Hey guys

I have seriouse problem with my linux box. I was configuring mozilla for different plugins. Hence I needed to install different applications to support these pluggins.

Stuff I installed (using tar):

gtk+-2.2.2
glib-2.2.2
pango-1.2.2
jpeg-6b
tiff-v3.5.7
atk-1.2.4

So Everything worked fine i installed all these packages got mozilla to work with plugins then i rebooted my machine and BANG!! .... Upon the logon screen I see no fonts whatsoever i type my user name and password cant see the fonts. So i blindly login and now i cant see fonts that were in my menu icons and desktop icons dont have any fonts under them either.

Only fonts i CAN see is inside a terminal i can see what i type and in mozilla.

My question how can i restore my system fonts? Because my system is like crippled now.

Need HELP. Thanks in advance

Wow... Thats scary, I have no idea how to help, but I am very intereted in finding a way. I will see if I can find anything on this anywhere else, have you tied googling it?

OH yeah i tried googling it but no luck. Hopefully someone here can help me out. I tell ya its like working in a dark room with no fonts. This sucks. I also tried restarting xfs no luck in resolving this problem. I also did:

# chkfontpath --list
Current directories in font path:
1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
6: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
7: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic
8: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
9: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
10:
11: /usr/lib/openoffice/share/fonts/truetype

Maybe the problem is with item '10' theres no path there im not sure. But the problem is still active.

my chkfontpath --list shows the exact same info ...

get to a terminal and try fc-cache and fc-list

i have the same problem:
http://home.teleos-web.de/wgrote/desktopfedora.jpg

Please someone tell me when you got a solution...

I've just installed amsn, now I wanted to start it (as root, stupid... anyway: ) and got that error:

[root@Wohnzimmer jonas]# amsn
TkpGetFontFromAttributes: cannot get any font

Perhaps it's useful for some of you and you know now how to fix everything? I hope so... ;-)