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deicist

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Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 36

font problem in xfce

Hi All, I'm having a problem with fonts in certain applications in XFCE (doesn't happen when I use openbox).   For example, here's what chrome looks like:

I'm sure it's something simple like a missing font, but I'm not entirely sure how to fix it.

Halp!

Arisna

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Registered: 2009-02-13

Posts: 81

Re: font problem in xfce

What applications other than Chrome are giving you this problem?  And how are you running Chome on Linux anyway, Wine?

Last edited by Arisna (2009-06-28 08:21:24)

deicist

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Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 36

Re: font problem in xfce

hmm, strangely I thought KDE apps like kdesvn were giving me the same issue, but I've just tried a couple and they seem fine.  I know I've had this issue with other applications, not just chrome....I just can't find any at the moment

Also, native version of chrome is in AUR.

Arisna

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Registered: 2009-02-13

Posts: 81

Re: font problem in xfce

I just installed Chrome for fun and to see if I could help you more.  I didn't run into the problem you've screenshotted above, also using XFCE.  Maybe Chome doesn't like the font you've got configured as default in XFCE (I'm using Times New Roman).  The splash page when I opened it did say that font support still isn't 100%.

Or, this is a long shot, but maybe it's an XFCE configuration migration problem.  I ended up wiping my XFCE config after the upgrade to version 4.6 due to other problems.  Maybe create a new user, launch XFCE with it, and see what happens with Chome there.

rwd

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Registered: 2009-02-08

Posts: 664

Re: font problem in xfce

I see this as well with Chromium  (the open source base of Google Chrome  aur/chromium-browser ,3.0.191.0~svn20090625r19247-1 ) on Xfce, but not with other applications. If I execute 'chrome' instead of  'chromium-browser' the problem disappears.

/usr/bin/chrome:

#!/bin/bash
export PANGO_RC_FILE="/opt/lib32/config/pango/pangorc"
export LDPATH="/opt/lib32/lib/:/opt/lib32/usr/lib:/opt/lib32/usr/local/lib"
/usr/bin/chromium-browser &

Last edited by rwd (2009-07-01 18:03:28)