Which version of Gnumeric are you using? I installed October GNOME
(which comes with GNUMERIC 0.38) and I do have file
/usr/share/fonts/fontmap; it was created, I believe, by a post-install
script.
Sasha
On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 02:58:17PM -0800, Derek Simkowiak wrote:
> When I try to run Gnumeric on Mandrake 6.1, I get:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [dereks@localhost 0409]$ gnumeric
> Cannot read file /home/dereks/.gnome/fonts/fontmap :
> gzopen failed: No such file or directory
> Cannot read file /usr/share/fonts/fontmap :
> gzopen failed: No such file or directory
>
> ** WARNING **: gnome_font_new_closest: font family Helvetica not found
>
> Gnumeric failed to find a suitable default font.
>
> Please verify your gnome-print installation and that your fontmap file
> (typically located in /usr/local/share/fonts/fontmap) is not empty or
> near empty.
>
> If you still have no luck, please file a proper bug report (see
> http://bugs.gnome.org) including the following extra items:
>
> 1. Values of LC_ALL and LANG environment variables.
> 2. Your fontmap file, see above.
>
> Thanks -- the Gnumeric Team
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> Derek
>
>
