public inbox for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
Search results ordered by [date|relevance]  view[summary|nested|Atom feed]
thread overview below | download: 
* [gentoo-user]  HP9000 laptop complete (almost)
@ 2007-08-01 19:51 99% James
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 1+ results
From: James @ 2007-08-01 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Hello,

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone that has endured and 
answered my emails over the past few days related to the
installation of an hp laptop. It is finally working fine.

Looking a /var/log/Xorg.0.log there are numerous problems with 
fonts. Since I always seem to be moving over (word) documents
from windows, I need as many fonts installed as possible, related
to what one might expect from word documents. Additionally, I need
to maintain a robust set of gentoo/linux centric fonts.

<snip>
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/util".
        Entry deleted from font path.
        (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/util").
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/encodings".
        Entry deleted from font path.
        (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/encodings").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
        Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/local/share/fonts" does not exist.
        Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/default".
        Entry deleted from font path.
        (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/default").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" does not exist.
        Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/type1" does not exist.
        Entry deleted from font path.
<end/snip>
<it goes on for quite a while..

For now I have these fonts listed in my xorg.conf file on most gentoo
systems I maintain:

Section "Files"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/util"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/encodings"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/local"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/terminus"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
        FontPath        "/usr/local/share/fonts"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/default"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/type1"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/arphicfonts"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/jisx0213"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/shinonome"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk-fonts"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/kacst-fonts"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/sgi-fonts"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/unfonts"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-misc:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-75dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-misc:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-75dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-misc:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-75dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-misc:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-75dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-misc"

Now looking at /usr/portage/media-fonts I do not see a one to one
naming convention between what is listed in the 
/usr/portage/media-fonts dir and the gentoo ebuild  names (eix fonts).
Neither of those correspond either to what is listed in xorg.conf.

Is there a 'fonts-meta' package? <it's rhetorical question>....

So how does one go about systematically installing and maintaining
a complete set of fonts on  a gentoo system, particularly those
related to a variety of windows generated document fonts

wikis:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_and_Fonts
http://wiki.gentoo-xeffects.org/Font_Rendering

Any other resources I should read?

James



-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list



^ permalink raw reply	[relevance 99%]

Results 1-1 of 1 | reverse | options above
-- pct% links below jump to the message on this page, permalinks otherwise --
2007-08-01 19:51 99% [gentoo-user] HP9000 laptop complete (almost) James

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox