*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 55802 *** It turns out that this is due to ABI breakage in xorg 7.1. The closed source nvidia driver can be made working by disabling render acceleration. See also this post for details:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?s=3e466799eeccaa58e0ed3f24392fffbe&p=913081&postcount=5 as well as https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-kernel- common/+bug/55802 (which this bug is effectively a duplicate of) ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 55802 nvidia not compatible with Xorg 7.1 RENDER (Fonts don't appear in edgy) -- Kubuntu Text Disappears until I Mouse over it https://launchpad.net/bugs/55267 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
