Frederic Crozat wrote: >On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 02:18:43 +0000, Victor wrote: > > > >>Frederic Crozat wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Wed, 09 Oct 2002 04:54:54 +0000, Victor wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Frederic Crozat wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Le Tue, 08 Oct 2002 14:15:22 +0000, Victor a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>I checked /etc/X11/XftConfig and it looks fine. I also ran the ttmkfdir >>>>>>on the font dirs with truetype fonts. >>>>>> >>>>>>One new thing I noticed is that root can run gnome-terminal with >>>>>>GDK_USE_XFT=1, but there are still error messages: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Don't try to use gnome-terminal to check your fonts, it uses non standard >>>>>technique to get them.. Use gedit instead.. >>>>> >>>>>Try running : >>>>>gconftool-2 -u /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name >>>>>/desktop/gnome/interface/monospace_font_name >>>>> >>>>>to reset fonts to known working names.. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>I tried the same tests with gedit: >>>>When root does it: >>>>[root@triumph root]# export GDK_USE_XFT=1 >>>>[root@triumph root]# gedit >>>>[root@triumph root]# export GDK_USE_XFT=0 >>>>[root@triumph root]# gedit >>>> >>>>Regular user: >>>>$ export GDK_USE_XFT=1 >>>>$ gedit >>>> >>>>** (gedit:12167): WARNING **: Cannot open font file for font Arial 10 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>You didn't unset font settings as I told you to do.. >>> >>> >>> >>I did but there was no effect. >>$ gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome/interface >>*** monospace_font_name = Monospace 10 >> toolbar_style = both >> gtk_key_theme = Default >>*** font_name = Sans 10 >> cursor_blink_time = 1200 >> menus_have_tearoff = false >> cursor_blink = true >> use_custom_font = false >> toolbar_icon_size = (no value set) >> menus_have_icons = true >> can_change_accels = (no value set) >> accessibility = false >> status_bar_meter_on_right = false >> gtk_theme = Default >> menubar_detachable = false >> toolbar_detachable = true >> >>Any other ideas? =-( >>There must be an easier way to deal with and get nice fonts for linux. >> >> > >Did you, by any chance, installed not Mdk freetype ?? >
Boy I feel stupid now! I just answered my own question in the previous e mail. It turns out that the font permissions were not set correctly! Geez... Maybe you guys should look into that for the drakfont program. I believe that's how I installed the fonts. Thanks for all your help Fredric! > >
