[gentoo-user] Font problems on new install

[gentoo-user] Font problems on new install

[waltdnes]

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

[gentoo-user] Re: Font problems on new install

[walt]

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?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Font problems on new install

[waltdnes]

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

[gentoo-user] Re: Font problems on new install

[walt]

On 05/16/2013 04:23 PM, waltdnes@waltdnes.org wrote:
> 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.

fc-list tells me that all of the Lucida fonts are capitalized, e.g.
LucidaTypewriter.  Fonts totally confuse me :(