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Mussnoon
Asked: 2011-01-16 10:22:58 +0800 CST

Unreadable characters in programs (graphic glitch)

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A picture is worth a thousand words...

Screenshot (gVim) -

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Screenshot (LibreOffice) -

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The Appearance Preferences dialog -

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Anyone know what causes it and how it can be fixed?

If it's relevant - the system runs on an AMD Turion and a GeForce Go 6100. I have a feeling it's got something to do with video memory. Although I could be wrong.

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2 Answers

  1. Had a similar issue, this might help:

    First, check in Jockey that your graphic card's driver is up and running - sometimes it will show a green light but say "not in use". If that is the case, you need to completely purge you graphic cards driver and then re-install.

    I recommend not using jockey to install as, for some reason, that was what led to the bug for me.

    See this thread on the ubuntu forums for more information regarding your graphics card and how to purge/re-install the drivers:

    Forum post: Nvidia driver activated but not currently in use (11.04)

    PS: I would recommend reinstalling your graphic drivers even if jockey says it is fine, it seems like a gpu issue.

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  2. I don't know if this is your problem or not, but I had a refresh problem with gVim when I was using Compiz until I did the following: Open CompizConfig Settings Manager (ccsm), then enable the Workarounds plugin, and in its setting, check the box for "Qt Window Fix".

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