Re: [gentoo-user] Wiki Howto: Xorg and Fonts, did I fatally screw up the directions?
Hi, On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:54:34 -0700 Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder about this, because I enable the xtt module in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but I get an error message that the xtt module cannot be found. Using slocate I confirmed that xtt is nowhere to be found. It's not compiled on gentoo, AFAIK. For that reason xorgconfig has a dummy entry for it - it _theoretically_ can be compiled from the xorg sources. xtt is a little bit outdated, AFAIK. I'd suggest using freetype instead - although it doesn't do artifical weights and slants of the fonts. If you really, really need xtt, you'd have to make an overlay ebuild and add that relevant line to the host.cf-generation. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Wiki Howto: Xorg and Fonts, did I fatally screw up the directions?
The first thing I am not certain of is my recompilation of Xorg using the suggested USE flags. I put the new USE flags in /etc/make.conf and then issued the command: emerge -N xorg-x11. Will that work, or do I have to do the emerge with emerge --newuse --enable bitmap-fonts truetype-fonts type1-fonts explicitely? Perhaps my understanding of USE flags is wrong for recompiling packages. I wonder about this, because I enable the xtt module in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but I get an error message that the xtt module cannot be found. Using slocate I confirmed that xtt is nowhere to be found. I would ask the same question for compiling freetype and the fonts suggested. In any case, Windowmaker runs as superuser, but fails as a simple user. It claims it can't find any fonts. I guess I haven't gotten to first base yet. Thanks, Rob. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
