Fluxbox AA fails on a new install. CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/freetype2" emerge fluxbox works! Without the CPPFLAGS line AA is broken. Upgrading works fine as is but a new install requires the CPPFLAGS line for AA to work. root@Genbox jeff # etcat -u fluxbox [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : (U) Col 1 - Current USE flags ] [ : (I) Col 2 - Installed With USE flags ] U I [ Found these USE variables in : x11-wm/fluxbox-0.9.8 ] + + nls : unknown - - xinerama : Add support for XFree86's xinerama extension, which allows you to stretch your display across multiple monitors + + truetype : Adds support for FreeType and/or FreeType2 fonts - - kde : Adds support for kde-base/kde (K Desktop Enviroment) - - gnome : Adds GNOME support truetype flag is set. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge fluxbox 2. 3. Actual Results: No AA support Expected Results: AA support root@Genbox jeff # emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040207-r0, 2.6.2 -ck1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.2-ck1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13p1 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/s hare/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/gentoo/ http://mirr ors.tds.net/gentoo ftp://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X acpi alsa avi berkdb cdr crypt cups dvd encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncu rses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png ppds python quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
What does fluxbox -info say?
jeff@Genbox etc $ fluxbox -info Fluxbox version: 0.9.8 Compiled: Feb 29 2004 11:27:35 Compiler: GCC Compiler version: 3.3.3 20040217 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.3, propolice-3.3-7) Defaults: menu: /usr/share/fluxbox/menu style: /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/Clean keys: /usr/share/fluxbox/keys init: /usr/share/fluxbox/init Compiled options (- => disabled): -DEBUG SLIT TOOLBAR XPM -GNOME -KDE EWMH REMEMBER SHAPE XFT XMB -XINERAMA RENDER
I'm going to be doing an install on a new machine today-I will post all the info, with & without the CPPFLAGS added.
K, here's the info on a new install: root@Genbox jeff # emerge -pv fluxbox These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] x11-wm/fluxbox-0.9.8 -gnome -kde +nls +truetype -xinerama 671 kB Total size of downloads: 671 kB Fluxbox version: 0.9.8 Compiled: Mar 4 2004 16:25:51 Compiler: GCC Compiler version: 3.3.3 20040217 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.3, propolice-3.3-7) Defaults: menu: /usr/share/fluxbox/menu style: /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/Clean keys: /usr/share/fluxbox/keys init: /usr/share/fluxbox/init Compiled options (- => disabled): -DEBUG SLIT TOOLBAR XPM -GNOME -KDE EWMH REMEMBER SHAPE -XFT XMB -XINERAMA RENDER Recompiled: root@Genbox jeff # CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/freetype2" emerge -pv fluxbox These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] x11-wm/fluxbox-0.9.8 -gnome -kde +nls +truetype -xinerama 0 kB Total size of downloads: 0 kB Fluxbox version: 0.9.8 Compiled: Mar 4 2004 16:34:19 Compiler: GCC Compiler version: 3.3.3 20040217 (Gentoo Linux 3.3.3, propolice-3.3-7) Defaults: menu: /usr/share/fluxbox/menu style: /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/Clean keys: /usr/share/fluxbox/keys init: /usr/share/fluxbox/init Compiled options (- => disabled): -DEBUG SLIT TOOLBAR XPM -GNOME -KDE EWMH REMEMBER SHAPE XFT XMB -XINERAMA RENDER Emerge info same for both compiles: Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13p1 Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3_pre20040207-r0, 2.6.4-rc1-mm2 ) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.4-rc1-mm2 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/con fig /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://212.219.247.19/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://www.gtlib.cc. gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://open-systems.ufl.e du/mirrors/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X acpi alsa avi berkdb cdr crypt cups dvd encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nls oggvorb is opengl pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcp d tiff truetype usb x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Any action on this? Either you plan on doing something about it or I will close it since I know the solution.
We can't reproduce this, so it's kinda hard to find a fix...
Sorry about my last comments-a bad day I guess. That's strange you can't reproduce it as I can 100% of the time on a new install. That's doing an install, emerging xfree then fluxbox, no gnome or kde as I don't use either.
I can't reproduce this with 0.9.9 either.
I've just done a complete re-install of Gentoo and, by consequence, of fluxbox. The fluxbox version I'm using is 0.9.10-r3. I cannot get fluxbox to use AA. The toggle option is not even in the root menu anymore (Root Menu->Fluxbox Menu->Configure). I will try what the submitter has posted and see what happens.
I'm sorry for the double posting; I got a little confused as the commit button redirected me to another bug. Anyway, on my first newly-installed fluxbox, $fluxbox -info outputted: ..cut.. -XFT ..cut.. but after recompiling with the CPPFLAGS variable as noted, $fluxbox -info reported XFT. I'm now able to use AA fonts.
I've just experienced exactly the same problem with fluxbox lacking antialiasing-support whether compiling with enabled truetype USE-flag or not. A closer look revealed that the configure script didn't find the freetype headers, because it depends on pkg-config to find the header location. Without pkg-config it assumes that headers are in /usr/include/freetype(while they're actually in /usr/include/freetype2/freetype). Failing to find freetype-headers xft-support is disabled automatically. Solution was to emerge pkgconfig before fluxbox. After that everything went as expected. Maybe fluxbox should depends on pkg-config? While looking for this issue into bugzilla i found another (older) bug addressing a similiar problem(#24720). There is stated that fluxbox actually depends on pkgconfig(over commonbox eclass). I cant verify that with an emerge -ep fluxbox.
