Comment 4 for bug 597633

Thanks for the explanation & feedback Peter...

I will just run using the "Stellarium (no OpenGL2)" option for now and all
is good...

Will keep an eye out for the next version/release of software...

Thanks again & Best Regards,
Robert Brandini.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
> Peter Mousley
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 5:49 PM
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Stellarium.[Bug 597633] Re: Text is all scrambled or missing on
screen.
>
> Using the "Stellarium (no OpenGL2)" option forces the use of a
> difference font (Verdana) in place of the default font (DejaVu Sans).
> For your case, it seems the font itself is the problem (you're not alone
> with that).
>
> A fix is in the pipelines but, in the mean time, just run the
> "Stellarium (no OpenGL2)" option (it makes no difference otherwise, and
> your system doesn't support OpenGL2 regardless).
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Text is all scrambled or missing on screen.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597633
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> Status in Stellarium: New
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> Bug description:
> Recently updated my installed version of Stellarium from 0.10.4 to latest
010.5.
> Upon running 0.10.5 I find nearly all the on-screen text to be scrambled
(especially
> descriptions, in top let-hand corner, of any selected items). This did not
occur for
> me with previous ver 0.10.4. Display is just a mess of scrambled text -
unreadable.
> My settings within Stellarium 0.10.5 are exactly the same as for previous.
> Please help if you can....
>
> My Computer System Details:-
> Dell Precision 530 Workstation
> Intel XEON 2.40GHz CPU
> 1GB RAM
> Win XP-Prof SP-3 O.S.
> nVidia Quadro4 900 XGL graphics adapter with 128MB memory:-
> - Driver version 9.1.3.6 , dated 12/07/2006. (this is the latest current
driver ver, I
> believe.)
> - Screen resolution = 1280 x 1024 @ 85Hz, 32 bit colour quality.
>
> If you need any further info re this reported bug, please let me know...
>
> Thank you & Best Regards,
> Robert Brandini.
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