Re: XFree86 upgrade problems


Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 00:11:00 -0600 (MDT)


On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Neil Jolly wrote:

> I'm trying to upgrade all my XFree86 stuff to the newest versions
> (XFree86-3.3.3.1-49a), and get the same arror everytime I install a
> font. The error is as follows:
> XFree86-75dpi-fonts
> ##################################################
> chkfontpath: bad argument -q: unknown option
> execution of script failed
> I checked the font directory and found all the fonts installed in the
> 75dpi directory to be similar to the following: UTI___10.pcf.gz. I
> thought that since the expand script failed to execute that I could just
> expand the files and all would be well, but all atempts failed to expand
> the files. I checked the /etc/X11/fs/config to make sure the font path
> was correct the fontpath portion reads:
> catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
> Which seems to be correct, but I'm not sure about the :unscaped,
> appended to some of the paths. I tried removing the :unscaled, but that
> had no affect when reinstalling the rpm again either. If anybody has any
> ideas I'd appreciate the help.

That's a known "problems". It won't effect your system and can be safely
ignored.

>
> Neil jolly
>
>
>

Dan

Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
 email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
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