Hi all
I posted this here because though I have used Linux for a few years now, I almost never used X and windows managers, being a newbie in that field - please relocate post if seen fit.
I am currently trying to re-install X on my machine (pentium 90, kernel 2.4.28) which is primarily a server for backups, printing, etc...
I had X, with IceWM, previously installed as a part of my first (and only) linux distro installation - VectorLinux. I really didn't care much about X apps because the machine was mainly a server (it even lived for some months without monitor, being controlled only by ssh) but recently I felt the need for an always-ready way of checking the internet or writing a simple word-like doc. So I started to use X again. I found out that something had somehow become corrupt because most apps would complain about libgdk-1.2.so.0 (undefined symbol ...) and refuse to run. I tried to install the latest version of GTK+ but to no avail and, in a moment of despair I uninstalled X (as in "deleted /usr/X11R6 and /usr/X11" - a typical M$-like behavior...).
I then initiated the painful task of reinstalling... With Xfree86 version 4.5.0 no probs, I even got it to correcly use my graphics card and use 1024x768 resolution, which I previously was unable to. Then I installed IceWM (1.2.23), configured .Xclients and got it to run but:
THERE ARE NO FONTS! No letters! Zip! All the buttons and text boxes are there, empty and shrunken by the lack of content. xterm runs fine (no title on the window but the prompt is ok). When I return to console I see that lots of errors like these have been spat out:
Code:
IceWM: Warning: Could not load font "sans-serif:size=10:bold".
IceWM: xft: fallback from 'sans-serif:size=10:bold'
IceWM: Warning: Loading of fallback font "sans-serif" failed.
IceWM: failed to load font 'sans-serif:size=10:bold', trying fallback
IceWM: Warning: Could not load font "sans-serif:size=12".
IceWM: xft: fallback from 'sans-serif:size=12'
IceWM: Warning: Loading of fallback font "sans-serif" failed.
IceWM: Could not load fallback Xft font.
I updated Xft, but to no avail...
I googled for the errors but this seems to be only addressed by a Russian forum...
The following two lines are output at the X server start:
Code:
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
Is this the problem? Why were these fonts not installed with Xfree? What can I do?
the X log shows no errors.
I still really don't need X that much but this has become a personal matter and I would appreciate any help. tkx for reading!
big_manel