From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42FDA158090 for ; Mon, 2 May 2022 19:56:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8003BE0BFA; Mon, 2 May 2022 19:56:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lf1-x12f.google.com (mail-lf1-x12f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::12f]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF722E0BF3 for ; Mon, 2 May 2022 19:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lf1-x12f.google.com with SMTP id p10so27040625lfa.12 for ; Mon, 02 May 2022 12:56:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=0cGMb61xUz6/Op29Rk46n6JHW4Y1aXXf4nP+fffNBTY=; b=JJGQ9VhLcnV2jozXzOPQXSMM6L7vKonv7cDM8k9dNCGhW8okTzynjrNNpLjKTNHwT7 rrZYw5qeDfdE3SyZ9lX+H2NHIBIHI3uJzOSy5U/SWPOVdluJJEZAWgwUGC7vrDwUImKp fFb5f0KXF32hBvY2Z2cbviKOLG8/jbywvHhl9UtdvG0HQTbYyGw/+7t8eOGyEsAcUSP4 8yPdEiF5hf+1MKpBm26POy98YpvRnz1qk3zzrbB2bkIYsg9QKMGcWfcYxcVYgzIUNokd pzZ+dPlDfRX4UVx8H+JymnD3baf4XHNUilOH4H7Dpc+GgoXeDa138bcLWrVHw7y/6oDC rnTg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0cGMb61xUz6/Op29Rk46n6JHW4Y1aXXf4nP+fffNBTY=; b=NQaH1w7ySaZ7uH+7ka+TRIsQZyWRhaplO2OsQmrr5KiXWluIKuwLA8iLdy8qaqtTJA 4NPmwe9JRnuJJrGbkoMhBqWEyblyBLtaKkM6hOK0Xe44kd3ps27HSoT3ZnJKMx+5L4B8 SMy9/bMZUAZnFZbmFSOkSJzIv4shrRX1lj/D7uDh6sMub8H6jR6BuLKiZA9l/FmOEodr MUrxOIrK9mBv+giRutjnpyKkGx5Wx54AWSlHAMHgDifj/qJiFHH/HQh33j0Bw15CgP8I nxFWKE8f76s2r9foVKqpmW9f9CYV27MLbNQsk3Oq10OIO+BU+5I4RRitWC0SMwmUSa1Q jXwA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533uG23nRRRsh6V7CD+MKU7sGWscAm0CdsuxHhlgWkFr1/9vnX9F PE/5heItHwRLivhzYMXYYBBAr8cC/vMUHNh2UL1ltsKY X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxTQVvkGPGsyogPe585zHWF2AlF8aksngO1PwnCF/HlPZ48uGTmdm6dO7pGcyaIa9F01hxMuvff7gNipCbRKiQ= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:1194:b0:471:b0dd:8755 with SMTP id g20-20020a056512119400b00471b0dd8755mr9291171lfr.212.1651521380898; Mon, 02 May 2022 12:56:20 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8099761.NyiUUSuA9g@lenovo.localdomain> <23265107.ouqheUzb2q@lenovo.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <23265107.ouqheUzb2q@lenovo.localdomain> From: gevisz Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 22:54:03 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Some symbols render incomplete in text mode To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 23912217-18f3-435d-a159-10521759882e X-Archives-Hash: c00b9fa71c478fe06adbc76fce38ca9f =D0=BF=D0=BD, 2 =D0=BC=D0=B0=D1=8F 2022 =D0=B3. =D0=B2 15:04, Michael : > > On Sunday, 1 May 2022 19:46:45 BST gevisz wrote: > > =D0=B2=D1=81, 1 =D0=BC=D0=B0=D1=8F 2022 =D0=B3. =D0=B2 13:58, Michael <= confabulate@kintzios.com>: > > > On Saturday, 30 April 2022 12:49:59 BST gevisz wrote: > > > > > Moreover, I am starting to suspect that > > > > the problem with incomplete rendering letters > > > > "in text mode" and the problem with symbols > > > > in the youtube video player toolbar may be > > > > separate ones as the latter is much more > > > > reproducible and appears only in google-chrome > > > > (have not noticed it in Firefox, for example, > > > > though I quite rarely use Firefox to view youtube videos). > > > > > > I can't offer much help on this, but I'll share a similar experience.= I > > > have seen something like this happening on Chromium, running on > > > Enlightenment desktop a few years ago. I recall it was affected by t= he > > > scale set on the desktop 1.2:1 or something like that. I can't recal= l if > > > this was also occurring on Plasma. I think I saw the same missing > > > character problem on the title bar of the browser window. This was o= n > > > English text (UTF8 encoding). Firefox and other applications didn't h= ave > > > a problem. At that time I recall Chromium's rendering of the > > > menu/toolbar and window border was fighting against the desktop. Som= e > > > update on Chromium eventually fixed things. So I blamed it on the > > > interplay between the desktop, browser and graphics card/driver (rade= on). > > > > Thank you for your input. My graphic card is also Radeon, > > namely, built-in ATI Radeon X1250, and I use Awesome WM. > > The problem appears mostly in google-chrome, but I saw it > > also in Gvim, and currently it appeared also in the taskbar. > > A properly cropped screenshot is attached to this message. > > I suspect some interaction between your window manager and graphics drive= r > causes your character and symbol rendering problem. You may want to inst= all a > different window manager and see if the problem remains, Thank you. I will try another WM, probably XFCE4, which I have used before Awesome (among other options) and report my finding in this thread. > then approach the Awesome devs to help you with troubleshooting. > It's not unusual for less mainstream WM devs to focus their code > on NVidia/Intel, or whatever hardware and drivers they have at their > disposal and miss out on such problems like yours until they are drawn > to their attention.