Re: More on the font problem

[Akintayo Holder <akintayo@acm.org>]

Stephen Gran wrote:

> Thus spake Mark Fox:
>
> > Greetings:
> >
> > 	Oops.  Here's the picture that I should have attached.
> > Mark A. Fox
>
> Hey - 
> There's been a lot of discussion on this, as it seems to be a very
> common break in switching from X 4.0 to 4.1 - check the list archives
> for font problems.  The general consensus appears to be to remove all
> old packages (with the --purge option), comment out font servers (xfs,
> xfs-xtt) and allow X 4.1 to manage it's own fonts. 
> Good luck,
> Steve

I had the same problem after updating woody, and it went away when i 
rebooted my machine. Others say a restart of X worked, in my case X was 
off during the download.

Try this before you purge anything
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
For they are subtle and quick to anger
-- Lord of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkien