> m...@pc-networking-services.com wrote: >> Hello, >> >> When we install xorg following the BLFS_7.5 stable book, when you first >> start x using the startx command, it will complain bitterly about the >> ISO >> fonts are lacking and it will NOT correctly bring up twm with the three >> windows and clock. (If you installed the clock.) >> >> To solve this issue you need to actually install the international >> fonts: >> >> ftp://ftp.openbsd.com/ports/distfiles/intlfonts-1.2.tar.gz >> >> After I installed these fonts I actually rebooted my computer and when I >> issued the startx command, after a couple minutes twm started correctly >> and the clock also came up correctly. >> >> Maybe it would be a good idea to add this to the user notes or to the >> xorg >> instructions page. >> >> This is easily verified by doing a completely fresh install and testing. > > Do you have the LANG or LC_* environment variables set? I've never > loaded intlfonts and have never had a problem. > > Also, you must have a really slow system. For me, twm comes up in about > 2 seconds. > > -- Bruce > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >
Hello, With regards to $LANG it shows the result as follows: echo $LANG en_NZ.UTF-8 I made sure that I got a result from that right from the start. I did NOT want to repeat the oversight of not setting an important veriable like I did with the 7.4 lfs_release. Regards, Christopher -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page