Re: skype with garbled characters
Girish Venkatachalam wrote: Hello all, I am not able to use skype with FreeBSD 6.2. It installs fine after a CVSup of the ports tree. But whenever I try to run it, I get a screen like this. http://koushikn.fastmail.fm/skype.png All my efforts at resolving failed. Hello Girish, I've had similar problem[1] some time ago and it was solved since then. Anyway, can you check your fonts.conf file? It should output something like this: % $ grep dir /usr/compat/linux/etc/fonts/fonts.conf % !-- Font directory list -- % dir/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/dir % dir~/.fonts/dir In my case fonts are located in /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts. What about your setup? If that's the problem recompiling x11-fonts/linux-fontconfig should take care of it. Regards, Karol [1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=110632 -- Karol Kwiatkowski karol.kwiat at gmail dot com OpenPGP 0x06E09309 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: skype with garbled characters
On Thursday 20 September 2007 13:28:54 Girish Venkatachalam wrote: Hello all, I am not able to use skype with FreeBSD 6.2. It installs fine after a CVSup of the ports tree. But whenever I try to run it, I get a screen like this. http://koushikn.fastmail.fm/skype.png All my efforts at resolving failed. Looks like you're missing some fonts or the font doesn't support your character set or your fontpath is incomplete. I'd start with the fontpath myself. Check your xorg.conf. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: skype with garbled characters
On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 07:37:42PM +0200, Karol Kwiatkowski wrote: Girish Venkatachalam wrote: Hello all, I am not able to use skype with FreeBSD 6.2. It installs fine after a CVSup of the ports tree. But whenever I try to run it, I get a screen like this. http://koushikn.fastmail.fm/skype.png All my efforts at resolving failed. Hello Girish, I've had similar problem[1] some time ago and it was solved since then. Anyway, can you check your fonts.conf file? It should output something like this: % $ grep dir /usr/compat/linux/etc/fonts/fonts.conf % !-- Font directory list -- % dir/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/dir % dir~/.fonts/dir In my case fonts are located in /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts. What about your setup? If that's the problem recompiling x11-fonts/linux-fontconfig should take care of it. Dear Karol, I got it working! Many thanks! The issue was this. # cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/xorg-fonts # make install I had missed this step. This installed fonts under /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts I guess the default dependency tree for skype does not include this. I wonder how to submit a patch for this. I have always enjoyed using skype under FreeBSD much more than linux. :) That way I don't have to use linux. :) Thanks once again. regards, Girish ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
skype with garbled characters
Hello all, I am not able to use skype with FreeBSD 6.2. It installs fine after a CVSup of the ports tree. But whenever I try to run it, I get a screen like this. http://koushikn.fastmail.fm/skype.png All my efforts at resolving failed. Please help. Best, Girish ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
