[16] in im locker bugs
linux 9.1.17: gaim
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Toepel)
Thu Oct 24 11:35:49 2002
To: bug-im@MIT.EDU
cc: ctoepel@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:31:18 -0400
From: Chris Toepel <ctoepel@MIT.EDU>
System name: scar.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 9.1.17 (with mkserv)
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: sawfish
>What were you trying to do?
Run gaim and emacs in the same session on an Athena Linux
workstation (only Linux, not Sun).
>What's wrong:
If I run emacs AFTER having run gaim, the plain-text letters
are a very fuzzy, blocky, ugly font. This seems to be related
to these lines in the /mit/im/bin/gaim script:
xset +fp /usr/athena/lib/X11/fonts/intlfonts
xset +fp /usr/athena/lib/X11/fonts/misc
>What should have happened:
Some different font setup should be implemented that doesnt
mess with emacs. If I run gaim, type 'xset fp default', and
then run emacs, they both work fine. It was suggested that
'xset fp+ ...' would be better than 'xset +fp ...', so I
changed that in a copy of the script and it worked fine:
xset fp+ /usr/athena/lib/X11/fonts/intlfonts
xset fp+ /usr/athena/lib/X11/fonts/misc
>Please describe any relevant documentation references:
The bug was found by an OLC user and the solution by two OLC
consultants. I just verified it and typed it up pretty. All
details are here, but you may read the log in ounix [30377].
