Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:09:28 -0600 From: Kyle Butt <kylebutt@myrealbox.com> To: Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: startx refuses to open *some* font files] Message-ID: <20020801180928.A3298@kylebutt.dorms.usu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D49A5AB.50A4337B@charter.net>; from phbrown@charter.net on Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 02:18:35PM -0700 References: <3D49A5AB.50A4337B@charter.net>
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On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 02:18:35PM -0700, Parker Brown wrote: > > > -- > Pb > > > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 13:44:18 -0700 > From: Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) > X-Accept-Language: en > To: BSDQuestions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: startx refuses to open *some* font files > > 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. > > > -- > Pb > > try mkfontdir in the failing directories To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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