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Fredrik Tolf wrote: |
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> Hi List! |
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> I recently upgraded xorg-x11 to 7.0, as it was unmasked in stable. |
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> However, I was given some font problems along with the upgrade. I |
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> haven't found anything on either Google or on bugs.gentoo.org, so I'm |
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> turning to the list now. |
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> My main problem is that xfs (the X font server, not the filesystem) hogs |
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> the CPU for about 2-3 seconds whenever I start a new xterm, blocking the |
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> new xterm during that time. I haven't found the exact extent of programs |
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> affected by the problem -- right now, I only know that xterm and twm are |
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> affected. |
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> I've tried turning off xfs and moving the FontPaths into the X server |
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> itself, but that only made the problem worse (taking 6+ seconds instead). |
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Does a symlink /usr/share/fonts/fonts exist? |
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> There is also another, unrelated and rather minor, problem: The 8x16 |
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> fixed font seems to have disappeared in 7.0. Does anyone know where it |
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> went? |
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Try font-schumacher-misc or font-sony-misc. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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