[Bug 1883742] Re: funky character placement when kubuntu-settings-desktop installed
The intoxicated character placement effect when kubuntu-settings is installed is still there in jammy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1883742 Title: funky character placement when kubuntu-settings-desktop installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-settings/+bug/1883742/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1883742] Re: funky character placement when kubuntu-settings-desktop installed
** Package changed: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) => kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kubuntu-settings in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1883742 Title: funky character placement when kubuntu-settings-desktop installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-settings/+bug/1883742/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1883742] Re: funky character placement when kubuntu-settings-desktop installed
** Summary changed: - funky character placement on kubuntu + funky character placement when kubuntu-settings-desktop installed ** Description changed: Funky character placement, letters often mispositioned, jammed into the adjacent letter on one side and/or far away from the adjacent letter on the other side, making one word look like two words. And the funky character placement often shifts around, sometimes spuriously, and sometimes when interacting, for example when i tick or untick a gmail conversation, as in the the 2nd and 3rd screenshots. Note how all the "t"'s move over in "Opportunities", "Youth", "item", and "interest". The 3 screenshots are all of the same conversation in my gmail inbox. One screenshot was taken on a Focal Ubuntu install, where the character placement is fine. The other two screenshots were taken on a Focal Kubuntu install where the character placement is funky. Using Chromium (Version 83.0.4103.61 Official Build snap 64-bit), the font spacing on my gmail inbox is fine, thus i first reported this as http://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/53474 They conclude it's not a firefox issue. i still consider it an open question. i have only a faint memory of having also seen the funky character placement in kubuntu in some context outside of firefox. The funky character placement shows up when all 3 of these factors converge: using kubuntu, using either firefox or firefox nightly, and viewing either gmail or google voice. Otherwise, eg using chromium on kubuntu, or firefox on lubuntu, or browsing other sites, character placement is fine. Within gmail, the funky character placement shows up when viewing conversation lists or settings pages, but character placement seems fine when viewing a conversation/message body. Within google voice, both message lists and message body show funky character placement. 'Binary search' thru specific situations: -good running lubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso live. -good install from lubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso live, - then startx startlxqt. - funky running kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso live. - funky install from kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso, - then startx startplasma-x11. - funky install from kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso, - then apt-get install lubuntu-desktop, - then startx startlxqt. - funky install from lubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso, - then apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, - then startx startplasma-x11. + good running lubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso live. + good install from lubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso live, + then startx startlxqt. + funky running kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso live. + funky install from kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso, + then startx startplasma-x11. + funky install from kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso, + then apt-get install lubuntu-desktop, + then startx startlxqt. + funky install from lubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso, + then apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, + then startx startplasma-x11. Continuing with the most recent install above: -good apt-get --auto-remove purge kubuntu-desktop + good apt-get --auto-remove purge kubuntu-desktop -good apt-get --auto-remove purge gpm+ htop+ xterm+ xzoom+ xl2tpd+ + good apt-get --auto-remove purge gpm+ htop+ xterm+ xzoom+ xl2tpd+ strongswan-starter+ keepassxc+ libevent-dev+ tigervnc-viewer+ sddm ofono thunderbird xscreensaver bind9-libs samba-libs unattended-upgrades apt- xapian-index ubuntu-release-upgrader-core python3-update-manager cups- common cups-daemon cups-ipp-utils foomatic-filters openprinting-ppds libpaps0 libcupsimage2 -good apt-get --auto-remove --purge install kate kpat krdc lame + good apt-get --auto-remove --purge install kate kpat krdc lame cryfs elisa encfs kross kamera kmines dolphin ksudoku signond go-mtpfs gwenview ktorrent libraw19 baloo-kf5 kmahjongg libgeoip1 plasma-nm kate5-data ksystemlog kio-audiocd thunderbird ffmpegthumbs freerdp2-x11 konversation print-manager geoip-database gstreamer-qapt session- migration kimageformat-plugins whoopsie-preferences kaccounts- integration fonts-noto-color-emoji signond signon-ui-x11 signon-ui- service signon-plugin-password signon-kwallet-extension - funky apt-get --auto-remove --purge install kubuntu-web-shortcuts + funky apt-get --auto-remove --purge install kubuntu-web-shortcuts kubuntu-settings-desktop kubuntu-wallpapers kubuntu-wallpapers-focal plasma-workspace-wallpapers - So that's narrowed down to 5 packages. After installing those 5 - packages, firefox character placement in gmail and google voice goes - funky. +
[Bug 1883742] Re: funky character placement on kubuntu
