Bug#858142: xterm: ASCII underscore does not render when using -fa FreeMono -fs 14
- To: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
- Cc: 858142@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#858142: xterm: ASCII underscore does not render when using -fa FreeMono -fs 14
- From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 20:21:48 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 87o8yowjer.fsf@turtle.gmx.de>
- Reply-to: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>, 858142@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <87bmsqtowg.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> (Sven Joachim's message of "Fri, 24 Mar 2017 21:12:31 +0100")
- References: <20170318203705.2ystzvnqbkoodmcr@crack.deadbeast.net> <87wpbjholo.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <20170320170529.6gwafwvwct6dfwer@crack.deadbeast.net> <87o9wvhnpl.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <20170320173310.maicwgajwsscdncy@crack.deadbeast.net> <8760j3hklk.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <20170320184220.6wtrvs2pudhqwuy7@crack.deadbeast.net> <87shm7g4ai.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <20170320191832.h2vuxf7afvvqx43z@crack.deadbeast.net> <87h92ng1rp.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <20170321035350.7ns6k6ofd2uurz2x@crack.deadbeast.net> <87bmsqtowg.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <20170318203705.2ystzvnqbkoodmcr@crack.deadbeast.net>
On 2017-03-24 21:12 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2017-03-20 23:53 -0400, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 08:56:58PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>>> Apparently you have an Intel GPU and use the modesetting(4) driver (the
>>> default). You could try to disable acceleration
>>> (Option "AccelMethod" "none" in xorg.conf) or use the intel driver
>>> (cp /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-intel/xorg.conf /etc/X11), and see
>>> if that makes a difference.
>>
>> I'm afraid that didn't help after all. Screenshot attached.
>
> Have you tried the intel driver yet? Probably won't make a difference,
> but it can't hurt.
>
> Setting up a fresh user account might also be useful, in case the
> problem is triggered by your local configuration, e.g. xterm's
> Xresources.
>
> Other than that, I'm running out of ideas. :-(
Recently I stumbled upon two other bugs[1,2] which describe similar
problems in urxvt and gitk. The always useful ArchWiki[3] recommends to
set the following resource as a workaround:
XTerm.scaleHeight: 1.01
Cheers,
Sven
1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650376
2. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685732
3. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xterm#Adjust_line_spacing
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