Ugly fonts in 32 bit apps in Suse 9.2 Pro
Hi, I installed Suse 9.2 Pro 64 bit version and as expected the fonts looked horrible. Then I followed the usual drill: (1) installed freetype2 srpms, enabled bytecode interpreter, rebuild the rpm and reinstalled it, (2) installed Microsoft true type fonts via Yast online update. Everything went fine, I have gorgeous fonts that rival even MS Windows which I see at some people's PCs. However, when I call a 32bit application eg Eclipse, Thunderbird 32bit etc ugliness comes back. But only with the 32 bit applications. The 64 bits applics are always fine. I looked into the freetype2 srpm searching for a clue as to how to uptade 32bit freetype2 libs with bytecode enabled to no success. As a last resort I downloaded freetype2 sources, enabled bytecode and compiled it on a 32bit machine. Then I copied the directory and installed the binaries on my 64 bit Suse thereby updating the 32bit freetype2 libs under /usr/lib. However, this was not successful. But to my surprise it did not screw up anything either. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com
On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 08:25:39PM -0700, Suleyman Karabuk wrote:
I looked into the freetype2 srpm searching for a clue as to how to uptade 32bit freetype2 libs with bytecode enabled to no success. As a last resort I downloaded freetype2 sources, enabled bytecode and compiled it on a 32bit machine. Then I copied the directory and
You could have built them on the 64bit machine too with -m32.
installed the binaries on my 64 bit Suse thereby updating the 32bit freetype2 libs under /usr/lib. However, this was not successful. But to my surprise it did not screw up anything either.
It should have worked in theory. Perhaps double check with ldd the 32bit application is really using the libraries you expect it to. -Andi
I checked with ldd and it seems like appropriate libs are picked up. I remembered that whan I first enabled bytecode interpreter for 64bit freetype2 lib the fonts were still ugly until I installed Microsoft libs from YAST online update. I wonder if I need to do some configuration for 32bit apps to pick up those fonts too. Does anyone have a similar problem ? Do you have the same quality fonts across 32bit and 64 bit apps ? --- Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote:
On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 08:25:39PM -0700, Suleyman Karabuk wrote:
I looked into the freetype2 srpm searching for a clue as to how to uptade 32bit freetype2 libs with bytecode enabled to no success. As a last resort I downloaded freetype2 sources, enabled bytecode and compiled it on a 32bit machine. Then I copied the directory and
You could have built them on the 64bit machine too with -m32.
installed the binaries on my 64 bit Suse thereby updating the 32bit freetype2 libs under /usr/lib. However, this was not successful. But to my surprise it did not screw up anything either.
It should have worked in theory. Perhaps double check with ldd the 32bit application is really using the libraries you expect it to.
-Andi
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 03:01:16PM -0700, Suleyman Karabuk wrote:
I checked with ldd and it seems like appropriate libs are picked up.
firefox/mozilla use freetype1 (not 2). So you would need to change that one too. -Andi
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