From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A678F1381F3 for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 02:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 10BC9E08B0; Thu, 16 May 2013 02:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7C3AE084E for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 02:21:35 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Al8LABK/CFFFpZA4/2dsb2JhbABEJr5oF3OCJgI3HF8TIQUUESQTiBEMn3+hIo0fgwphA5Nfgi2FfohwgV6DE4FT X-IPAS-Result: Al8LABK/CFFFpZA4/2dsb2JhbABEJr5oF3OCJgI3HF8TIQUUESQTiBEMn3+hIo0fgwphA5Nfgi2FfohwgV6DE4FT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="12557898" Received: from 69-165-144-56.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.144.56]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 15 May 2013 22:21:29 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 15 May 2013 19:09:36 -0400 From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 19:09:36 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Font problems on new install Message-ID: <20130515230935.GA9485@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: bd1ca640-f8ea-45b5-be87-5f6230ada780 X-Archives-Hash: 19d6fc85904c91570fa62b58ed04b096 A new install 64-bit Dell. I noted all the font files in my old machine's /var/lib/world file and installed them on the new machine. Notwithstanding that I had mysterious problems. One of the icons on my ICEWM toolbar launches the command... xterm -bg black -fg cyan -geometry 80x58 -fn lucidasanstypewriter-12 I got error messages about not being able to find the font, notwithstanding that I have both media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi and media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi installed. This had 3 unpleasant side-effects... 1) xterm went to a smallish default font that was rather hard to read 2) I figured no problem; I'll go {CTRL-RIGHTCLICK} and select a larger font. However, as soon as I did that, the xterm shut down! 3) xfreecell wouldn't start due to a font-not-found error. Now it's getting really serious. After a bunch of futile screwing around including a reprise of my http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org/msg123858.html I exited X and performed a "font transplant". I.e. I renamed /usr/share/fonts and copied over the /usr/share/fonts directory from the older machine. And it works beautifully. I've backed up the directory to a tarball on USB stick, just in case. And I will be monitoring any updates with an eagle eye. Anyone have any ideas? -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications