Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!uunet!pmafire!uudell!pensoft!usenet From: Robin D. Wilson Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: X weirdness under 3.1.5 Message-ID: <1991Jun3.143205.27475@pensoft.uucp> Date: 3 Jun 91 14:32:05 GMT References: Sender: usenet@pensoft.uucp (Usenet Psuedo User) Reply-To: pensoft!robin Organization: Pencom Software Lines: 24 In article brazile@soir.bbn.com (Robert Brazile) writes: > > Am I the only one for whom fonts don't work correctly? I have a 6000 > with both an 8-bit color card and a 24-bit color card. When running > the 3003 X server on the 8-bit card, I could not use any application > that used fixed-width fonts (such as Courier). They would display each > character as if the server and the application had different ideas about > the height of the character, so for "a" I would see all of an "a" and part > of a "b" (obviously getting the next character in the font). This > tended to make things unreadable. The bug is in the load2d driver for the color graphics adapter. It is fixed in 2006 and is available from level 2 as an emergency fix. I have seen this problem with some code we are using here, and the fix does solve the problem. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |The views expressed herein, are the sole responsibility of the typist at hand| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |UUCP: pensoft!robin | |USNail: 701 Canyon Bend Dr. | | Pflugerville, TX 78660 | | Home: (512)251-6889 Work: (512)343-1111 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+