Check the lists archives there are several discussions of this, in particular one started by me on GTK fonts. I did find that a a mix of XFree 3.x and 4.x packages was the problem.
--- Ben Hartshorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Ever since my last reboot, the 'everybuddy' > program has been > misbehaving. It displays all messages sent to me as > little dashed > boxes. It displays all timestamps as little dashed > boxes. It displays > all text I send as normal text. I havn't noticed > this behavior in any > other program. > I made many upgrades a while back. This most > recent reboot may have > been the first time the upgraded X server was > started, I'm not sure. > Before I start randomly upgrading more packages in > hopes that it > solves the problem, I'd like some confirmation of > the right direction to > go. > > First question to clear the air: do all xfree86*, > xserver*, and > xfonts* packages share a version numbering system > (roughly)? In other > words, does xfonts-75dpi v3.X necessarily go with > xfree86 v3.X, which > might be provided by xserver v3.X? > > Regardless of the answer to that one, does the mix > of v3 and v4 of the > following packages have anything to do with it? > (pardon the long lines) > > green:~# dpkg -l xserver* > ii xserver-common 4.0.3-4 > files and utilities common to all X servers > ii xserver-svga 3.3.6-11potato32 X > server for SVGA graphics cards > ii xserver-vga16 3.3.6-11potato32 X > server for VGA graphics cards > ii xserver-xfree86 4.0.3-4 > the XFree86 X server > > green:~# dpkg -l xfont* > rc xfonts-100dpi 4.0.3-4 > 100 dpi fonts for X > ii xfonts-75dpi 4.1.0-5 75 > dpi fonts for X > ii xfonts-base 4.0.3-4 > standard fonts for X > rc xfonts-cjk 3.3.6-2 > basic Chinese, Japanese, and Korean fonts for X > rc xfonts-cyrillic 4.0.3-4 > Cyrillic fonts for X > ii xfonts-pex 3.3.6-2 > fonts for minimal PEX support in X > rc xfonts-scalable 4.0.3-4 > scalable fonts for X > > How would I find out which of the xserver packages > the program that's > running my X display comes from? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps auwx > <snipped> > root 21662 17.8 13.4 18356 8560 ? S< > Sep28 312:27 /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/X11/X > dpkg: /usr/bin/X11/X not found. > > Is the xfonts-pex something I need? I don't think I > have any > 3d stuff on my machine. How would I find out if I > have any packages > that depend on a particular package? > > In general, xfonts-scalable something useful? > (yeah, I know you don't > know what I do with my machine -- general laptop. > write papers in > emacs, surf the web in netscape, read mail in an > xterm, ... normal > stuff.) > > Thanks for any help, > > -ben > > -- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Ben Hartshorne ...Discarding smoothly, as we > disembark, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] All thoughts that held us wiser > for a moment > ben.hartshorne.net Up there, alone, in the impartial > dark. -M. Oliver > My PGP key is at /pgp.txt. Please encrypt all > communications. > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature ===== - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hacking is a "Good Thing!" See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com
