On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 03:12:36AM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: > The breakage so far (apart from bdftopcf and core X fonts) is > probably not related to omitting libXfont. > > But now I've got another one, without any real idea what is wrong : > thunderbird. > > I've never used this. It built ok, but when I started it I declined > the offer to import settings from seamonkey (mainly because I've > never used seamonkey other than as a browser), and it just sits > there. None of the menus work, I think it is dead. Seems unlikely > that missing the old core fonts would do this (even xscreensaver > gives a *small* panel when it starts, with legible text), but who > knows. > I forgot to add that, since I would very much like to deprecate all the old xorg core fonts, when I get to the end of building everything which I think *might* break without core fonts, I hope to add minimaal core fonts (libXfont, bdftopcf, adobe 100 dpi) and then retry all the possibly-broken packages.
But there is a *lot* to try before I get to there, and I'm not sure if I've got the patience. ĸen -- `I shall take my mountains', said Lu-Tze. `The climate will be good for them.' -- Small Gods -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
