[gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - still not solved - anyone uses AA here?

[gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - still not solved - anyone uses AA here?

[Viktor Lakics]

Dear All,

DOes anyone uses AA outhere in kde?

I tried this trick (putting QT_XFT=1 to ~/.xinitrc) to make all my KDE to be
AA-ed, without success. I did not even have .xinitrc in ~, ( /root - right now
I set up everything as root and worry about permissions for users later), so I
created it, but it did not help at all. (I have initdefault 4 set in inittab,
and it seems that it works without .xinitrc)

Then I tried to put QT_XFT=1 to the startkde script in various places -
nothing happened. I even tried to shutdown kdm to console mode, and log in
again to a normal konsole, set QT_XFT=1, export QT_XFT, and then start kdm -
no dice.

But once I am already in KDE, fire up a konsole window and set QT_XFT=1, AA
works, as long as I start the apps from THAT VERY SAME konsole. The rest of
the KDE is still not AA-ed though...(The checkbox in kcontrol -look&feel -
style - use AA is switched on, of course)

To make it even more confusing, there is a single program (kppp) which is
AA-ed (after setting the GUI AA option on) even if I do not start it from a
konsole where I previously set QT_XFT=1...

I am really confused now... Why on earth the GUI control for AA only works on
kppp, but not for the rest?! How can I let KDE know that I want AA
everywhere?







Thread <thread@threadbox.net> wrote:
> > 
> > I only have AA fonts when I set QT_XFT=1 in an xterm, and start an
application
> > from that xterm. How can I set QT_XFT before starting KDE to have AA
> > everywhere in KDE? What config file do I have to edit?
> > 
> I can answer the first question. Edit ~/.xinitrc, and make it say something
like:
> 
> QT_XFT=1
> startkde
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - still not solved - anyone uses AA here?

[Dan Armak]

This sounds really strange. I never had AA problems. This may not be very 
relevant, but what X driver module are you using?

However this shouldn't be relevant at all. Starting from version 2.3.0, qt is 
compiled to use AA by default! Maybe for some reason when you compiled qt 
this broke. Try recompiling qt yourself (not from the ebuild) and make sure 
AA is on (the output of configure will tell you), then point QTDIR to your 
new qt temporarily and start kde.

Other than that, this sounds like possible font trouble. Make sure you have 
TTF fonts installed (for example install the app-text/freefonts and 
app-text/sharefonts gentoo packages). Then in kcontrol, go to the fonts 
dialog and make sure you have these ttf fonts selected (e.g. Verdana). Then 
restart KDE.

As for env. var. settings trouble, make sure your startkde script is modified 
to use --login, then edit /etc/env.d/09qt to include QT_XFT=1.


This is all I can think of. HTH.


-- 

Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer
Matan, Israel

[gentoo-dev] 3D-3dfx-gaming

[Djamil ESSAISSI]

Guys any clue on how to get voodoo3 working like it should be ?! tuxracer is at 1fps !

I know i should be working ...

Djamil

Re: [gentoo-dev] 3D-3dfx-gaming

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 01:55:33PM +0000, Djamil ESSAISSI wrote:
> Guys any clue on how to get voodoo3 working like it should be ?! tuxracer is at 1fps !
> 
> I know i should be working ...

Well, quite a few of us use accelerated 3D with nvidia cards, but I
don't know of anyone actively using accelerated 3dfx video.  You should
be able to find some kind of FAQ somewhere.  The quick answer is that
you will need to enable "DRI" (Direct Rendering Infrastructure) in the
kernel and use tha appropriate Xfree86 driver.  I'd check on 3dfx's site
for some kind of Linux driver FAQ.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - still not solved - anyone uses AA here?

[Chad M. Huneycutt]

I am seeing this same behavior.  I currently have QT_XFT=1 in my 
.bash_profile, .xinitrc, and /etc/env.d/90qt.  I am getting ready to try 
/etc/env.d/90kde21.  As Viktor mentions, if I open an konsole and type 
"echo $QT_XFT", it says that it is set to 1.  And, sure enough, if I 
then run konqueror, it has the AA fonts.  If I use the icon on the 
panel, however, the fonts are not AA.  I think this points pretty surely 
to the fact that KDE subprocesses are not getting the right environment.

