I get the following error when I launch slcreator from the command line.

The GUI does launch. I see a small box for each character that should be present for the various buttons and menus.

I though for a while this may have somthing to do with Gambas. But I can not find a solution. I installed these Gambas packages using URPMI.

I'm running Mandriva 2008.1 ( Spring ). All other programs do not have problems with fonts.

I did some googling, but have not found a solution.

Suggestions anyone?

Did you check the permissions of the directories, where it wants to install its file(s)?

Thank-you for the reply.

I looked at the permissions for slcreator. This file is a script, and installed to /usr/bin. Directory permissions are rwxr-xr-x, so I think that should be O.K. I did find a reference in the documentation, that the user has to have write access to /tmp. I do, I tested it by writing a test file with gedit.

I installed the Gambas packages using URPMI, so I believe any pre-req stuff for Gambas should be taken care of. Now slcreator is a script. It has a config file here --> The file has a few things in it, but nothing I can associate with fonts.

Any fonts I have installed were either part of the original system install, or I added them after the fact using URPMI. So, URPMI seems to look after pre-reqs with out problems.

I had a look through the README files that came with the package. Most of that info has to do with compiling Gambas.

This thing seems to fail looking for what ever font it wants. That whole mechanism is complex, and is working for any other app I have installed. For what ever reason it can not find the cache-dir. They exist on this system.

Any other thoughts?

No, I didn't mean slcreator itself but the parent-directories above the to be created fontcaches, i.e. "/var/cache/fontconfig" and "/var/cache" as well as "~/.fontconfig" (in case that is a directory). Just to be on the secure side look at ~ as well.

What goups and users have slcreator and gambas?

Here are the directory permissions -

Not sure what you are asking here. Gambas and slcreator are programs. There are no users for either.

I tried running slcreator as root, same problem, no cachedir elements found. Just little boxes instead of letters.

I'm fumbling in the dark here. Still, just to be on the secure side issue a "chmod 777 /var/cache/fontconfig", "chmod 777 /var/cache" and "chmod 777 ~/.fontconfig" and try again. Don't forget to reset to the original values after the test.

Even though Gambas and slcreator are programs, they are still registered for a user and belong to a group. Just issue a "ll Gambas" and "ll slcreator" and have a look. Maybe, just maybe that will give us a clue.

Sorry that I can't come up with anything more substantial.

O.K. I have tried chmod 777 on the directories you suggested. Slcreator still fails the same way.

Gambas is a group of files located in /usr/lib/gambas. I Chmoded it also, with no change.

Gambas components and Slcreator are user root and group root. ASAIK, that is normal for programs installed by root.

I'm in the dark too. My best guess right now is that this has something to do with the .rpm file I installed for slcreator. It was a rpm, so I would guess it was compiled for some version of red hat or fedora. There may be some difference in those systems how they go looking for fonts.

I think what I'll try next is to get the source for slcreator, and compile it on my mandy system. That should keep me out of trouble for a while....

Thank-you for your help. I'll update this thread with the results.