Slackware 9 installation problem

kierse · 04-09-2003, 11:07 PM

hmmm, I tried what you suggested and I wasn't able to get it to work. Here is what is in the error log:

(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local" does not exist.

I get the same message 5 times for local, msc, Type1, CID, Speedo

It seems to me that the fonts needed by the window manager were not installed but I can't find any mention of them in the list of packages to install in the setup procedure. Any ideas on this one!?

kierse

Excalibur · 04-09-2003, 11:36 PM

The listing below is the directory for my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts:

Code:

root@slack9:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts# ls -l
total 188
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        65536 Mar  2 03:33 100dpi/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        65536 Mar  2 03:32 75dpi/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar  2 03:32 CID/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar  2 03:29 Speedo/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar  2 03:30 TTF/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar  2 03:29 Type1/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar  2 03:33 cyrillic/
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root         4096 Mar  2 03:32 encodings/
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          190 Mar  2 02:50 fonts.cache-1
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar  2 03:32 local/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        16384 Mar 12  2002 misc/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar  2 03:32 util/

The font packages should of been installed from the slackware/x tree on the install CD. You could mount the CD and change to that directory and run pkgtool to reinstall the packages desired if you like.

kierse · 04-10-2003, 12:23 AM

I tried what you suggested and it got rid of all error messages except 1, it still cannot find the Speedo font. I checked the cd and the server where I got the image and the speedo package isn't listed. I checked the font directory on the hard drive and it appears that speedo isn't there. If you know where it is located on the disk I think reinstalling it would fix the problem.

Never mind, I found it, its part of another package. But it still doesn't work, hmmm

Excalibur · 04-10-2003, 07:54 AM

Is it still complaining about fonts? Or is it a new problem now? Like mouse or screens?

kierse · 04-16-2003, 08:22 PM

Sorry for the late reply

It all seems to be working ok now, I reformatted and reinstalled everything and it seems to be working fine

Thanks for you help
kierse