Help, the presence of file .fonts.cache-1 causes problems

[rajendra82]

I upgraded to kde 3.1 and I made the mistake of clicking on the fonts installer part of control center. It has two tabs, and the clicking on the second tab has popped up a dialogue window. I don't remeber the exact contents of it but it was something to the effect of asking me a question because, this was the first time I had done this. It messed around with my font settings and somehow screwed them up.

Now if I have a .fonts.cache-1 in my home directory mozilla does not launch and fluxbox with AA enabled shows no text at all (AA disabled works). If I delete the file then mozilla lauches alright and fluxbox works with AA. All kde application work fine with or without the file first being there. Once I lauch mozilla the first time the file gets generated and second attempt at starting mozilla will only cause a spinning hourglass cursor and a button on the application list for a few seconds followed by a faliure to launch mozilla until I delete the offending file. In kde 3.1 I have AA enabled and sub pixel hinting checked. I ran my system fine with the same settings in rc6. The contents of my .fonts.cache-1 say this:

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If you're not running it already, you could see if

[rajendra82]

That did the trick. The odd thing is the problem is fixed even after I issue: