Re: Getting xfs-xtt to work
You don't want to specify the actual path to the fonts in the xset command, unless you want your X server to handle them directly (i.e. not using a font server). Instead you want to specify the port which your font server is listening at, which is normally 7100. The place you need to list the full path is /etc/X11/xfs/config - you may need to restart xfs-xtt as well. The command xset +fp unix/:7100 indicates to use Unix domain sockets (faster than TCP sockets for local communications, xfs-xtt should support both) on port 7100. That should be all you need. Cheers! On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 06:29:21PM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote: Try xset +fp unix/:7100 or something similar. xfs-xtt use port 7100, same as xfs. I really have no idea what I'm doing so I'd appreciate it if you guys would be more specific. What's similar What should I do same as xfs? Like I said, I installed xfs-xtt. I don't have xfs (it asks me to remove xfs-xtt if I try to install xfs). Don't I need to do something like this: xset +fp /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype When I do I get this: xset: bad font path element (#38), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax - Bart
Re: Getting xfs-xtt to work
On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try xset +fp unix/:7100 or something similar. xfs-xtt use port 7100, same as xfs. I really have no idea what I'm doing so I'd appreciate it if you guys would be more specific. What's similar What should I do same as xfs? Like I said, I installed xfs-xtt. I don't have xfs (it asks me to remove xfs-xtt if I try to install xfs). Don't I need to do something like this: xset +fp /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype No, you're getting something wrong here. Your X server doesn't need to know the path to the font files, it needs to know were to find the font server who in turn needs info about the path to the actual files. Thus the path definition for the xserver could look like unix/:7100, which basically means font server on localhost, port 7100. You want to put this in the Files section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config file; mine looks like this: Section Files RgbPath/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb FontPath unix/:7100 EndSection The xset stuff is only for testing purposes, since the xserver will refuse to start if something goes wrong with the fonts. When I do I get this: xset: bad font path element (#38), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax This is probably because there is no fonts.dir file. You don't have to worry about this as far as the xserver is concerned as it won't access the files but query the font server instead. But the font server might need this file. xfs and xfsft do, xfstt doesn't, I don't know about xfs-xtt. There should be some instructions that tell you what files you need. -- Philip Lehman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fonts too big after getting xfs-xtt to work
Hello, I got xfs-xtt working (thanks!), but I'm having some related problems. Now in some programs, the fonts are too big and I can't change them. My Kpanel's taskbar and menu text fontsize is too big. Changing it to some huge size or some small size or even a completely different font does nothing. It stays at what looks like a 14px Arial/Helvetica no matter what. Any ideas? - Bart
Re: Fonts too big after getting xfs-xtt to work
On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got xfs-xtt working (thanks!), but I'm having some related problems. Now in some programs, the fonts are too big and I can't change them. My Kpanel's taskbar and menu text fontsize is too big. Changing it to some huge size or some small size or even a completely different font does nothing. It stays at what looks like a 14px Arial/Helvetica no matter what. Any ideas? Is this limited to kde? Then you should launch kfontmanager and make sure that the installed fonts and the fonts used by kde are in sync. Otherwise make sure the path setting used by the font server is sane, order does matter if you have different versions of one font. Put the dirs with the best fonts first. -- Philip Lehman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Getting xfs-xtt to work
Try xset +fp unix/:7100 or something similar. xfs-xtt use port 7100, same as xfs. Chanop Once upon a time, I heard Bart Szyszka said Hello, Someone here suggested getting xfs-xtt to add True Type font support to Linux. I did that and am getting trouble setting it up. Here are the steps I've followed so far after installing xfs-xtt and also fttools: mkdir /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype cp /mnt/c/windows/fonts/*.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype cd /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype mkfttdir nano /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config (added a pointer to /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype) That's where I am right now. What do I do after (or before?)? Isn't there some xset command I need to run? Do I need to kill the x-server stuff (and if I do, mind telling me how?). Please be specific. Thanks! - Bart -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GE d? s+: a- C++ UL++ P+ L+++ E- W++ N++ o-- K- w--- O- M+ V-- PS PE++ Y PGP++ t+ 5++ X+ R tv+++ b++ DI+ D- G e+++ h* r+ y+ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
Re: Getting xfs-xtt to work
Try xset +fp unix/:7100 or something similar. xfs-xtt use port 7100, same as xfs. I really have no idea what I'm doing so I'd appreciate it if you guys would be more specific. What's similar What should I do same as xfs? Like I said, I installed xfs-xtt. I don't have xfs (it asks me to remove xfs-xtt if I try to install xfs). Don't I need to do something like this: xset +fp /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype When I do I get this: xset: bad font path element (#38), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax - Bart
Re: Getting xfs-xtt to work
Once upon a time, I heard Bart Szyszka said Try xset +fp unix/:7100 or something similar. xfs-xtt use port 7100, same as xfs. I really have no idea what I'm doing so I'd appreciate it if you guys would be more specific. What's similar What should I do same as xfs? Like I said, I installed xfs-xtt. I don't have xfs (it asks me to remove xfs-xtt if I try to similar thing mean, tcp:/hostname:port, I'm pretty sure that there are other options. But I use unix/:7100. This means that You don't have to run xfs-xtt on every machine. You can run it on, for example, a machine name fontserver. Then you should use xset +fp tcp/fontserver:7100 or put FontPath tcp/fontserver:7100 in /etc/X11/XF86Config install xfs). Don't I need to do something like this: xset +fp /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype your X won't know how to render Trurtype font :( Chanop -- ,-. | Chanop Silpa-Anan [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Australian National University | | Tel. +61 2 6279 8826, +61 2 6279 8837 (office hour) | | +61 2 6249 5240 (home +voice mail) | | Debian GNU/Hurd GPG key on request | `-'
