Date: 31 May 2002 23:44:47 +0200 From: Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pango broken with latest freetype? Message-ID: <1022881487.45242.74.camel@ncc-1701.webonaut.com> In-Reply-To: <1022878085.70647.68.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> References: <1022833144.771.31.camel@ncc-1701.webonaut.com> <1022862065.50859.2.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> <1022869058.56451.13.camel@ncc-1701.webonaut.com> <1022873704.70647.44.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> <1022877214.45242.36.camel@ncc-1701.webonaut.com> <1022878085.70647.68.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com>
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Am Fr, 2002-05-31 um 22.48 schrieb Joe Marcus Clarke: > On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 16:33, Franz Klammer wrote: > > Am Fr, 2002-05-31 um 21.35 schrieb Joe Marcus Clarke: > > > On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 14:17, Franz Klammer wrote: > > > > Am Fr, 2002-05-31 um 18.21 schrieb Joe Marcus Clarke: > > > > > On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 04:19, Franz Klammer wrote: > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > > > As Joe tells me that my "I'm seeing some reports that say your > > > > > > anti-alias/Xinerama issue is a bug in freetype2." i did > > > > > > yesterday an update of freetype2 from the second last to > > > > > > the latest version. > > > > > > everything seems to work fine. only gdm2 displays no text > > > > > > exept in the username/password input field. > > > > > > > > > > Well, I don't know what to tell you. I just downgraded to > > > > > freetype2-2.0.9, and Nautilus displays glyphs again. I know 2.1.0 has a > > > > > lot of changes for the conversion to the new freetype API. Perhaps it's > > > > > incompatible with GNOME currently. > > > > > > > > > > I know the latest release of GARNOME shipped with 2.0.9 even though > > > > > 2.1.0 was available. Maxim, are things working okay for you with the > > > > > new freetype2? > > > > > > > > > > > > > doesn't matter! i can work with my pc as ususal. that's important. > > > > if it is necessary i will downgrade too. > > > > > > Here are the patches to freetype-2.1.0 to fix the problem with glyph > > > rending in nautilus. It may also fix your problems with pango. Just > > > place the files in print/freetype2/files, and build. > > > > > > > short: how i can see resp. say - yes it fixes my problems but it only > > revert my system back to the state before FT2-update. > > > > longer: > > - gdm2 now displays fonts again. > > - nautilus2 and some other gnome-programs still have the > > same problem with Xinerama. exact like the screenshot i sent you. > > - i also tried to build (not install) pango-1.0.1 but it fails with the > > same errors as i sent you before.actually i've installed pango-1.0.2. > > > > the interesting thing is that, not like you've written, nautilus > > displayes fonts after FT-update. before your patches, as i've seen, > > only gdm2(graphical) and the spash-screen doesn't displays text. > > This is because the problem was with librsvg's use of the FT library. > In nautilus2, librsvg defers to pango for freetype rendering. As long > as pango works, then so will Nautilus. > > > > > i hope i was able to help you. please tell me if you need more. > > Okay, this is good info. The FreeBSD GNOME community has a choice to > make then. Do we apply these patches to FT 2.1.0, and mess up Xinerama > support, but allow older GNOME 1.4.x users to be happy, or go without > the patches, and force GNOME 1.4.x users to either stay on FT 2.0.9, or > deal with the rending problems in librsvg? Or, do we offer this as a > compile-time option to users? Or, do we revert back to 2.0.9? > i hope you don't want a answer to this questions from me :-)) all joking aside - just to be realy shure there is no misunderstanding because i'm maybee not clear enough: refering to "mess up Xinerama support": the Xinerama support was never solved. neither with or without your patches. > I'm hoping the freetype developers will be able to shed some more light > on this problem. Perhaps this is something they can fix. If we decide > to stay with FT 2.1.0, I will do the update of GTK+-2.0 and friends so > that they will build with the new FT. > > Joe > > > > > franz > > > > -- > > WEBONAUT.com > > http://webonaut.com > > mailto:klammer@webonaut.com > > Tel.: +43-664-3434708 > > > > > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message -- WEBONAUT.com http://webonaut.com mailto:klammer@webonaut.com Tel.: +43-664-3434708 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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