> From: Jim Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Gimp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Gimp-user] Perennially confusing font problems > > Hate to ask it, as it has been discussed many times and there are many > web pages on it, but I can't get it to work. > > RedHat 7.2 using GIMP 1.2.3 > > I have some additional fonts I'm trying to install. I have added the > path to this directory to my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config file by just > adding the directory with a comma to the list.
Red Hat 7.2 uses XFree86 4.1, I believe. This combination now uses the X font server - xfs - instead of handling fonts internally as it did in previous versions of the XFree86 server. So when you make changes to the fs/config file you need to restart the font server: /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart You should be able to do this without restarting your X session. One quick way to check if you're already using the font server (aside from checking for it with the ps command) is to query the X server: xset q If you see something like this in the output: Font Path: unix/:7100, ... then you're using the font server. That unix/:7100 is the port the X server is using to talk to a font server. > While on the topic of fonts, there seem to be many redundancies and many > more not too worthwhile. Other than today's action, I have the standard > RH install. Are there any of these directories I can comment out to > reduce the clutter? The 100dpi stuff is unnecessary. Its just a duplicate of the 75dpi stuff but for a different resolution. Your monitor is likely at (or near) 75dpi, so you don't need the 100dpi directory. I don't know about any others that might be duplicates. -- Michael J. Hammel | The Graphics Muse | I thought I wanted a career, turns out [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I just wanted paychecks. http://www.graphics-muse.com _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
