Re: GTK fonts
Thus spake Charles Baker:
> No, I hadn't come across these ideas. Also, how can I
> tell for sure if XFree 4.x or 3.x is running? Does 4.x
> only use XF86Config-4?
>
> Guess I need to do a little more reading on X configs.
> It's always been a week point in my Linux knowledge,
> even after 5 yrs., guess I'm more of a CLI junky. :-)
>
> --- Hall Stevenson <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>
> wrote:
> > > Well, I haven't found an answer that works for me
> > > about the fonts in GTK apps being screwed up by an
> > > update in woody. I'm seeking Debian enlightenment,
> > but
> > > am not there yet. How do I use apt-get to go back
> > to
> > > the old fonts? I suppose I would have to put them
> > on
> > > hold with dselect once I got the old ones
> > restored, correct?
> >
> > Have you tried either removing/purging 'xfs' and
> > re-configuring your /etc/X11/XF86Config settings to
> > not use
> > the local font server (let X handle the fonts
> > itself, which it
> > does quite well) ?? Or, re-install/re-configure
> > 'xfs' ?? That
> > seems to have worked for many people.
The other thing to think about is that the latest couple kernel
releases (2.4.8 & .9) have had support for X 4.1 built into them,
whereas the older ones didn't. It may just be that part of your display
configuration in the kernel isn't able to support some of the newer
rendering things.
Good luck,
Steve
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