From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 6 19:10:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F0BF106568A for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2008 19:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C2F38FC17 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2008 19:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mB6JA3jP008694 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2008 19:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mB6JA3EC008693; Sat, 6 Dec 2008 19:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 19:10:03 GMT Message-Id: <200812061910.mB6JA3EC008693@freefall.freebsd.org> To: gnome@FreeBSD.org From: "Jeremy Messenger" Cc: Subject: Re: ports/128694: www/firefox3 - Firefox 3 corrupts PostScript printer fonts X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jeremy Messenger List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:10:03 -0000 The following reply was made to PR ports/128694; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jeremy Messenger" To: "Bruce M Simpson" Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/128694: www/firefox3 - Firefox 3 corrupts PostScript printer fonts Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:00:41 -0600 On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:47:27 -0600, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > Finally, I got a chance to look at this in more detail. > I updated to the latest firefox-3.0.2,1 binary package for FreeBSD > 7.1-RELEASE, and tried the suggested "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" workaround. > > The garbled printed glyph bug still exists. Bummer for it doesn't help. > The symptoms are similar to these postings and bug reports, although > these are for Windows: > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454532#c3 > http://fixunix.com/mozilla/539574-firefox-3-0-3-vs-seamonkey-1-1-9-a.html Thanks for find it! It sounds like it's not a FreeBSD speific bug. It will be good if one of us reply a comment in Mozilla bugzilla (#54532)? I can do it for you if you are still busy. Cheers, Mezz > I tried printing to a non-Postscript printer (Epson CX3650). > The problem is still present there, which suggests the root cause may be > in the Firefox 3 print renderer. I don't see this issue with Firefox 2. > Both appear to use the same versions of the installed Pango libraries. > > I am using a CUPS networked print server to connect my printers. > > The page I've been using to demonstrate this is > http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/ although the problem exists with > all sites regardless of text encoding. The page looks just fine in > "Print Preview", but, print it, and the glyphs are unreadable. -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org