Re: What could be missing?

P.S. NEdit does not show in the packages_on list because its two
executables were copied manually to their proper location.
Also, everything else works perfectly in the laptop installation,
NEdit being the only program exhibiting that behavior.

On 2/17/11, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:
> X Windows is Xorg 1.4.2 with Fluxbox 1.0.0 on both installations.
> I'm attaching two text files: one is the list of the packages that are
> still on, the other of the packages that were removed. Obviously, what
> is on the desktop PC (installation where NEdit works perfectly) is
> what's on the two lists together.
> I don't have Gnome or KDE, so I can't capture any screen shots at the
> moment. That would involve downloading and installing something like
> ImageMagick then filling in all missing dependencies and I'd rather
> pass on that.
> But I'll make it very simple and clear for you. In the working
> installation, NEdit works perfectly. I can write and save lengthy
> files without a glitch. The text is sharp and the expected size. The
> text in the menus is perfectly legible. The program works as expected.
> Not so in the other install. With the same fonts installed and
> selected, the text in both the main window and menu windows is very
> small and fragmented, and also multicolored (e.g. one character can be
> half black, half red; the next one, green; the following one partly
> red, partly blue). Menu buttons cannot be mouse clicked at the
> location where they appear to be, but will respond to clicking about
> half an inch away from that location. Only 3-4 characters can be
> written in the main window, after which the cursor disappears along
> with any further characters (but can be brought back to the initial
> position by backspacing). This should give you a very clear picture of
> what is going on.
> Now, based on what was written before, this description and the list
> of what packages were removed, can someone give me a hint of what is
> likely to be causing this problem? Many thanks.
> Text
>
> On 2/16/11, Aaron W. Hsu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:43:53 -0500, Jeremy <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure I know how to answer your first question (Xwindows stack).
>>
>> What is your X Windows Version, what Window Manager/Desktop Environment
>> are you using, what X related packages are installed or not installed on
>> your system. It might be nice to have a diff of your /var/log/packages
>> directory from each of the two installations.
>>
>> It might also help to post screen shots showing the differences in the
>> two
>> installations so that we can see exactly what you are talking about, as I
>> am having trouble visualizing it.
>>
>> 	Aaron W. Hsu
>>
>>
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