On Saturday 30 June 2001 16:28, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:09:42PM -0500, Christopher M. Jones wrote: > > The problem seems to be just the size of the fonts. It seems that X is > > using a really big, unscaled bitmap. I've tried changing around the font > > paths in XF86Config... no help. I tried setting up xfs, but X doesn't > > want to use it (tells me it can't find a transport). I've tried > > specifying a good font using the -fn switch pased to the server, but the > > server hangs. > > > > This is an out-of-the-box install, so the answer must be a very simple > > one, like setting a resource or something. But since I don't know how to > > find the problem, I can't find the solution. > > > > Sorry for the lack of information here, but again: I don't know what > > questions to ask to get started. > > Me neither, but lets start with: did you install any font packages? > > Also, knowing what version of xfree86 packages you are using would be > useful, and maybe the output of "grep -i font /etc/X11/XF86*". > > Cheers, > > > Joost
I believe I have all the important fonts installed. xfree86 is version 3.3.6-11potato Here is the grep: /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "tcp/localhost:7100" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" /etc/X11/XF86Config: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" /etc/X11/XF86Config.bak: FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" /etc/X11/XF86Config~: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" ÐJ
