Hey all, It's unbelievable how many places and mailboxes I already have polluted with my question, but I'm getting quite desperate, and nobody seems to be able to help me further (that includes [EMAIL PROTECTED], be.comp.os.linux, comp.windows.x.kde, and [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
I installed KDE 3.2.1 using Konstruct. It sits in /opt/kde3.2.1 and I can use it just fine. The only problem is its rendering of both images and fonts, as visible here: http://tom.verbreyt.be/tmp/snapshot1.png http://tom.verbreyt.be/tmp/snapshot2.png As the second shot shows, it's not only fonts that get, ehm, "crumbled", so I guess it can't be Xft related. I just used the gdm entry script of that in the official Debian ksmserver package (exec /etc/X11/Xsession /opt/kde3.2.1/bin/startkde), and added the environment variables mentioned in Konstructs README above that line (QTDIR, KDEDIR, PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH, all properly mentioning /opt/kde3.2.1). Following tips from [EMAIL PROTECTED], Konstructs maintainer, I concluded that Xrender was properly compiled in. Another tip I got was on Usenet. Someone in comp.windows.x.kde told me to try setting the default font to some TTF, rather than what obviously was chosen as the default (helvetica). At that point, I noticed that *none* of my truetype fonts are available within Konstruct! I'm happily using them in Gnome right now, so that shouldn't be happening. That's the only clue I have. I guess there is a problem with the Xserver, but I can't think of any reason for that. Previously, I have been using Konstruct/KDE 3.2.1 installed in my own home directory, and none of this happened. I figure something must go wrong when I try to have it installed and usable for all users, by putting it in /opt. Would anyone be able to give me further clues, tips or hints? I'm really out of those.
