[Bug 531431] New: Font rendering is broken on Rawhide (radeon chipset)

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Summary: Font rendering is broken on Rawhide (radeon  chipset)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531431

           Summary: Font rendering is broken on Rawhide (radeon  chipset)
           Product: Fedora
           Version: rawhide
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: high
          Priority: low
         Component: pango
        AssignedTo: besfahbo at redhat.com
        ReportedBy: spider at takeit.se
         QAContact: extras-qa at fedoraproject.org
                CC: besfahbo at redhat.com, fedora-fonts-bugs-list at redhat.com
    Classification: Fedora


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Screenshot of the problem

Description of problem:
Fonts "disappear" in a cloud of pixels, mostly it's in certain fatness/fonts
and it is reproducible, always the same letters.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Rawhide, updated Wed 28, 2009
fontconfig-2.7.3-1.fc12.i686
cairo-1.8.8-3.fc12.i686
pango-1.26.0-1.fc12.i686
package xorg is not installed
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.0-1.fc12.i686
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.10.20091006git457646d73.fc12.i686
kernel-2.6.31.5-96.fc12.i686

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start x
2. start emacs
3. shudder at fonts

Actual results:
Broken letters in Firefox, Metacity, Emacs, gedit and other applications

Expected results:
Smooth and beautifully hinted fonts

Additional info:

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