From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 23 03:39:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0AD716A417 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:39:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com (qb-out-0506.google.com [72.14.204.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 791A013C48A for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:39:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id a10so928404qbd for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:39:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=oID7BgRBdLZtSKP853PSWEPmn56MX+OjU7wsvcaEqfg=; b=MlDNvOavdompQz5dG1SjKEcvnurA6Zfp+5h8XMXjPNsLXLXHJNFQEf4RbO7hHBwVHyyxTMLfVGlfyMYA4Gv1Jy16CxKZhB9CF2foWgJs/qJgpZzRxNmeWavxc1ku4F5HP+zKgqmwpDfwvTc1Sn26FHYAFWlooeO26QIzTvtMEwI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=BzpO/8GZqWPS8/I3W38bDRHEpeqrQQOC0pYDdik1trzH2aIXCZBVhAS/9juwDpJqh2dSrU9bpaCpsY2tHY1H/hQxgXUsui/w07Fn0J3dgWOM5Y98tODuVMtMZvBkDM49tp2pMqxJisHQL5rO8BSq9Nor3sToKOUVk3iFxJawtF8= Received: by 10.141.90.17 with SMTP id s17mr1261726rvl.1190518773068; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:39:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakshmi.susmita.org ( [59.92.21.102]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f36sm5987754rvb.2007.09.22.20.39.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:39:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by lakshmi.susmita.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 33DE0239CCB; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:09:24 +0530 (IST) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:09:24 +0530 From: Girish Venkatachalam To: Karol Kwiatkowski Message-ID: <20070923033924.GA5309@lakshmi.susmita.org> Mail-Followup-To: Karol Kwiatkowski , questions@freebsd.org References: <20070920112854.GA22899@lakshmi.susmita.org> <46F552E6.5080604@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46F552E6.5080604@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: skype with garbled characters X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:39:34 -0000 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 > % > % /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts > % ~/.fonts > > 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