System Settings changes configuration files .fonts.conf and .fonts/ even without me applying any changes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KDE Base |
Invalid
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Medium
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kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Rich Johnson |
Bug Description
When I open System Settings -- Appearance (only open, not even change anything, and of course not apply!), it applies some changes to my user settings, which make my fonts look blurry.
The first unwanted change is in .kde/share/
The second change is the addition of a ~/.fonts directory and corresponding ~/.fonts.conf (see attached fonts.diff) and apparently running fc-cache.
Both these changes have to be undone (by editing kdeglobals accordingly, removing .fonts.* and running fc-cache), then after logging out and back in fonts are back to normal state (it is not enough, to only undo one of these two changes). The difference between the states can be seen in the two attached screenshots.
The same happens, when I open kcontrol and its Appearance & Themes -- Fonts section. It also happens directly on the Edgy Live-CD, so it should be fairly easy to test and confirm.
Summary:
1. (minor) System Settings should not make any changes when I don't hit Apply.
2. (major) It should not create a setting and .fonts.conf which makes fonts look blurry. I have not exactly determined yet, why fonts look blurry if a ~/.fonts.conf exists (it doesn't even have to contain anything between <fontconfig> and </fontconfig>). This part of the bug might belong to another program, e.g. fontconfig.
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Unknown → Invalid |
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Invalid → Unknown |
Changed in kdebase: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Unknown → Invalid |
Same behavior here on Kubuntu 6.10 (video driver "fglrx").