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RE: Font Problem?
- To: cygwin xfree <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: Font Problem?
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 06:42:32 -0400
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:51:26AM +0800, Tam
> Patrick-S.P.-w12297 wrote:
> > After re-installing the entire April 14 binaries, I also
> has the large font display problem while using XDMCP to
> connect to a linux box running Redhat 7.0. The large font on
> gdm welcome screen
> (-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-180-*-*-*-*-*-*) could
> not be displayed on the xfree/cygwin. I recalled that the
> fonts could be displayed correctly before using the April 14 binaries.
> >
>
I will check into it. In the meantime you can copy the fonts from Linux
box if you want. go to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ directory on your Linux
box then tar gzip the fonts directory. Ftp it to Windows and
untar into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11.
I will upload mkfontdir.exe today. Sorry about missing file.
Suhaib
>
> Nedit runs but no fonts and menus are not legible. I run
> nedit right off my
> local PC with Cygwin/XFree86. This still remains a problem
> despite 3 clean
> reinstall of all X binaries from the 4-14 release. I also
> copied the .x* and
> .X* resource files from the home directory of a working
> Cygwin/XFree -- but
> they did not solve the problem.
>
> EW
>
> > BTW, mkfontdir is not find in the April 14 binaries. I
> also tested using the xfontsel running on local Xwindows and
> it appears that fonts could not be displayed on the xfontsel
> box although it could be found...
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Suhaib Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 3:37 AM
> > To: cygwin xfree
> > Subject: RE: Screen Shot
> >
> >
> >
> > > Thought you might like to see a screen shot of
> > > Cygwin/Xfree86 running dtsession from a SUN Solaris 7
> > > box.
> > >
> > > Little problem with the large Cygwin font. Not sure if
> > > that is Netscape doing that or Cygwin, will have to
> > > check on the console.
> >
> > did you open SUN session via XDCMP or telnet?
> > It can be font substitution issue... that you can hack by
> > adjusting ~/.Xdefaults
> >
> > >
> > > Any chance we can get anti-aliasing to work?
> >
> > maybe
> >
> > >
> > > xfree is set for 1024x768x16
> > >
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > =====
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> > > Kevin DeKorte
> > > kdekorte@yahoo.com
> > >
> > >
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