I removed the edgers (sudo ppa-purge xorg-edgers) and restart X, but the problem remains. So I set status back to "New".
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => New ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg Originally I posted the problem for emacs23 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/674488). But the problem is not restricted to this program. It also happens e.g. in OO and unison. Since the update to Maverick Meerkat I got very strange characters in emacs23 (see attachment). The characters are somehow shuffled into each other. This happens if I fast move through a line. If I leave the line or shortly switch to another window, all is fine again. For emacs23 the problem depends on font settings. If I disable anti-aliasing the problem disappears. In OpenOffice (oowriter) there is a strange behaviour: comments are agglomerated at the bottom while scrolling. The problem arises only in dual head mode. When I turn of the laptop screen and only use the external monitor, all is fine. I could not use ubuntu-bug ($ ubuntu-bug xorg) to report this problem. I got the error message: "Das Problem kann nicht gemeldet werden: Dies ist kein echtes Ubuntu-Paket"... Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686 $ apt-cache policy xorg xorg: Installiert: 1:7.5+6+xserver1.9 Kandidat: 1:7.5+6+xserver1.9 Versionstabelle: *** 1:7.5+6+xserver1.9 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages + --- + Architecture: i386 + DRM.card0.DVI.D.1: + status: disconnected + enabled: disabled + dpms: Off + modes: + edid-base64: + DRM.card0.LVDS.1: + status: connected + enabled: enabled + dpms: On + modes: 1280x800 + edid-base64: AP///////wBEkywAAAAAAAAPAQOAHhN4CtfgkVRPjCgiUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB6hoAgFAgEDAVIEQAML4QAAAYAAAADwAIACoAAQAEADJKBBkBAAAA/gBRVUFOVEFESVNQTEFZAAAA/gBRRDE0VEwwMTMKICAgADE= + DRM.card0.VGA.1: + status: connected + enabled: enabled + dpms: On + modes: 1680x1050 1600x1000 1280x1024 1440x900 1280x960 1152x864 1152x720 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400 + edid-base64: AP///////wAi8KgmAQEBASURAQNoLx547rU1pVZKmiUQUFSla5BxAIFAlQCpALMAAQEBAQEBITmQMGIaJ0BosDYA2SgRAAAcAAAA/QAwTBhSEAAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABIUCB3MjIwNwogICAgAAAA/wBDWkQ3MzcwMU40CiAgAP4= + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) + MachineType: Acer Extensa 3100 + Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 + PackageArchitecture: i386 + PccardctlIdent: + Socket 0: + no product info available + PccardctlStatus: + Socket 0: + no card + ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic root=UUID=3a2881f3-3c76-4632-b374-cb83ff26515b ro quiet splash + ProcEnviron: + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=de_DE.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.40-generic 2.6.35.7 + Tags: maverick maverick + Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686 + UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare www-data + dmi.bios.date: 10/13/2005 + dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD + dmi.bios.version: V1.04 + dmi.board.name: MynaII + dmi.board.vendor: Acer + dmi.board.version: Rev + dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None + dmi.chassis.type: 10 + dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer + dmi.chassis.version: N/A + dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.04:bd10/13/2005:svnAcer:pnExtensa3100:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnMynaII:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A: + dmi.product.name: Extensa 3100 + dmi.product.version: 0100 + dmi.sys.vendor: Acer + system: + distro: Ubuntu + codename: maverick + architecture: i686 + kernel: 2.6.35-23-generic -- dual head: wrong character display -- font artefacts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/680878 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