Re: SID gtk font

[Kai Hendry <hendry@cs.helsinki.fi>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 07:21:28 +0200, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> First you have to install some packages:
> "apt-get install msttcorefonts gtk-theme-switch"
> Add the following line to the file section of you X11 configuration:
> 	FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
> Run the "switch" command and select the Arial font.

Ok that "switch" was something new to me. I do have msttcorefonts installed,
but they do not show up on the menu:
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/hendry/pictures/screenshot/font-issues/whereisArial.png

Atm I am on fixed(misc). That font is at least readable. Any ideas to
where Arial is?

Regarding the lock problem, I do have xlockmore-gl and xscreensaver
installed. How/Where do I edit that Lock Screen action in Gnome2?

Thanks for help,
-Kai Hendry

p.s. here is some info that may help you help me:


hendry@bilbo:~$ grep font /var/log/XFree86.0.log       
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType,unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o":  No
symbols found
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont


Section "Files"

        #Does order matter?

	# why do I need a font server when I have all these paths?

        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
        FontPath        "unix/:7100"    # local font server - xfs 
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" 
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

EndSection


hendry@bilbo:~$ ls /usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
fonts.cache-1  fonts.dir  fonts.scale  larabie-deco  larabie-straight