I don't know if this is any help at all but .... Starting from a clean install.
# fc-cache # fc-cache -v /usr/share/fonts: skipping, 0 fonts, 3 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11: skipping, 0 fonts, 6 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi: skipping, 358 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi: skipping, 358 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: skipping, 8 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: skipping, 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: skipping, 55 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/X11/util: skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype: skipping, 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu: skipping, 21 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1: skipping, 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: skipping, 35 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts: skipping, 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings: skipping, 0 fonts, 1 dirs /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large: skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/local/share/fonts: skipping, 0 fonts, 0 dirs /root/.fonts: skipping, no such directory /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d: skipping, 0 fonts, 5 dirs /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/C: skipping, 4 fonts, 0 dirs /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/D: skipping, 22 fonts, 0 dirs /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/N: skipping, 16 fonts, 0 dirs /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/S: skipping, 1 fonts, 0 dirs /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/U: skipping, 13 fonts, 0 dirs /var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory /root/.fontconfig: not cleaning unwritable cache directory fc-cache: succeeded # fc-cache # fc-cache -f /usr/share/fonts: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/X11: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/X11/encodings/large: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/X11/util: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/truetype: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/type1: failed to write cache /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts: failed to write cache /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts: failed to write cache /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings: failed to write cache /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large: failed to write cache /usr/local/share/fonts: failed to write cache /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d: failed to write cache /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/C: failed to write cache /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/D: failed to write cache /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/N: failed to write cache /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/S: failed to write cache /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/U: failed to write cache The only difference in /var and /etc that I could find was that before "fc-cache -f" the /var/cache/fontconfig had 23 .cache-2 files. Afterwards the directory was empty. Copying the files back into the directory makes fc-cache happy again. Joel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
