Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:50:42 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: linux vs freebsd fc-cache binaries Message-ID: <41D46A22.5030906@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20041230203049.GA11245@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20041230195320.GA91304@xor.obsecurity.org> <41D46431.4000808@FreeBSD.org> <20041230203049.GA11245@xor.obsecurity.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kris Kennaway wrote: | On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 03:25:21PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: | |>Kris Kennaway wrote: |>| Can someone please take a look at this ASAP? At the moment the |>| linux_base-8 patchset |>| (http://www.leidinger.net/FreeBSD/port-patches/linux.diff) |>| is buildable, but the font problem is critical for 4.11. |> |>The problem might be the version of freetype2 being used in linux_base. |>~ There was a bug a while back where it would not process bitmapped |>fonts. I can't say for certain, but linux_base-8 does use a pretty old |>version of freetype2. Could also be a fontconfig problem. What version |>of fontconfig is being used? | | | fontconfig-2.1-9.i386.rpm | freetype-2.1.2-7.${ARCH}.rpm | | I wonder if updates are available for redhat 8.x. I think I found the problem. Freetype2-2.1.2 didn't support gzip'd fonts. That said, we really should be at 2.1.4 or higher for proper gzip support. Not sure if an updated RPM is available, though. Joe | | Kris - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB1Goib2iPiv4Uz4cRApEfAKCdTxHNWmKY5dX3DB02Y1rmigeeaACfckPA bRNYRMEXKt18vkdl9UhnNpU= =pZIu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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