question about the fonts part. Those aren't automaticly installed? What's in KDE 2.2.1 then, those fonts look pretty smooth. And would installing that package help Gnome look a bit better?
> ---------- > From: Devon[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 5:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.2: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 22 November 2001 01:47 pm, Douglas Bollinger wrote: > > [snip] > > > Of course, all the usual library and system upgrades that make a > > decimal point upgrade importnat. On the whole, I would say 7.2 is > > another good RH .2 release. > > I couldn't agree more. Other then a few minor problems, the 7.2 upgrade > has been fairly painless here. > > > MPlayer > > > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu > > > > Despite the fact that the developers _REALLY_ don't like RH's 2.96 gcc, > > it works fine on my system. It's the best general video player I've > > found in Linux: it's fast and play's all kinds of files other linux > > viewers can't. You'll have to compile it, though, no RPMS around. > > Don't forget to enable the GUI, it's pretty slick. > > It works fine here as well. I created a spec file for MPlayer v0.50, if > anyone wants to create their own rpms. To use it you need the specfile, a > minor patch to make the config script stop complaining about gcc 2.96, > and the source from the developers site. > > The specfile and patch can be found here: > > http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/rpms/mplayer/ > > The source is available here: > > http://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.50.tar.bz2 > > You may also want the Win32 codecs: > > http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.50.zip > > To create rpms: (assuming a standard rpm build environment) > > Put the specfile (mplayer-0.50.spec) in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/ > Put the patch (mplayer-0.50-gcc_version_patch) and the source > (MPlayer-0.50.tar.bz2) in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/ > > Build the rpms with: > > rpm -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/mplayer-0.50.spec > > After compilation, install the new rpm with: > > rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/MPlayer-0.50-1.i386.rpm > > > A minor thing: I forgot how ugly regular X fonts look! I had to steal > > the TT fonts from my Window's font dir ASAP to make web pages readable. > > It would also be nice if RH would actually document how to install TT > > fonts, since they are so necessary. Sure, they mention it in the > > manual but go on to say it's a too indepth topic to cover in the > > manual. C'mon, it's only a few commands in the shell! I had to dig > > through the HOWTO's so I could recall the couple of commands you need > > to get the TT fonts working. > > Then automate the installation of some true type fonts. :) > > http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/rpms/xf86ttfontool-0.1-6.i386.rpm > > Have fun, > > - -D > > - -- > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE7/Yq4eMAUbzJhSVcRAngyAJ93Jv68ossiQWi7g+NF6p1RJ0aaLwCePNen > PznNrHkSTf7Gu3PMkvwHg6s= > =hQ3h > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
