Apparently it is not only Firefox that is affected by this bug, I suspect it may be a bigger problem with X.org, Gnome or possible the graphics card drivers.
I already have copies of the dmesg and lspci-vvnn logs at: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21840367/dmesg.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21840491/lspci-vvnn.log uname -a yields: Linux lordmetroid-laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux ** Attachment added: "Same bug appears in Gedit" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25940806/Screenshot.png ** Also affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Rendering artifact on text in firefox and gedit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366224 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs