Re: gEDA-user: New gaf on Windows and one PCB question

[Bert Timmerman <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,

Peter Clifton wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 16:50 +0100, Bert Timmerman wrote:
> > Hi Peter, 
>
> > http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/downloads/gschem-1.6.0-full%20screen.png
> >
> > http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/downloads/gschem-1.6.0-zoomed%20in.png
> >
> > http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/downloads/gschem-1.6.0-max%20zoomed%20in.png
>
> > From the screen-shots, I assume you're using XP.
>
> I just dug out my old laptop (with its dead screen), hooked up to an
> external monitor - and managed to find its old HDD. (It had several
> upgrades, so I still had one lying about with Windows on it).
>
> Anyway.. long story short, I installed the same gEDA 1.6.0 package as
> you did, and it worked correctly - no issues with fonts at all. This
> rather suggests a config issue, or a conflict with something else on the
> system.
>
> Do you have any other GTK / Pango based apps on Windows, which might
> have a *gtk*.dll or *pango*.dll in the Windows search path?
>
>
> Do you know if the un-install of 1.5.x removed it completely? If
> possible, try removing gEDA 1.6.0 and make sure the install target
> directory is completely removed before trying it again.
>
> Grr.. I'm half frustraited that I can't reproduce this bug on my Windows
> box. I "think" I had/have cleartype switched on - that could be a
> variable, so perhaps you could try toggling the settings.
>
> Rather bizarrely, this is best done via a web-based "tuner"!
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearType/Tuner/Step1.aspx
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Peter C.
--

Yeah, I'm using XP with SP2 and several gtk based applications ported to 
windows installed on that machine.

This morning I reproduced this "bug" on my Vista laptop, both with the 
1.6.0.-1 and the 1.6.0-2 versions, and again this laptop has several gtk 
based applications ported to windows installed.

To narrow things down, the "bug" might be related to MinGW, pcb or the 
Geany IDE I have installed on both PCs.

What might shed some light would be an install on a pristine windows 
environment, since I think the "gtk-dll" hell is giving this trouble, 
"find the needle in the haystack" situation applies here.

Uninstalling applications on windows OSes always gives me an itchy 
feeling that although maybe all files are removed some links or pointers 
in the registry remain.

And IMHO regclean.exe is a very good starting point for ruining your 
windows OS or breaking stuff seriously, so that is a last effort only to 
be applied in case of dire need.

Summary: I'm still clueless what to start uninstalling.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.


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