Comment 38 for bug 1178982

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UlfZibis (ulf-zibis) wrote :

My Computer is:
Lenovo Thinkpad T500 with Intel GMA 4500MHD.
xxx:~$ lspci -nnk | grep "VGA\|'Kern'\|3D\|Display" -A2
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07)
 Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
 Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07)
 Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20e4]
00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller [8086:2a44] (rev 07)

I see the distortion in Mozilla Thunderbird and also Forefox, see attached screen shot

The workaround from comment 1 seems to help, but I should test for some more days.