Just in case anyone else running Sarge has ugly TT fonts, reverting to Woody's libfreetype6 package fixes the problem.
CM On Monday 13 January 2003 17:11, you wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Montag, 13. Januar 2003 22:28, Christopher Martin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Currently I'm running Ralf's 3.1RC6 Woody debs on a Sarge system. > > On the whole, they work really well - major thanks to everyone > > involved for the great work done so far. However, I've collected > > a list of bugs/requests/questions which I thought I'd post: > > > > 1. Truetype fonts look quite bad (really 'dirty' looking - like > > the bytecode interpreter isn't on) in 3.1RC6, compared to Mozilla > > which looks great. Truetype under 3.0.5a looked fine - just like > > Mozilla still does. Currently I have libfreetype6 2.1.2-9 > > installed. Anti-aliasing works. > > Works here. > > > 2. The K3b package. I had to manually install libvorbisenc, and > > then manually create links for libvorbisfile.so.0 and > > libvorbisenc.so.0 but eventually I figured it out. Am I correct > > in thinking that these problems occur only because I'm running > > Sarge and not straight Woody? > > Known problem due to the differences woody <-> sarge/sid with > vorbis. Use those symlinks. > > Remember, k3b is made directly out of the CVS sources whenever I > see something done :-) so you could report problems to the author > (Sebastian Trueg) so he can fix them easier. > > > 3. The oKle package - it's great of you to provide all these > > convenient debs! I do have a problem with it, however. When I > > compile oKle myself from source, I simply have to type 'okle' to > > start it up. With your new debian package, however, there is no > > 'okle' executable. There is something called okle_gui, but > > executing it results in the following error: > > > > Please do not call the ogle_gui binary directly! > > Instead copy it to /usr/lib/ogle/ogle_gui and then run ogle. > > > > I suppose that I could follow these instructions and get things > > going, but I shouldn't have to. I'm not sure why things aren't > > set up (like they are when compiling from source) so that you > > just have to run 'okle' and it works. No conflict with ogle-gui > > either. > > I just built the package as-is, no look at testing. That's what > you're up for > > :-) I'll have a look when I have time to do so. > : > > 4. Package requests - could you create debs for kbiff > > (http://www.granroth.org/kbiff/) and a handy little utility for > > tweaking xvideo output, written by the Ogle guys, xvattr > > (http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/downloads.shtml)? Those > > are the only two KDE programs I use that aren't packaged... which > > is pretty amazing :) > > I want to add the first one anyway, the second - haven't seen it > but I'll have a look. > > > 5. Does anyone know if it is possible to revert to the old 3.0 > > layout for KDM? The new way KDM is arranged looks pretty bad, at > > least to me. > > Change the code, recompile. The listview on the left is the default > now which is better than the former iconview when you have many > users. > > Ralf > > > Otherwise, everything I've tried works as it should. Many thanks. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Christopher Martin > > - -- > We're not a company, we just produce better code at less costs. > - > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >- Ralf Nolden > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The K Desktop Environment The KDevelop Project > http://www.kde.org http://www.kdevelop.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+Izmeu0nKi+w1Ky8RAm/qAKCWoMbjkveKq1hz1Ihtxuk8RBo9kQCfSg7B > CuYoCjXj+VXBcIXaqG65zJQ= > =M7Oo > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
