I was to able to reproduce this on my X700 card with open-source drivers. So it has nothing to do with "restricted modules". It can be in the pango and cairo libraries or the underlying Xorg libraries (libXdamage, libXcomposite, etc). Or the way openoffice is using those libraries.
** Attachment added: "X700_-ati-driver.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13956800/X700_-ati-driver.png ** Summary changed: - OpenOffice artifacts when using fglrx + OpenOffice artifacts when using GL ** Changed in: pango1.0 (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 => pango1.0 ** Changed in: cairo (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: pango1.0 => cairo ** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- OpenOffice artifacts when using GL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68224 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