed from Ubuntu Software Centre).
I used the xorg-edgers PPA from: www.ubuntuupdat es.org/ ppa/xorg- edgers? dist=oneiric
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I ran the following commands to install:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade