On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 16:17:23 +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > On 2008-08-12, you wrote: > > Quoting "cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)" <cobaco AT linux DOT be>: > > > I have a weird font problem on my new laptop: > > > > How did you install the system, did you use the "desktop" task or manual > > package selection? In other words, is it possible that some "standard" > > font packages are missing? > > I used the desktop task, and then manually installed kde4 from experimetnal
OK, I think that should have given you all font packages that you need. > > Did you copy your home directory from another installation to the new > > laptop? In that case there might be a configuration file referring to a > > font that is missing on the laptop. > > I copied the home directory, but the problem persists with a test user > > > > Fonts in X only work for kde4 apps, everything else (Iceweasel, > > > openoffice, gnome in general, and kde3 apps) looks like the attached > > > screenshot. > > > > > > I've already tried: > > > - running 'fc-cache -fv' > > > - running 'dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config' > > > - running 'defoma-reconfigure' > > > > > > pakcage versions are: > > > fontconfig 2.6.0-1 > > > fontconfig-config 2.6.0-1 > > > defoma 0.11.10-0.2 > > > > > > I'm completely stumped, anybody have any ideas about what to try/check? > > > What do you get from these commands: > > grep -Ei 'font|freetype' /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ snip: everything seems to be fine as far as Xorg is concerned ] > > grep -i font ~/.kderc ~/.gtkrc-2.0 > > neither is present You could try to create ~/.gtkrc-2.0 with this content: # ----- starts below this line ----- style "user-font" { font_name="Bitstream Vera Sans 10" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" # ----- ends above this line ----- Maybe that will help with iceweasel and openoffice. You can use another font instead of Bitstream Vera Sans, of course. You can get a list of valid font names for your system by running fc-list | cut -d: -f1 | sort -u The font name is followed by the size in .gtkrc-2.0 (10 points in the example above). As far as the KDE 3 applications are concerned, you could try to run the KDE 3 control center and set up the fonts, or you could copy my ~/.kderc (changing font names if necessary): cat ~/.kderc [General] StandardFont=DejaVu Sans,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 activeFont=DejaVu Sans,10,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0 background=210,210,210 fixed=DejaVu Sans Mono,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 font=DejaVu Sans,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 menuFont=DejaVu Sans,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 selectBackground=103,141,178 selectForeground=255,255,255 taskbarFont=Luxi Sans,8,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 toolBarFont=DejaVu Sans,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 windowBackground=255,255,255 windowForeground=0,0,0 > 'rgrep -i font ~/.kde4/share/config' gives the contents of the kde4-grep > attachment > > 'rgrep -i font ~/.gnome2 ~/.gnome' finds nothing > > > grep -i font ~/.xsession-errors | sort -u [...] That output did not really give me any new ideas. There do not seem to be any complaints about invalid font names of size specifications. > > > P.S. please CC me as I'm not subscribed -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]