R help - May 2004 - X11 fonts cannot be loaded - SuSE Linux solution

Dear list,

I would like to make a comment how to solve the X11 font problem under
SuSE Linux (9.0) when you get the message:
"X11 font at size 16 could not be loaded".

After having modified /etc/X11/XF86config as root (see below) you have
to run 'SuSEconfig' as root as well else nothing might be changed in the
X-Server.

After that no further messages should appear.

HTH, Ulrich Leopold
> Marc Schwartz wrote:
> It sounds like you might not have scaled versions of your fonts loaded
> in /etc/X11/fs/config 
> 
> 
> Take a look in there for the following lines, depending upon whether 
> you have 75 or 100 dpi fonts loaded: 
> 
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled 
> 
> 
> See if there are also the following lines: 
> 
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi 
> 
> 
> If one of the second set of lines are not present to correspond with 
> one of the first two lines, it is likely that scaled versions of your 
> fonts are not being loaded by the font server. 
> 
> 
> You will need to add the appropriate line to /etc/X11/fs/config as 
> root when not running X and then restart X. 
> 
> 
> In RH (which I use), the console commands would be: 
> 
> 
> /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -q -r /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi 
> /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -q -a /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi 
> 
> 
> or 
> 
> 
> /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -q -r /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi 
> /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -q -a /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi 
> 
> 
> I don't want to assume that SUSE has the same commands and/or paths, 
> but perhaps. If not, you may just be able to edit /etc/X11/fs/config 
> directly, making sure that you verify the paths on your installation 
> as well. 
> 
> 
> Then restart X. 
> 
> 
> Perhaps another SUSE user here can verify the proper resolution. 
> 
> 
> Hope that helps. 
> 
> 
> Marc Schwartz

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Ulrich Leopold <uleopold at science.uva.nl> writes:
> Dear list,
> 
> I would like to make a comment how to solve the X11 font problem under
> SuSE Linux (9.0) when you get the message:
> "X11 font at size 16 could not be loaded".
> 
> After having modified /etc/X11/XF86config as root (see below) you have
> to run 'SuSEconfig' as root as well else nothing might be changed
in the
> X-Server.
> 
> After that no further messages should appear.
Actually, there is another fix (er, workaround for a long-standing bug
in R, perpetrated by yours truly...), namely to ensure that *both*
75dpi and 100dpi fontsets are installed. As in
> rpm -qa | grep dpi
XFree86-fonts-75dpi-4.3.0.1-33
XFree86-fonts-100dpi-4.3.0.1-33

The unscaled adobe fonts are much better designed than anything an
automatic scaler can come up with, so SuSE has a point in excluding
the latter. Adding the scaled fonts to the fontserver config may give
aesthetic unpleasantness in other places.

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