[plug] Error when opening files

[Grahame Bowland]

On Monday 11 June 2001 14:41, Leon Blackwell wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 03:53:08PM +1000, Phillip Steege wrote:
> > When I open kppp or other X windows applications, from the command line,
> > I see the following on my screen.
> >
> >  Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
>
> The RENDER extension is part of XFree4; it allows fonts to be
> rendered with antialising (a smoothing effect) and is used by all
> QT/KDE applications.
>
> To get it working, you'll need to upgrade to XFree4 and install
> some fonts that support antialising (such as TrueType fonts).

You can also get this error when running KDE applications using 
XFree86 on a video card that doesn't support the "RENDER" 
extension. I get this on my laptop - it has an i810 video card.

Cheers,
Grahame