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Date:      Thu, 01 Aug 2002 14:18:35 -0700
From:      Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net>
To:        BSDQuestions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   [Fwd: startx  refuses to open *some* font files]
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Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 13:44:18 -0700
From: Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net>
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FreeBSD 4.6 with X11 v4.  Trying to get some easily readable fonts on
X11,  particularly on netscape.  I installed the urwfonts from x11-fonts

ports, but got the     unable to open display ""   when I ran xset, so I

edited /etc/X11/XF86Config to include an entry for .../fonts/URW.  Still

no apparent difference in appearance, but I noticed that startx pumps
out messages like     startx:  could not init font path element
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW.   The same messages appear regarding
../fonts/Type1  and ../fonts/Speedo.

X11 has no problem with any other fonts listed in  /etc/X11/XF86Config.
All fonts listed in the config file have entries in
/usr/X11R6/lib/x11/fonts,  but apparently URW, Type1 and Speedo are
"not welcome" to the tyrant X11.

Haven't figured out xdm yet, so I installed a "wrapper" and use startx.

Can anybody help me figure this one out?  I've gone about as far as I
can
with this one.


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FreeBSD 4.6 with X11 v4.&nbsp; Trying to get some easily readable fonts
on
<br>X11,&nbsp; particularly on netscape.&nbsp; I installed the urwfonts
from x11-fonts
<br>ports, but got the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unable to open display ""&nbsp;&nbsp;
when I ran xset, so I
<br>edited /etc/X11/XF86Config to include an entry for .../fonts/URW.&nbsp;
Still
<br>no apparent difference in appearance, but I noticed that startx pumps
<br>out messages like&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; startx:&nbsp; could not init
font path element
<br>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW.&nbsp;&nbsp; The same messages appear
regarding
<br>../fonts/Type1&nbsp; and ../fonts/Speedo.
<p>X11 has no problem with any other fonts listed in&nbsp; /etc/X11/XF86Config.
<br>All fonts listed in the config file have entries in
<br>/usr/X11R6/lib/x11/fonts,&nbsp; but apparently URW, Type1 and Speedo
are
<br>"not welcome" to the tyrant X11.
<p>Haven't figured out xdm yet, so I installed a "wrapper" and use startx.
<p>Can anybody help me figure this one out?&nbsp; I've gone about as far
as I can
<br>with this one.
<br>&nbsp;
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