Re: (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist)

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-07-26 01:14, T o n g wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> I get the following error when starting X:
>
>  (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0)
>
> This is Debian Sid.

Up-to-date?  Probably not important, but you never know.

> The packages.debian.org says that the module "freetype" is from package 
> xserver-xorg-core 
> http://packages.debian.org/search?
> suite=sid&arch=any&searchon=contents&keywords=%2Fusr%2Flib%2Fxorg%
> 2Fmodules%2Ffonts%2Flibfreetype.so
>
> But why my xserver-xorg-core doesn't have it?
>
> $ dpkg -L xserver-xorg-core | grep libfreetype

Is package libfreetype6 installed?

> $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core
> xserver-xorg-core:
>   Installed: 2:1.6.2-1
>   Candidate: 2:1.6.2-1
>   Version table:
>  *** 2:1.6.2-1 0
>         500 http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca unstable/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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