Re: Bug#46693: strange gtk+ behaviour on alpha with potato

[Edgar Denny <edenny@ic.ac.uk>]

> Alpha folks, I have no idea how to reproduce this or debug it.
> Can anyone help this guy?
> 
> Ben
> 
>     Edgar> Package: libgtk1.2
>     Edgar> Version: 1.2.5-1
> 
>     Edgar> When I launch gimp, or any gnome applications, the text on
>     Edgar> all the buttons, popup menus, gnome-panel, gnome-terminal
>     Edgar> menubar, etc.  is all shifted over to the left. This means
>     Edgar> that the first few letters of any text is not shown.
> 
>     Edgar> For example, on the Gimp the menubar I have 'ile' rather
>     Edgar> than 'File'.
> 
>     Edgar> I'm using Debian potato, kernel 2.2.12-3, on an alpha
>     Edgar> (avanti, AS 250 4/266) and libc6.1 (2.1.2-5)
> 
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Ben,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Well, I've done a bit more experimentation. I'm getting the same
strange behaviour with all libgtk+ versions from 1.2.0 onwards.

I decided to go back to the old 2.0.36 kernel and the problem
goes away - so it doesn't look like at gtk problem per se.

Unfortunately, this isn't much of a solution since the 2.0.xx kernels
don't really work with potato on alpha. Clock craziness in particular.

Ho hum, I might try other 2.2.xx kernels or
go up to 2.3.xx.

I'm also forwarding this message to the alpha-list.

Alpha Guys, Am I really the only one to get this problem? Help!

Edgar.