I installed these fonts by hand (because ttcidfont IMO is a piece of crap) with woody's default X server (4.1.0.1?) and it worked. I think you may need to change the case of your font filenames to lower.
--- Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is what I have: > > Titanium IV > > ii x-window-syste 4.2.1-6 X Window System > core components > ii x-window-syste 4.2.1-6 X Window System > ii drm-trunk-modu 2003.05.04-1 Source for the DRI > CVS trunk DRM modules > ii xserver-xfree8 2002.12.05-4 The DRI CVS trunk > XFree86 X server > ii xlibmesa3-dri- 2002.12.05-4 DRI CVS trunk > version of Mesa 3D graphics li > ii msttcorefonts 1.1.2 Installer for > Microsoft TrueType core fonts > ii cabextract 0.5-1 a program to > extract Microsoft Cabinet files > ii x-ttcidfont-co 13 Configure TrueType > and CID fonts for X. > > > After installing msttcorefonts, cabextract and > x-ttcidfont-conf yesterday, > the X server is crashing after running xfontsel. > > And it seems it doesn't matter whether I choose > "xtt" or "freetype" when > configuring x-ttcidfont-conf: the X server is either > crashing in both > cases. Or, if the server does not crash, xfontsel > crashes, rendering it > unusable. > > Lines similar to the following ones in > /var/log/XFree86.0.log seem to be > typical when trying to run xfontsel and choosing > microsoft fonts: > > FreeType: couldn't open face > /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/ai > =0.4:Trebuchet_MS_Bold.ttf: 1 > FreeType: couldn't open face > /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/ai > =0.4:Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf: 1 > FreeType: couldn't open face > /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/ai > =0.4:Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf: 1 > FreeType: couldn't open face > /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/ai > =0.4:Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf: 1 > > > My last /var/log/XFree86.0.log: > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not > supported in any > way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org > and patches submitted > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in > pre-release versions, > please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS > repository > (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) > > XFree86 Version 4.2.99.2 (DRI trunk) / X Window > System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release > 6600) > Release Date: 21 October 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your > card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version > before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20-ben1-xfs-ck ppc > [ELF] > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) > default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) > informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not > implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed > Aug 20 15:38:57 2003 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" > (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" > (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) > (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" > (**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card" > (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" > (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86-lukas" > (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86-lukas" > (**) Option "XkbModel" "ibook2" > (**) XKB: model: "ibook2" > (**) Option "XkbLayout" "de" > (**) XKB: layout: "de" > (**) Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > (**) XKB: variant: "nodeadkeys" > (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled > (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" > (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not > exist. > Entry deleted from font path. > (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > does not exist. > Entry deleted from font path. > (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in > "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID". > Entry deleted from font path. > (Run 'mkfontdir' on > "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"). > (**) FontPath set to > "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" > (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > (==) ModulePath set to > "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules-dri-trunk" > (--) using VT number 7 > > (II) Open APM successful > (II) Module ABI versions: > XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 > XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6 > XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3 > XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 > XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3 > (II) Loader running on linux > (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" > (II) Loading > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules-dri-trunk/fonts/libbitmap.a > (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.2.99.2, module version = 1.0.0 > Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer > ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3 > (II) Loading font Bitmap > (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" > (II) Loading > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules-dri-trunk/libpcidata.a > (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.2.99.2, module version = 1.0.0 > ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 > (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) > (II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 106b,002d card 0000,0000 rev > 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 > (II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1002,4c66 card 1002,4c66 rev > 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 > (II) PCI: 10:0b:0: chip 106b,002e card 0000,0000 rev > 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 > (II) PCI: 10:17:0: chip 106b,0022 card 0000,0000 rev > 03 class ff,00,00 hdr 00 > (II) PCI: 10:18:0: chip 106b,0019 card 0000,0000 rev > 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00 > (II) PCI: 10:19:0: chip 106b,0019 card 0000,0000 rev > 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00 > (II) PCI: 10:1a:0: chip 104c,ac50 card 1000,0000 rev > 02 class 06,07,00 hdr 02 > (II) PCI: 24:0b:0: chip 106b,002f card 0000,0000 rev > 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 > (II) PCI: 24:0f:0: chip 106b,0021 card 0000,0000 rev > 01 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 > (II) PCI: End of PCI scan > (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: > (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:11:0), (0,0,36), BCTRL: > 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) > (II) Bus 0 I/O range: > [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] > (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: > [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] > (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: > [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] > (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: > (II) Bus 16: bridge is at (16:11:0), (16,16,36), > BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) > (II) Bus 16 I/O range: > [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] > (II) Bus 16 non-prefetchable memory range: > [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] > (II) Bus 16 prefetchable memory range: > [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] > (II) PCI-to-CardBus bridge: > (II) Bus 17: bridge is at (16:26:0), (16,17,20), > BCTRL: 0x0440 (VGA_EN is cleared) > (II) Bus 17 I/O range: > [0] -1 0 0x00001000 - 0x00008fff (0x8000) IX[B] > (II) Bus 17 non-prefetchable memory range: > [0] -1 0 0x90000000 - 0x9fffffff (0x10000000) MX[B] > (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: > (II) Bus 36: bridge is at (36:11:0), (36,36,36), > BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) > (II) Bus 36 I/O range: > [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] > (II) Bus 36 non-prefetchable memory range: > [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] > (II) Bus 36 prefetchable memory range: > [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] > (--) PCI:*(0:16:0) ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 > Lf === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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