Recent KDE 3.1.4 install from source on RH9 system.

[Dan Delgado]

I am new tot he list so I am not sure what info you
will need on this. To give the overview:

I installed RH9 from scratch. Basically installing all
the KDE rpms and a bunch of Gnome-related rpms (due to
being required for some of the dev apps and
RH-supplied config-apps)

I wanted to try out the dev builds of KDevelop3 so I
went out and got all the sources for all but the
international stuff. (I am in the US.)

I built them all, tweaking various Makefile.ins when
necessary to add some rpath stuff to LDFLAGS when on
some bins it did not grab it from $LDFLAGS. In this
manner I had hoped to have a KDE-alt where I could
change the prefdm path and KDE/QT info in .profile and
switch (until I was very comfortable.)

I am right now on 3.1.4, in fact due to the change I
found out I had not had sound setup (by default) on
the orig 3.1.1? RH9 setup (had to change permissions
to <sound> 660 root.users - respond if you get the
famous cannot open /dev/dsp -> I'll give you the whole
fix info)

So that was my first prob. The second and really
important one is that I seem to not have the 'proper
fonts.'

When I compare with another pc (running stock RH9) I
see that the fonts in control center are similar in
setup... for example in one area - Sans 10 for both.

BUT when I pick 'choose' Sans 10 is in the STOCK KDE
but not the new 3.1.4, so I suspect that even though
the font is set to sans 10 the system is substituting
a 'similar' font and that explains the odd "thinner
and taller" fonts I have now.

Any help would be GREAT. I still have the old
KDE/Gnome stuff in the default RH9 directories and the
new 3.1.4 build is in the /usr/local/kde tree. Perhaps
setting some "look here" config or copying fonts from
the RH install to the local one?

---Dan


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