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kde-guidance package

Fonts extremely small post 21APR06 updates

Bug #40683 reported by CH
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kde-guidance (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The only thing I know for certain is that after all the updates were applied via 'apt-get dist-upgrade' the system-wide fonts were extremely tiny. The first installation off the media yielded at least readable fonts, unlike after the 21APR06 updates which included many KDE-specific ones.

The first update contained 57 pkgs, by the time I had recovered a backup and made the 2nd attempt the list was 80. Both times the fonts' sizes system-wide went from readable to a 9-pt unreadable. Firefox would not change no matter what I did. It's fonts were set to 16-pt (prefs)... but were 8-pt at best.

I am very certain that this is KDE-specific because I have been applying daily updates, as available, without this font problem. I have the update history going back to 09APR06, if it'll help. Let me know.

I have the original update list, only:

  acpi-support app-install-data bsdutils cpp-4.0 cupsys cupsys-bsd
  cupsys-client evms evms-ncurses fontconfig g++-4.0 gcc-4.0 gcc-4.0-base hal
  kate kcontrol kde-guidance kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdebase-kio-plugins
  kdepasswd kdeprint kdesktop kdm kfind khelpcenter kicker klipper kmenuedit
  konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole ksmserver ksplash ksysguard ksysguardd
  kwin libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libavahi-qt3-1
  libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libevms-2.5 libfontconfig1 libgcc1 libhal-storage1
  libhal1 libkonq4 libsensors3 libstdc++6 libstdc++6-4.0-dev mount util-linux
  xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-driver-ati xserver-xorg-input-wacom
57 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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Aurel Schwarzentruber (zed-balcab) wrote :

Confirmed, this also happened to me after dist-upgrade.

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CH (yogich) wrote : Re: [Bug 40683] Re: Fonts extremely small post 21APR06 updates

On Saturday 22 April 2006 06:40, Zed wrote:
> Confirmed, this also happened to me after dist-upgrade.
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
 Do you have any_idea_at_all which pkg in particular might be causing this
prob?
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sanbec (sanbec) wrote :

I think it's no KDE specific. I use only gnome and I see the fonts smaller than before the 21Apr update

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CH (yogich) wrote :

On Sunday 23 April 2006 02:46, sanbec wrote:
> I think it's no KDE specific. I use only gnome and I see the fonts
> smaller than before the 21Apr update

Hm. That is a puzzle. Thanks for the reply. :-)
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CH (yogich) wrote :
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Having nothing better to do... I decided to go down the update list from the other day, item by item, to see what b0rked the fonts. It was "KDE-GUIDANCE" that ultimately led to the tiny fonts.

After each item was installed I CTRL-ALT-BKSPd KDE to start X, as well. The updates I performed, in order:

acpi-support
==Inst bash [3.1-2ubuntu9] (3.1-2ubuntu10 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst bsdutils [1:2.12r-4ubuntu2] (1:2.12r-4ubuntu3 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst mount [2.12r-4ubuntu2] (2.12r-4ubuntu3 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst util-linux [2.12r-4ubuntu2] (2.12r-4ubuntu3 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libstdc++6-4.0-dev [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) [g++-4.0 ]

==Inst g++-4.0 [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst gcc-4.0 [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst cpp-4.0 [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst gcc-4.0-base [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) [libstdc++6 libgcc1 ]

==Inst libstdc++6 [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) [libgcc1 ]

==Inst libgcc1 [1:4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (1:4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libevms-2.5 [2.5.4-5ubuntu3] (2.5.4-5ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst evms [2.5.4-5ubuntu3] (2.5.4-5ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst evms-ncurses [2.5.4-5ubuntu3] (2.5.4-5ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst ubuntu-standard [0.109] (0.110 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst fontconfig [2.3.2-1.1ubuntu9] (2.3.2-1.1ubuntu10 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libfontconfig1 [2.3.2-1.1ubuntu9] (2.3.2-1.1ubuntu10 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libktnef1 [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libkcal2b [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libkdepim1a [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst akregator [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst app-install-data [0.1.26] (0.1.27 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst ark [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu3] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst artsbuilder [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libcupsys2 [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libcupsimage2 [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst cupsys [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst cupsys-bsd [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst cupsys-client [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libgcj-common [1:4.1.0-1ubuntu7] (1:4.1.0-1ubuntu8 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst gij-4.1 [4.1.0-1ubuntu7] (4.1.0-1ubuntu8 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst libgcj7 [4.1.0-1ubuntu7] (4.1.0-1ubuntu8 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst gcj-4.1-base [4.1.0-1ubuntu7] (4.1.0-1ubuntu8 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst gimp [2.2.10-1ubuntu2] (2.2.11-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst gimp-data [2.2.10-1ubuntu2] (2.2.11-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libpango1.0-common [1.12.1-1ubuntu1] (1.12.1-1ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libpango1.0-0 [1.12.1-1ubuntu1] (1.12.1-1ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/...

