fonts all messed up

Drone4four · 08-10-2006, 06:35 PM

I followed this guide to change my fonts for fluxbox:

http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Howto_install_fonts

I got stuck at step 6. The specified command didn’t seem to work:

Code:

# fc-cache –fv
bash: fc-cache: command not found
# exit
exit
$

Well, now all my KDE apps render boxes instead of fonts. AbiWord, X-Chat, Firefox won’t start. I don’t know how to reverse the damage that’s been done to my xorg font system. Do you?

I tried adding the artwiz fonts because that's what is suggested in the #fluxbox topic. The topic message reads:

Quote:

1.0rc2 is out! Get it, test it, submit bugs! fluxbox.org/version-0.9.php |DOCS:fluxbox.sf.net/docbook/en/html | http://fluxbox-wiki.org/ |artwiz-fonts: try install http://artwizaleczapka.sourceforge.net/ to avoid problems | join #fluxbox-chitchat if you want to discuss offtopic stuff

edit:sp + formatting
edit: corrected the typo jimX86 spotted (below)

jimX86 · 08-10-2006, 06:52 PM

Try typing in the full path to fc-cache and see if that works...
/usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache

Drone4four · 08-10-2006, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimX86

Try typing in the full path to fc-cache and see if that works...
/usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache

fv-cache was a type on this message board and not in my command prompt. I'll edit my post to correct the typo.

As for the full path, it exists but I receive this error:

Code:

#/usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache
Fountconfig error: Cannot load default config file
# exit
exit
$

I really hope slackware is not permanently messed up!

jimX86 · 08-10-2006, 08:08 PM

I'm not sure I follow exactly what you did.

I checked the link that you posted. For #5, it tells you to edit
/etc/fonts/local.conf, but that file doesn't exist in Slackware by default. Did you create a file by that name or something? (I think X11 already knows about ~/.fonts. You shouldn't have to do anything for step #5.)

Drone4four · 08-10-2006, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimX86

I'm not sure I follow exactly what you did.

I checked the link that you posted. For #5, it tells you to edit
/etc/fonts/local.conf, but that file doesn't exist in Slackware by default. Did you create a file by that name or something? (I think X11 already knows about ~/.fonts. You shouldn't have to do anything for step #5.)

I did create a local.conf file.

thrice` from #slackman on freenode suggested I reinstall fonts from slackware-current. Luckily on my hard drive I have a recent copy of slackware-current. So the command I entered was

Code:

# upgrade --resintall /tmp/slackware-current/slackware/x/x11-fonts*.tgz
# upgrade --resintall /tmp/slackware-current/slackware/x/fontconfig-2.2.3-i486-1.tgz

jimX86 · 08-10-2006, 09:33 PM

That would reinstall fonts.conf and fonts.dtd. So are you good to go now? Do your new fonts work?

Drone4four · 08-10-2006, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimX86

That would reinstall fonts.conf and fonts.dtd. So are you good to go now? Do your new fonts work?

I'm just gonna give up on these new fonts. I'm just glad to have my old fonts back!

vharishankar · 08-10-2006, 10:10 PM

I've got the exact same problem in FreeBSD trying to install fonts. I'm hoping this will fix it.

titopoquito · 08-11-2006, 09:58 AM

I bookmared a posting about getting local fonts to work a long time ago and it always worked for me. Step 4 is what did the trick for me, but don't ask me why

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...71#post1013471

vharishankar · 08-13-2006, 09:22 PM

Regenerating the font cache using fc-cache works for me.