RE: xset add to font path kills Xserver

RE: xset add to font path kills Xserver

[Richardson, Anthony]

Benn Schreiber [bls@starwhite.net] wrote:

> 1) Have you successfully added truetype fonts to your font 
> path? If so, how?

I have.  You need an XF86Config file in /etc/X11.  There is
a link to an example XF86Config file in the cygwin/xfree
FAQ or User Guide (I can't get to the site right now to
figure out which one it was).  You need to add your truetype
font dir to the FontPath.  You also need to run ttmkfdir and
mkfontdir.

Tony Richardson

Re: xset add to font path kills Xserver

[Benn Schreiber]

> Did you have to run ttmkfdir (or whatever it is called) at any point?

> Harold

Yes, I have run both ttmkfdir and mkfontdir in the directory. Interestingly,
if I do the xset after the window manager is up (as best I can correlate
it), it works fine. But, if I do it in startxwin, the font element does not
get added to the path, and then XWin dies.

I'm going to try the XF86Config route.

Thanks for the suggestions! If you have any others, or if there are any
tests I can do that might be useful, I'm game.

Benn

Re: xset add to font path kills Xserver

[Harold L Hunt II]

Did you have to run ttmkfdir (or whatever it is called) at any point?

Harold

Thomas Chadwick wrote:

> I have TrueType fonts working.  In fact, they've worked for over a year 
> since I first set them up, and I haven't had to do anything to keep them 
> working since first setting it up.  Unfortunately, it's been so long, I 
> can't remember exactly what I went through to get it setup.  All I can 
> tell you is that it was a 2 or 3 step process and everything I need to 
> know I found through Google.
> 
> The only thing I do to add the TrueType fonts to my font path is with 
> the following call (which has to be run AFTER XWin starts):
> 
> xset fp+ /cygdrive/c/winnt/fonts
> 
> I've got the following versions of the XFree packages installed...
> 
> XFree86-base            4.3.0-1
> XFree86-bin             4.3.0-2
> XFree86-etc             4.3.0-3
> XFree86-f100            4.2.0-3
> XFree86-fenc            4.2.0-3
> XFree86-fnts            4.2.0-3
> XFree86-fscl            4.2.0-3
> XFree86-lib             4.3.0-1
> XFree86-lib-compat      4.3.0-1
> XFree86-man             4.3.0-1
> XFree86-prog            4.3.0-4
> XFree86-ps              4.3.0-1
> XFree86-startup-scripts 4.2.0-5
> XFree86-xserv           4.3.0-9
> 
> 
> 
>> From: "Benn Schreiber" <bls@starwhite.net>
>> Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>> To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
>> Subject: xset add to font path kills Xserver
>> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:40:05 -0700
>>
>> I just upgraded my system to the latest XFree (4.3.0-4, I believe). In my
>> startxwin I had an xset fp+ to add the truetype fonts directory to the 
>> font
>> path (which I never got working...perhaps this is a hint, but...)
>>
>> With the latest bits the Xserver core dumps shortly after the xset fp+
>> happens.
>>
>> So, two questions, which hopefully someone can easily answer:
>>
>> 1) Have you successfully added truetype fonts to your font path? If so,
>> how?\
>>
>> 2) Failing at 1), has anyone else observed this problem with 4.3.0-4?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Benn
>>
>>
> 
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Re: xset add to font path kills Xserver

[Thomas Chadwick]

I have TrueType fonts working.  In fact, they've worked for over a year 
since I first set them up, and I haven't had to do anything to keep them 
working since first setting it up.  Unfortunately, it's been so long, I 
can't remember exactly what I went through to get it setup.  All I can tell 
you is that it was a 2 or 3 step process and everything I need to know I 
found through Google.

The only thing I do to add the TrueType fonts to my font path is with the 
following call (which has to be run AFTER XWin starts):

xset fp+ /cygdrive/c/winnt/fonts

I've got the following versions of the XFree packages installed...

XFree86-base            4.3.0-1
XFree86-bin             4.3.0-2
XFree86-etc             4.3.0-3
XFree86-f100            4.2.0-3
XFree86-fenc            4.2.0-3
XFree86-fnts            4.2.0-3
XFree86-fscl            4.2.0-3
XFree86-lib             4.3.0-1
XFree86-lib-compat      4.3.0-1
XFree86-man             4.3.0-1
XFree86-prog            4.3.0-4
XFree86-ps              4.3.0-1
XFree86-startup-scripts 4.2.0-5
XFree86-xserv           4.3.0-9



>From: "Benn Schreiber" <bls@starwhite.net>
>Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
>Subject: xset add to font path kills Xserver
>Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:40:05 -0700
>
>I just upgraded my system to the latest XFree (4.3.0-4, I believe). In my
>startxwin I had an xset fp+ to add the truetype fonts directory to the font
>path (which I never got working...perhaps this is a hint, but...)
>
>With the latest bits the Xserver core dumps shortly after the xset fp+
>happens.
>
>So, two questions, which hopefully someone can easily answer:
>
>1) Have you successfully added truetype fonts to your font path? If so,
>how?\
>
>2) Failing at 1), has anyone else observed this problem with 4.3.0-4?
>
>Thanks
>
>Benn
>
>

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xset add to font path kills Xserver

[Benn Schreiber]

I just upgraded my system to the latest XFree (4.3.0-4, I believe). In my
startxwin I had an xset fp+ to add the truetype fonts directory to the font
path (which I never got working...perhaps this is a hint, but...)

With the latest bits the Xserver core dumps shortly after the xset fp+
happens.

So, two questions, which hopefully someone can easily answer:

1) Have you successfully added truetype fonts to your font path? If so,
how?\

2) Failing at 1), has anyone else observed this problem with 4.3.0-4?

Thanks

Benn