Re: font.dir a font.alias related with Can't start X

[Luc Ferran <Luc dot FERRAN-EXTERNAL at gemplus dot com>]

Ok, I've made tests.

With the link it doesn't works, Xinstall.sh can't make it manipulation.
So I've copied /usr/bin/tar.exe on extract and extract.exe.
Xinstall.sh says that extract and extract.exe doesn't work properly
My version of tar is 1.13.19.

More over, I've had a look in Xinstall.sh about tests made on extract and
extract.exe.
I've typed the same comand line : extract --version | head -1.
I've saw that a Microsoft version of extract was
responding(c:\winnt\extract.exe).
the ./extract --version | head -1
gives
tar (GNU tar) 1.13.19
that is different from what is expected

If I make the same test with the extract from Xfree
./extract --version | head -1
gives
extract (Xfree86 version 1.0.0.....
....

tar (GNU tar) 1.12

Hope it helps!

I can do other tests..

Luc



Suhaib Siddiqi a écrit :

> > I do not think Xinstall.sh is causing fonts corruption.  I tested
> > Xinstall.sh several times on my systems before posting and I did not
> > have any fonts corruption. Can you try the following on your system?
> > Move the extract.exe out somewhere, (should not be in path) where
> > Xinstall.sh cannot find it.  Then try the following (assuming you have
> > all the archives Xinstall.sh in /tmp directory.)
> >
> > cd /tmp
> > ln -s /usr/bin extract.exe
>
> ooops... it should be ln -s /usr/bin/tar extract.exe
>
> Sorry for mistake
>
> Suhaib
>
> > sh Xinstall.sh
> >
> > If you still get fonts corruption then something else is going on, if
> > you do not then we need to investigate extract.exe.
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Luc
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------
> > > I do not understand what are you doing... mixing and matching fonts?
> > > You need to make sure your fonts files are not corruptd.  Isoxxx is
> > > not
> > > same
> > > as misc fonts.
> > >
> > > Suhaib
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I had a look on those 2 files in /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc/
> > > >
> > > > font.dir
> > > > ...
> > > > 7x14.pcf.gz -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-
> > iso10646-
> > > 1
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > font.alias
> > > > 7x14         -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-
> > iso8859-
> > > 1
> > > >
> > > > I'm not an expert, but I thing there is something curious... one
> > > time
> > > > we
> > > > speack about iso10646 (I'don't have any file containing this name
> > in
> > > > font dir) and an other time we speak about iso8859.
> > > > This is true ofr this line, but for many others.
> > > >
> > > > Note that I can't start X saying that -coud not open default font
> > > > 'fixed'- that's why I had look in those file.