[lug] TrueType Fonts RPM

[D. Stimits]

"D. Stimits" wrote:
> 
> Elyse Grasso wrote:
> >
> > Got it. Thanks. Now maybe Netscape will be a little more legible.
> >
> > On Saturday 24 March 2001 21:56, Rob Riggs wrote:
> > > Elyse,
> > >
> > > Thanks for pointing that out. I recently upgraded to RH7, which
> > > changed the FTP root directory out from under me without warning
> > > me or moving the existing file hierachy.
> > >
> > > Please try again. It should be there now.
> > >
> > > Elyse Grasso wrote:
> > > > I've been trying to access the microsoft-ttf rpm at the
> > > > ftp.pangalactic.org\pub\outgoing url that's been given on the list.
> > > > Nothing seems to be there.  Has the rpm been moved to a new location?
> > > >
> > > > Where can I get it from now?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Elyse Grasso
> 
> I couldn't resist downloading the TTF package, and only got a partial
> success while installing. It gave this when installed by root on a RH
> 6.2 machine:
> # rpm -v -i microsoft-ttf-1.02-4.noarch.rpm
> microsoft-ttf-1.02-4
> chkfontpath: error opening /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/fonts.dir,
> unwilling to add path
> 
> I used fuser and nothing was shown as accessing fonts.dir; root also has
> perms to get there and the file exists. Since this is a True Type font
> package, I assume that means it failed, although it now shows the rpm as
> installed. Oh well.
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

One more note...the command chkfontpath --list does show the font path
to the directory that it is unwilling to add as being part of the font
path.

Is the ttf package a local creation?

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com