Hi Julien, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:59:01 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Trying to address <http://bugs.debian.org/563250> (xvile appearance >> wrong due to missing font), I installed xfonts-100dpi. Alas: >> >> $ xmessage -fn lucidasans-10 It was the best of times >> Warning: Cannot convert string "lucidasans-10" to type FontStruct >> $ xlsfonts | grep lucida >> $ >> >> Restarting X makes the font show up. [...] > Not really. Run xset fp rehash after installing fonts, there's no way > for update-fonts-dir to know which (possibly remote) X server may want > to use the new fonts. Perhaps this could be documented somewhere, or it could be automatically done by the calling maintainer script for the local X server? The problem is still present: after installing X fonts on a pretty ordinary setup, they are not available for use. Most new users are not going to know about "xset fp rehash". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120521210644.GF28331@burratino
