Re: baffled by gnome font problem
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 01:46, John R Lenton wrote:
> I am baffled by a problem that I don't know who to blame for :)
>
> First, my box is debian sid, current yesterday.
>
> Second, my user's and my wife's gnomes, fortunately, work fine.
>
> Any new users I create don't have the same luck, and several
> miscelaneous users I've created over time don't, except those that
> do. I can see no patterns in permissions, group ownership, nor config
> files.
>
> The problem is this: once gnome-session starts, gtk2 apps (including
> gnome) don't display fonts. I'm sure they _think_ they display fonts,
> only very large ones mixed with extremely small ones. Boxes and
> dialogs are any width and height; I could get a screenshot if you
> think it'll help in any way other than a headache.
>
> The weird thing is, _before_ gnome-session starts the gtk2 apps work
> fine, including things like gnome-control-center. I can even have it
> running, if I start gnome-session, *bang* no more fonts.
gnome-settings-daemon probably makes the difference, it makes the GNOME
settings take effect. It sounds like the GNOME font (or whatever)
settings are somehow messed up for some users. If this doesn't help you
track down the problem, a screenshot might be interesting indeed.
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
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