Hi, you can see debug messages from gnome-font-viewer by running it in the shell with:
$ G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all gnome-font-viewer AmaticSC-Regular.ttf (gnome-font-viewer:20743): Gtk-DEBUG: Connecting to session manager ** (gnome-font-viewer:20743): DEBUG: Install failed: Error opening file '/home/thomas/.local/share/fonts/AmaticSC-Regular.ttf': File exists so the font directory seems to be now under ~/.local/share/fonts/ on a recent gnome system. I post this here for reference. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-font-viewer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1104237 Title: font install fails silently Status in gnome-font-viewer package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: basic ubuntu 12.10 install. I downloaded the free inconsolata font in .otf format. http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html. then I double-click on it. the font display opens up nicely. clicking install however tells me "Install Failed". no further information. is it because a directory is protected? or does not exist? or ... there should be some sort of log that allows me to look up what happened. I then tried the same process with su privileges. now I get a message on the console ** (gnome-font-viewer:3504): WARNING **: Install failed: can't find any configured user font directory. wouldn't it be nice if it told me where it looks up the configured user font directory? are we looking now at /root/.font , or ... regards, /iaw To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-font-viewer/+bug/1104237/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
