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Hello, |
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First of all, I'd like to thank everyone that has endured and |
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answered my emails over the past few days related to the |
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installation of an hp laptop. It is finally working fine. |
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Looking a /var/log/Xorg.0.log there are numerous problems with |
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fonts. Since I always seem to be moving over (word) documents |
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from windows, I need as many fonts installed as possible, related |
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to what one might expect from word documents. Additionally, I need |
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to maintain a robust set of gentoo/linux centric fonts. |
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<snip> |
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(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/util". |
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Entry deleted from font path. |
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(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/util"). |
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(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/encodings". |
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Entry deleted from font path. |
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(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/encodings"). |
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(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist. |
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Entry deleted from font path. |
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(WW) The directory "/usr/local/share/fonts" does not exist. |
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Entry deleted from font path. |
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(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/default". |
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Entry deleted from font path. |
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(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/default"). |
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(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" does not exist. |
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Entry deleted from font path. |
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(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/type1" does not exist. |
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Entry deleted from font path. |
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<end/snip> |
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<it goes on for quite a while.. |
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For now I have these fonts listed in my xorg.conf file on most gentoo |
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systems I maintain: |
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Section "Files" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/util" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/encodings" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/terminus" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts" |
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FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/arphicfonts" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/jisx0213" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/shinonome" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk-fonts" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kacst-fonts" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/sgi-fonts" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/unfonts" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-100dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-75dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-misc:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-100dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-75dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-misc" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-100dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-75dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-misc:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-100dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-75dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-misc" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-100dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-100dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-100dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-75dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-misc:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-100dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-75dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-misc" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-100dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-75dpi:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-misc:unscaled" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-100dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-75dpi" |
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-misc" |
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Now looking at /usr/portage/media-fonts I do not see a one to one |
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naming convention between what is listed in the |
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/usr/portage/media-fonts dir and the gentoo ebuild names (eix fonts). |
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Neither of those correspond either to what is listed in xorg.conf. |
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Is there a 'fonts-meta' package? <it's rhetorical question>.... |
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So how does one go about systematically installing and maintaining |
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a complete set of fonts on a gentoo system, particularly those |
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related to a variety of windows generated document fonts |
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wikis: |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_and_Fonts |
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http://wiki.gentoo-xeffects.org/Font_Rendering |
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Any other resources I should read? |
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James |
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