gnome 2.2.1 font problems...

Mezz bsdforums.org reigncracks at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 11 14:26:23 PDT 2003


>Hi Mezz.
>
>Yes, but to no avail.

Ok, darn.. I don't know what else.. But, if it happened to me and I would 
'try' to rebuild Xft2/Fontconfig.. Current, I am away from my computer 
(-CURRENT) and I haven't check there, yet. I upgrade everything last night, 
so hope I won't have the same problem as your. ;-)

Cheers,
Mezz

>Thanks for your response!
>
>On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 15:07, Mezz bsdforums.org wrote:
> > >Hi.
> > >
> > >The recent ports upgrade to XFree 4.3.0 has created a gnome font 
>problem
> > >for me on two machines (laptop & desktop). I am running FreeBSD 5.0
> > >current (updated two days ago) and current ports (updated yesterday 
>with
> > >portupgrade -ra).
> > >
> > >The problem is that gnome terminal now displays no output whatsoever
> > >using the default fonts (and an irregularly shaped window), and the
> > >applications->desktop preferences->font has no fonts appearing in the
> > >font rendering windows. Things were working perfectly prior to the port
> > >upgrade. Other fonts can be used in the terminal, but not the monspace
> > >font which is the default.
> > >
> > >Also, in gnumeric-gnome the column headers appear as boxes (no font).
> > >
> > >Here is a link to a screenshot if this helps, along with some system
> > >information (uname -a, pkg_version, XF86Config)
> > >
> > >http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/jracine/Screenshot.png
> > >
> > >Any/all hints are gratefully received, and thanks in advance for your
> > >time!
> >
> > How about try to run 'fc-cache -f -v' to see if it will help?
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mezz
> >
> > >--
> > >Professor J. S. Racine         Phone:  (315) 443-1630
> > >Department of Economics        FAX:    (315) 443-1081
> > >Syracuse University            e-mail: jracine at maxwell.syr.edu
> > >Syracuse, NY, USA 13244-1020
> > >http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/econ/faculty/jeffrey_racine.htm
> > >
> > >`The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to
> > >chance.'
> >
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>Department of Economics        FAX:    (315) 443-1081
>Syracuse University            e-mail: jracine at maxwell.syr.edu
>Syracuse, NY, USA 13244-1020
>http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/econ/faculty/jeffrey_racine.htm
>
>`The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to
>chance.'
>
>


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