Neil Jolly (jollyn@cadvision.com)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 10:14:02 -0600
Dan Burcaw wrote:
> 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.
>
Actually it did affect my system at boot I getthe error: jollycomp
setsysfont: can't set font [failed]. When I try to startup a xterm the system
freezes. I'm assuming it uses the 75dpi fonts which appear to be still
archived as I mentioned before. The only thing I changed was the XFree86
update.
Neil
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