[xubuntu-users] Abiword & Libreoffice writer -- "jitters"

[Joshua O'Leary]

Actually the xforcevesa parameter no longer seems to work, you may have to temporarily add the setting in xorg.conf, like here
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1270209

Don't forget to back up your current xorg.conf first. Vesa should show if it is a driver issue.

James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com> wrote:

>> DOSbox is a good idea and wordstar is still available for free (i
>> actually preferred that to WP although i've used both in the past).
>>
>> I've tried the other video card and keyboards and 'jitters' still
>seem
>> to be there. I was surprised to learn that xubuntu 12.04 has Abiword
>> 2.9.2 development version not the stable one. But i don't think
>that's
>> the problem.
>>
>> The fact that i had the same thing with LO-office suggests to me what
>> i thought in the first place... a bug somewhere but i'm not technical
>> enough to analyse the source. I installed another distro on another
>> machine and no problems. Regret to say that when i've done
>appropriate
>> backups and reorganised i'll install that distro on this main
>machine.
>> But i'm beginning to think now that i won't be used xubuntu in
>future.
>>
>> james
>
>Thanks all who replied. I've been in touch with the abiword mailing
>list and there were a few bugs in ver 2.9.2. I am a bit surprised that
>no one else had any problems on the 'jitters' side somehow it's
>xubuntu problem as i suspected.
>
>As for wordstar use - emacs can be customised with WS keybindings
>which was welcome discovery.
>
>james
>
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