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CHKD Thread-Index: AccBkPF0UYk0txwMTe+2PC3Q/jtBjA== From: "Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Nov 2006 10:47:27.0192 (UTC) FILETIME=[F3491580:01C70190] Subject: Issue with fonts in firefox following gnome upgrade... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:48:54 -0000 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. 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