Problem with fonts and Konsole
All - Since upgrading to KDE 3.1.2, I have started seeing error messages from Konsole whenever I start a new session: "Font `-misc-console-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1` not found Check README.linux.console for help" I am running SuSE 8.2 Pro, Xfree86-4.3.0 (SuSE upgrade), Qt 3.2.0b1 (from suse/people) and KDE 3.1.2 (from suse/supplementary). I did notice that my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc directory was empty, so I copied the fonts from an 8.1 install I had on another machine, no joy. A google search for the error turned up two similar complaints on the KDE mailing lists, but no answers. Anyone got any suggestions? -- Powered by SuSE Linux 8.2/Kmail 1.5.2
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 17:18, The Wizard wrote:
All - Since upgrading to KDE 3.1.2, I have started seeing error messages from Konsole whenever I start a new session:
"Font `-misc-console-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1` not found Check README.linux.console for help"
I am running SuSE 8.2 Pro, Xfree86-4.3.0 (SuSE upgrade), Qt 3.2.0b1 (from suse/people) and KDE 3.1.2 (from suse/supplementary). I did notice that my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc directory was empty, so I copied the fonts from an 8.1 install I had on another machine, no joy. A google search for the error turned up two similar complaints on the KDE mailing lists, but no answers. Anyone got any suggestions?
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It appears some fonts went away! I solved mine by doing Settings>Font>Custom and selecting Lucidatypewriter or any font you like that is there and the error message went away. Besides I like the Lucida type for the Console anyway. Good luck, Richard
On Thursday 05 June 2003 19:12, Richard wrote:
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 17:18, The Wizard wrote:
All - Since upgrading to KDE 3.1.2, I have started seeing error messages from Konsole whenever I start a new session:
"Font `-misc-console-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1` not found Check README.linux.console for help"
I am running SuSE 8.2 Pro, Xfree86-4.3.0 (SuSE upgrade), Qt 3.2.0b1 (from suse/people) and KDE 3.1.2 (from suse/supplementary). I did notice that my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc directory was empty, so I copied the fonts from an 8.1 install I had on another machine, no joy. A google search for the error turned up two similar complaints on the KDE mailing lists, but no answers. Anyone got any suggestions?
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It appears some fonts went away! I solved mine by doing Settings>Font>Custom and selecting Lucidatypewriter or any font you like that is there and the error message went away.
Besides I like the Lucida type for the Console anyway. Good luck, Richard
Actually, I did set the fonts as you describe, and Konsole is using the font I selected, but it still gives the error message at startup, and any new Konsole instance I start from the K menu or the icon on Kicker also get the error(and don't start with my selected Font/Schema). Mark Almeida -- Powered by SuSE Linux 8.2/Kmail 1.5.2
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 09:31, The Wizard wrote:
On Thursday 05 June 2003 19:12, Richard wrote:
All - It appears some fonts went away! I solved mine by doing Settings>Font>Custom and selecting Lucidatypewriter or any font you like
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 17:18, The Wizard wrote: that is there and the error message went away.
Besides I like the Lucida type for the Console anyway. Good luck, Richard
Actually, I did set the fonts as you describe, and Konsole is using the font I selected, but it still gives the error message at startup, and any new Konsole instance I start from the K menu or the icon on Kicker also get the error(and don't start with my selected Font/Schema).
Mark, I may have been in su mode when I made the font selection. I do su quite often and may have gone into it before making the changes. All I know is that I have rebooted - cause of a lightining strike- and have not had that error message anytime since the change. One other suggestion, have you tried to change to a different font? IIRC, I had to use the Custom selection to make the change stick. hth, Richard
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 09:31, The Wizard wrote:
On Thursday 05 June 2003 19:12, Richard wrote:
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 17:18, The Wizard wrote:
All -
It appears some fonts went away! I solved mine by doing Settings>Font>Custom and selecting Lucidatypewriter or any font you like that is there and the error message went away.
Besides I like the Lucida type for the Console anyway. Good luck, Richard
Actually, I did set the fonts as you describe, and Konsole is using the font I selected, but it still gives the error message at startup, and any new Konsole instance I start from the K menu or the icon on Kicker also get the error(and don't start with my selected Font/Schema).
Mark, I may have been in su mode when I made the font selection. I do su quite often and may have gone into it before making the changes. All I know is that I have rebooted - cause of a lightining strike- and have not had that error message anytime since the change. One other suggestion, have you tried to change to a different font? IIRC, I had to use the Custom selection to make the change stick. hth, Richard All - I found that by deleting the line "Font=8" in my ~/.kde/share/apps/konsole/linux.desktop file, the error message went away. I had previously saved the session with the alternate font I wanted (Fixed[misc] 12) and "linux colors" (white on black) which were being
On Friday 06 June 2003 10:12, Richard wrote: preserved across sessions. So, I'm happy now, even though I still don't fully understand the problem. The font does appear to be on the system (after recopying the entire /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc directory from my 8.1 system) and "xlsfonts" and "xfontsel" both show the font (misc-console-medium-r-normal-16-160-72-72-c-160-iso16046-1) as being installed and available. One of those great mysteries of computing I guess. Mark Almeida -- Powered by SuSE Linux 8.2/Kmail 1.5.2
On Friday 06 June 2003 00:18, The Wizard wrote:
All - Since upgrading to KDE 3.1.2, I have started seeing error messages from Konsole whenever I start a new session:
"Font `-misc-console-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1` not found Check README.linux.console for help"
I am running SuSE 8.2 Pro, Xfree86-4.3.0 (SuSE upgrade), Qt 3.2.0b1 (from suse/people) and KDE 3.1.2 (from suse/supplementary). I did notice that my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc directory was empty, so I copied the fonts from an 8.1 install I had on another machine, no joy. A google search for the error turned up two similar complaints on the KDE mailing lists, but no answers. Anyone got any suggestions?
These fonts are installed by package XFree86. Therefore I suggest to re-install this package in yast2.
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