diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/customfonts.py b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/customfonts.py
index e4f15aa8d8b..097c28df524 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/customfonts.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/customfonts.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 #    OpenERP, Open Source Management Solution
 #    Copyright (C) 2004-2009 P. Christeas, Tiny SPRL (<http://tiny.be>).
+#    Copyright (C) 2010 OpenERP SA. (http://www.openerp.com)
 #
 #    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 from reportlab import rl_config
+from tools import config
+import glob
 import os
 import logging
 
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@ the reportlab engine.
 
 This file could be customized per distro (although most Linux/Unix ones)
 should have the same filenames, only need the code below).
+
+Due to an awful configuration that ships with reportlab at many Linux 
+and Ubuntu distros, we have to override the search path, too.
 """
 
 CustomTTFonts = [ ('Helvetica',"DejaVu Sans", "DejaVuSans.ttf", 'normal'),
@@ -51,6 +57,15 @@ CustomTTFonts = [ ('Helvetica',"DejaVu Sans", "DejaVuSans.ttf", 'normal'),
         ('Courier',"FreeMono Oblique", "FreeMonoOblique.ttf", 'italic'),
         ('Courier',"FreeMono BoldOblique", "FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf", 'bolditalic'),]
 
+
+TTFSearchPath_Linux = ( 
+            '/usr/share/fonts/truetype', # SuSE
+            '/usr/share/fonts/dejavu', '/usr/share/fonts/liberation', # Fedora, RHEL
+            '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/*', # Ubuntu,
+            '/usr/share/fonts/TTF/*', # at Mandriva/Mageia
+            )
+
+# ----- The code below is less distro-specific, please avoid editing! -------
 __foundFonts = []
 
 def FindCustomFonts():
@@ -64,10 +79,28 @@ def FindCustomFonts():
     dirpath =  []
     log = logging.getLogger('report.fonts')
     global __foundFonts
-    for dirname in rl_config.TTFSearchPath:
-        abp = os.path.abspath(dirname)
-        if os.path.isdir(abp):
-            dirpath.append(abp)
+    searchpath = []
+
+    if config.get_misc('ttfonts', 'search_path', False):
+        searchpath += map(str.strip, config.get_misc('ttfonts', 'search_path').split(','))
+
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        pass # TODO
+    elif os.uname()[0] == 'Linux':
+        searchpath += TTFSearchPath_Linux
+    else:
+        pass # TODO for MacOSX, Unix etc.
+    
+    if config.get_misc('ttfonts', 'use_default_path', True):
+        # Append the original search path of reportlab (at the end)
+        searchpath += rl_config.TTFSearchPath
+
+    for dirglob in searchpath:
+        dirglob = os.path.expanduser(dirglob)
+        for dirname in glob.iglob(dirglob):
+            abp = os.path.abspath(dirname)
+            if os.path.isdir(abp):
+                dirpath.append(abp)
         
     for k, (name, font, fname, mode) in enumerate(CustomTTFonts):
         if fname in __foundFonts:
@@ -77,7 +110,7 @@ def FindCustomFonts():
                 log.debug("Found font %s in %s as %s", fname, d, name)
                 __foundFonts.append(fname)
                 break
-                
+
     # print "Found fonts:", __foundFonts
 
 
diff --git a/bin/tools/convert.py b/bin/tools/convert.py
index 0f091ad4a56..61fdb7a82a9 100644
--- a/bin/tools/convert.py
+++ b/bin/tools/convert.py
@@ -844,11 +844,7 @@ form: module.record_id""" % (xml_id,)
         mod = self.module
         if '.' in id_str:
             mod,id_str = id_str.split('.')
-        result = model_data_obj._get_id(cr, self.uid, mod, id_str)
-        res = model_data_obj.read(cr, self.uid, [result], ['model', 'res_id'])
-        if res and res[0] and res[0]['res_id']:
-            return res[0]['model'], int(res[0]['res_id'])
-        return False
+        return model_data_obj.get_object_reference(cr, self.uid, mod, id_str)
 
     def parse(self, de):
         if not de.tag in ['terp', 'openerp']: