--- Ben Rosenberg <ben@whack.org> wrote:
* John Glazer (jg10052002@yahoo.com) [020427 20:08]: ::Hi, :: ::I've installed 8.0 and it's running really great. I ::have two issues, however: :: ::Fonts: I'm trying to install fonts from my windows ::directory and am having a little difficulty. I go ::into Control Center/System/Font Installer and click on ::"Administrator Mode" and log in as root. I then click ::"Change Folder" and browse to my mounted windows ::directory where my ttf fonts are. I click on a font ::to ::install and then click OK. The window closes but the ::font doesn't appear in the list to install. I also ::tried copying the fonts into a directory that I made ::in my "home" directory and added that new directory to ::the XF86Config file. Still no luck.
If your using KDM then you've got both a kdeinit session because KDM is a KDE program and an Xserver running to run KDM. I would do this. After you've installed the fonts I would hit 'ctrl + alt + f2' and go to another console. Then log in as root and type 'rcxdm stop' which will stop KDM/Xserver and leave you at a prompt. You can log out of console 2 and press 'alt+F1' to get you back to console one. Once this is done make sure that the fonts have been put where it was said they were put and after you make sure this is true. Just do 'rcxdm start' which will restart the gui login (has to be done as root) and you should have access to the fonts in KDE. Also make sure in the control centre that you have anti-aliasing enabled.
Cheers! and I hope that made some sense :) -=Ben
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Thanks for your reply. I followed your steps but unfortunately it still doesn't work. I can browse to the directory where I copied the fonts from my windows drive, but when I click on a font to install, it doesn't show up in the install list. I"m really stuck here. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/