Apologies, had seen this one but it didn't register this was the same bug. I downgraded libcairo2 to testing which fixed the problem.
2012/4/3 Rene Engelhard <r...@debian.org> > severity 667073 grave > reassign 667073 xorg-server > forcemerge 666565 667073 > thanks > > On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 10:13:08PM +0200, Fred Leeflang wrote: > > * What was the outcome of this action? > > - menu items show without (visible) font, only underscores visible > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > - readable menus > > Go read the BTS. e.g. #666565. cairo and/o4 X bug. Downgrade cairo to > testings > version. And please do *a bit* of research, #666565 *IS* marked as > affecting > libreoffice, too. > > Regards, > > Rene > -- 3DN <http://3dn.nl> Luitstraat 48, 1312LK Almere, Netherlands tel. (+31) 36 8444 849 cell. (+31) 6 46182773