[PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not working?
Kris Moore
kris at pcbsd.org
Tue Aug 25 15:44:40 PDT 2009
You may have had an older version of the TTF PBI installed, which was messed
up on 7.1.1 systems. The new version works though, and thats what counts :)
--
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:
> I was going to mention that /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts didn't have any .ttf
> files, but I forgot.
>
> I looked in /PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType and found no MS .ttf files.
>
> I looked in the setup shell script and saw the links to be setup, but for
> some reason that never happened when I installed the PBI. Was it broken at
> some point? Don't recall any errors when I did it.
>
> At any rate, I reinstalled the PBI and everything's fine now - what a
> difference - I can actually see things clearly now!
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org> wrote:
>
> From: Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org>
> Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not working?
> To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <testing at lists.pcbsd.org>
> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 3:10 PM
>
>
>
> On my system, the only thing in /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts is a
> bunch of .conf files:
>
> #ls /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts
> alias.conf conf.d fonts.conf.default
> local.conf msfonts-rules.conf
> conf.avail fonts.conf fonts.dtd
> misc.conf
>
> However, if we poke around /PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts, heres
> what we find
>
> # ls /PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
> Arial.ttf comic.ttf courbi.ttf fonts.dir
> georgiai.ttf timesbd.ttf trebucbd.ttf verdanab.ttf
> Arialbd.ttf comicbd.ttf couri.ttf
> fonts.scale georgiaz.ttf timesbi.ttf trebucbi.ttf
> verdanai.ttf
> Arialbi.ttf cour.ttf encodings.dir
> georgia..ttf minguni.ttf timesi.ttf trebucit.ttf
> verdanaz.ttf
> Ariali.ttf courbd.ttf fonts.alias georgiab.ttf
> times.ttf trebuc.ttf verdana.ttf webdings.ttf
>
> These are the real fonts, which if you symlink
> /Programs/Firefox*/lib/X11 -> /PCBSD/local/lib/X11 to, should
> be finding.
>
>
> --
> Kris Moore
> PC-BSD Software
>
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:
>
> > Same here, but those system fonts do not include the MS fonts
> from the PBI which are not in that X11 system directory, but
> rather in:
> > /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts
> >
> > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org> wrote:
> >
> > From: Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org>
> > Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not working?
> > To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <testing at lists.pcbsd.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:54 PM
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's what I have for FF, and it works just fine:
> >
> > # ls -al /Programs/Firefox3.5.2/lib/X11
> > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20 Aug 25 12:11
> /Programs/Firefox3.5.2/lib/X11 -> /PCBSD/local/lib/X11
> >
> > When I start firefox and go to edit -> preferences ->
> content, and look at fonts, all my system fonts now show up.
> >
> > --
> > Kris Moore
> > PC-BSD Software
> >
> > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:
> >
> > > I made the link as you said, from FF to the system X11
> directory, but FF cannot see the MS fonts which are in:
> > /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts.
> > > Those two directories aren't connected:
> > >
> > > /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts
> > >
> > > /Programs/Firefox3.5.2/lib/X11/fonts (where X11/fonts
> is the system directory, linked to FF)
> > >
> > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font PBI not
> working?
> > > To: "PC-BSD Testing list"
> <testing at lists.pcbsd.org>
> > > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:20 PM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thats not the right link:
> > >
> > > # cd /Programs/Firefox*/lib
> > > # rm X11
> > > # ln -s /PCBSD/local/lib/X11 X11
> > >
> > > All the fonts are located in
> /PCBSD/local/lib/X11 on the system, you have to link this into
> the PBIs lib/ directory
> > > so that it "shares" / uses the same fonts
> directory.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kris Moore
> > > PC-BSD Software
> > >
> > > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:
> > >
> > > > That didn't work.
> > > >
> > > > I can't see how /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts
> connects to /Programs/Firefox3.5.2/lib/X11/fonts
> > > >
> > > > Don't I need a link from the latter to the
> former?
> > > >
> > > > More confusing...
> > > >
> > > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore
> <kris at pcbsd.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS Font
> PBI not working?
> > > > To: "PC-BSD Testing list"
> <testing at lists.pcbsd.org>
> > > > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 12:15 PM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ahh, ok solved this here.
> > > >
> > > > You'll need to do this for all PBIs you
> want to use the system fonts:
> > > >
> > > > # cd /Programs/<PBI>/lib
> > > > # rm X11
> > > > # ln -s /PCBSD/local/lib/X11 X11
> > > >
> > > > I did this here, and now my fonts in FF
> work perfectly. I'm guessing you have same
> > > > issue with OO as well, the etc/fonts
> link doesn't seem to matter in this case.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Kris Moore
> > > > PC-BSD Software
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jeff wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Also have this path to X11 fonts:
> /usr/X11R6/share/fonts/TrueType
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there some way to centralize all
> the fonts? The contents of /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts are not TTF
> files.
> > > > >
> > > > > Confusing...
> > > > >
> > > > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Jeff
> <dejamuse at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Jeff <dejamuse at yahoo.com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] MS
> Font PBI not working?
> > > > > To: "PC-BSD Testing list"
> <testing at lists.pcbsd.org>
> > > > > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009,
> 11:27 AM
> > > > >
> > > > > That didn't work. The link was
> made, but OO still cannot see system fonts.
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW, I discovered this because
> Verdana was not available to Firefox, which is the most
> ubiquitous web
> > font.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Kris Moore
> <kris at pcbsd..org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Kris Moore
> <kris at pcbsd.org>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [PC-BSD
> Testing] MS Font PBI not working?
> > > > > To: "PC-BSD Testing list"
> <testing at lists.pcbsd.org>
> > > > > Date: Tuesday, August 25,
> 2009, 9:16 AM
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Jeff,
> > > > >
> > > > > The font PBI installs
> fonts to the system folder properly, but it looks like OO, and
> probably
> > the other
> > > PBIs
> > > > > aren't
> > > > > looking in the system
> folder for fonts. Give this a shot and let me know if it fixes
> it:
> > > > >
> > > > > cd
> /Programs/OpenOffice*/etc
> > > > > ln -s
> /PCBSD/local/etc/fonts fonts
> > > > >
> > > > > start OO, do you have the
> fonts now? If so, I'll get that fix put into the PBIs right
> away.
> > > > >
> > > > > As for KDE 4.3.0, it'll be
> included with PC-BSD 8.0 later this year.. Its a large update,
> since
> > it
> > > moves us to
> > > > QT
> > > > > 4.5
> > > > > and I'm having to fix up a
> lot of our tools to work on it :)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Kris Moore
> > > > > PC-BSD Software
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, Jeff
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I have the MS True-type
> font PBI installed, but can't see any of the fonts in FF3 or
> > OpenOffice or
> > > Abi Word.
> > > > > Where exactly are they
> > > > > > supposed to be
> available?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I presume there's no UI
> for this PBI and it just installs fonts somewhere.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Every application seems
> to have its own set of fonts with some that apparently come with
> > KDE. There
> > > are lots
> > > > > of other available fonts
> > > > > > out there but there's no
> good way of centrally managing them and installing them in KDE
> it
> > seems,
> > > complicated
> > > > > by the different font
> > > > > > packaging techniques.
> Seems to me there used to be some KDE font manager/installer app
> but I
> > can't
> > > find it in
> > > > > the menu, and from what I
> > > > > > remember, it wasn't
> especially useful.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What to do?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > P.S., When might we
> expect an upgrade to KDE 4.3?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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