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Re: Problem with scalable fonts in "bo-updates"



Hola,

On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Antonio M. Roldan wrote:

> I've upgraded to xfree3.3 using the packages located in "bo-updates"
> and found the following error messages when installing scalable fonts:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> # dpkg -i xfntscl_3.3-3_all.deb 
> (Reading database ... 23014 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace xfntscl 3.2-6 (using xfntscl_3.3-3_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xfntscl ...
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> dpkg: error processing xfntscl_3.3-3_all.deb (--install):
>  subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
> Adjusting font index in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo...
> Adjusting font index in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  xfntscl_3.3-3_all.deb
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The efect is that the scalable fonts aren't upgraded and the xserver
> seems to need them. For example, netscape seems horrible, because it
> uses these fonts.
> 
> ¿Has somoene suffered this problem?

No, they installed fine for me. The package has probably gotten corrupted
during download, try to get it again.

About Netscape: the fonts still look horrible here.

Cheers, 


Joost


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