Date: 11 Apr 2003 17:43:46 +0200 From: Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> To: Jeffrey Racine <jracine@maxwell.syr.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-gnome <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gnome 2.2.1 font problems... Message-ID: <1050075825.1062.32.camel@ds9.webonaut.com> In-Reply-To: <1050074837.7042.11.camel@jracine.maxwell.syr.edu> References: <1050067314.1236.16.camel@jracine.maxwell.syr.edu> <1050073488.1062.4.camel@ds9.webonaut.com> <1050073630.7042.8.camel@jracine.maxwell.syr.edu> <1050074716.1062.15.camel@ds9.webonaut.com> <1050074837.7042.11.camel@jracine.maxwell.syr.edu>
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Am Fr, 2003-04-11 um 17.27 schrieb Jeffrey Racine: > Hi Franz. > > Thanks ever so much. > > Another user just replied that gdm is the culprit, and I have verified > this... dumping gdm and using startx resolves... perhaps your advice > will rectify, however, if you have any gdm related thoughts they would > be most welcome. i've read the mail regarding gdm2 because it was also sent to the list. (please click on »answer all« that also the list get your answer :-)) if gdm is the culprit than not by me. i've installed the latest ports (at least this is true for all gnome and related ports) on -CURRENT and also gdm. i've no problem. you can enter "pkg_version -l \<" to see for which ports are updates available. maybe you should also update/rebuild Xft, fontconfig? franz. last cvsup and build: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #1: Thu Apr 3 02:32:50 CEST 2003 > > -- Jeff > > On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 11:25, Franz Klammer wrote: > > Am Fr, 2003-04-11 um 17.07 schrieb Jeffrey Racine: > > > Hi Franz. > > > > > > Yes, I did that, but to no avail :-( (it is currently enabled... I > > > realized after the upgrade the the configurator had commented this out). > > > > > > Thanks ever so much for your help! Other suggestions most appreciated! > > > > > > > > > ok! another try. > > monospace is only an alias for other Fonts. i guess that fontconfig > > didn't find any of this fonts: > > > > (excerpt from /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts/fonts.conf) > > <alias> > > <family>monospace</family> > > <prefer> > > <family>Andale Mono</family> > > <family>Courier New</family> > > <family>Luxi Mono</family> > > <family>Nimbus Mono L</family> > > <family>Kochi Gothic</family> > > <family>AR PL KaitiM GB</family> > > <family>Baekmuk Dotum</family> > > </prefer> > > </alias> > > > > > > maybe you should also uncomment all font types: > > > > Load "type1" > > Load "freetype" > > Load "bitmap" > > Load "speedo" > > > > > > if nothing else helps, the easiest way is installing > > the bitstream-vera fonts. this port will also install > > a own local.conf an set monotype to "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono". > > > > Franz. > > > > > On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 11:04, Franz Klammer wrote: > > > > Am Fr, 2003-04-11 um 15.21 schrieb Jeffrey Racine: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > > > The recent ports upgrade to XFree 4.3.0 has created a gnome font problem > > > > > for me on two machines (laptop & desktop). I am running FreeBSD 5.0 > > > > > current (updated two days ago) and current ports (updated yesterday with > > > > > portupgrade -ra). > > > > > > > > > > The problem is that gnome terminal now displays no output whatsoever > > > > > using the default fonts (and an irregularly shaped window), and the > > > > > applications->desktop preferences->font has no fonts appearing in the > > > > > font rendering windows. Things were working perfectly prior to the port > > > > > upgrade. Other fonts can be used in the terminal, but not the monspace > > > > > font which is the default. > > > > > > > > > > Also, in gnumeric-gnome the column headers appear as boxes (no font). > > > > > > > > > > Here is a link to a screenshot if this helps, along with some system > > > > > information (uname -a, pkg_version, XF86Config) > > > > > > > > > > http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/jracine/Screenshot.png > > > > > > > > > > Any/all hints are gratefully received, and thanks in advance for your > > > > > time! > > > > > > > > > > uname -a > > > > > > > > > > FreeBSD jracine-laptop.maxwell.syr.edu 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD > > > > > 5.0-CURRENT#0: Tue Apr 8 11:09:09 EDT 2003 > > > > > root@jracine-laptop.maxwell.syr.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables > > > > > # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. > > > > > SubSection "extmod" > > > > > Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA > > > > > extension > > > > > EndSubSection > > > > > > > > > > # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules > > > > > Load "type1" > > > > > Load "speedo" > > > > > # Load "freetype" > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > Try uncomment Load "freetype". > > > > > > > > > > > > Franz. -- WEBONAUT.com http://webonaut.com mailto:klammer@webonaut.com
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