on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 03:11:50PM -0500, DvB (dvanbalen@jam.rr.com) wrote: > I can't seem to get abiword to work on one of my machines, it always > gives me a dialog about not being able to find the Times New Roman > fontset and then exits. Even after upgrading to the version in unstable, > I still get the error. > > Abiword, however, runs fine on my other machine which, upon comparing > the output of its dpkg -l with one on this machine, appears to still > have a bunch of packages from X 3.3.6 installed (which, I suppose, is > probably why abiword works on that computer). > > The text of the error dialog follows: > > AbiWord could not load the following font or fontset from the X > Window System display server: [-*-Times New > Roman-regular-r-*-*-*-0-*-*-*-*-*] > > This error could be the result of an incomplete AbiSuite > installation, an incompatibility with your X Window System diplay > server, or a problem communicating with a remote font server. > > Often this error is the result of invoking AbiWord directly instead > of through its wrapper shell script. The script dynamically adds the > AbiSuite font directory to your X Window System display server font > path before running the executable. > > I believe I am running the wrapper script... I'm running 'abiword' just > like I always have. Any ideas? FAQ: http://www.abiword.org/faquser.phtml#2.7.1 -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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