Re: Default Moz install: Pretty, custom built: jaggy

[Sean Kennedy <skennedy tpno org>]

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Peter Eddy wrote:

| Sean Kennedy wrote:
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|> So the default install of FC1 has a 1.4 moz install that has non-jaggy
|> fonts.  I want the latest version of Moz, so I download and install it,
|> but the fonts here are very jaggy.
|>
|> Can someone tell me how to make the new version look like the old
|> version, and why this is like it is?
|
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| It's like that because whatever you used isn't compiled to use xft,
| the newer font rendering stuff that makes everything look perty.
|
| You can add the following to your yum conf, or just ftp the rpms from
| here:
|
| [mozilla-seamonkey]
| name=Mozilla SeaMonkey Releases
|
baseurl=http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/yum/SeaMonkey/releases/current/redhat/$releasever
|
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| Peter
|
|
Ah ha, thank you.  I had thought originally it might be something of
that nature, but the whole GUI linux thing is new to me ( CLI junky, 5
years and counting :) ).

Any idea how I can do this manually, from source?  Or should I just rely
on the RPMs and be happy?

Sean
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