David is correct, composting wm's (aka Desktop Effects, compiz, beryl, etc.) will cause this problem with a fairly large number of programs, especcially 3d games and opengl applications.
Disable desktop effects before launching one of these games. -- Several games don't display fonts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284785 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
