Helvetica fonts and /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
has anyone verified my observation that Helvetica (and other) fonts are broken by /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 from QT 3.1.2? I don't want to waste the time of the SuSE developers with problems that are on my end, but if this is their problem, then I want to be sure it gets reported correctly. As I said, I can save the .so from QT 3.1.1, install QT 3.1.2 and fix or break my fonts according to which version of libqt-mt.so.3 is in place. This just became more important to me because I'm having problems with Gideon (the KDevelop alpha 3.0.0). The dump is mentioning this lib. I am using my own QT in the QTDIR, and I built Gideon against that. The kdelibs are very sensitive to KDE/QT missmatch, and I really want to get to a state where I'm only using one QT 3.1.2, and KDE 3.1.1 for 'normal' use. STH
On 04/02/2003 09:51 PM, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
has anyone verified my observation that Helvetica (and other) fonts are broken by /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 from QT 3.1.2? I don't want to waste the time of the SuSE developers with problems that are on my end, but if this is their problem, then I want to be sure it gets reported correctly. As I said, I can save the .so from QT 3.1.1, install QT 3.1.2 and fix or break my fonts according to which version of libqt-mt.so.3 is in place. This just became more important to me because I'm having problems with Gideon (the KDevelop alpha 3.0.0). The dump is mentioning this lib.
I just tried it in Kword. My system is 8.0 (but updated to X4.3, KDE 3.1.1, QT 3.1.2). Have you updated your xf86tools package. It has a newer fonts-config script that works very good and faster than the previous version. HTH -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 10:00 am, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 04/02/2003 09:51 PM, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I just tried it in Kword. My system is 8.0 (but updated to X4.3, KDE 3.1.1, QT 3.1.2). Have you updated your xf86tools package. It has a newer fonts-config script that works very good and faster than the previous version. HTH
-- Joe Morris What version do you have, and where did you get it. This is what I have Wed Apr 02 10:44:13:> rpm -q xf86tools xf86tools-0.1-539
AFAIK, that's the latest. I got it from the SuSE ftp site with the XFree86 4.3 stuff. This may well be unique to the 8.1 bits. STH
On 04/02/2003 11:51 PM, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 10:00 am, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 04/02/2003 09:51 PM, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
I just tried it in Kword. My system is 8.0 (but updated to X4.3, KDE 3.1.1, QT 3.1.2). Have you updated your xf86tools package. It has a newer fonts-config script that works very good and faster than the previous version. HTH
-- Joe Morris
What version do you have, and where did you get it. This is what I have Wed Apr 02 10:44:13:> rpm -q xf86tools xf86tools-0.1-539
AFAIK, that's the latest. I got it from the SuSE ftp site with the XFree86 4.3 stuff. This may well be unique to the 8.1 bits.
joe@jmorris:~> rpm -q xf86tools xf86tools-0.1-539 Could be. Since 8.1 uses gcc 3.2, if I use an 8.1 package, I always download the source rpm and rebuild it on my machine. How about the latest freetype2. I remember the X4.3 readme mentioning that the latest freetype2 fixed some initial font problems of X4.3. joe@jmorris:~> rpm -q freetype2 freetype2-2.1.3-36 HTH -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 11:29 am, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 04/02/2003 11:51 PM, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
joe@jmorris:~> rpm -q xf86tools xf86tools-0.1-539 Could be. Since 8.1 uses gcc 3.2, if I use an 8.1 package, I always download the source rpm and rebuild it on my machine. How about the latest freetype2. I remember the X4.3 readme mentioning that the latest freetype2 fixed some initial font problems of X4.3. joe@jmorris:~> rpm -q freetype2 freetype2-2.1.3-36 HTH
-- Joe Morris
Thanks for bringing up the source RPMs. I don't know if rebuilding did anything. I just discovered that my current build of Gideon + KDE 3.1.1 + QT 3.1.2 is now completing what it had been crashing on, so I don't have the guts to try my new qt3 rpm that I just built. I had been gunshy about messing with the source rpms. I didn't realize how easy it is to rebuild them. I'm glad you mentioned it. That got me to try it. STH
Just a recap. My original problem was not having several fonts after upgrading the QT/KDE combination for KDE 3.1.1 and QT 3.1.2. In additon I was having a problem building Gideon (KDevelop 3.0.0 alpha), and any applications created with that framework. I determined that the problem with the fonts resulted from the /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 from the SuSE build QT 3.1.2 RPM. You can read the Niflhel Saga here: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56747 The upshot is this: Fetch the source for QT and KDE: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_8.1/source/qt3-3.1.2-6.src.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_8.1/source/kdelibs3-3.1.1-28.src.rpm su - ******* rpm -i <path to rpms>/qt3-3.1.2-6.src.rpm rpm -i <path to rpms>/kdelibs3-3.1.1-28.src.rpm rpm -bb /usr/src/packages/SPECS/qt3.spec rpm -U --force /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386/qt3-3.1.2-6.i386.rpm rpm -U --force /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386/qt3-devel-3.1.2-6.i386.rpm ## YOU MUST COMPILE AND INSTALL THE QT STUFF FIRST! rpm -bb /usr/src/packages/SPECS/kdelibs3.spec rpm -U --force /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386/kdelibs3-3.1.1-28.i386.rpm rpm -U --force /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386/kdelibs3-devel-3.1.1-28.i386.rpm I actually did rpm -e --nodeps on these, but you shouldn't have to. I now have a working Gideon, working fonts, and the ability to compile my KDE apps. Now if I only had time to write the apps. :-/ This isn't really SuSE's fault. There's something very hosed in the KDE UIC support. It sould not be so tightly bound to the QT installation. STH
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