RE: [Sheflug] web pages incorrectly displayed

["Morris, David (Allvac, UK)" <david [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk 
> [mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Peter Collier
> Sent: 13 November 2005 06:17
> To: shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> Subject: [Sheflug] web pages incorrectly displayed
> 
> 	Using SUSE 10.0, I get some web pages that have the 
> images partly superimposed over the text. This happens in 
> both firefox and konqueror. 
> Can this be corrected? I've tried the same site using firefox 
> in win2000 and the pages look fine. So, I assume that this is 
> a linux or SUSE problem, or because the author was using a 
> microsoft tool, the microsoft operating system compensates 
> for errors? (or maybe I've got something set wrong).
> 	I have tried looking through the posts on the mozilla 
> site for some time with no luck (I've not exhausted it yet, 
> 1000's of posts). The only mention I've found is, if pages 
> are not rendered properly, it's probably down to the gecko 
> engine but doesn't tell you what to do.
> 	I've tried changing identity in konqueror but that 
> doesn't solve the problem either.

If it's happening in both, could it be a font issue? Have you tried
installing the MS Truetype font pack using YOU? It's not included as
part of the distribution (AIUI) because of licensing issues.

-- 
David
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