Op Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:45:10 -0500 schreef "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com>: <SNIP>
no /usr/share/fonts/TTF directory. I had a /usr/share/fonts/truetype directory so I just softlinked the missing TTF to truetype to get rid to the error on startx. startx liked the solution.
Softlinking is just patching the system without solving the underlying problem - it should be discouraged. Why that directory wasn't there is because you didn't have any TTF fonts at that time. Why the other dir was there, is probably due to some leftovers or maybe a package (from AUR?) that didn't extract the fonts in the right place? I don't know. I do know that X defines the FontPath in xorg.conf, so if startx complained, you could simply change the FontPath in /etx/X11/xorg.conf. And IIRC, the app 'fontconfig' can do ao this for you. Vincent -- Advocatenkantoor Suy, Van Baeveghem & Van Houtte Brusselsestraat 108 9200 Dendermonde T +32.52.52.06.05 F +32.52.52.06.46 W http://www.synergylaw.be