switched to KDE... fonts screwed up

[scamper_22]

Hi, have ubuntu intrepid. I decided to try out KDE. I installed it via synaptics. I noticed the fonts were screwed up in kDE... By screwed up, I mean unreadable... not all text... just parts of text. It's as if the text has random horizontal lines in it. even in firefox. I could get the fonts to get fixed by moving the window or scrolling or highlighting the text. It's weird. But once I scroll or go to a new page, different parts of the screen get messed up.

I changed my desktop environment back to ubuntu and then even to xubuntu. My fonts are still screwed up. Any ideas what this could be?

[hyperdude111]

try to complete the kde install from gnome terminal.
type
"sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop"
"sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"

[scamper_22]

That didn't do it, but I did find this similar thread.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3100333

This is strange because fonts were perfectly fine under ubuntu and xubuntu before trying KDE. Does KDE using a different/newer version of Xorg or driver... as the above link seems to blame it on?

[scamper_22]

temporary workaround by removing the nvidia driver in hardware drivers. Weird.