On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 22:03, Gerry Tool wrote:
> Yes, that was the problem. I don't use the rpm command line often
> enough to remember to stop the name of the package before the version
> number. As I replied to you in another branch, all is now working fine
> - thanks for responding.
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From: "Mike Chambers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: Gnome startup and TT fonts
> Are you doing it as rpm -e package-name or package-name+version-number?
> Leave off the v
> You might try rpm --rebuilddb, and then try uninstalling the package
> again.
>
That did it. I am now able to remove the package. Thanks for the
lessons and also for making the MS fonts available in rpms.
>
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From: "Gerry Tool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: Gnome startup and TT fonts
> Thanks, that did it. However, while messing around, I found that when
> I tried to install
>
> You should be able to add the following line to /etc/fonts/fonts.conf (in
> the Font directory list portion near the top of the file)
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype
>
> Completely untested, but that's my understanding after a quick reading of
> the documentation. I would assume you
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On Tuesday 01 October 2002 11:49 pm, Gerry Tool wrote:
> > Hrmm, can you install/remove other rpms? Try removing it with
> > rpm -e -vvv xf86-corefonts
> >
> > That should print quite a bit of info about the process. Perhaps
> > there is a problem wit
> > Also, executing rpm -e xf86-corefonts without the version number starts
> > to execute but hangs and never completes.
> >
> > I have to kill -9 to get the process to stop.
>
> Hrmm, can you install/remove other rpms? Try removing it with
> rpm -e -vvv xf86-corefonts
>
> That should print qui
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On Tuesday 01 October 2002 10:01 pm, Jim Hayward wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 18:16, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> > Not sure what you mean by 'compatible with'. AFAIK, X font
> > installation is unchanged for quite some time.
>
> If this rpm has not been cha
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On Tuesday 01 October 2002 10:29 pm, Gerry Tool wrote:
> I discovered that I do still have a couple of problems. I found the
> fonts in OpenOffice Writer, but don't find them in Kword or as choices
> in gedit or mozilla.
Yes, I am working on a solut
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:22:30PM -0700, Jim Hayward wrote:
>
> Have you looked at /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. I know nothing of XML and it
XML? Hmmmno I don't have 8.0 installed yet :(
> doesn't look much better then XftConfig. :-/ Something else to
> learn. ;-) My list of things to learn gets
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:09, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> The xfs Fontpath (at least in 6.x and 7.x) was set in /etc/X11/fs/config.
> XftConfig was more of a secondary configuration file for things like
> anti-aliasing, ie:
>
Thats what I thought, but I thought the entry in XftConfig was also
required.
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:01:32PM -0700, Jim Hayward wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 18:16, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> > Not sure what you mean by 'compatible with'. AFAIK, X font
> > installation is unchanged for quite some time.
>
> If this rpm has not been changed since the 7.x release it will not
>
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 21:03, Gerry Tool wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:53, Michael Fratoni wrote:
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> > On Tuesday 01 October 2002 09:17 pm, Gerry Tool wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:00, Neil Hodge wrote:
> > > > Check out
> > > >
>
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:53, Michael Fratoni wrote:
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> On Tuesday 01 October 2002 09:17 pm, Gerry Tool wrote:
> > On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:00, Neil Hodge wrote:
> > > Check out
> > >
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/core*.sh
> >
> > Thanks, that did it. Howe
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 18:16, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> Not sure what you mean by 'compatible with'. AFAIK, X font
> installation is unchanged for quite some time.
If this rpm has not been changed since the 7.x release it will not work
on 8.0. XftConfig, where Michael's old font installer addded the
fo
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:42, Michael Fratoni wrote:
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> On Tuesday 01 October 2002 09:16 pm, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:56:36PM -0500, Gerry Tool wrote:
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> > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/font-tool/
> > > >
> > > > Th
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On Tuesday 01 October 2002 09:17 pm, Gerry Tool wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:00, Neil Hodge wrote:
> > Check out
> >
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/core*.sh
>
> Thanks, that did it. However, while messing around, I found that when
> I tried to install the do
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On Tuesday 01 October 2002 09:16 pm, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:56:36PM -0500, Gerry Tool wrote:
> > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/font-tool/
> > >
> > > Those are the MS core web fonts, in nice rpm, ready to roll by
> > > Mic
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 20:00, Neil Hodge wrote:
> Check out
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/core*.sh
>
Thanks, that did it. However, while messing around, I found that when
I tried to install the downloaded rpms a second time, it told me they
were already installed. Then when using rpm -e to uninstall them,
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:56:36PM -0500, Gerry Tool wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 17:32, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 02:38:41PM -0400, Joe Klemmer wrote:
> > >
> > > Where would one get some TT fonts?
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/font-tool/
> >
> > Those are the
Check out
/usr/X11R6/bin/core*.sh
Neil
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 17:56, Gerry Tool wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 17:32, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 02:38:41PM -0400, Joe Klemmer wrote:
> > >
> > > Where would one get some TT fonts?
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/font
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 17:32, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 02:38:41PM -0400, Joe Klemmer wrote:
> >
> > Where would one get some TT fonts?
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/font-tool/
>
> Those are the MS core web fonts, in nice rpm, ready to roll by Michael
> Fratoni.
I d
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 02:38:41PM -0400, Joe Klemmer wrote:
>
> Where would one get some TT fonts?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/font-tool/
Those are the MS core web fonts, in nice rpm, ready to roll by Michael
Fratoni.
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Hal Burgiss
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 08:42, Charles Griffin wrote:
> This is true. The directory actually should be called
> ~/.fonts.
>
> Havoc posted this on the limbo list about a month ago
> and it's worked great for me. Now, I only wish there
> was a way for OpenOffice.org to pick up those fonts
> automa
Charles:
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 05:42, Charles Griffin wrote:
>
> --- Neil Hodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > All:
> >
> > Several questions:
> >
> > * Is there a default location that I can stick
> > applications/links so
> > that they fire up on startup in Gnome?
>
> I'm not at my Linux box
--- Neil Hodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All:
>
> Several questions:
>
> * Is there a default location that I can stick
> applications/links so
> that they fire up on startup in Gnome?
I'm not at my Linux box, but I think you can do this
by going to Sessions -> Startup Programs.
>
> * I rea
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