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Random characters on display dialogs and about page in Firefox.

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Tophernad
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Our lab randomly gets random characters in firefox system display dialogs and in the about page. It has the correct characters again once I restart firefox. I have have some screenshots that are linked below. About Page and Another firefox page

Additional Notes: We manage a lab using radmind, it manages the entire file system. Each person gets a new home folder when they log on to the machine. It happens randomly around the lab even though they all should be the same.

EDIT: It still randomly displays the crazy text in 3.6.10.

Our lab randomly gets random characters in firefox system display dialogs and in the about page. It has the correct characters again once I restart firefox. I have have some screenshots that are linked below. [http://imgur.com/W8akP.png About Page] and [http://imgur.com/HewNw.png Another firefox page] Additional Notes: We manage a lab using radmind, it manages the entire file system. Each person gets a new home folder when they log on to the machine. It happens randomly around the lab even though they all should be the same. EDIT: It still randomly displays the crazy text in 3.6.10.

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cor-el
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Try to restart the font server.
See http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1461325 - snow leopard fonts (restart the font server)

Tophernad
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We have over 100 other programs that are not affected by this. If the font server was corrupted then all the text would show up as garbage. If you restart Firefox the problem is gone.