Re: GTK Fonts
The real problem seems to have been that I had some
XFree86 3.x and some 4.x. The fonts were 4.x, while
the running server was 3.x! It was probably my fault,
as I had x running when I did the apt-get upgrade.
So, I did apt-get remove on all the 3.x stuff, apt-get
install --reinstall on all the 4.x stuff. Actually
took the time to read some 4.x documentation. I found
this NHF to be most helpful:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/x-windows/xfree_4-gettingstarted.html
along with some more careful searching of the
debian-user list, particularly a thread, one of whose
paths ended here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/debian-user-200108/msg01396.html
to be most helpful. Now my fonts are back to normal in
the GTK apps, plus I have the benefits of XFree4.
Thanks to all who replied. It took a few hours over a
couple of days to figure it all out, but I learned a
lot in the process. I feel more comfortable w/ apt-get
and XFree86 now.
--- David Purton <dcpurton@chariot.net.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Charles Baker wrote:
>
> > I did an `apt-get update` and `apt-get upgrade`
> > the other night and ever since the fonts on any of
> my
> > gtk apps ( everybuddy, gftp, gnumeric, etc. ) have
> > been showing as little blocks. I've been doing a
> > little searching on debian-users but can't really
> find
> > an answer. I've tried rearranging the font lines
> in
> > XF86Config which helped Netscape but did nothing
> for
> > GTK apps. BTW, I'm using a machine that started
> out as
> > potato and has been upgraded to woody.
> >
>
> I think this has been discussed in the archives -
> but I gather it can be
> fixed by checking
>
> /usr/doc/libgnomeprint-data/run-gnome-font-install
> contains a line to
> where ghostscript fonts are located on your box.
>
> or maybe this was a different problem... I can't
> remember :(
>
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