[plug] Error when opening files

[Phillip Steege]

On Monday 11 June 2001 16:43, Grahame Bowland wrote:
> 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

Thanks to all for the feedback.  I will go check out XFree4.
Also, I was using this on a Gateway laptop, so Grahame's comments may apply 
also.

Phil