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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] Re: set font path
From:       Paul de Vrieze <pauldv () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-08-08 9:32:01
Message-ID: 200408081132.08895.pauldv () gentoo ! org
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On Saturday 07 August 2004 21:19, Duncan wrote:
> Adrian CAPDEFIER posted <4115188D.8010902@digifin.ro>, excerpted below,
>
> on Sat, 07 Aug 2004 20:59:41 +0300:
> > Paul de Vrieze wrote:
> >> On Saturday 07 August 2004 10:11, Adrian CAPDEFIER wrote:
> >>>However after I run `xset +fp /usr/share/fonts` running xlsfont again
> >>>with the same args finds me dozens of fonts. However when I restart X
> >>>theese settings are lost. Since I think Xdefaults is only read at x
> >>>start-up (it makes sense to me, but is it?) how could I possibly make
> >>>that xset setting stick or run it before Xdefaults is read?
> >>
> >> Just add the /usr/share/fonts directory to the font paths in your
> >> xorg.conf file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)
> >>
> >> Paul
> >
> > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/terminus/" is in xorg.conf and when i startx,
> > same error message.
>
> Note that if you aren't using a font-server (xfs), you have to run a
> command (don't remember what exactly) that prepares the new dirs just
> added so X can see the fonts therein.  xfs does this by default, but it
> can take some time to scan on every startup, so there's an option to turn
> it off for users on slower machines.

You need mkfontscale and mkfontdir (when no fonts.dir and fonts.scale exist)

Also check that the dir is actually in the output of "xset q"

Paul

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Paul de Vrieze
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