From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 11 9:50:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from prv-mail20.provo.novell.com (prv-mail20.provo.novell.com [137.65.81.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A13CC37BB86 for ; Thu, 11 May 2000 09:50:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from TGao@novell.com) Received: from INET-PRV-Message_Server by prv-mail20.provo.novell.com with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 11 May 2000 10:50:17 -0600 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.5.3.1 Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 10:50:06 -0600 From: "Tan Gao" To: Subject: fonts Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_762E58D9.7A1BD325" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=_762E58D9.7A1BD325 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable dear Sir/Madam: hello! I'm a new user of FreeBSD. I have downloaded most of the = components (including X-windows) using FTP. right now, the problem seems = to be that: when I log in as a normal user, the desktop has no words = whatsoever. When I left click the mouse to see the menu, everything seems = to be in bar codes. I'm sure the fonts are messed up but am not sure how = to fix it. I tried to reinstall the fonts using "/stand/sysinstall" and followed the = options given. but it seems that the installation program keeps looping = instead of reallly doing anything. I do not know when I should exit the = program and how I can check to make sure the proper font display has been = set up. this is my first time trying to set up a UNIX system. so lots of stupid = questions. I hope you will understand. thank you for your time and attention! sincerely, Tan --=_762E58D9.7A1BD325 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

dear Sir/Madam:

hello! I'm a new user of FreeBSD. I have downloaded most = of the=20 components (including X-windows) using FTP. right now,=20 the problem seems to be that: when I log in as a normal user, = the=20 desktop has no words whatsoever. When I left click the mouse to see = the=20 menu, everything seems to be in bar codes. I'm sure the fonts = are=20 messed up but am not sure how to fix it.

I tried to reinstall the fonts using "/stand/sysinstall" and followed = the=20 options given. but it seems that the installation program keeps= =20 looping instead of reallly doing anything. I do not know when I = should=20 exit the program and how I can check to make sure the proper font display = has=20 been set up.

this is my first time trying to set up a UNIX system. = so=20 lots of stupid questions. I hope you will understand.

thank you for your time and attention!

sincerely,

Tan

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