[kde-solaris] xft2 fontconfig ... solaris 9

[Lars Tunkrans]

Tobias Oetiker wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I have found two interesting problems.
> 
> I have compiled kde 3.1.2 with fontconfig/render/xft for solaris 8
> 
> This works nice and I get beautiful fonts.
> 
> But, there are two problems:
> 
> a) When running on an xserver which DOES NOT have a colormapped
>    visual (eg a blade 100 without creator) the programs do not
>    work, they segfaults.
> 
> b) When running such a program on Solaris 9 with the latest XServer
>    patches applied I have render extensions in the xserver.  There
>    the effect is, that most of the characters in the interfaces
>    disappear.
> 
> I guess a) has todo with qts xft support ... Because when kde is
> compiled without qt/xft all works fine
> 
> Problem b) seems to be related to the way qt deals with render
> extensions. Because gtk-demo compiled against the same xft2 release
> works just fine, both on sol8 with an old xserver and on sol9 with
> the render xserver.
> 
> cheers
> tobi
> 
> 
> 


Try  Solaris9  patch  113098-04  ( the Xsun/Xrender patch )

http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-access
and enter the patch number.  ( you will need to have a sunsolve account )

I Had the problem with disapearing Fonts on Solaris 9 12/02
using staroffice 6 in any windowmanager.
The bug was solved with this patch.

I am running Xft 2 / fontconfig2 / Xrender / KDE 3.1.1 now on
Solaris 9 04/03 / Sunblade 100 /Expert 3D Lite
Without any fontproblems.

Regards //Lars

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