On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, kevin lyda wrote:
> ok, take a virgin redhat 6.0 box.
>> run gimp, and the bovination logo script-fu. it fails - can't find the
> font. read the docs, find that you need some new fonts. go get
> freefont and sharefont tarballs. and put them in
> /usr/lib/X11/fonts/{freefont|sharefont}
> still doesn't work.
> any hints off the top of anyone's heads?
Yews, check /etc/X11/xfs/xfs.conf (I think).
Redhat 6.0 comes with xfs as standard for doing fonts, rather
than using an X font path with all the directories. Then HUP xfs,
or /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs reload
Regards
L.
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