Hi Peter,
... I use the XiG X server which has its own font stuff mostly. It works great and I don't have the font problems. I used to have them too when using Xorg and Xfree86. So I know what you're talking about. This is something for me to test. And very new also....
... it's a commercial X server for special graphics chips. I have an Acer Travelmate 621 LV laptop which is a few years old but works like on day one. It has a 1400x1050 15" display and an i830 graphics chip. I can go to 1280x1024 with all Linux servers (Xf86, Xorg) but that leaves a finger thick black frame around the screen. That's not what I bought it for. As with all laptops, the highest possible video mode is not supported by the BIOS, ie. there's no VESA mode for it. I bought the Platinum edition for $130. They also have a Bronce and Gold edition. I think the Bronce edition starts at $80 or so, I'm not sure. I bought it a few years back and it has been working like a champ on every SUSE there was since 8.1 or so. It's installed in 10 minutes and the unregistered version works for some 20 or 25 minutes or so and then terminates. After that you can start it again for that period and so on. During that time it has no limits. Note that it's for a number of graphic chips, especially on laptops that are either not well supported or the laptop manufacturers refuse to publish the specs and so on (no Nvidia, tho!). If you're interested, then take a look at their website: http://www.xig.com Investing the $130 for the Platinum edition definitely has payed off for me. It has survived SUSE Linux versions 8.0 or 8.1 (I don't recall exactly which of the two) to the current 10.1. -- cul8er Paul paul.foerster@gmx.net