Date: 31 May 2002 15:18:56 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pango broken with latest freetype? Message-ID: <1022872736.70647.25.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1022869058.56451.13.camel@ncc-1701.webonaut.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>
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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. Good news! I tracked down the problem. In freetype-2.1.0, they introduced a new feature to use generic color maps to render fonts. This is the default, and appears to be broken. I've put together some patches to fix this, and I will report my findings to the freetype people. If you want, I'll send you my patches for testing before I commit. Joe > > thanks > > franz. > > > Joe > > > > > > > > my first idea was to update pango. this fails (pango.log) > > > > > > then i want to update gdm2. this also fails because libpango* > > > has unresloved reverences to 'FT_*'. (gdm2.log) > > > > > > it's may interessting in context to this question: i now a > > > happy use of a (let's say) mixed gome1/gnome2-desktop. > > > I'm using gnome2 as desktop with Evolution, gnumeric, > > > galeon and abiword-gnome. of corse therefore i must install > > > nearly all gnome1-packages. (var_db_pkg.log) > > > > > > gdm2 and the rest of my gnome-desktop works. therefore it's > > > not a realy big problem for me now. (until next update :-)). > > > > > > > > -- > WEBONAUT.com > http://webonaut.com > mailto:klammer@webonaut.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message > -- 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
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