On Thursday 13 March 2003 03:25, you wrote: > * dave selby ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030312 21:32]: > > Im using gimp, decided I wanted true type support so did the following > > .... > > > > installed xfstt > > copy ttf fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ directory > > /etc/init.d/xfstt force-reload > > It counts the correct number of fonts, all ok so far > > modified the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file, adding FontPath "unix/:7101" > > re-booted X server, no new fonts > > re-booted system > > xlsfonts | grep ttf > > lists all the fonts > > Fonts appear in gimp menus, all work AOK > > > > Its the re-booting the system bit .... > > Every time i add *.ttf fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/, I xfstt > > force-reload, it counts the correct number including the new ones, > > HOWEVER xlsfonts | grep ttf, and gimp only see the old ones till I do a > > complete re-boot. > > > > I dont think I should need to completely re-boot the system, after all > > this is not windows !!, so I guess I am doing something wrong. > > > > My pet theory is I need to get the X server to re-interigate my font > > servers, and it only does this on bootup to see what fonts are avalible ? > > I don't know if X-Windows can update it's available fonts "on-the-fly" > after you re-run xfstt, but apparently, it can't or doesn't. So, restart > *just* X. I assume your setup boots directly to X-Windows and not a > console prompt. Do this: "Log out" of "windows". Then press CRTL-ALT-F1 > and then login, either as root or as a normal user. If normal user, > you'll have to 'su' to root. Determine what X display manager you're > using (if you use Gnome, it *might* be gdm; if KDE, it *might* be kdm; > or it could be plain old xdm). Type this: > > /etc/init.d/[k,g,x]dm restart > > (use k, g, or x, whichever is appropriate for your system). > > Regards > Hall
I gave this a go, I run KDM, unfortunately no go, in fact it lost all the ttf fonts I had installed, weird, had to re-boot anyway !! all back now. Worth a try ... someone has suggested xset fp rehash am trying that ... Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
