Help with KDE fonts.[Solved]

~slice · 2008-05-28 07:44:04

I uninstalled kdemod and installed vanilla kde and now my fonts look like this any suggestions. Thanks.

Last edited by ~slice (2008-05-31 04:33:18)

pelle.k · 2008-05-28 11:29:32

Haha! thats screwed up
Try deleting the ".kde" folder in your $home (or rename it to be on the safe side). You'll put kde back to square one, so you'll have to configure to your liking again though.

~slice · 2008-05-28 16:16:39

No luck, I deleted the folder and reinstalled kde.

pelle.k · 2008-05-28 18:16:10

Reinstalling kde wouldn't have helped anyway, since removing binary packages doesn't remove the settings *you* have in your home folder. I'm not running kde atm so i cant remeber where else it stores settings besides ".kde".
You haven't got any kdemod leftovers messing with your setup?

pacman -Q | grep kdemod

And you're running the "vanilla" qt, not the patched one?
Changing color scheme, style and fonts doesn't help?

~slice · 2008-05-28 19:15:49

I tried changing fonts, themes and colors no luck. As far a "vanilla" I don't know I just did pacman -S kde. there were a few left over packages from kdemod. Got rid of those. Also did a pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qtdq) to get rid of some orphaned packages. So now I'll try a restart and see what happens.

~slice · 2008-05-28 19:18:53

Didn't work. Is there a command for pacman to force it to replace all the files associated to the kde package?

pelle.k · 2008-05-29 07:38:28

Be more verbose please. What specifically didn't work?
I'm afraid your installation is a mess by now. It would probably be easier to just reinstall.
make a list of the package you usually install, start a new installation, and the install that list with

pacman -S $(cat mylist)

Thats why i usually do when things go "crazy".

~slice · 2008-05-29 09:21:29

Yea thanks for the all the help. I tried a few different thing but nothing changed except for some kde setting but nothing to do with the fonts. So I am just gonna do a fresh install. Thanks again.

_Marco_ · 2008-05-29 09:27:38

wait a second...
try to add a new user (so it has the default settings) and check if it has the problem too...

gnud · 2008-05-29 09:55:59

Does kdemod still use a patched QT?
Try pacman -S qt3

funkyou · 2008-05-29 12:54:41

The patch in KDEmod's qt3 package is only for the transparent rubberband (when selecting something), but it has nothing to do with fonts at all... Its funny how people always come with such arguments, without even taking a look at the package/patch(es)

~slice
Some suggestions...

1. Try it on a _fresh_ user
2. Did you change/update your graphics driver lately (or maybe something in xorg.xonf)?
3. Do you use any nonstandard packages, like the -lcd packages for fonts for example?

~slice · 2008-05-29 16:16:46

funkyou wrote:

1. Try it on a _fresh_ user
2. Did you change/update your graphics driver lately (or maybe something in xorg.xonf)?
3. Do you use any nonstandard packages, like the -lcd packages for fonts for example?

1.Tried making a fresh user and the fonts looks exactly the same.
2. Nothing changed except for the usual updates.
3. I don't know what the -lcd packages are so I don't believe so.

I would really like to save my system but it's not looking so good. Does this help?

archy@tuxbox:~$ pacman -Q | grep font
fontcacheproto 0.1.2-1
fontconfig 2.5.0-1
fontsproto 2.0.2-1
gsfonts 8.11-4
libfontenc 1.0.4-1
libxfont 1.3.2-1
libxfontcache 1.0.4-1
ttf-freefont 20060126-4
ttf-ms-fonts 2.0-1
xorg-font-utils 1.0.3-3
xorg-fonts-100dpi 1.0.1-1
xorg-fonts-75dpi 1.0.1-2
xorg-fonts-alias 1.0.1-1
xorg-fonts-encodings 1.0.2-2
xorg-fonts-misc 1.0.0-3

funkyou · 2008-05-29 16:41:22

Ok, two suggestions from #kde:

1. try to change your widget style and restart kde
2. run the following command and post the output here: grep -i accel .kde/share/config/kdeglobals

If you cant solve this, i suggest to start your IRC client and go to the #kde channel on freenode and ask there... There are some very helpful people

Just dont reinstall now, maybe its a new bug

Last edited by funkyou (2008-05-29 16:42:26)

~slice · 2008-05-29 20:46:56

Thanks, I'll try it when I get home. I already changed the widget syle I even downloaded some off of kde-look.org but the wierd font thing never changed.

Last edited by ~slice (2008-05-29 20:49:13)

~slice · 2008-05-31 03:55:07

grep -i accel .kde/share/config/kdeglobals:

archy@tuxbox:~$ grep -i accel .kde/share/config/kdeglobals
update_info=socks.upd:kde3.0/r1,kded.upd:kde3.0,klippershortcuts.upd:04112002,mouse_cursor_theme.upd:kde3.4.99,kaccel.upd:kde3.3/r1,kwin.upd:kde3.2Xinerama

I think I will try this: sudo pacman -Rcsn kde
An then reinstall kde.

Last edited by ~slice (2008-05-31 04:15:04)

~slice · 2008-05-31 04:31:27

Solved . It was a qt problem I had qt-enhanced package left over from kdemod. Thanks for all the help everybody. Now to get my system up to par.

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Help with KDE fonts.[Solved]

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