Subject: Re: vertical lines between characters
From: Randy Kramer (rhkramer@fast.net)
Date: Sat Feb 03 2001 - 06:18:42 CST
Sam TH wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 05:32:16PM +0000, Dominic Knight wrote:
> > On Friday 02 February 2001 00:48, Sam TH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 11:01:51PM +0000, Dominic Knight wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 01 February 2001 21:24, Sam TH wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 06:58:12PM +0000, Dominic Knight wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > I have recently installed abiword on 3 computers at a school, on two
> > > > > > of the computers it works fine, on the third, a vertical line appears
> > > > > > between each character, this disappears if you alter the view in any
> > > > > > way but returns for the next characters typed. All computers are the
> > > > > > same and have identical, fresh SuSE 7.0 installations. The vertical
> > > > > > lines only exist on-screen. The Abiword version is preview release
> > > > > > 0.7. How do I resolve this problem ?
> > > > >
> > > > > If you look in the about dialog, it should tell you the exact version
> > > > > (0.7.x). If you let us know that, we can probably help you.
> > > >
> > > > The about box says "version unnumbered", I can download the latest source
> > > > and give that a spin tomorrow, odd that it's only on the one box though,
> > > > as I said, they are identical, each with a fresh O.S. install from a
> > > > script.
> > >
> > > Ok, the "unnumbered" means that Suse compiled them and didn't set a
> > > version.
> > >
> > > If they are all identical, I would have to guess a hardware
> > > difference. What kind of machines are these?
> > >
> > They are HP vectra vl machines. p166, 64mb using s3 trio 64v2/ dx or gx rev 2
> > graphics cards, 800x600 display area at 24bits depth, using the XF86-3.3.6
> > SVGA server for the x display run under kde1.
> >
>
> Well, it sounds like they are all the same machine, which leaves me
> totally at a loss for an explanation. Sorry.
Dominic,
I doubt that it would be a hardware problem, but there may be some
chance. Do the vertical bars look like a real "|" character or do they
look a little different, perhaps extended vertically to the top and
bottom?
If you have any doubt, perhaps you should try to rule out a hardware
problem, perhaps by changing graphics boards and see if the problem
stays with the original machine or moves to the one with the graphics
card from that machine!
Just grasping at straws!
Randy Kramer
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