Thanks for sharing your experience; however I don’t have a /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-Latin.conf file… oh wait, yes I do as “lowercase” 60-latin.conf.
However, I’m not comfortable editing that file… doesn’t editing files outside userspace run the risk of any changes I make getting clobbered by future updates?
I noticed a couple interesting folders in the home directory:
~/.cache/fontconfig - contains 23 ugly (GUID?) looking files… wonders what would happen if I purged them
~/.config/fontconfig - an empty folder… could I copy the 60-latin.conf file here for a userspace modification? seems I may be on the right track @ Font configuration - ArchWiki, but it’s a bit more complicated and hard to understand with no previous related knowledge
I think for now I’m happy with my modified ~/.conkyrc. Odd how conky was the only application where I noticed a font change… but I’m happier with the larger font size from my post-update edits.
After the update I can no longer login with fingerprint. It used to ask for the fingerprint and now it just is a blank line, it seems to look for it but hangs and eventually comes back asking for the password on CLI. On the login screen it comes back with failed to login. Logging in with a password seems to take forever and suddenly the desktop appears. Going to comment out the polkit lines regarding the fingerprint and will check later if I can pinpoint what is going on.
I think I recall reading this was a “KDE System Settings” issue… but if you use the “Accounts” section of “Manjaro Settings Manager” you can successfully change the user picture.
I think I needed to logout/reboot for the launcher image to update, but could see it was successfully changed on the lock screen after making the change.
Also, I recall it didn’t look like the image was applied in MSM=>Accounts immediately after the change either… so the quickest way to check is to lock your PC (Meta+L for me) to see it applied there before wasting any time on a log out/in or reboot.
EDIT: This is an untested suggestion… but I just noticed I have 3 image files (2 are symlinks pointing to the first) in my Home directory:
.face is the jpeg image I asked MSM to use (and is the exact same file size)
.face.icon is a symlink to .face
.icon is a symlink to .face
If you already have these files… editing .face could be a less ideal but workable solution.
I am hit by the kmail “setFcc: collection invalid”, too with a crash on editing recipient fields, finally even on kmail startup.
Temporary workaround: rm ~/.local/share/kmail2/autosave/*
and remove the PGP key from your identity.
Hi! I also wanted to change the new font (Noto) to the older font (DejaVu) because I don’t like aesthetically the new one, but in my case, a system-wide change. I tried to change it on the typography section of the system settings but it only worked for some texts on some applications. Then, I came here and I read the guide of font configuration on the ArchWiki you shared (thanks for that) and I figured out I just had to modify ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf with the changes @pub pointed out, and now I have the old font system-wide as before. And because is on user config it will not be overwritten by future updates, in theory. So thanks @Daniel-I and @pub you both
Finally, a comment to the distro makers. I was a bit frustrated when the change on fonts settings through the system settings not worked well, I fell that the experience is not consistent if you want to change the fonts settings system-wide. There is a way to fix that? Apart from that, thanks for this great distro, of course
After the update I’ve had trouble connecting to my workplace’s wifi. It’s a WEP protected one, so there’s a warning sign next to the name. I try to connect, but nothing happens. I used timeshift to go back to a save point before the update and I could connect without any hassle. Now, after applying the update once again, I’m back in the same situation.
Is there anything I’m missing or should I open a new support thread with more detailed info?
Glad the link helped you! What still confuses me is that my ~/.config/fontconfig/ folder is empty… so I’m unsure which file I can/should copy as a source renamed as ~/.config/fontconfig/font.conf.
I forgot you don’t have a user’s fonts.conf file. Maybe just coping and renaming the 60-latin.conf file or creating a new one with the xml template from the ArchWiki site:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- settings go here -->
</fontconfig>
I guess it’s time to finally learn how to use Kvantum, 'cause with this update the Qt apps lost their theme and feel completely out of place.
EDIT for clarification: I suspect this happened precisely because I didn’t mark Kvantum as explicitly installed, so it got removed. After I noticed the bland Qt apps, I installed it again.
After the update and upon reboot it appeared that kernel 5.15 became corrupted. System would complain of not loading a kernel first.
Was able to resolve by simply booting into another installed kernel and removing/replacing kernel 5.15, but I am curious if there is any insight on what might have happened.
This update has changed my plaintext (monospace) font in Thunderbird, especially the lowercase letters i, j, l, r (and I think t) now look ugly because they appear with serifs while the other letters are without serifs. I checked Preferences → General → Language & Appearance → Advanced and observed that Noto Sans Mono is adjusted for Monospace. In my opinion, Noto Sans Mono doesn’t deserve the name Sans.
My question is: How can I change the font back? Which font did I have before? Unfortunately, choosing another font from the list doesn’t change anything. Why does this update automatically mess up with fonts?