See the threads on this list about GTK fonts being
broken. My problem was that I did an upgrade and got
XFree 4.x fonts while still using XFree 3.x server.
Make sure all parts of X got upgraded and check your
the order of the fonts in your XF86Config. I did a lot
of playing around with them. But no
Poul,
I had this with Gimp, and xmms.
Quick fix (so you can use these apps):
Open xmms. ctrl-P brings up preferences. Take note of the fonts listed, they
are the problems ones. Browse to select something that works.
For the Gimp, edit .gimp/gtkrc in your home directory.
I also sought help on t
On 06-Oct 04:51, Charles Baker wrote:
> ``apt-get remove`` any XFree 3.x packages and
> ``apt-get install`` all the XFree 4.x packages.
[snip]
I did have this problem under kde2--kde2 apps worked but nedit/vmware
didn't. I finally got logged into X as root (to see kde2's default setup
once), and n
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Poul Anker Gensmann wrote:
> > Updating to XFree86v4 should help, as several other modifications to
> > font configuration, adequately addressed in d-u archives.
> I have changed the order of font-dir's in XF86Config - but still
> squares...
> How do I upgrade to v4?
Changing
Keith Willoughby writes:
> Putting it at the end of the Files list seems to do the trick...
I guess something in gnome asks for a font once and gives up immediately
when it doesn't get what it wants.
> ...- but of course, it made my system look as ugly as sin again.
I've never been able to quite
``apt-get remove`` any XFree 3.x packages and
``apt-get install`` all the XFree 4.x packages.
--- Poul Anker Gensmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>
> > Search the list archives. This has been discussed
> in depth.
> > The problems involve Gtk and it
On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> Search the list archives. This has been discussed in depth.
> The problems involve Gtk and its handling of non-8859-1 encoded fonts,
> due to changes in X11. The fault is Gtk, not X11. Updating to
> XFree86v4 should help, as several other modificatio
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Karsten writes:
> > The problems involve Gtk and its handling of non-8859-1 encoded fonts,
> > due to changes in X11. The fault is Gtk, not X11. Updating to XFree86v4
> > should help, as several other modifications to font configuration,
> > adequately a
Karsten writes:
> The problems involve Gtk and its handling of non-8859-1 encoded fonts,
> due to changes in X11. The fault is Gtk, not X11. Updating to XFree86v4
> should help, as several other modifications to font configuration,
> adequately addressed in d-u archives.
I found that I had to co
on Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 12:21:06AM +0200, Poul Anker Gensmann ([EMAIL
PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> After an apt-get upgrade (unstable) I have encountered an annoying problem
> in X. Letters display like squares in eg. xchat and menus in xmms.
> (I think that it may be related to gtk?)
>
> I h
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