reassign 344776 xorg-x11 retitle 344776 Incorrect Speedo/fonts.dir leads to incorrect font selection thanks
(resent since I forgot to Cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- sorry) > On 2005-12-26 17:46:09 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > I also noticed that the default fontsize is different in XFree86 vs > > Xorg. > > I've found the cause of the problem. I have > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo > > in my font path, and I get the following error: > > ay:~> xset fp= /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo > xset: bad font path element (#64), possible causes are: > Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions > Directory missing fonts.dir > Incorrect font server address or syntax > zsh: exit 255 xset fp= /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo > > If I remove this directory from my font path, then the fonts are OK. > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo does contain a fonts.dir file: > > 24 > font0648.spd -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > font0648.spd -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2 > font0648.spd -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-9 > font0649.spd -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > font0649.spd -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2 > font0649.spd -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-9 > font0709.spd -bitstream-charter-black-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > font0709.spd -bitstream-charter-black-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2 > font0709.spd -bitstream-charter-black-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-9 > font0710.spd -bitstream-charter-black-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1 > font0710.spd -bitstream-charter-black-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-2 > font0710.spd -bitstream-charter-black-i-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-9 > font0419.spd -bitstream-courier-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1 > font0419.spd -bitstream-courier-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-2 > font0419.spd -bitstream-courier-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-9 > font0582.spd -bitstream-courier-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1 > font0582.spd -bitstream-courier-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-2 > font0582.spd -bitstream-courier-medium-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-9 > font0583.spd -bitstream-courier-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1 > font0583.spd -bitstream-courier-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-2 > font0583.spd -bitstream-courier-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-9 > font0611.spd -bitstream-courier-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-1 > font0611.spd -bitstream-courier-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-2 > font0611.spd -bitstream-courier-bold-i-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-iso8859-9 > > However there aren't any fonts in this directory. > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg/NEWS.Debian.gz says: > > xorg-x11 (6.8.2.dfsg.1-1) unstable; urgency=low > [...] > * Speedo fonts have been removed from the Debian X.Org packages. They are > slated to be removed from the upstream distribution as well soon, and they > seem to have very few users. > > but there has been no clean-up of the fonts.dir when upgrading from > Xfree86 to X.Org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
