Bug#209305: could this be fontconfig not using bitmapped fonts?

[Dominique Devriese <dominique.devriese@student.kuleuven.ac.be>]

package kdebase
reassign 209305 konsole
package konsole
severity 209305 normal
thanks
domi

Amit Shah writes:

> On Wednesday 10 Mar 2004 02:44, Josh Metzler wrote:
>> My guess is that this is a result of fontconfig disabling bitmapped
>> fonts by default.  Since kde uses bitmapped fonts as its defaults,
>> this could cause problems.  Try editing /etc/fonts/local.conf and
>> uncommenting the section to enable bitmap fonts.

> The original problem of fonts being hardly readable, etc. is now
> solved, but the default "normal" or "medium" font in the konsole
> window is too wide.

> All other fonts are now okay, just this konsole one is irritating. I
> tried it as a different user, surprisingly, the default konsole font
> is rendered properly. Could it be an upgrade issue?

> Since the font worked for the other user, it couldn't be a
> fontconfig / bitmapped fonts issue.

Okay, in that case, I'm changing the severity to normal, and
reassigning to konsole.

cheers
domi