Ok, I'm really sorry about the noise. After first downgrading to XFree86 4.2.1-6 and then upgrading to your packages, it works.
Again, I'm sincerely sorry. Best regards, Stian l?, 29.03.2003 kl. 03.32 skrev Stian Jordet: > l�r, 2003-03-29 kl. 02:52 skrev Daniel Stone: > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 02:41:03AM +0100, Stian Jordet scrawled: > > > I don't know if you are to blame, and even if you are, I do understand > > > that these packages are without any kind of support. But I have some > > > troubles, which according to Christian Marillat on the debian-gtk-gnome > > > list is to blame on xft2, that I want to let you know about. > > > > Hi Stian! > > Thanks for your report. I'm using XFree86 4.3 both at home and work, and > > quite a few people are using it as well, and I've not seen errors like > > this, but that's in no way to suggest that this report is invalid. > > > > > First, pan dies with this message (this is official Debian package): > > > > > > [...] > > > > I can't reproduce this - I just installed pan from sid, and it ran fine. > > > > > Next, Evolution-1.3 (source packages from Michael D?nzer, which I have > > > compiled): > > > > > > [...] > > > > Did you build it against XFree86 4.3, or did you build it on a 4.2 > > machine? Is your xlibs-dev 4.3.0 or 4.2.1? > > They were built on this very machine, with xlibs-dev 4.3.0, up-to-date > sid. > > > > And third, Phoenix (the browser) will NOT run when I enable xft-support > > > at compiletime with XFree 4.3. > > > > Hmm, I've never tried Phoenix. > > > > > Pan and Phoenix worked like a charm with Xfree4.2.1. Evolution-1.3 I > > > never tried. > > > > > > Just wanted to let you know that this _might_ be a problem with your > > > packages, but it might as well be me that is screwing things up. > > > > Thanks for the report; I'm following it up now, but unfortunately I > > can't reproduce it under any KDE app (either the 3.1.1-1 packages, or my > > self-built CVS HEAD), or Pan. I'll see how Evolution goes and shoot off > > a reply. > > > > The thing to try would be to see if *every* package is up-to-date sid > > (or are you using the woody backport?). > > > > In the meantime, if anyone on the list can shed any light on this issue, > > that would be much welcome. > > I have just been through a little "hell" downgrading to 4.2.1, and now > it works ok. I'll try one more upgrade, just to be sure. Since I have a > Radeon 9700 Pro, I have to use the binary driver with X4.2, which kinda > worked ok, except that I can't get Xvideo when running dual-head :( > > But I'll let you know how it goes after a new upgrade to 4.3... *fingers > crossed* > > Thanks for your quick reply :) > > Best regards, > Stian > >
