From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 1 17: 9:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BB9837B400 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 17:09:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mclean.mail.mindspring.net (mclean.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E8C843E3B for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 17:09:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kylebutt@myrealbox.com) Received: from user-112vpc6.biz.mindspring.com ([66.47.229.134] helo=kylebutt.dorms.usu.edu) by mclean.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17aQ0g-0006AD-00; Thu, 01 Aug 2002 20:09:38 -0400 Received: from kylebutt.dorms.usu.edu (2d30ffc1ee241b6ab4b50c9e48679bcd@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kylebutt.dorms.usu.edu (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7209a71003355; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:09:37 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from kylebutt@myrealbox.com) Received: (from kyle@localhost) by kylebutt.dorms.usu.edu (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7209TwC003354; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:09:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from kylebutt@myrealbox.com) X-Authentication-Warning: kylebutt.dorms.usu.edu: kyle set sender to kylebutt@myrealbox.com using -f Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:09:28 -0600 From: Kyle Butt To: Parker Brown Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: startx refuses to open *some* font files] Message-ID: <20020801180928.A3298@kylebutt.dorms.usu.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Parker Brown , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3D49A5AB.50A4337B@charter.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3D49A5AB.50A4337B@charter.net>; from phbrown@charter.net on Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 02:18:35PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) > X-Accept-Language: en > To: BSDQuestions > 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