After installing feisty fawn (Ubuntu linux 7.04) The game fonts are messed up

[gigasoft]

Now why do you NEED desktop effects? Is it something you simply can't live without?

Yeah. Something like that 

Sure ati's is bad but it works okish. 

not for me. 

[kougaro]

@ Induane :  i can't use the fglrx driver because it only support 2d for my graphic card. I would gladly use it if it was not worse than the free driver.

Now i suppose all that's left is to wait to get a new version of mesa that works, or a new PC, which won't arrive soon i think

[Xordan]

Or a nvidia card Unless you're using a laptop.

[bilbous]

If the problem is the new version of mesa you might want to try an older version. You could probably get one from edgy or hoary repositories. It might be a little complicated if you are new to Linux but if you ask on the Ubuntu forums you might be able to get help. Someone here might be able to tell you too but I can't. In theory it should be possible for several versions to coexist and to have PS call the older version that does not have the problem but as I said I don't know how it could be done.

[.:ZEN:.]

If that doesn't work try sending my the picture of your background.

That should do it <.<

Me too >.> And the rest of your photo collection.

Yeah and me   

[Rolenun]

This bug is actually a combination of problems. Here's the formula I've seen that affects it so far:

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IsMesaInstallBroken? + Mesa Version + Video Card + Video Card Driver (Xorg vs Proprietary) + VideoCardDriverUpToDate? + Patch(if needed) = success/failureIt'd be nice if there were a simple fix that worked for everyone, but it is not the case. Xorg drivers are what usually come with the X Server (ie your linux distro). These drivers should not be your first choice. The Xorg drivers often contain buggy OpenGL code that is fixed in proprietary drivers available at the nVidia or ATI site. In some cases, older ATI cards are not supported by ATI for linux. This is one example where the xorg drivers are probably your only real option. If OpenGL does contain a buggy implementation, it falls on the program (like Planeshift) to patch the problem internally until the Xorg/Proprietary driver team can fix the problem. Having said that, patching such problems without the card is nearly impossible. It would be complete guesswork to find a patch without the card and let's face it, there are a lot of cards out there.  Here is a walkthrough solution for patching the code (if that is the issue): http://vaalnor.mine.nu/psdoc/?q=node/44 .  Good luck!

[Telperion]

The problem is not really disabling Desktop effects, but finding a working fglrx driver working for an old Radeon card... As several people said already, ATI doesn't support its old cards, so a working fglrx driver for these is really hard to find.