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    Strange fonts after upgrading to Ubuntu Saucy (13.10.)

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    • frenzie
      frenzie last edited by

      Have you tried a clean profile (opera -pd /tmp) to see whether the issue is inherent or just something in your settings?

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      • n2696118
        n2696118 last edited by

        I have the same problem after upgrading to 13.10. Tried to launch Opera with a clean profile as suggested above but still ugly fonts.

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        • Deleted User
          Deleted User last edited by

          Frenzie: No, that does not help either.

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          • kerenskyy
            kerenskyy last edited by

            can you post a screenshot? :pingu:

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            • akdor1154
              akdor1154 last edited by

              I'm running Xubuntu Saucy with no font issues here. It's a clean install, but I also had an upgrade from Raring working happily too.
              Try clearing ~/fonts.conf (and obviously /etc/fonts/ if you've been playing in there too). Do both Qt and GTK applications look fine on your system?

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              • Deleted User
                Deleted User last edited by

                Originally posted by KerenSkyy:

                can you post a screenshot? :pingu:

                Screenshots of fonts get distorted, it is not as fuzzy as on the screenshot:

                Originally posted by Akdor1154:

                I'm running Xubuntu Saucy with no font issues here. It's a clean install, but I also had an upgrade from Raring working happily too.
                Try clearing ~/fonts.conf (and obviously /etc/fonts/ if you've been playing in there too). Do both Qt and GTK applications look fine on your system?

                I have not ~/fonts.conf and I have not messed with /etc/fonts). Yes, GTK and Qt applications are fine.

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                • frenzie
                  frenzie last edited by

                  @felagund Clean profile no success for you either?

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                  • Zloy-Utk
                    Zloy-Utk last edited by

                    Try running opera with the following line:

                    opera --debugfont | grep -A 25 'Xft baseline'
                    

                    and close it immediately. See the grep output in a console. Most probably lcdfilter is set to legacy. It this is the case, do the following:
                    1.

                    $ echo 'Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault' >> ~/.Xresources
                    

                    2. Restart your X session.
                    3. See obvious changes in opera's rendering

                    This overrides default Xft lcd filtering engine (see http://spasche.net/files/lcdfiltering/ for details).

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                    • ravindranantonysamy
                      ravindranantonysamy last edited by

                      I am trying to Install it, (13.10) and Its says wrong architecture and crashes my ubuntu software center. any help ?

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                      • sgunhouse
                        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        Install what?

                        Wrong architecture means you are trying to install 64-bit Opera into a 32-bit system, or are trying to install 32-bit Opera and do not have the 32-bit compatibility libraries on a 64-bit system ... or of course are trying to install Opera on a completely foreign processor, like ARM or MIPS or whatever.

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                        • maxxo2
                          maxxo2 last edited by

                          I was faced with the same problem after a clean Ubuntu 13.10 install and Zloy-Utk's suggestion works, thanks a lot.

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                          • Deleted User
                            Deleted User last edited by

                            Originally posted by maxxo2:

                            I was faced with the same problem after a clean Ubuntu 13.10 install and Zloy-Utk's suggestion works, thanks a lot.

                            Yes, for me too! Thanks.

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                            • Deleted User
                              Deleted User last edited by

                              Здорово, злой уток!

                              This fixed my fonts in Mageia/KDE too! Not just an Opera problem. I thought this was some general KDE issue that one must live with.

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                              • n2696118
                                n2696118 last edited by

                                Originally posted by Zloy-Utk:

                                $ echo 'Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault' >> ~/.Xresources
                                

                                Yay, thanks, fixes it for me too!

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