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Date:      Sat, 22 Mar 2003 11:48:13 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Charlie Clark <charlie@begeistert.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Missing X fonts (was: in regrade to yr Sony LPt)
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On Friday, 21 March 2003 at 14:36:48 +0100, Charlie Clark wrote:
>
> On 2003-03-19 at 01:06:08 [+0100], Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>> Well, not this of course.
>>
>>> mm, I don't seem to have any fonts folder :-(
>>> How do I install them after the event with Sysinstall?
>>
>> I don't think you do.  You install the entire X11.  It would be a good
>> idea to rename /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11R6-old and try again.
>
> I'll try that but I've just seen that I've got a load of X11 stuff in
> /usr/ports. And sysinstall seems to think that's right.

There has to be something wrong if you don't have a fonts directory.

>>> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
>>
>> Where did you get this X11 configuration file from?  Is it old?  Check
>> the date with ls -l.  Nowadays the config file gets put in
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config, though it's possible the version you're
>> installing doesn't.  Check for that file too, though.
>
> The config file isn't old. It's based on one used for virtually the same
> laptop on Debian.

It's conceivable that you have incorrect paths in the config file.
Try creating one with X -configure.

Greg
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