Re: first time deb user: how to tweak xserver fonts?
On Saturday 30 June 2001 16:28, Joost Kooij wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:09:42PM -0500, Christopher M. Jones wrote:
> > The problem seems to be just the size of the fonts. It seems that X is
> > using a really big, unscaled bitmap. I've tried changing around the font
> > paths in XF86Config... no help. I tried setting up xfs, but X doesn't
> > want to use it (tells me it can't find a transport). I've tried
> > specifying a good font using the -fn switch pased to the server, but the
> > server hangs.
> >
> > This is an out-of-the-box install, so the answer must be a very simple
> > one, like setting a resource or something. But since I don't know how to
> > find the problem, I can't find the solution.
> >
> > Sorry for the lack of information here, but again: I don't know what
> > questions to ask to get started.
>
> Me neither, but lets start with: did you install any font packages?
>
> Also, knowing what version of xfree86 packages you are using would be
> useful, and maybe the output of "grep -i font /etc/X11/XF86*".
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Joost
I believe I have all the important fonts installed.
xfree86 is version 3.3.6-11potato
Here is the grep:
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "tcp/localhost:7100"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
/etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
/etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
/etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
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