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List:       xfree-newbie
Subject:    [Newbie]Re:Anti alaising
From:       Ravikiran Rajagopal <ravi () ee ! eng ! ohio-state ! edu>
Date:       2001-03-14 22:12:34
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Hello,
  Some generic instructions:

1. If you are using KDE/Qt to check for antialiasing, please look at the 
XftConfig file, usually located at /etc/X11/ or .usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ and add 
all the font directories to the path listed there. (Qt uses Xft.) Make sure 
Qt was compiled with -xft. To check this, do "ldd konqueror" and see if 
libXft, libXrender and libfreetype.so.6 turn up. If not, you need to 
recompile Qt. In the KDE section of your ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals, you 
should set AntiAliasing=true. I forget where it is available in the control 
center, probably under look 'n feel/style.

2. If you use Gtk-based apps, compile from the latest CVS. IIRC, antialiasing 
support has been available for less than a month in Gtk.

3. Seeing your fontpath, I assume you are using RH7 or one of its mdk 
derivatives. I would strongly recommend junking the xfs that it uses and 
using the native Xfree font handling. To do that, comment out the current 
fontpath line and replace with something like
FontPath "/path/to/fonts"
FontPath "/even/more/fonts"
You can find your fontpath by looking at /etc/X11/fs/config under the 
"catalogue" entry for a RH7 system. I don't recall where mdk puts its files.

4. As for nvidia drivers, please do "/sbin/lsmod" and if NVdriver is loaded. 
If not, I recommend reading the NVIDIA_Linux.html file found in 
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA* for an rpm installation of the drivers. Please make 
sure you use the correct rpms for you kernel version.

5. Please have a look at /var/log/Xfree86.0.log (or wherever you put the 
Xfree log files) and make sure there are no errors. The bits about the RENDER 
extension are usually found close to the end.

Hope this helps,
Ravi
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