Pages tear when scrolling

I have been having odd things happen when scolling, only starting in the last week or so. When I scroll down the page, I get partway down and then the upper part stops scrolling and the lower part scrolls under it. The opposite thing happens if I scroll up – the lower part stops scrolling and the upper part scrolls under it. Very bizarre, intermittent behavior, only with some pages.
I'm not using CopyPaste, as are folks on another thread. I have not installed any new preference panes or other programs since this has started, at least that I recall.
Any others with this problem? Restarting Safari does not help.

I may have discovered the culprit: I recall I
upgraded Sidetrack to 1.3 and then got the problem.
I just reinstalled it and pages that routinely tore
appear to be OK now. Got a great screen shot off
one, though! I'll keep an eye on this and if it's
solved, I'll close the case.
Allan did you update sidetrack to 1.3 before you reinstalled it,
or had you removed it and ran permissions or something, and
reinstalled now works well.
I just went 2 versiontracker to see what it is, A trackpad driver for PowerBook/iBook, maybe it was a permissions problem did you
get any errors when you ran repairs ?
I would like to see screen shot if you want to sent it.
sent to [email protected] okay?
great that the pages appeaar ok. Might as well
keep a look out till you are sure its resolved.
You know there is also another update to Tiger 10.4.5
when you do it, do the Combo on Apple downloads.
don't forget to run permission, before & after.
keep us posted.
regards, Eme:)
Power PC G4 (3.3) iMac♥ Flat Panel 10.3.9 & 15 Alum.PowerBook Tiger Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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Do you run permission repairs for & after software updates, though I do not know if it has anything to do with this it is a nesscessary maintance that helps things running well. Great L4s & some of their links.( organized by Red Dwarf in User Tips)
a brody = kmosx: General troubleshooting freezes
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=196767
a brody - kmosx: How to troubleshoot an X issue before posting
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=196766
Travis A. - kmosx: Regular Maintenance / General Troubleshooting
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=196761
Gulliver - kmosx: Updating MacOS X: Repair permissions!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121709
best regards, Eme :~{)
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