[mythtv-users] Screen size and font issues with new FC4 install

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Sat Sep 24 00:42:21 UTC 2005


David wrote:

> It's the urw-fonts package problem.  It's documented in Jarod's FC4 
> How-To.  You need to downgrade your fonts package as instructed there: 
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#setupmythtv -- which references 
> http://www.users.on.net/~jani/dvico-mythtv-10.html#ss10.1 with 
> download and install instructions plus tips on pinning the package in 
> apt-get to avoid updating it in the future.  If you use yum you'll 
> need to add an exclude for the package in your yum.conf.
>
> According to the RedHat bugzilla report on the problem, the later urw 
> packages improved but did not fix the problem, so you still need to do 
> the downgrade for myth.  It's not big deal, it's just a font package, 
> so it's not like it's going to affect how your system runs.
>
> BTW the QT problem in FC3 was with requiring Ctrl-Enter on the setup 
> buttons.  That's been fixed in FC4.
>
Thanks.  I followed the instructions and all is well.

Kevin


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