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    O24 dev: can't read menus

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    • Deleted User
      Deleted User last edited by

      New install of opera 24 developer in Fatdog Linux. Works nicely, except that I can't read tabs, menus, url bar--they all look like .. .... .. ... Websites are fine.
      I have tried opera:config but can't find anything that helps. Does anyone have a suggestion? Thanks

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      • sgunhouse
        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        What language does your system use?

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          Deleted User last edited by

          en_US

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          • sgunhouse
            sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            Does Fatdog include a decent selection of TrueType/Freetype fonts?

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            • Deleted User
              Deleted User last edited by

              There's a directory (/usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF) which contains about 20 DejaVu**.ttf fonts, but I don't know if Opera is finding them. I linked the folder in ~/.config/opera-developer, but no change. Do you know where Opera24 looks for fonts?
              I should add that Opera 12.16 does not have this issue.
              I'll consult Fatdog's developer about this as well. Thanks for following up.

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              • Deleted User
                Deleted User last edited by

                Opera24-developer works normally (after tracking down some libs) in Slacko-64, another 64-bit puppy linux project. So this is apparently a Fatdog issue and I'll pursue it in the Puppy forum (http://murga-linux.com/puppy). Thanks sgunhouse for the support.

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                • avl
                  avl Opera last edited by

                  This is very likely to be font-related, apparently Opera picks up a certain font on your machine that can't display the characters it wants to display. Try uninstalling some font packages or disabling fonts selectively using fontconfig (if you can find out which font is being used). Would be great to hear if you can find out which font is causing this, if any 🙂

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                  • Deleted User
                    Deleted User last edited by

                    avl,
                    Thanks for the suggestion. Fatdog does not have fontconfig, but I have tried moving, removing, linking fonts, changing languages and font size, etc. without success. I can't find a file or config option that gives Opera a path to fonts.
                    I should add that I am using a pre-alpha version of Fatdog 700, so this could be something that's not quite ready in the OS. If I find out anything useful, I'll post it here.

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                    • avl
                      avl Opera last edited by

                      Not having fontconfig sounds impossible, then it wouldn't be possible to start Opera. You can try using eg. 'fc-match -v' if you have the fontconfig command-line tools installed to see your default font with all its settings.

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                      • Deleted User
                        Deleted User last edited by

                        avl, you're right, I was looking for an executable called fontconfig :oops:

                        fc-match -> DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"

                        fc-match -v -> a long output. Is there anything I should look for that would indicate a problem? Thanks for your patience!

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                        • sgunhouse
                          sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          Some font that doesn't make sense. The DejaVu fonts should all be fine with Opera, but there are too many fonts for us to guess which you might have. Let me see ... the Bitstream Vera fonts are also good. A common problem is a non-TTF version of Helvetica.

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                          • Deleted User
                            Deleted User last edited by

                            Thanks to both of you for the education about fonts. I tried deleting all but DejaVu TTF fonts and then all but 4 of those (verified with fc-list) but the same issue persists.

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                            • Deleted User
                              Deleted User last edited by

                              Opera-developer_25.0.1613.1 works flawlessly (so far!) in Fatdog 700. The font issues have disappeared. Thanks, developers!

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