Hi; I should have given some version numbers for the packages below:
gsfonts 6.0-2 gsfonts-x11 0.16 libgnomeprint-* 0.35-4 On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Peter F Bradshaw wrote: > Hi; > > The following applies to a pretty much standard Debian 2.4 installation: > > I have a machine here which has been giving me grief with the fonts. It > started when I added some font packages (deb). > > After I had added the fonts I found that many Gnome packages could not > access fonts that where on the system previously and had not been > disturbed. For instance Dia could not find any of the fonts it required > and dropped back to "Fixed". This is despite the fact that xfontsel > could find the fonts that Dia claimed where missing. > > There where some non Gnome apps which also showed problems. For instance > xpdf failed for the lake of fonts. > > I fixed this problem by forcing a removal and reinstallation of gsfonts > and gsfonts-x11. This immediately fixed the problems with Dia and the > other Gnome and non Gnome apps. However, during the reinstallation of > the gsfonts, the installation scripts failed. This was caused by > gnome-font-install SEGV ing. Investigating this I found that it was > failing on the file /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/p052004l.pfb. Moving > this file, and its afm, out of the way allowed the scripts to run to > completion. > > The situation is that now the font system appears to be working OK. > However I find it hard to believe that there is a problem in the > distribution with p052004l (otherwise this problem would have been > reported long before now). I suspect that I have not fixed the real > problem and it is still lurking down below and will eventually cause > problems in the future. > > I need to button this system up if possible. I'm wondering if anybody > else has had similar problems with fonts on this Debian release? If so > can you offer advice? > > Thanks > > Cheers > > Cheers -- Peter F Bradshaw, [EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ 75431157 (exadios). http://www.exadios.com PGP public key at http://www.exadios.com/public_key.html "I love truth, and the way the government still uses it occasionally to keep us guessing. " - Sam Kekovich.
