matlab via xrdp displays wrong letters when gsfonts-x11 is installed
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| gsfonts-x11 (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: gsfonts-x11
When using matlab over xrdp, the plot labels using tex display incorrectly. For example, title('\sigma') shows a capitol sigma, '\Sigma' shows a backwards 3.
If the plot is saved as a bitmap (jpg, png), the erroneous letters are saved in the image. However, if the plot is saved as a pdf or eps, the file displays correctly on a different machine, or on the same machine when not logged into xrdp.
Solution: When I purged gsfonts-x11, the problem went away.
I know this use case is rare, and it may not even be gsfonts-x11 at fault. If anyone wants to suggest something for me to test further, I'll be happy to try things to track this down. I suspect that this could be reproduced without matlab by simply creating a pdf with the letter sigma in the particular font and viewing the file over xrdp, but I haven't tried that yet.
gsfonts-x11 0.21
ubuntu lucid
