[gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - solved !!

[gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - solved !!

[Viktor Lakics]

Dear Gentooers,

Thanks for Sebastian, the AA problem is actually solved. To get AA everywhere,

you need to change that line in startkde...

This is obviously a bug in the script. I tried Dan's suggestion, chaged the 
evironment variable everywhere, no success. Then I cleaned all my changes, 
and realized that when I set AA on in kcontrol and restart KDE, QT_XFT is 
turned on anyway...(echo $QT_XFT tells it).  So the problem is NOT the 
QT_XFT variable isn't being set, but something else. 

So again:

Change 
> the line:
>   LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit
> to
>   kdeinit +kcminit
> in the startkde script.

Thanks for everyone .

Viktor

Sebastian Werner <sebastian@werner-productions.de> wrote:
> I have the problem too and use the ati-driver... (rage128)
> 
> I have a discussion with one of the kdefont-support freaks.... try to
replace 
> the line:
>   LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit
> to
>   kdeinit +kcminit
> in the startkde script.
> 
> I think this is the new idea to start applications faster... but if i use
the 
> short version all the fonts are in the dialog... 
> 
> I have detected this in a enlightenment session where i have started k-Mail

> which has the fonts in the settings-dialog...
> 
> try this, i think it a bug in current version,
> 
> hope this helps.
> 
> Sebastian
> 
> On Wednesday, 18. July 2001 13:02, you wrote:
> > Thanks Dan,
> >
> > I will try your ideas as soon as I get home.
> >
> > As to some other details of my setup:
> >
> > I have XF864.1, I guess I use the nv driver since I have a RIVA TNT2 M64.
> > (I do not use the binary only drivers from NVIDIA)
> >
> > Other than that pretty much everything is stock Gentoo_RC5 from the iso.
> > (inluding QT, KDE, X and all the rest)
> >
> > I have not compiled any one of them by myself. (Installed with --usepkg)
> > I got truetype fonts installed (the MS ones - arial times MS etc.)
> > I use the XftConfig which I found in the truetype directory.
> >
> > I have set arial font in kcontrol for almost everything.
> >
> > I let you know how the evironment troubles evolve...
> >
> > Viktor
> >
> > Dan Armak <danarmak@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > 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
> > >
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> >
> > ----Viktor Lakics----
> >
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> >
> >   lakicsv@usa.net
> >
> >
> > 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - solved !!

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:25:35PM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote:
> Dear Gentooers,
> 
> Thanks for Sebastian, the AA problem is actually solved. To get AA everywhere,
> 
> you need to change that line in startkde...
> 
> This is obviously a bug in the script. I tried Dan's suggestion, chaged the 
> evironment variable everywhere, no success. Then I cleaned all my changes, 
> and realized that when I set AA on in kcontrol and restart KDE, QT_XFT is 
> turned on anyway...(echo $QT_XFT tells it).  So the problem is NOT the 
> QT_XFT variable isn't being set, but something else. 
> 
> So again:
> 
> Change 
> > the line:
> >   LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit
> > to
> >   kdeinit +kcminit
> > in the startkde script.

Due to the huge volume of gentoo-dev email, I haven't been completely following
this post, but can we have a developer volunteer to fix this on CVS?  Much thanks,

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

Re: [gentoo-dev] AA and KDE in gentoo - solved !!

[Dan Armak]

On Thursday 19 July 2001 01:04, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:25:35PM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote:
> > Dear Gentooers,
> >
> > Thanks for Sebastian, the AA problem is actually solved. To get AA
> > everywhere,
> >
> > you need to change that line in startkde...
> >
> > This is obviously a bug in the script. I tried Dan's suggestion, chaged
> > the evironment variable everywhere, no success. Then I cleaned all my
> > changes, and realized that when I set AA on in kcontrol and restart KDE,
> > QT_XFT is turned on anyway...(echo $QT_XFT tells it).  So the problem is
> > NOT the QT_XFT variable isn't being set, but something else.
> >
> > So again:
> >
> > Change
> >
> > > the line:
> > >   LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit
> > > to
> > >   kdeinit +kcminit
> > > in the startkde script.
>
> Due to the huge volume of gentoo-dev email, I haven't been completely
> following this post, but can we have a developer volunteer to fix this on
> CVS?  Much thanks,

I don't think it should be fixed on CVS. The original version (with 
LD_BIND_NOW set) gives much faster program loading (dynamic binding?), and it 
works fine for me and many others. It shuold only be changed if it doesn't 
work.

-- 

Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer
Matan, Israel