Re: x-ttcidfont-conf help?

[Joel Konkle-Parker <jjk3@msstate.edu>]

Rob Weir wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 07:01:49PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker said
>
> > When I installed Woody, defoma and x-ttcidfont-conf were installed along 
> > with it. I assume from what I've read that x-ttcidfont-conf is designed 
> > to control my TrueType fonts, rather than X itself.
> >
> > Well, that's all fine and good, but x-ttcidfont-conf doesn't seem to be 
> > able to find my fonts. I've installed msttcorefonts to get Arial, 
> > Verdana, and a few others, and they show up in /usr/share/fonts and 
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType, but not in 
> > /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, as I assume they should.
> >
> > I've gone ahead and replaced my XFS source lines with the above 
>
>
> You don't need to use XFS unless you're actually sharing fonts across
> the network.
>
>
> > x-ttcidfont-conf alternative, like debconf suggested, and I've 
> > reconfigured both x-ttcidfont-conf and msttcorefonts, but to no avail.
>
>
> Have you added /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType and
> /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType as FontPath entries in
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4?  You should only have to do the latter, but
> perhaps something is buggy.  Also, make sure you use "xfontsel" or
> "xlsfonts" or similar to see if the fonts appear, not kcontrol or such.

Yeah, I'm starting to think I should ditch XFS...

But that doesn't fix my problem. I can look at 
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType in my file manager, and 
the folder is empty, even after the reconfigurations and such I've done 
before. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType actually includes my fonts, so 
that's what I have in my XF86Config-4 at the moment.


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