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    Strange fonts after upgrading to Ubuntu Saucy (13.10.)

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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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