[lug] TrueType Fonts RPM

[Elyse Grasso]

xfs is running (with the same symptoms). The whole machine has been bounced 
several times since I installed the fonts: it's a laptop, and I shut it down 
between uses.

Elyse 

On Thursday 29 March 2001 08:35, Riggs, Robert wrote:
> Elyse,
>
> Can you make sure that xfs (the X font server) is running. You might also
> want to try stopping and starting xfs, after which you'll want to restart
> X. I generally log out and then hit ctrl-alt-backspace, but using 'telinit'
> to go to run level 3, then back to 5 (assuming you boot into run level 5)
> is a bit safer.
>
> I've not seen these problems before. I've always installed it and it just
> worked.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elyse Grasso [mailto:emgrasso at data-raptors.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 8:23 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] TrueType Fonts RPM
>
>
> Additional information: when I run gfontsel, the first font that shows up
> in
>
> the list is 'charter'. It seems odd that no fonts show up from earlier in
> the
> alphabet.
>
> chkfontpath looks good, all of the font files are there, with permissions
> 644, owned by root.
>
> This is really frustrating.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Elyse
>
> On Sunday 25 March 2001 19:22, you wrote:
> > Hmmm. I downloaded the rpm and installed it, and restarted everything.
> > But the TrueType fonts don't show up in gfontsel or anything else I've
> > tried. I'm running RedHat 7 with XFree86-4.
> >
> > /etc/X11/fs looks good, according to what I've found on the web.
> >
> > XFConfig-4 doesn't say anything about fonts. Should it?
> >
> > Any suggestions for things to look at or tweak would be gratefully
> > accepted.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Elyse Grasso
> >
> > On Saturday 24 March 2001 21:56, you 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
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