[PC-BSD Testing] KDE problem solved - Re: Cannot login after upgrade to PC-BSD 9.0-BETA2

[Krishna]

Hello,

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:09 PM, productnews <productnews at hvf.ch> wrote:
> Gnome-terminal shows these fonts: AMS Mathematical Symbols, 4 Bitstream
> fonts (Charter, Vera Sans, Vera Sans Mono, Vera Serif), Cantarell,
> Computer Modern, 2 Courier, Cursor, 3 DejaVu, several Middle eastern
> names, Monospace, and some more, but no Terminal.
> So it is not a problem of missing fonts per se, but of konsole and
> gnome-terminal not picking them up.
>

Very likely due to the default XFT configuration disabling the bitmap
fonts. Check if there is a 70-yes-bitmaps.conf in your /etc/fonts/
folder (or is it /usr/local/etc/fonts/ under PC-BSD?). If it is not
there, symlink or copy the one from /etc/fonts/conf.avail/ folder.

Alternatively, put the following snippet into ~/.fonts.conf

===========================

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- Accept bitmap fonts -->
 <selectfont>
  <acceptfont>
   <pattern>
     <patelt name="scalable"><bool>false</bool></patelt>
   </pattern>
  </acceptfont>
 </selectfont>
</fontconfig>

===========================

hth,
  --krishna

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