On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 04:20:58PM +0530, Rajesh wrote: >On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 03:25:59PM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > >>On 28 May 2002 at 15:07, Mario Michael da Costa wrote: >>> I told my friend to edit the /etc/X11/fs/config file and add the path to the >>> font in the catalogue field. He just mailed me that he tried that and that it >>> still does not work. i wonder wether he needs to restart his >>> machine. Is there any way to just restart the xfs daemon ? or will just >>> shutting down X and restarting it help ? >> >>It takes a lot more than just adding entry in font path. You need to to >>mkfontdir and ttmkfdir or something like that. >> >>I advise you read /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.fonts. It explains all how a >>font should be installed.. > >1) Create /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype >2) Copy all .ttf files here >3) From within this directory run mkttfdir >4) Add the following line to XF86Config file: > FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype >5)Restart X
Sorry for followup to my own post. instead of mkttfdir you can also use mkfontdir on Red Hat. Peace -- Rajesh : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Lesser known commands (toe) LOST #212 To know what all terms are supported by the kernel use: $toe | less This info may be needed when telnetting to another host with a different OS which does not recognise linux as TERM type. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
