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Appearance -> Fonts -> Rendering with absolutely no effect
Status:
RESOLVED: INVALID
Product:
Xfce4-settings
Component:
Appearance Settings

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Description Marek Kozłowski 2019-08-18 17:25:26 CEST
ArchLinux is a rolling release distro depending on the most recent upstream packages (usually installed `as is' with no modifications). XFCE 4.14, especially:

xfce4-settings 4.14.0-1

Any changes under:

Appearance -> Fonts -> Rendering

have no effect at all now or after a reboot; even the most general `enable anti-aliasing' option. Moreover any changes in the `/etc/fons/conf/.d' seem to be ignored. It relies on some default (whatever it is). Alternatively - maybe after upgrade XFCE depends on some kind of cache settings?
Comment 1 Theo Linkspfeifer editbugs 2019-08-18 21:02:04 CEST
It works for me just fine. Can you confirm the issue with a different user account?

Related reports:
Bug 15643
Bug 15670
Comment 2 Marek Kozłowski 2019-08-18 21:10:05 CEST
Just created a new account and logged in as that user. Unfortunately there is no difference :-( the problem persists..
Comment 3 Marek Kozłowski 2019-08-18 21:15:48 CEST
BTW: I've never experienced such a problem till the upgrade from 4.12.
Comment 4 Theo Linkspfeifer editbugs 2019-08-18 21:45:20 CEST
Run the following command and follow the steps:

$ GTK_DEBUG=interactive mousepad

1) Double click on GtkSettings
2) Select 'Properties'
3) Scroll down to gtk-xft-antialias

Now check if toggling the "Enable anti-aliasing" option changes the value in the GTK+ Inspector.
Comment 5 Marek Kozłowski 2019-08-18 21:59:52 CEST
Yes, it does.
Comment 6 Theo Linkspfeifer editbugs 2019-08-18 23:08:57 CEST
Then it is not a bug in Xfce I think. Probably best to ask in the Arch Linux support channels.
Comment 7 Marek Kozłowski 2019-08-19 07:16:59 CEST
But I've never experienced it till 4.12->4.14 upgrade. That suggests it may be XFCE related
Comment 8 Theo Linkspfeifer editbugs 2019-08-19 10:18:22 CEST
Can you reproduce the problem with a second installation (virtual machine, USB device,...)?
Comment 9 Marek Kozłowski 2019-08-19 11:35:07 CEST
I've found an interesting thing:
Yes, it works but any changes are applied AFTER closing the `Appearance' window (closing; switching to another tab is not enough). In 4.12 (and 4.10 and 4.8 and ...) it worked immediately after the change was done.
Comment 10 Theo Linkspfeifer editbugs 2019-08-19 12:16:51 CEST
In comment #1 I have mentioned bug 15643. Also, you initially said that not even a reboot had any effect.
Comment 11 Marek Kozłowski 2019-08-19 12:19:07 CEST
In the sense that after reboot it works the same. That is: no changes are applied when the Appearance windows is open. Sorry for misunderstanding.
Comment 12 Theo Linkspfeifer editbugs 2019-08-19 12:30:19 CEST
Closing this report then.

More info here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1995

Bug #15846

Reported by:
Marek Kozłowski
Reported on: 2019-08-18
Last modified on: 2019-08-19

People

Assignee:
Xfce Bug Triage
CC List:
1 user

Version

Version:
4.14.0

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