Re: 1.3.1 font problem in X
On Fri Jul 11 19:29:26 -0400 1997, digger vermont <digger@netaxs.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I upgraded from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1 which was mostly an X upgrade to 3.3-3.
> Now, none of the upgraded and important (misc, 75dp1, and 100dpi I believe)
> font paths are recognized. I tried running mkfontdir in the individual
> direcories but it didn't help. I tried both the stock X servers and
> AcceleratedX. Fortunately Xaccel has a few fonts so I can get X up and
> running. Help please!
> --
> digger
I lost a whole day trying to figure this out myself. Xfree86 3.3
comes with gzip'd fonts, which are not recognized by the old 3.2 X
servers. Either upgrade your server or gunzip your fonts. I did the
latter myself, since the 3.3 SVGA server doesn't like my ThinkPad
display. :-(
Noel
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