Philip Amadeo Saeli
SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional:
What program(s) modify the config file /etc/fonts/local.conf? It seems to have been updated automatically recently. Also, the files /etc/fonts/Fontmap
This file doesn't even exist by default, but the KDE font installer creates it, even if you don't change anything in the KDE font installer.
and ~/.fonts.conf were also updated at the same time (within one minute). I've already looked at fonts-config and that doesn't seem to be it.
No, certainly not.
I'm chasing down some font problems on my system (related to Chinese fonts) and am trying to figure out why the number of font entries listed via the various utilities (e.g., xlsfonts, xfontsel, fc-list) keeps changing even though I've not installed or removed any fonts nor have I attempted to alter their configuration.
I did run the KDE Font Installer and simply browsed what fonts were installed, but did not make any changes, though additional font entries appeared after that run.
The KDE font installer modifies ~/.fonts.conf if you run it as regular user. I creates /etc/fonts/Fontmap and modifies /etc/fonts/local.conf if you run it as root. The change done by the KDE font installer to /etc/fonts/local.conf appears to be harmless. It just adds <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/</dir> <dir>/opt/kde3/share/fonts</dir> These directories are already in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf so it doesn't make any difference. /etc/fonts/Fontmap is a ghostscript Fontmap, unless you are printing anything with Ghostscript it doesn't matter.
Also, the fonts module of SuSEconfig runs (along with all the other SuSEconfig modules) every time I install any updates via YOU, and several font entries disappeared after the most recent run. Help!
You can run it manually with
SuSEconfig --module fonts
or you can use
/usr/sbin/fonts-config --force
if you want to make sure the complete setup is created from scratch
without checking any timestamps.
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Mike FABIAN