funky character placement when kubuntu-settings-desktop installed
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Funky character placement, letters often mispositioned, jammed into the adjacent letter on one side and/or far away from the adjacent letter on the other side, making one word look like two words. And the funky character placement often shifts around, sometimes spuriously, and sometimes when interacting, for example when i tick or untick a gmail conversation, as in the the 2nd and 3rd screenshots. Note how all the "t"'s move over in "Opportunities", "Youth", "item", and "interest".
The 3 screenshots are all of the same conversation in my gmail inbox. One screenshot was taken on a Focal Ubuntu install, where the character placement is fine. The other two screenshots were taken on a Focal Kubuntu install where the character placement is funky.
Using Chromium (Version 83.0.4103.61 Official Build snap 64-bit), the font spacing on my gmail inbox is fine, thus i first reported this as
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They conclude it's not a firefox issue. i still consider it an open question. i have only a faint memory of having also seen the funky character placement in kubuntu in some context outside of firefox.
The funky character placement shows up when all 3 of these factors converge: using kubuntu, using either firefox or firefox nightly, and viewing either gmail or google voice. Otherwise, eg using chromium on kubuntu, or firefox on lubuntu, or browsing other sites, character placement is fine. Within gmail, the funky character placement shows up when viewing conversation lists or settings pages, but character placement seems fine when viewing a conversation/
'Binary search' thru specific situations:
good running lubuntu-
good install from lubuntu-
funky running kubuntu-
funky install from kubuntu-
funky install from kubuntu-
funky install from lubuntu-
Continuing with the most recent install above:
good apt-get --auto-remove purge kubuntu-desktop
good apt-get --auto-remove purge gpm+ htop+ xterm+ xzoom+ xl2tpd+ strongswan-starter+ keepassxc+ libevent-dev+ tigervnc-viewer+ sddm ofono thunderbird xscreensaver bind9-libs samba-libs unattended-upgrades apt-xapian-index ubuntu-
good apt-get --auto-remove --purge install kate kpat krdc lame cryfs elisa encfs kross kamera kmines dolphin ksudoku signond go-mtpfs gwenview ktorrent libraw19 baloo-kf5 kmahjongg libgeoip1 plasma-nm kate5-data ksystemlog kio-audiocd thunderbird ffmpegthumbs freerdp2-x11 konversation print-manager geoip-database gstreamer-qapt session-migration kimageformat-
funky apt-get --auto-remove --purge install kubuntu-
funky apt-get --auto-remove purge kubuntu-
good apt-get --auto-remove purge kubuntu-
So that appears to be the culprit. After removing kubuntu-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: kubuntu-desktop (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu21
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 16 10:33:36 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-05 (71 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200331)
ProcEnviron:
LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8
TERM=screen
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
summary: |
- funky font rendering on kubuntu and lubuntu + funky font rendering on kubuntu |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- funky font rendering on kubuntu + funky character placement on kubuntu |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- funky character placement on kubuntu + funky character placement when kubuntu-settings-desktop installed |
description: | updated |
affects: | kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) → kubuntu-settings (Ubuntu) |
The intoxicated character placement effect when kubuntu-settings is installed is still there in jammy.