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new2arch

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Registered: 2008-02-25

Posts: 235

Jumbled Asian fonts after xorg-server + nvidia-96xx upgrade?

Hello gentlemen,

I have a problem with the fonts in FE Asian home pages not working well in Firefox, after having upgraded to freshest gnome packages and to Xorg-server 1.5 and nvidia-96xx 96.43.09-1.
I am not sure where to start to look?
Browsing Asian home pages (for example yahoo.co.jp) makes scrolling very erratic and jumpy, with the fonts all messed up. I couldn't reproduce the same issues in Opera, which work like a charm.
The most recent Firefox upgrade that I did couple of days ago didn't produce these problems so I reckon it must something else.

A screenshot of Firefox and a Japanese home page:

http://tinyurl.com/56ly6x

Any idea?

Last edited by new2arch (2008-12-01 20:15:58)

mutlu_inek

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From: all over the place

Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 683

Re: Jumbled Asian fonts after xorg-server + nvidia-96xx upgrade?

Someone wrote he had to reinstall gnome and pango after the xorg update (why ever...?). IIRC, Firefox uses pango, opera not. Hope this helps.

Ahh... this thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=59929&p=2

new2arch

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Registered: 2008-02-25

Posts: 235

Re: Jumbled Asian fonts after xorg-server + nvidia-96xx upgrade?

Someone wrote he had to reinstall gnome and pango after the xorg update (why ever...?). IIRC, Firefox uses pango, opera not. Hope this helps.

Ahh... this thread: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=59929&p=2

Ouch. Reinstalling Gnome? Maybe it's worth a shot. My wife nags me about this one since she is the one who needs to browse Asian home pages.

This incremental gnome upgrade has some weird quirk - using up & down arrow triggers the Take A Screenshot feature.