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Aurel Schwarzentruber (zed-balcab) wrote :

Excellent work, CH. Setting package to kde-guidance.

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CH (yogich) wrote :

On Sunday 23 April 2006 18:04, Aurel Schwarzentruber wrote:
> Excellent work, CH. Setting package to kde-guidance.
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Sourcepackagename: None => kde-guidance
> Binarypackagename: None => kde-guidance

Thanks. :-) I hope that helps the developers squash that ugly bug in a
hurry ...like they did the celesita bug (in one day, that is). ;-)
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 ...CH

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Bazon (bazonbloch) wrote :

> I think it's no KDE specific. I use only gnome and I see the fonts
> smaller than before the 21Apr update

I can confirm this, happend for me in Gnome, too. (I don't have KDE installed, only some KDE applications like Kaffeine...)

For me, installing msttcorefonts helped, so maybe a former integration of these fonts got lost?

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Aurel Schwarzentruber (zed-balcab) wrote :

Ok, I think I got it. displayconfig-restore fails because of a missing import. Add "import syslog" and restart X -> Fonts are nice again.

The small fonts are due to a wrong DPI-Value in X. Xorg can't read the display size on my laptop and sets DPI to 75, but it should be 96. That's also the reason why not everyone encountered this problem, most displays return a proper DPI-Value.

As for the people using Gnome: I don't think this bug is affecting you. There are some similar bugs for fontconfig or firefox opened, please have a look at them.

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CH (yogich) wrote :

On Monday 24 April 2006 16:43, Aurel Schwarzentruber wrote:
> Ok, I think I got it. displayconfig-restore fails because of a missing
> import. Add "import syslog" and restart X -> Fonts are nice again.
>
> The small fonts are due to a wrong DPI-Value in X. Xorg can't read the
> display size on my laptop and sets DPI to 75, but it should be 96. That's
> also the reason why not everyone encountered this problem, most displays
> return a proper DPI-Value.
>
> As for the people using Gnome: I don't think this bug is affecting you.
> There are some similar bugs for fontconfig or firefox opened, please have a
> look at them.

Good! ...But where does one add the import statement? Does it go in a
script, or just on the CLI --and if on the CLI, what is to prevent the fonts
getting b0rked, again? (I haven't programmed in 25 years, I think. :-\ )
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CH (yogich) wrote :

On Monday 24 April 2006 16:43, Aurel Schwarzentruber wrote:
> Ok, I think I got it. displayconfig-restore fails because of a missing
> import. Add "import syslog" and restart X -> Fonts are nice again.
>
> The small fonts are due to a wrong DPI-Value in X. Xorg can't read the
> display size on my laptop and sets DPI to 75, but it should be 96. That's
> also the reason why not everyone encountered this problem, most displays
> return a proper DPI-Value.
>
> As for the people using Gnome: I don't think this bug is affecting you.
> There are some similar bugs for fontconfig or firefox opened, please have a
> look at them.

Never mind... 2nd try and I had it. Go finger. That statement isn't in the
1st file, so wouldn't have known. There are a couple other imports missing
later in the file... they made no difference. Thanks for the fix. :-)
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Simon Edwards (simon-simonzone) wrote :

My apologies, that's a lame bug. Until the next release is out you can just open up the displayconfig-restore.py file and look for the line containing syslog and remove it or comment it out.

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CH (yogich) wrote :

On Tuesday 25 April 2006 00:51, Simon Edwards wrote:
> My apologies, that's a lame bug. Until the next release is out you can
> just open up the displayconfig-restore.py file and look for the line
> containing syslog and remove it or comment it out.
 Perhaps... but the developer took it seriously enough to hunt down the
cause ..and it was the *absence* of the import statement. Not
everyone --meaning, obviously, "myself"-- is so script-savvy as yourself,
unfortunately. Some of us need more help than others. It's that tolerance
that has made this community what it is. I had my belly-full of forums that
snort at those who don't know as much as they do ...and state it publicly on
the forums. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE YOU. Thank you that. :-)
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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Released in 0.6.6-0ubuntu1

Changed in kde-guidance:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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