AcceleratedX and Metro-X have font problems(Internal)
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Applies to
SuSE Linux: Version 5.0
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SuSE-INTERN:
Applicable to
S.u.S.E. version: as of 5.0
XFree86 version: as of 3.3
Symptom:
You are using the commercial X server Metro-X from
Metrolink or AcceleratedX from
Xi-Graphics with a S.u.S.E. Linux 5.0
system. The X server warns while starting that it cannot find
certain fonts.
Cause:
In a standard system (XFree86), all fonts are stored in a compressed
format, in order to save hard disk space and to speed the loading
time. The program gzip
is used to compress the font files
(files with extension .gz
).
In the past the font files were compressed using the compress
program (files with extension .Z
). According to the X11
standard, the font files should be readable in both compression formats.
However, Metro-X and AcceleratedX seem only able to read font files that
were compressed using compress
. Since the font files are all
gzipped, they cannot find any .Z-files.
Solution:
You can do the following:
- Please examine all font directories. You will normally find the font
files in subdirectories of
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
. Proceed
as follows for each of these subdirectories.
- delete the file fonts.dir:
rm -f fonts.dir
- unzip all the font files (
*.gz
):
gzip -d *.gz
- compress all the font files with
compress
:
compress *.pcf
- generate a new font listing for this subdirectory:
mkfontdir .
Keywords:
SDB-maddin_xaccel, Copyright SuSE Linux AG, Nürnberg, Germany
Author: Martin.Scherbaum@suse.de
- Version: 17. Jul 1997
SuSE Linux AG - Last generated: 05. Apr 2002 by Martin.Scherbaum (sdb_gen 1.40.0)