Bug 9423

Summary:	java applet font problem not fixed using chkfontpath --add
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	wkuhn
Component:	netscape	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	rvokal, wkuhn
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Description wkuhn 2000-02-14 12:46:52 UTC

Java applet text is still mangled when applets are run from netscape 4.6.1
that was installed with redhat 6.1.  Applet text is completely unreadable.

I followed the instructions given on the errata page (adding the scalable
75 point font using chkfontpath --add) but that did not remedy the
situation.  Even though the chkfontpath man page says that it restarts xfs
I restarted it manually via /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart and that didn't
help either.

I'm not sitting at the machine right now, but if you need additional
information please email questions to wkuhn.edu.

Oh, one other thing that was weird about netscape is having to set the
CLASSPATH.  I don't recall having to do that in previous installations of
netscape on linux.  Is that something new?

Thanks.

-Bill

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2000-02-14 16:17:59 UTC

You shouldn't be setting CLASSPATH; it should just
(more or less) work. Can you give an example of
the corruption you're seeing?

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2000-02-15 00:42:59 UTC

What I was asking for was an example applet that caused the
font corruption, so we could try and duplicate it here.

Then again, if it's a netscape problem, the chances of
getting it fixed aren't very good.

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2000-02-15 04:12:59 UTC

Hmm... works OK for me. What's the output of chkfontpath --list?

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2000-02-16 15:51:59 UTC

Put X11/fonts/75dpi as the fourth entry in /etc/X11/fs/config
(i.e., after the three :unscaled entries.); does that solve the
problem?

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2000-02-17 02:21:59 UTC

To change the ordering, it's probably easiest
to edit /etc/X11/fs/config directly, and
then do '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart'.

Comment 6 Bill Nottingham 2000-03-04 18:52:59 UTC

This shoud be fixed once the font path is moved; please re-open
if it isn't.

Comment 7 bedinelli 2000-03-09 14:11:59 UTC

Hi. I have followed all the instructions concerning about fonts.

I tried to make the changes in Netscape versions 4.61 - 4.72, none of them were
successful.

If you want to try a "crash site", go to:
http://www.turmadamonica.com.br/index.htm (wait 2 or 3 minutes and see what
happens).

Thank's

Comment 8 Bill Nottingham 2000-03-09 16:06:59 UTC

Works OK for me. Are you sure it's not a problem with the flash
support (I'm not running that...)

Comment 9 bedinelli 2000-03-10 16:07:59 UTC

Hi,

I made the tests in 2 different computers. One of them have a multimedia system
and another one doesn't.

On the first computer I have installed many plugins, including flash but, on the
second one, I have installed nothing.

In both cases that site crashes! I have installed the rpm package from RedHat
_and_ the tar.gz packet from Netscape (of course, when I installed one, I
uninstalled the other) from the various Netscape versions. None of them were
successful. It's really weird what is going on with Netscape.

Anyway, thank you for your cooperation ;)

Marcos