Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon
There appears to be a threading issue in gnome-settings-daemon when
calling xrdb in xft_settings_set_xresources(). I added debugging to
xft_settings_set_xresources() and noticed it was being called properly
but the Xft.hintstyle wasn't being updated when changed in
System->Preferences->Appearace->Fonts->Details. I tried stracing g-s-d
to see if xrdb actually was being called and then it started working
100% properly every time, hence I am pretty sure this is a threading
issue of some sort. As soon as I killed strace the problems started up
again.
To reproduce this bug do the following:
Have a gnome-terminal window open and run this after changing settings:
xrdb -query
Go to System->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts->Details and change the
font hinting to various modes, after each change run the xrdb -query
above and notice that often it does not actually update the setting in
xrdb. Then run strace on g-s-d and notice it works every time.
Seen on: Core 2 Duo - Ubuntu Jaunty amd64
Chris
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 2.26.0-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Importance: High
Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
Status: New
** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Jaunty)
Importance: High
Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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gsd - threading issue causes xrdb hintstyle not to be updated
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356620
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