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Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> posted |
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5bdc1c8b0904101724h72852e2q8c9149a3818e06f0@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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below, on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:24:43 -0700: |
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> 1) I see one error in my Xorg.0.log file about freetype: |
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> (II) Loading extension X-Resource |
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> (II) LoadModule: "freetype" |
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> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module freetype (II) UnloadModule: |
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> "freetype" |
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> (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0) |
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> What's that about? IS this stuff just left over from long ago and should |
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> be removed from xorg.conf or is something not working? |
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> # This loads the font modules |
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> # Load "type1" |
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> # Load "speedo" |
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> Load "freetype" |
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> # Load "xtt" |
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If you haven't seen it, you may wish to review the upgrade guide, here: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.xml |
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About freetype it has this to say (under section four, misc options): |
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<quote> |
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The old font handling was shaken quite a bit in our version of 1.5.3. The |
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freetype module is now useless since the server uses libXfont to load |
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whatever fonts you might have for legacy applications. |
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</quote> |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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