Bug 508807 - Huge fonts in KDE 4
Summary: Huge fonts in KDE 4
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-intel
Version: 11
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adam Jackson
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-06-30 00:44 UTC by Daniel Mircea
Modified: 2018-04-11 18:24 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-06-28 13:23:17 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Xorg conf file (618 bytes, text/plain)
2009-06-30 18:44 UTC, Daniel Mircea
no flags Details
Dmesg file (34.02 KB, text/plain)
2009-06-30 18:45 UTC, Daniel Mircea
no flags Details
Xorg log file (53.46 KB, text/plain)
2009-06-30 18:46 UTC, Daniel Mircea
no flags Details

Description Daniel Mircea 2009-06-30 00:44:28 UTC
Description of problem:
Fonts of both gtk and qt applications in kde 4 are huge (400px height or so). The only things that seem to display normal fonts are the menu launcher and desktop icons.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 11 default intel drivers
KDE 4.2.4

How reproducible:
Install kde 4 in Fedora 11. Run any gtk/qt (ex. firefox or konqueror) application.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install fedora 11
2. Install kde 4
3. Run firefox
  
Actual results:
Application fonts are so huge, making any attempt of configuration impossible.

Expected results:
Fonts should have a proper size.

Additional info:

I strongly believe this is related to the intel video drivers. I had the same problem during the rhgb boot in earlier fedora versions:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251105

Additionally, searching for this bug, I found this thread, where coincidently the poster has both the same video card and problems:
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=61970

My video card information:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

This does not seem to affect latter versions of intel video cards (ex. x3100 works normal).

Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2009-06-30 13:36:25 UTC
Thanks for the bug report.  We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue.

Please attach your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf, if available), /var/log/dmesg, and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link below.

Strange, looks like a duplicate of bug 498457 but that one is for ATI graphics cards.

We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information.

Thanks in advance.

Comment 2 Daniel Mircea 2009-06-30 18:44:37 UTC
Created attachment 350004 [details]
Xorg conf file

Comment 3 Daniel Mircea 2009-06-30 18:45:34 UTC
Created attachment 350005 [details]
Dmesg file

Comment 4 Daniel Mircea 2009-06-30 18:46:21 UTC
Created attachment 350006 [details]
Xorg log file

Comment 5 Matěj Cepl 2009-07-23 15:56:12 UTC
Could you please upgrade to the latest versions of packages and restest following the steps described at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F11_bugs#intel-misc-gfx ? Does it help?

Comment 6 Daniel Mircea 2009-07-24 19:42:51 UTC
I upgraded to the latest packages and tried what you've asked.
Booting with "nomodeset" fixes the problem (without it the problem remains).

Comment 8 Matěj Cepl 2009-11-05 18:33:28 UTC
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates in various components of the Xorg system, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their packages. For packages from updates-testing repository you can use command

yum upgrade --enablerepo='*-updates-testing'

Alternatively, you can also try to test whether this bug is reproducible with the upcoming Fedora 12 distribution by downloading LiveMedia of F12 Beta available at http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ . By using that you get all the latest packages without need to install anything on your computer. For more information on using LiveMedia take a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD .

Please, if you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, let us now in the comment for this bug, or whether the upgraded system works for you.

If you won't be able to reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.

[This is a bulk message for all open Fedora Rawhide Xorg-related bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.]

Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2010-04-27 15:21:44 UTC
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Comment 10 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 13:23:17 UTC
Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 11 Daniel Mircea 2015-06-12 07:23:50 UTC
Pretty sure everything works ok.


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