> 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.
>
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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

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