[squeak-dev] Fwd: Problem with fonts on Linux with compositing activated

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Mon Aug 18 14:20:59 UTC 2008


Am 18.08.2008 um 08:58 schrieb laurent laffont:

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> Maybe it occurs more often with nice fonts, but it actually is a  
> combined VM/image problem.
>
> The VM prefers a 32 bit X visual (with alpha channel) over a 24 bit  
> one. If a compositing window manager is used, the alpha channel is  
> used for transparency, but the image generally does not care about  
> the alpha channel in its frame buffer.
>
> The olpc branch in the SVN repository has a fix for that, see
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6fhqmw
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> - Bert -
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>
>
> Thank you. Any chance to have this patch included soon in an  
> official squeak release (as more people use compositing on linux) ?


Sure. We sync regularly with the trunk.

- Bert -





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