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List:       xfree-render
Subject:    Re: [Render] Error Message
From:       "Phil Tourangeau" <dl9830 () montana ! com>
Date:       2002-03-03 18:14:37
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    Thanks very much.  The probelm is solved (as far as I can determine) by
linking X to XFree86.  I appreciate your help...Phil Tourangeau.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pär Aronsson <par.aronsson@nohup.se>
To: render@XFree86.Org <render@XFree86.Org>
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 3:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Render] Error Message


>The render extension will do something called anti aliasing of special
>fonts, for example TrueType fonts. When configured right the fonts will
>be much more readable than fonts without anti aliasing. A few TrueType
>fonts are free and downloadable from Microsoft.
>
>IIRC the render extension was introduced with XFree86 4.0.1. There are a
>whole set of requirements for this to work. I'll mention a few, but you
>will have to search the net for a complete howto.
>
>1. XFree86 > 4.0.1
>2. Freetype module loaded, i.e Load "freetype" in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>3. A graphics card that support render, e.g nvidia.
>4. Support also in the driver for the graphics card.
>5. TrueType fonts in a FontPath,
>e.g. FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" in
>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>6. You have created fonts.dir and fonts.scale in that dir.
>7. Applications compiled with render support, e.g recent versions of
>konqueror with recent versions of qt.
>
>It requires a bit of work, but once you have it running it improves
>readability to a great extent. I run suse 7.3 with xf86 4.2 and the
>fonts are just incredibly pretty/readable.
>
>RedHat 7.2 ships with XFree86 4.1 and XFree86 3.3.6, make sure you run
>the later version by pointing the symlink /etc/X11/X to
>../../usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 and nothing else.
>
>Good luck ;) // Pär A
>
>
>On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 20:51, Phil Tourangeau wrote:
>> I very recently puchased and installed Red Hat 7.2.  The XFree86 version
>> is 3.3.6a and according to the output from uname -a the kernel version is
>> 2.4.7-10 #1.
>>     I invariably receive this error message with startx:
>>
>>     Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
>>
>>     Startx invokes KDE.  I do not receive the error message when starting
>> with the command X.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me the origin of this message and what needs to be done
>> to correct it.  The documentation with 7.2 is utterly useless.  Also what
>> and why is "RENDER"?
>>
>>     Thanks very much...Phil
>>
>>
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