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From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Font problems on new install
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 19:23:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130516232327.GA31087@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51953311.5010906@gmail.com>

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:27:13PM -0700, walt wrote
> On 05/15/2013 04:09 PM, waltdnes@waltdnes.org wrote:
> >  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,
> 
> Did you install the font-alias package?

  Yes.  That was one of the packages I installed.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications


  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-16 23:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-15 23:09 [gentoo-user] Font problems on new install waltdnes
2013-05-16 19:27 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2013-05-16 23:23   ` waltdnes [this message]
2013-05-17 18:48     ` walt

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