On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:12:51 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Net Llama! wrote: > > > On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Collins wrote: > > > On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 19:43:41 -0500 Klaus-Peter Schrage > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Net Llama! wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Collins wrote: > > > > > > > > > >>This is mozilla 1.2.1. I didn't have strace, so I emerged > > > > >it and ran>strace. mozilla was segfaulting while handling > > > > >fonts.> > > > > >>A lengthy analysis of a good strace (collins) and a failure > > > > >(new)>indicated differences in handling the ~/.fonts.cache-1 > > > > >file. I tried>rm'ing the file and tried again, but no joy. > > > > >Next I copied over the>/home/collins/.fonts.cache-1 file, and > > > > >now mozilla will start.> > > > > >>This could be an XFree problem (?). Now that a usable > > > > >>~/.fonts-cache-1 file is present, the warning messages I got > > > > >from xfce>have disappeared as well. Does anyone know which > > > > >packaged generates>the .fonts.cache-1 file so that I could > > > > >investigate further? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No such file exists in Redhat. Perhaps this is something > > > > > specific to Gentoo? > > > > > > > > > > > > > The fonts-cache files are part of the new font handling in > > > > Redhat 8.0, which BTW is not RH specific, but seem to be the > > > > future font system in XFree (RH only are the first distro to > > > > have it incorporated). This is all nicely outlined by Havoc > > > > Pennington here: > > > > > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/psyche-list/2002-October/002797.html > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, the Pennington article is a bit too Red Hat > > > specific to be of any use. I have a non-RedHat system that has > > > been XFree 4.2.1 since install, but I'm experiencing problems > > > now with new users, and it all points to the same type of thing. > > > I've reported this to gentoo > > > to see if they know anything else. > > > > Seems that some Mandrake folks are having problems too. Do you > > have a/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/fonts.cache-1 ? > > Just found this: > >http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:Joi1d7A7wjUC:www.xfree86.org/pipermail/fonts/2002-September/002094.html++%22fonts.cache-1%22+group:*linux*&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8 > > This kinda sounds like it might be the problem you're having? >
Putting this all together with a little googling that I did, I now know the answer. Unfortunately, this is typical linux-free software catch-22: if you know what you are looking for, you can find it; otherwise, massive amounts of rtfm may or may not lead you to the solution. I don't know where I (or any user) would be led to learn this, but it appears that this is the case: 1. Under XFree4.2.1 the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/fonts.cache-1 is a program-generated configuration file that must be rebuilt when you make any changes to the tt font configuration (I had added an extra tt font directory a while back). 2. the program fc-cache rebuilds the above-mentioned file. 3. After rebuilding the file, I can add a new user, and xfce and mozilla work normally. The ironic fact is that most other X programs (ex. OpenOffice) can access the tt fonts just fine even though the cache file is out of sync. You learn something new every day! Thanks for all the help. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Gentoo 1.4 sytem _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
