Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:47:24 -0000 From: "Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD" <PETER.HARRISON@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Issue with fonts in firefox following gnome upgrade... Message-ID: <0740B9A6C3639441850D84E94767945C01E58E7E@DMM00038.link2.gpn.gov.uk>
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Hello=20list, I'm=20having=20some=20issues=20with=20font=20handling=20in=20Firefox=20fol= lowing=20the=202.16=20gnome/gtk+=20upgrade. The=20issue=20is=20the=20same=20with=20the=20following=20set=20ups: Desktop=20-=20Firefox=201.5.0.7=20on=206.1-RELEASE=20p10=20with=20xfce-4.2= .3.2 Laptop=20-=20Firefox=202.0=20on=206.2-PRERELEASE=20with=20xfce-4.2.3.2 On=20each=20machine=20I=20have=20the=20MS=20core=20fonts=20installed=20via= =20the=20x11-fonts/webfonts=20port.=20Before=20the=20gnome=20upgrade,=20fi= refox=20made=20use=20of=20these=20font=20afterwards=20it=20doesn't=20seem=20= to.=20This=20is=20most=20visible=20in=20the=20tabbed=20titlebar=20where=20= it's=20now=20using=20an=20ugly=20(although=20anti-aliased)=20bold=20font=20= -=20but=20it's=20also=20noticeable=20in=20the=20fonts=20used=20to=20render= =20web=20pages. These=20fonts=20are=20still=20available=20to=20X=20(I=20can=20see=20them=20= in=20other=20apps=20-=20eg.=20gVIM=20or=20Abiword,=20and=20can=20see=20no=20= errors=20in=20/var/log/Xorg.0.log). I=20followed=20the=20procedure=20in=20/usr/ports/UPDATING=20to=20upgrade=20= (ie.=20portupgrade=20-rf=20pkg-config\*). If=20I=20start=20firefox=20from=20the=20command=20line,=20it=20starts=20OK= =20but=20spits=20out=20this=20message: GConf=20Error:=20Failed=20to=20launch=20configuration=20server:=20Failed=20= to=20execute=20child process=20"/usr/local/libexec/gconfd-2"=20(Invalid=20argument) What=20was=20in=20the=20upgrade=20of=20gnome/gtk+=20that=20might=20change=20= the=20fonts=20used=20by/available=20to=20Firefox?=20And=20how=20can=20I=20= reverse=20it? Thanks=20for=20any=20thoughts. Peter=20Harrison=20 ********************************************************************** This=20document=20is=20strictly=20confidential=20and=20is=20intended=20onl= y=20for=20use=20by=20the=20addressee.=20 If=20you=20are=20not=20the=20intended=20recipient,=20any=20disclosure,=20c= opying,=20distribution=20or=20other=20 action=20taken=20in=20reliance=20of=20the=20information=20contained=20in=20= this=20e-mail=20is=20strictly=20prohibited. Any=20views=20expressed=20by=20the=20sender=20of=20this=20message=20are=20= not=20necessarily=20those=20of=20the=20Department=20 for=20Work=20and=20Pensions. If=20you=20have=20received=20this=20transmission=20in=20error,=20please=20= use=20the=20reply=20function=20to=20tell=20us=20 and=20then=20permanently=20delete=20what=20you=20have=20received. Please=20note:=20Incoming=20and=20outgoing=20e-mail=20messages=20are=20rou= tinely=20monitored=20for=20compliance=20 with=20our=20policy=20on=20the=20use=20of=20electronic=20communications. ********************************************************************** The=20original=20of=20this=20email=20was=20scanned=20for=20viruses=20by=20= Government=20Secure=20Intranet=20(GSi)=20=20virus=20scanning=20service=20s= upplied=20exclusively=20by=20Cable=20&=20Wireless=20in=20partnership=20wit= h=20MessageLabs. On=20leaving=20the=20GSI=20this=20email=20was=20certified=20virus=20free. The=20MessageLabs=20Anti=20Virus=20Service=20is=20the=20first=20managed=20= service=20to=20achieve=20the=20CSIA=20Claims=20Tested=20Mark=20(CCTM=20Cer= tificate=20Number=202006/04/0007),=20the=20UK=20Government=20quality=20mar= k=20initiative=20for=20information=20security=20products=20and=20services.= =20=20For=20more=20information=20about=20this=20please=20visit=20www.cctma= rk.gov.uk
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