** Summary changed: - funky font rendering on kubuntu + funky character placement on kubuntu ** Description changed: - The 3 screenshots are all of the same conversation in my gmail inbox. - One screenshot was taken running Firefox Nightly on a Focal Ubuntu - install, where the font rendering seems fine. The other two screenshots - were taken running Firefox Nightly on a Focal Kubuntu install where the - rendering is funky. - - This only happens on Kubuntu, eg running kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop- - amd64.iso live. Lubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso live is fine, no - funky font rendering. - - Even on Kubuntu, when using Chromium (Version 83.0.4103.61 Official Build snap 64-bit), the font spacing on my gmail inbox looks fine, thus i first reported this as - http://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/53474 - But they conclude it's not a Firefox issue. - - The funky font rendering only happens with the combination of Kubuntu - (with all package updates as of 9/20) with either Firefox or Firefox - Nightly eg version 94.0a1 (2021-09-24) (64-bit). Letters are often - mispositioned, jammed into the adjacent letter on one side and/or far - away from the adjacent letter on the other side. And the font - placement/spacing often shifts around, sometimes spuriously, and - sometimes when interacting, for example when i tick or untick the gmail + Funky character placement, letters often mispositioned, jammed into the + adjacent letter on one side and/or far away from the adjacent letter on + the other side, making one word look like two words. And the funky + character placement often shifts around, sometimes spuriously, and + sometimes when interacting, for example when i tick or untick a gmail conversation, as in the the 2nd and 3rd screenshots. Note how all the "t"'s move over in "Opportunities", "Youth", "item", and "interest". + + The 3 screenshots are all of the same conversation in my gmail inbox. + One screenshot was taken on a Focal Ubuntu install, where the character + placement is fine. The other two screenshots were taken on a Focal + Kubuntu install where the character placement is funky. + + Using Chromium (Version 83.0.4103.61 Official Build snap 64-bit), the font spacing on my gmail inbox is fine, thus i first reported this as + http://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/53474 + + They conclude it's not a firefox issue. i still consider it an open + question. i have only a faint memory of having also seen the funky + character placement in kubuntu in some context outside of firefox. + + The funky character placement shows up when all 3 of these factors + converge: using kubuntu, using either firefox or firefox nightly, and + viewing either gmail or google voice. Otherwise, eg using chromium on + kubuntu, or firefox on lubuntu, or browsing other sites, character + placement is fine. Within gmail, the funky character placement shows up + when viewing conversation lists or settings pages, but character + placement seems fine when viewing a conversation/message body. Within + google voice, both message lists and message body show funky character + placement. + + 'Binary search' thru specific situations: +good running lubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso live. +good install from lubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso live, + then startx startlxqt. + funky running kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso live. + funky install from kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso, + then startx startplasma-x11. + funky install from kubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.iso, + then apt-get install lubuntu-desktop, + then startx startlxqt. + funky install from lubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso, + then apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, + then startx startplasma-x11. + + Continuing with the most recent install above: +good apt-get --auto-remove purge kubuntu-desktop + +good apt-get --auto-remove purge gpm+ htop+ xterm+ xzoom+ xl2tpd+ + strongswan-starter+ keepassxc+ libevent-dev+ tigervnc-viewer+ sddm ofono + thunderbird xscreensaver bind9-libs samba-libs unattended-upgrades apt- + xapian-index ubuntu-release-upgrader-core python3-update-manager cups- + common cups-daemon cups-ipp-utils foomatic-filters openprinting-ppds + libpaps0 libcupsimage2 + +good apt-get --auto-remove --purge install kate kpat krdc lame + cryfs elisa encfs kross kamera kmines dolphin ksudoku signond go-mtpfs + gwenview ktorrent libraw19 baloo-kf5 kmahjongg libgeoip1 plasma-nm + kate5-data ksystemlog kio-audiocd thunderbird ffmpegthumbs freerdp2-x11 + konversation print-manager geoip-database gstreamer-qapt session- + migration kimageformat-plugins whoopsie-preferences kaccounts- + integration fonts-noto-color-emoji signond signon-ui-x11 signon-ui- + service signon-plugin-password signon-kwallet-extension + + funky apt-get --auto-remove --purge install kubuntu-web-shortcuts
