I've just reinstalled my system (I'm removing Windows from my hard drive) and I've only a couple of problems left.
I've installed the xfstt package, copied all the fonts from C:\Windows\fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype and run xfstt --sync successfully (it reports the new fonts). Still, though, xfontsel doesn't show any of the TrueType fonts and my customised xdm (which uses Arial) defaults to courier. What have I missed out? It did work previously. -- alisdair mcdiarmid [i won't tear again i won't breathe in the shards of what is left]
