[Bug 306943] New: Broken font rendering in some applications
Nikos Chantziaras
realnc at gmail.com
Mon Sep 17 17:44:31 BST 2012
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306943
Bug ID: 306943
Severity: normal
Version: 4.9
Priority: NOR
Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
Summary: Broken font rendering in some applications
Classification: Unclassified
OS: Linux
Reporter: realnc at gmail.com
Hardware: Gentoo Packages
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Component: general
Product: kde
It seems that some applications (for example krunner and ksnapshot) display
fonts in a somewhat broken manner. To demonstrate, I attached a screenshot of
krunner's "System Activity" in krunner_process_list.png. Look at how "Shared
Mem" is rendered, for example. And the same process list display, but through
"System Monitor" is in ksysguard_process_list.png. Notice how "System Monitor"
has correct font display. I found out that I can trigger the same bug in
System Monitor if I launch it with:
ksysguard -graphicssystem native
Then it looks like in screenshot ksysguard_process_list_native.png. Look for
example at how the word "Table" (in "Process Table") is rendered compared to
the previous screenshot.
Another application that has the same problem is KSnapshot. And indeed, if I
launch it manually with:
ksnapshot -graphicssystem raster
then the problem goes away.
In System Settings, in the Desktop Effects section's "Advanced" tab, I have
"Raster" set as the "Qt graphics system". My Linux distro (Gentoo) also has
this set in the environment:
QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM=raster
It would seem that some KDE application ignore those settings.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Press Alt+F2 (or whatever shortcut you've set to bring up krunner.)
2. Click the "System Activity" button.
Actual Results:
Fonts look weird.
Expected Results:
Fonts should look the same as everywhere else.
Gentoo Linux 64-bit, KDE 4.9.1, Qt 4.8.3. The graphics driver doesn't seem to
affect this; the problem is there with the official NVidia driver, the AMD
Catalyst driver, and the open source xf86-video-ati driver.
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