Re: bar-code-like font weirdness in XFree86

[Matt Fair <matt@netasol.com>]

I tried this and nothing happened, except that my graphics slowed down. 
The fonts are screwed up in for example I just downloaded the new 
Ximian Evolution, and I can't read email in that.  The font in PDF's are 
all mangled so you can't read them.
Is there a way to set the default font?
How does X work, why would some things work fine and others not?
Any sugestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt

Horacio de Oro wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001 07:22:44 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
> tom schuetz <schuetz@mind.net> wrote:
>
> > I just installed a new SVGA Xserver. It works great, but all of the fonts in the mouse menus are illegible. They look a little like bar codes.
> >
> > Occasionally, ONE item in a parent menu will become legible, but only fleetingly.
>
> have you tried to disable hardware acceleration?
> in que XFree4 config file put the line:
> Option "NoAccel"
>
> more info: 'man XF86Config-4' (I use woody)
>
> horacio
>
> > Has anybody dealt with this before?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom