true type fonts and xfstt (yet again)

[Aaron Stromas <astromas@us.oracle.com>]

when i posted the note below earlier i forgot to mention that i did
indeed ran xfstt --sync (it tells me it found 118 fonts), and the xfstt
is indeed started by /etc/init.d/xfstt. a number of people suggested that
was the cause of the x server not starting. unfortunately, it's not.

-a

> hi,
>
> in an attempt to use the true type fonts i installed the xfstt, copied the 
> fonts from a windows machine and added "FontPath "unix/:7101" to my 
> XF86Config. unfortunately, my X server will not start. it quits with "could 
> not open default font 'fixed'".
>
> i have also tried this: 1) commented out the unix:7101 font path, 2) started 
> x, 3) started xfstt (xfstt &), 4) added font path (xset fp+ unix/:7101), and 
> 5) ran xfontsel -pattern "-*-*-*-*-tt-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" which produced "no 
> match". it appears, i'm not getting the true type fonts.
>
> any explanations of what is wrong and how to correct the problem would be 
> much appreciated.
>
> also, the windows font directory contain a bunch of *.fon which 'file' says 
> is ms-dos executable. what is it? it has 8514fix.fon, so maybe it has 
> something to do with the fixed font. quite a few font names are capitalised, 
> does it matter?
>
> please, cc me, as for a variety of reasons, i'm not currently on the list. 
> tia,
>
> -a

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