Maybe modifying 90kde21 will fix the problem.

Chad

P.S.  This is my first post, so here is my obligatory compliment: The 
distribution is really shaping up.  Great work, guys!


Viktor Lakics wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>DOes anyone uses AA outhere in kde?
>
>I tried this trick (putting QT_XFT=1 to ~/.xinitrc) to make all my KDE to be
>AA-ed, without success. I did not even have .xinitrc in ~, ( /root - right now
>I set up everything as root and worry about permissions for users later), so I
>created it, but it did not help at all. (I have initdefault 4 set in inittab,
>and it seems that it works without .xinitrc)
>
>Then I tried to put QT_XFT=1 to the startkde script in various places -
>nothing happened. I even tried to shutdown kdm to console mode, and log in
>again to a normal konsole, set QT_XFT=1, export QT_XFT, and then start kdm -
>no dice.
>
>But once I am already in KDE, fire up a konsole window and set QT_XFT=1, AA
>works, as long as I start the apps from THAT VERY SAME konsole. The rest of
>the KDE is still not AA-ed though...(The checkbox in kcontrol -look&feel -
>style - use AA is switched on, of course)
>
>To make it even more confusing, there is a single program (kppp) which is
>AA-ed (after setting the GUI AA option on) even if I do not start it from a
>konsole where I previously set QT_XFT=1...
>
>I am really confused now... Why on earth the GUI control for AA only works on
>kppp, but not for the rest?! How can I let KDE know that I want AA
>everywhere?
>

Re: [gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - still not solved - anyone uses AA here?

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:17:19AM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote:

> Then I tried to put QT_XFT=1 to the startkde script in various places -
> nothing happened. I even tried to shutdown kdm to console mode, and log in
> again to a normal konsole, set QT_XFT=1, export QT_XFT, and then start kdm -
> no dice.

QT_XFT is a good way to selectively *disable* AA for various apps, but it should
be enabled by going to the KDE control center -> look and feel -> style -> and then
selecting "Use antialiasing for fonts and icons".  When you restart KDE, you should
then have antialiased fonts, and you can use QT_XFT=0 to disable AA for apps like
konsole.  

Hope that helps,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

[gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - another question

[Holger Brueckner]

> QT_XFT is a good way to selectively *disable* AA for various apps, but it
should
> be enabled by going to the KDE control center -> look and feel -> style ->
and then
> selecting "Use antialiasing for fonts and icons".  When you restart KDE,
you should
> then have antialiased fonts, and you can use QT_XFT=0 to disable AA for
apps like
> konsole.

ok .. what am i doing wrong ?!? if i check the aa box i don't get any fonts
at all !!!

thx, cya

Holger

Re: [gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - still not solved - anyone uses AA here?

[Sebastian Werner]

QT_XFT is a good idea to enable this function too. Opera don't read the KDE 
Setting and because the current version is linked against a QT-lib with AA. 
QT_XFT=1 opera could we add to the opera package... as shell.-script or so.

mv opera opera.bin
echo "QT_XFT=1 opera.bin" >> opera
chmod 755 opera

Sebastian

On Wednesday, 18. July 2001 17:01, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:17:19AM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote:
> > Then I tried to put QT_XFT=1 to the startkde script in various places -
> > nothing happened. I even tried to shutdown kdm to console mode, and log
> > in again to a normal konsole, set QT_XFT=1, export QT_XFT, and then start
> > kdm - no dice.
>
> QT_XFT is a good way to selectively *disable* AA for various apps, but it
> should be enabled by going to the KDE control center -> look and feel ->
> style -> and then selecting "Use antialiasing for fonts and icons".  When
> you restart KDE, you should then have antialiased fonts, and you can use
> QT_XFT=0 to disable AA for apps like konsole.
>
> Hope that helps,