OK. My results. 1.- When I logout/login then ~/.gnome2/share/fonts/fonts.dir is regenerated and contains "0" as before. Behaviour is as before.
2.- xset fp rehash cures the xdvi problem. -- Unable to load any usable fontset https://launchpad.net/bugs/2066 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
