font error message on FreeBSD 3.2

Henke, Adrian (Adrian.Henke@vh1.com)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:51:35 -0400


Hi all :)

When I try to start up AbiWord (the version which is included with the
FreeBSD 3.2 CD release, ports collection), I get an error message to the
effect of the following:

Could not find font: Times New Roman, regular, r, normal
X display server font path has not been set to reflect the addition of the
AbiSuite font set.

I have checked the mailing list archives, but the relevant entries (in May)
did not seem to help. The AbiSuite font set on my machine is located in
/usr/local/AbiSuite/lib/fonts and I have included this in my XF86config
file. I also did xset fp rehash after I made these changes, since they were
made from within kde 1.1.1.

The error message appears regardless of whether I try to start AbiWord by
typing it in xterm, or by its icon in kde. The application and AbiSuite
directories exist in their default locations.

However, I did notice that a good number of my fonts in the X11 directory
still have the gz extension, leading me to believe that they were never
uncompressed. This does _NOT_ apply to the 75dpi fonts, though.

After the above error message appears, the program closes, and I sulk for
the rest of the day while I read the help archives. :)

Does anyone know of a possible solution? Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
Adrian Henke



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