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Old 01-23-2006, 01:03 PM   #1
robsuus93
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adding/removing *.ttf fonts in suse9.3


I have Suse 9.3 installed (non-multiboot).
When I try to install (windoos)*.ttf fonts in using:
control center/system administration/font installer ..
*some* fonts do install, but after a few, *or* when I try to remove
some of the big bulk of fonts present the system slows down very
much, the mouse makes only interrupted movements, and the harddisk
light on the computer stays on: there is something going on...
I can wait a long time, nothings gets better...
I can only shutdown in using another window (ctrl-alt, f2 or so), the
machine shuts down very slowly...

I have tried the same procedure some times, but it gives no better
results.

Is this normal, do I something wrong?

TX
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Old 01-24-2006, 11:22 AM   #2
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No that isn't normal. I copied over several hundred fonts from my Wintendo system. Installation (on all my SuSE/SUSE systems) took less than a few minutes.

Maybe your font files are suspect? Have you viewed them all in Wintendo prior to copying them over?
 
Old 01-25-2006, 12:03 AM   #3
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the fonts come from a normal w98se installation on one of my other
computers.
strange is: the problem is also present when I try to remove fonts as I described.
I tried to add in administrator 'mode' (button in 'font installer').
Maybe the problem is caused by one of my 'partitions' being quite
full of data? (hda5; suse is saying it is 'full')
This could be true if Suse tries to write to *all* partitions in the
process of adding fonts...
 
Old 01-25-2006, 12:40 AM   #4
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Create a folder in your home-dir, called ".fonts" and drop all your ttf fonts there. Restart xfs, ususally "service xfs restart". Same with removing fonts from there.

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Old 01-26-2006, 12:04 AM   #5
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I checked my SuSE 10.0 retail version install and have a ~/.fonts directory and there's no fonts stored there. I installed a set of MS ttf fonts with YOU. The location of those ttf fonts is:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/arial.ttf

I manually placed the MS comic sans ttf in that directory and use it frequently. I also installed Dejavu open source ttf fonts from an RPM and they went to the same directory. Linux frequently has more than one way to do things.
 
Old 01-26-2006, 03:47 AM   #6
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You can make a subdirectory in /usr/share/fonts (If you don't have the fonts dir in /usr/share, create it) or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/. Copy your fonts to the directory you created and then from the directory you created, do as root,
Code:
#mkfontdir && mkfontscale
Your fonts will be ready for use. You may need to log out for all the apps to recognise the new fonts. if you need to remove some fonts, you can delete them from the font directory you made and then run "fc-cache".

Last edited by reddazz; 01-26-2006 at 04:14 AM.
 
Old 01-26-2006, 10:32 PM   #7
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Boby's method didn't work here:
'service xfs restart' is unknown and doesn't work.

I tried the "control center/system administration/font installer/install fonts" way again: I was able to delete a number
of fonts 'one at a time' (my earlier trials were 'selecting some and trying to delete in one go), but after a couple of deletions the 'freezing' and harddisk-activity started again.
Therapy: restart in an other terminal screen.

So I think after a number of deletions there starts some diskcleaning or space recovering activity, which is giving problems with the one 'nearly full' directory (hda5) I have...
 
  


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