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Old 04-10-2006, 05:12 PM   #1
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no fonts under non-root user


hi!

i've reinstalled slack today, configured it and after that created user account.
i need cyrillic for my everyday work so i configured it under root (and it works... under root). when i log in as user all the changes are present in configuration files (xorg.conf), but i can't see webpages in cyrillic (i talk here only about webpages - i can't check anywhere else). everything looks like the changes haven't been made.

thanks in advance
 
Old 04-10-2006, 05:18 PM   #2
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How did you configure the font? Did you add it to the fonts served by xfs? I think xfs is part of the main X server these days.

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Old 04-10-2006, 05:40 PM   #3
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i copied mustdie fonts to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
added: "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
"XkbVariant" ",winkeys"
"XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle, grp_led:scroll" (it had to change language switching to alt+shift, i guess, but it didn't work)
to xorg.conf

deleted fonts.cache-1 in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
and ran /usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache

plus REBOOT

P.S. under root everything works perfectly (without including language change)

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Old 04-10-2006, 06:19 PM   #4
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Looks like you got the font installed ok. Bizarre.

Do you have your system set to bot into runlevel 4 or 5 (a X runlevel) or do you start X manually vai startx?

Peace...
 
Old 04-10-2006, 06:27 PM   #5
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i always boot into 3 level, and only then i startx

P.S. do you have any ideas how to switch languages by alt shift (the method i presented above doesn't work)
 
Old 04-10-2006, 07:00 PM   #6
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deggial
i always boot into 3 level, and only then i startx
Ok. When you run "startx" as a regular user, X starts but you don't get all your fonts.

What happens if you login as a regular user, su to root and issue "init 4" (I believe runlevel 4 is still the runlevel for X in Slack)?

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P.S. do you have any ideas how to switch languages by alt shift (the method i presented above doesn't work)
Sorry, I don't switch languages.

Peace...
 
Old 04-11-2006, 12:31 AM   #7
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Firstly, do you have X11-fonts-cyrillic installed? They should be necessary for you.
Check permissions of TTF folder and its contents.
"XkbVariant" ",winkeys" - what's that for? Try commenting them out and check if it helps.
BTW, your language could be changed by issuing setxkbmap lng.
 
Old 04-11-2006, 09:13 AM   #8
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thanks!

i had to change file permissions in order to be able to see all my fonts under user...

"XkbVariant" ",winkeys" - this option i found in one HOWTO dedicated fonts installation and it is part of it.

setxkbmap lng - how do you use it? what is it? i don't have it in xorg.conf
 
Old 04-11-2006, 11:30 AM   #9
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That's a program. When you run it in console, it changes language. Example, & setxkbmap lt - now my language becomes Lithuanian (I can write in it). I asked about xkbvariant because I am not sure whether it doesn't affect xkbotptions work. It may be why alt+shift do not work.

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