Re: Wpa_gui + dhcpcd-gtk = messed up fonts!

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-degen%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On 10 January 2018 at 07:59, Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-degen%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
> On 9 January 2018 at 23:22, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 10:38:16PM +0000, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> after almost 48 hours of compiling from sources, on my LMDE2 host, as
>>> you can see from the linked image:
>>> https://imgur.com/a/rQuP8
>>>
>>> both wpa_gui + dhcpcd-gtk are not usable and the fonts are replaced by squares.
>>>
>>> Can anybody help? Where I could start troubleshooting?
>>
>> Install something like fonts/vera-ttf?
>
> I already have them from native apt:
>
> $ dpkg-query -l|grep ttf
> ii  fonts-freefont-ttf                    20120503-4
>         all          Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono Truetype fonts
> ii  ttf-bitstream-vera                    1.10-8
>         all          The Bitstream Vera family of free TrueType fonts
> ii  ttf-dejavu                            2.34-1
>         all          transitional dummy package
> ii  ttf-dejavu-core                       2.34-1
>         all          transitional dummy package
> ii  ttf-dejavu-extra                      2.34-1
>         all          transitional dummy package
> ii  ttf-ubuntu-font-family                0.80-0ubuntu6
>         all          Ubuntu Font Family, sans-serif typeface hinted
> for clarity
>
> Unless what you mean is to install them from pkgsrc?

Now, what I'm thinking is: Wpa_gui relies on qt; dhcpcd-gtk relies on
gtk+ and Gnome has its own font libraries.

Am I right in thinking they don't go along well? In the meantime I've
installed wpagui from the Debian repos and that one displays fine.


-- 
Ottavio Caruso