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Subject: Re: Fonts reorganization and additions
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From: Ken Brown <kbrown AT cornell DOT edu>
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 17:58:59 -0400
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On 9/12/2015 12:33 PM, Fergus wrote:
>>> I re-installed my two font packages:
>>>     xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75
>>>     xorg-x11-fonts-misc
>
> OK, sorry, I've tried every which way to recover from the consequences of
> this reorganisation including the re-installation described above by Jim
> Reisert using setup.ini timestamped 1442007529; but still got the "Error
> writing file" message
>>>    Unable to extract
>>>    /etc/X11/fontpath.d/xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi:unscaled:pri=20
> followed by
>>>    Unable to extract
>>>    /etc/X11/fontpath.d/xorg-x11-fonts-misc:unscaled:pri=10
> During the re-installation; and then the same message as before
>>> