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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Font problems with xorg-x11 7.0
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:31:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44B73A2D.8000502@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0607140450070.3714@pc7.dolda2000.com>

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Fredrik Tolf wrote:
> Hi List!
> 
> I recently upgraded xorg-x11 to 7.0, as it was unmasked in stable.
> However, I was given some font problems along with the upgrade. I
> haven't found anything on either Google or on bugs.gentoo.org, so I'm
> turning to the list now.
> 
> 
> My main problem is that xfs (the X font server, not the filesystem) hogs
> the CPU for about 2-3 seconds whenever I start a new xterm, blocking the
> new xterm during that time. I haven't found the exact extent of programs
> affected by the problem -- right now, I only know that xterm and twm are
> affected.
> 
> I've tried turning off xfs and moving the FontPaths into the X server
> itself, but that only made the problem worse (taking 6+ seconds instead).

Does a symlink /usr/share/fonts/fonts exist?

> There is also another, unrelated and rather minor, problem: The 8x16
> fixed font seems to have disappeared in 7.0. Does anyone know where it
> went?

Try font-schumacher-misc or font-sony-misc.

Thanks,
Donnie


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  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-14  6:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-14  3:01 [gentoo-user] Font problems with xorg-x11 7.0 Fredrik Tolf
2006-07-14  6:31 ` Donnie Berkholz [this message]
     [not found]   ` <1152907623.13074.1.camel@pc7.dolda2000.com>
2006-07-17  2:39     ` Fredrik Tolf

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