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Moriah Advocate
Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 2365 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:12 pm Post subject: HELP - fontconfig problems |
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I just installed:
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Linux gentoo 5.4.80-gentoo-r1-x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 24 02:27:58 -00 2020 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9850H CPU @ 2.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
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on a virtualBox running under windows-10.
I am having trouble with fonts not being found. Since this is something one usually only does once at system installation/setup time, I forget how to fix it.
Here are the symptoms:
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gentoo ~ # ctwm
ctwm: unable to open fonts "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*" or "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-*"
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I seem to remember that getting the fonts to work properly is always a nightmare. Cam somebody help me with this? _________________ The MyWord KJV Bible tool is at http://www.elilabs.com/~myword
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Logicien Veteran
Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 1555 Location: Montréal
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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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You can use Xfontsel to choose your font and pass the result to ctwm if there is an option to personnalise the fonts at command line or in a file configuration. Maybe you just need to install the missing fonts for ctwm work properly.
Will display your choose font on the terminal after close it. _________________ Paul |
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Moriah Advocate
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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I would like to install the missing fonts, but how does one do that, given a goofy font specifier instead of a package name? _________________ The MyWord KJV Bible tool is at http://www.elilabs.com/~myword
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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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You must look for adobe helvetica and misc fonts in the Portage tree. Xorg have his own fonts and misc fonts are part of them. _________________ Paul |
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Moriah Advocate
Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 2365 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 12:02 am Post subject: |
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So concerning the adobe:
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gentoo ~ # emerge -s adobe
[ Results for search key : adobe ]
Searching...
* dev-php/adodb
Latest version available: 5.20.14
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 455 KiB
Homepage: https://github.com/ADOdb
Description: Database abstraction layer for PHP
License: BSD LGPL-2.1+
* media-fonts/font-adobe-100dpi
Latest version available: 1.0.3-r2
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 1088 KiB
Homepage: https://www.x.org/wiki/ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/font/font-adobe-100dpi
Description: X.Org Adobe bitmap fonts
License: MIT
* media-fonts/font-adobe-75dpi
Latest version available: 1.0.3-r2
Latest version installed: 1.0.3-r2
Size of files: 869 KiB
Homepage: https://www.x.org/wiki/ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/font/font-adobe-75dpi
Description: X.Org Adobe bitmap fonts
License: MIT
* media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-100dpi
Latest version available: 1.0.4-r2
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 346 KiB
Homepage: https://www.x.org/wiki/ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/font/font-adobe-utopia-100dpi
Description: X.Org Adobe Utopia bitmap fonts
License: MIT
* media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-75dpi
Latest version available: 1.0.4-r2
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 268 KiB
Homepage: https://www.x.org/wiki/ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/font/font-adobe-utopia-75dpi
Description: X.Org Adobe Utopia bitmap fonts
License: MIT
* media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-type1
Latest version available: 1.0.4-r2
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 263 KiB
Homepage: https://www.x.org/wiki/ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/font/font-adobe-utopia-type1
Description: X.Org Adobe Utopia Type 1 fonts
License: MIT
* www-plugins/adobe-flash [ Masked ]
Latest version available: 32.0.0.453
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of files: 18389 KiB
Homepage: https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player.html
Description: Adobe Flash Player
License: AdobeFlash-11.x
[ Applications found : 7 ]
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So how do I find the "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal..." fonts? It is a convoluted mess. The program tells me the font it wants, but emerge -s only tells me the package name. How do I go from font name to package name?
BTW I use ctwm on other machines for many years without this problem. It "just works". _________________ The MyWord KJV Bible tool is at http://www.elilabs.com/~myword
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Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe adobe helvetica fonts are part of a package of Microsoft fonts, emerge those Microsoft fonts if possible. For more liberty you should be able to impose the fonts that ctwm use according to the installed fonts, look this way too. _________________ Paul |
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Moriah Advocate
Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Posts: 2365 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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I'm getting somewhat desperate to get this solved. My fonts in the VM are all messed up after to much "try this and see if it will work" style exploratory hacking. I have other "real" machines that work great. Isn't there some way to just copy all the font stuff from one of them to the VM and get things working the same way?
Thanks in advance, and I realize that the holiday season is not the time people like to spend answering help requests. I also realize some of you (the more senior ones) are likely battling the SolarWinds" problem, which is obviously more important.
_________________ The MyWord KJV Bible tool is at http://www.elilabs.com/~myword
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Moriah Advocate
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:50 am Post subject: |
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That last link you provided points out that the tightvnv server ignores the X11 font configuration and has font paths hard coded into the shell script that is used to start the vncserver.
In my case, I am running a virtual machine -- Oracle's VirtualBox -- on a windoze-10 host, with gentoo as a guest. I recall that vmware's way of implementing the screen for a virtual machine also uses vnc, although it is not explicitly made visible to the average user.
Maybe virtualbox does something similar? _________________ The MyWord KJV Bible tool is at http://www.elilabs.com/~myword
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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The frustration is extreme!
I run twm, and it works fine. But I like ctwm. It works fine on all my other systems, but this brand new gentoo system will not run it. The problem is it can't find a needed font. It finds it on several other machines just fine.
Here's what happens:
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rj@gentoo ~ $ ctwm
ctwm: line 113: deprecated SqueezeTitle faction 0/0, assuming 2/2
ctwm: line 116: deprecated SqueezeTitle faction 0/0, assuming 1/2
Failed to get fontset -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*,*
ctwm: unable to open fonts "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*" or "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-*"
rj@gentoo ~ $
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The whole X font system is an incredibly byzantine convoluted over complicated mess!
How do I fix this?
HELP! MAYDAY! SOS! _________________ The MyWord KJV Bible tool is at http://www.elilabs.com/~myword
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