gdkxft + gnome 1.4 + gdm on FreeBSD 4.7p3
Well, the directions claim its simple, but try as I might, I can't get font anti-aliasing to save my life! I've tried following the gdkxft README, but I still can't make gdkxft do anything useful. Is there some trick to getting it working with gdm? Should I have an Xsession.d or an xinitrc.d directory somewhere (creating them in /etc/X11 doesn't do squat). Thanks! Sorry in advance if this is a moronic question. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: gdkxft + gnome 1.4 + gdm on FreeBSD 4.7p3
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 03:16, Mark Edwards wrote: Well, the directions claim its simple, but try as I might, I can't get font anti-aliasing to save my life! I've tried following the gdkxft README, but I still can't make gdkxft do anything useful. Is there some trick to getting it working with gdm? Should I have an Xsession.d or an xinitrc.d directory somewhere (creating them in /etc/X11 doesn't do squat). You will need to move the gdm startup out of /etc/ttys, and create a /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d script for it. In that script, set the LD_PRELOAD (I think that's what gdkxft requires) variable, and you should be good to go. Joe Thanks! Sorry in advance if this is a moronic question. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: gdkxft + gnome 1.4 + gdm on FreeBSD 4.7p3
On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 09:24 AM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 03:16, Mark Edwards wrote: Well, the directions claim its simple, but try as I might, I can't get font anti-aliasing to save my life! I've tried following the gdkxft README, but I still can't make gdkxft do anything useful. Is there some trick to getting it working with gdm? Should I have an Xsession.d or an xinitrc.d directory somewhere (creating them in /etc/X11 doesn't do squat). You will need to move the gdm startup out of /etc/ttys, and create a /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d script for it. In that script, set the LD_PRELOAD (I think that's what gdkxft requires) variable, and you should be good to go. Joe Can you point me to a description of how to do this? All the documentation I've found describes starting gdm from /etc/ttys, and I'm not exactly sure how to translate that over to an rc.d script. Also, will setting LD_PRELOAD this way affect gnome after login, or will it just affect gdm? I tried setting LD_PRELOAD by hand in a term window after logging in, and then launching a gnome app like mozilla, and I still didn't see anti-aliased text. Does this indicate further problems? Thanks for you help! -- Mark Edwards San Francisco, CA To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: gdkxft + gnome 1.4 + gdm on FreeBSD 4.7p3
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 14:03, Mark Edwards wrote: On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 09:24 AM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 03:16, Mark Edwards wrote: Well, the directions claim its simple, but try as I might, I can't get font anti-aliasing to save my life! I've tried following the gdkxft README, but I still can't make gdkxft do anything useful. Is there some trick to getting it working with gdm? Should I have an Xsession.d or an xinitrc.d directory somewhere (creating them in /etc/X11 doesn't do squat). You will need to move the gdm startup out of /etc/ttys, and create a /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d script for it. In that script, set the LD_PRELOAD (I think that's what gdkxft requires) variable, and you should be good to go. Joe Can you point me to a description of how to do this? All the documentation I've found describes starting gdm from /etc/ttys, and I'm not exactly sure how to translate that over to an rc.d script. You can use the script distributed by x11/gdm2 as an example. Also, will setting LD_PRELOAD this way affect gnome after login, or will it just affect gdm? I know gdm2 will not pass LD_ variables to the GNOME session unless you tell it to specifically. gdm does not appear to have these same options. I tried setting LD_PRELOAD by hand in a term window after logging in, and then launching a gnome app like mozilla, and I still didn't see anti-aliased text. Does this indicate further problems? I have no idea. I've never used gdkxft. However, if you read the gdkxft webpage, you'll see there's a Mozilla patch for it: http://gdkxft.sourceforge.net/gdkxft-mozilla.html Did you apply this patch? If you have further problems, I recommend checking out: http://gdkxft.sourceforge.net/README Or better yet, upgrade to GNOME 2 which has anti-aliased support built in (note, so does Mozilla now). Joe Thanks for you help! -- Mark Edwards San Francisco, CA -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: gdkxft + gnome 1.4 + gdm on FreeBSD 4.7p3
On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 09:32 PM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: I have no idea. I've never used gdkxft. However, if you read the gdkxft webpage, you'll see there's a Mozilla patch for it: http://gdkxft.sourceforge.net/gdkxft-mozilla.html Did you apply this patch? If you have further problems, I recommend checking out: http://gdkxft.sourceforge.net/README Or better yet, upgrade to GNOME 2 which has anti-aliased support built in (note, so does Mozilla now). Ah, perhaps that's a good call. I was shying away from it since I'm running on a Pentium Pro 180, but from the release notes at gnome.org, it looks like gnome2 is faster even on older hardware. Thanks for the advice! -- Mark Edwards San Francisco, CA To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
