On 12/09/2011 01:32 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 12/09/2011 01:16 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 12/09/2011 07:29 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: >>> On 12/09/2011 12:14 PM, mike cloaked wrote: >>>> Although I use Thunderbird (8 and 9) I don't use Chinese chars - but >>>> I do have a rendering problem that is quite frustrating and I hope >>>> this is not hijacking your thread - >>> I think your problem is a different problem ;) >>> >>>> When composing with html formatting - there are many times in the >>>> compose window that a line will blank out with often some red uneven >>>> lines along it - moving the cursor back up and removing a character >>>> and retyping it will often fix the rendering and everything is fine >>>> again - this has been happening for quite a long time with TB 8 and >>>> also 9 but I don't know if this is being worked on for a fix - anyone >>>> else seeing this or am I alone? >>> You are not alone ... I am experiencing this as well and can't deny to >>> find it very annoying. >>> >>> I am guessing the cause is a malfunction in TB's spellchecker, may-be in >>> combination with a bug in the X11 server, but I am not sure about it. >> >> I read this after responding to Mike's response.... I think you are >> probably on to something with the X server and/or video driver/HW. It >> may be helpful to know if you and Mike have similar HW? > > My GPU is (lspci output) > > 1:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 > GT] (rev a1) > > Currently using: > xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-27.20110720gitb806e3f.fc16.x86_64 > under xfce. FWIW: Switching to nvidia's proprietary driver seems to have resolved this issue for me - At least this problem has not shown again within the last hour, since having rebooted with the nvidia ;) Ralf -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
