I can confirm this on my Asus K72JR, running 64-bit Ubuntu 10.10 (up-to-date). I run the proprietary ATI video driver, but disabled it and this ruler problem still appears.
jr@brett-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy inkscape inkscape: Installed: 0.48.0-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.48.0-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.48.0-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jr@brett-laptop:~$ lspci {snip} 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] {snip}
jr@brett-laptop:~$ uname -a Linux brett-laptop 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:32:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I can confirm this on my Asus K72JR, running 64-bit Ubuntu 10.10 (up-to-date). I run the proprietary ATI video driver, but disabled it and this ruler problem still appears.
jr@brett-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy inkscape archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages dpkg/status
inkscape:
Installed: 0.48.0-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 0.48.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 0.48.0-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
jr@brett-laptop:~$ lspci
{snip}
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series]
{snip}
jr@brett-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux brett-laptop 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:32:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux