Underline "_" in Xterm invisible

markush · 12-13-2012, 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazL

Don't know whether you got anywhere with this Markus,...

I'm using "terminal" now, it works.

Quote:

... but I just thought you'd be interested to know that when I just tried the latest nouveau and libdrm version from git on my system, my underscores disappeared too, so you're not alone in this. I swapped back to using the nvidia blob.

I have ATI adapters in my computers and use the radeon module. I had installed the fglrx module recently, but it changed nothing.

Markus

swatnio · 11-14-2018, 09:28 AM

necrobumping

I had the same issue, same faceName (I also use xmonad!)
My solution:
removed ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

I can still use xterm and the same font as before

I am 100% sure I didn't write that file. And I have no idea how it got there, nor if it was there before and some software modified it.

phenixia2003 · 11-14-2018, 12:03 PM

Hello,

Quote:

Originally Posted by swatnio

necrobumping

I had the same issue, same faceName (I also use xmonad!)
My solution:
removed ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

I can still use xterm and the same font as before

I am 100% sure I didn't write that file. And I have no idea how it got there, nor if it was there before and some software modified it.

If you use it, this can be KDE.

Moreover, KDE overwrites ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf each time the font settings panel is opened and even if you don't make change to fonts configuration, which can lead to font rendering issue.

Example:

Code:

$ cd .config/fontconfig
$ cp fonts.conf fonts.conf.bak

$ md5sum fonts.conf*
61224ee07ca088ac471c7018b1726657  fonts.conf
61224ee07ca088ac471c7018b1726657  fonts.conf.bak

Go in System Settings > Application Appearance, select fonts. At this point, the file fonts.conf has (already) been overwritten by KDE :

Code:

$ md5sum fonts.conf*
d4bdf067729830765b64ea11f27ce709  fonts.conf
61224ee07ca088ac471c7018b1726657  fonts.conf.bak

There are two ways to prevent this, (1) never open the font setting panel, and, (2) protect this file, by running :

Code:

$ chattr +i ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

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SeB

swatnio · 11-14-2018, 01:08 PM

As I use xmonad (it's a WM), I am sure I didn't went to Application Appearance.

BUT, it could be I opened some KDE software and it changed something.. maybe? I run dolphin yesterday, it's not something I usually do but I did it yesterday, and this '_' issue happened between yesterday and today.

Thanks for the highlights! I'll pay attention to fonts.conf and if it still bothers me, I will +i it