Well, the "fonts-as-boxes" problem is well documented in the X FAQ, but basically it boils down to GTK fonts incompletely specifying the font they want, and then not being able to deal properly with what the X server gives them in answer to their request.
Notice that every problem application described here is a GTK one. :) A better answer is to change your GTK theme to use some other font, or more completely specify the one you DO want. As for "accelerated fonts"... what in the world are those? On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 11:11:14PM +0200, shamad wrote: > James, > I had fonts which actually were looking like bar codes... I got the > following advice and it worked: > Add in the section Device of the /etc/X11/XF86Config file, the following: > Option > "NoAccel" It seems to be related to the xserver not properly managing the > accelerated fonts > You may want to give it a try > > Serge > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 6:07 PM > Subject: font troubles in sid > > > Hi, > > A while ago, after doing an upgrade, I noticed that fonts in galeon > where displaying as rectangles. I managed to fix this through trial and > error in the galeon preferences, and life went on, though I did notice that > the same rectangles were being used to display the xmms playlist. I decided > to > ignore this as it wasn't seriously affecting my daily work. > > However, I just fired up the gimp, and noticed the same font problem with > all the menus and dialog boxes, rendering the gimp pretty much unusable. > Googling around, I found the "TrueType Fonts in Debian mini-HOWTO" and > followed > the instructions there to set my XF86Config to use xfs. (adding "unix/:7100" > to > the FontPath and restarting xfs). Still no menus in gimp. > > I'm running sid, and a modified XF86_Mach64 server that I've been lugging > around with me due to a bug in the default server that draws a line down the > middle of screen on my Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop, (if any of that is > relevant, > I don't know). > > Any help or pointers to more docs would be greatly appreciated, > > James > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
