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be_placid
December 22nd, 2008, 01:21 PM
Hi all,

I'm by no means a Linux newbie, but I'm stumped at this one.

I've recently done a fresh install of Xubuntu 8.10 and installed wine via apt-get. Unfortunately I'm getting the following issue with fonts when running anything in Wine - from custom apps to installers;

http://beplacid.net/images/misc/wine-bad-fonts.png

I've installed the following Windows fonts in "~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/":

Arialbd.TTF
AriBlk.TTF
courbi.ttf
Arialbi.TTF
Comicbd.TTF
couri.ttf
Timesbi.TTF
trebucit.ttf
Verdana.TTF
Ariali.TTF
Comic.TTF
cour.ttf
Georgiaz.TTF
Timesi.TTF
trebuc.ttf
Verdanaz.TTF
Arial.TTF
courbd.ttf
Georgiab.TTF
Impact.TTF
Times.TTF
Verdanab.TTF
Webdings.TTF


and I've also tried the same applications with a fresh ~/.wine directory. Unfortunately, nothing's helped.

Further system specs:
`uname -a`: Linux fatcat 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
`cat /etc/debian_version`: lenny/sid (strange this, considering I'm running Xubuntu 8.10...)

Anyone have any ideas?

Cheers!
OrbJinzo
December 22nd, 2008, 05:51 PM
heh ubuntu is a debian fork...

and try installing the core fonts package
be_placid
December 23rd, 2008, 07:47 AM
heh ubuntu is a debian fork...

and try installing the core fonts package

Yeah I'm aware it's a fork of Debian, but other Ubuntus have had that file set specifically.

I installed mstcorefonts from apt, but that hasn't made one bit of difference. Any further ideas?
vpappas
December 23rd, 2008, 05:44 PM
Same problem here when using the official NVidia driver (ver 96.43.09-0ubuntu1). (I don't know if that is the case with you .. :) )

Anyway, you can try a workaround found here https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300476

Create a file named 'settings.txt' with the following contents :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver]
"ClientSideWithRender"="N"

and then run 'regedit settings.txt'.

I hope it helps.
macson_g
December 29th, 2008, 06:45 AM
Yup, it helps. Thanks!
be_placid
December 29th, 2008, 09:51 AM
Same problem here when using the official NVidia driver (ver 96.43.09-0ubuntu1). (I don't know if that is the case with you .. :) )

Anyway, you can try a workaround found here https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300476

Create a file named 'settings.txt' with the following contents :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver]
"ClientSideWithRender"="N"

and then run 'regedit settings.txt'.

I hope it helps.

That worked, thanks!