[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm more or less a newbie in Linux land so please don't assume too much
> knowledge of the ins and outs of Linux. I recently downloaded the RedHat 7.1
> ISO's from their website, installed them on my machine and started the
> updates. From reading information on various sites I got the impression that
> I needed XFree 4.1.0 to get rid of nasty quirks in the software when using
> my mouse and keyboard (Logitech Cordless Pro and Cordless Wheelman), so I
> finally upgraded to XFree 4.1.0 and answered the default to the many
> questions I didn't understand.
> Now I have a system with a more or less correctly working KDE in which I can
> choose from various fonts for the various screen parts. I even managed to
> copy Arial, Tahoma and Verdana fonts from my Windows 98SE directory to my
> Linux partition and use them within KDE, but now whenever I try to run a
> Gnome application or switch to Gnome as window manager I get dotted
> rectangles where there should be text so e.g. it's impossible to configure a
> printer.
>
> Who can tell me what to do to get Gnome produce readable text or what I
> should do to "undo" the upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0.
>
> Please email (as well), since I'm not sure I will be able to find this
> mailing list again.
It sounds like you might be running a mixed XFree86-4.1.x
and XFree86-3.3.x setup. If you have the fonts from XFree86-4.1
but are running a 3.3.6 X server or font server, you will
see something like this.
You might want to try:
- Restarting your font server ('service xfs restart')
- Rerunning Xconfigurator to make sure you actually get the XFree86-4.1
server. ('Xconfigurator --preferxf4')
Where did you get the 4.1.0 XFree86 packages?
Owen
_______________________________________________
Fonts mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
