Stuart, Thanks for the tip. Previously, I remember that I tried most of the things you recommend but possibly not all of them at the same time. Anyway, the best result I got was anti-aliasing sort-of turned off but with text missing big chunks. Setting the environment variable GDK_USE_XFT=0 finally did get fully rid of anti-aliasing and restored everything to aliased visibility. Did setting the environment variable not work for you? Also, do you happen to know if the Nautilus preference toggles GDK_USE_XFT? Scott > From: Stuart Swerdloff <stuarts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Hi Scott, > > I agree, the Anti-Aliasing should be turned off until > they get the interoperability/bugs worked out. > > I use RedHat 7.2 (on one computer, anyway) > > I spent 12 hours hunting down where XFree86 4.3.0 had > blown away my gnome-session, as well as trying to figure out > how to turn off the anti-aliasing. In gnome, in nautilus, > Preferences->Intermediate > Preferences->Edit Prefrences->Appearance-> uncheck "use smoother (but > slower) graphics" > > I added the following near the bottom of > /etc/fonts/fonts.conf > > <match target="font"> > <edit name="antialias" mode="assign"> > <bool>false</bool> > </edit> > </match> > > I put the following in /etc/X11/XftConfig > match > any size < 48 > any size > 1 > edit antialias=false; > > > to just turn it all off. So many things got so badly hosed with the > anti - aliasing, I just don't want it until I've seen enough discussion > about how to make it *work*. > > I also had to remove the contents of /etc/X11/xsm/system.xsm > and replace it with the single entry: > gnome-session > > > I hope this helps anyone else who gets stuck with either their > gnome-session disappearing, or their fonts blowing up... > > Stuart _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
