| 1 |
A new install 64-bit Dell. I noted all the font files in my old |
| 2 |
machine's /var/lib/world file and installed them on the new machine. |
| 3 |
Notwithstanding that I had mysterious problems. One of the icons on my |
| 4 |
ICEWM toolbar launches the command... |
| 5 |
|
| 6 |
xterm -bg black -fg cyan -geometry 80x58 -fn lucidasanstypewriter-12 |
| 7 |
|
| 8 |
I got error messages about not being able to find the font, |
| 9 |
notwithstanding that I have both |
| 10 |
media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi and |
| 11 |
media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi installed. This had 3 |
| 12 |
unpleasant side-effects... |
| 13 |
|
| 14 |
1) xterm went to a smallish default font that was rather hard to read |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
2) I figured no problem; I'll go {CTRL-RIGHTCLICK} and select a larger |
| 17 |
font. However, as soon as I did that, the xterm shut down! |
| 18 |
|
| 19 |
3) xfreecell wouldn't start due to a font-not-found error. Now it's |
| 20 |
getting really serious. |
| 21 |
|
| 22 |
After a bunch of futile screwing around including a reprise of my |
| 23 |
http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@l.g.o/msg123858.html |
| 24 |
I exited X and performed a "font transplant". I.e. I renamed |
| 25 |
/usr/share/fonts and copied over the /usr/share/fonts directory from the |
| 26 |
older machine. And it works beautifully. I've backed up the directory |
| 27 |
to a tarball on USB stick, just in case. And I will be monitoring any |
| 28 |
updates with an eagle eye. |
| 29 |
|
| 30 |
Anyone have any ideas? |
| 31 |
|
| 32 |
-- |
| 33 |
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
| 34 |
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
Archives