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From: James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user]  HP9000 laptop complete (almost)
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 19:51:38 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20070801T212118-889@post.gmane.org> (raw)

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



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             reply	other threads:[~2007-08-01 19:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-01 19:51 James [this message]
2007-08-02 11:28 ` [gentoo-user] HP9000 laptop complete (almost) Alan McKinnon
2007-08-02 17:58   ` Mick
2007-08-03 12:01     ` [gentoo-user] " James
2007-08-02 18:56   ` James

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