Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 10:54:51 +0530 From: "Gautham Ganapathy" <xgautham@ti.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions @ FreeBSD.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bochs vga font not detected by X Message-ID: <002a01c1b060$eeedb7b0$de56579d@india.ti.com> References: <003501c1b056$0374d930$de56579d@india.ti.com> <E16Z2li-0006C8-00@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net>
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thanx, i'll try it out ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Giesen" <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "Gautham Ganapathy" <gauthamg123list@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:06 AM Subject: Re: bochs vga font not detected by X > On Thursday 07 February 2002 10:06 pm, Gautham Ganapathy wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I have a font file vga.pcf (came along with bochs) that is in the > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc directory. However, it is not being > > detected. The are no entries for it in the fonts.alias and > > fonts.dir files. > > This, I believe, is the problem. I believe the fonts.dir file in > the directory where the font file resides (.../misc, in this case) > needs to have a line for each font that you have in that file. The > format of the file is such that each line contains two fields: first, > the file name containing the font and, second, the font name. You > will need a line for each font in your vga.pcf file. (Or, perhaps > just a line for each font that you wish to _use_ from that file...) > If you look at the file, its format should become obvious to you. > Finally, make sure that the first line of fonts.dir reflects the > total number of fonts listed within. (So, if it starts out with 346 > and you add 3 fonts, change the first line to read "349.") > Hope this helps. > Bob > > > > I have tried gzipping the file like the others and > > adding a line in the fonts.* files with the text 'vga' but it > > doesn't seem to work. How do I get X to detect this font ? > > > > Thanx and Regards > > Gautham > > > -- > "A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his > clients to plant vines." -- Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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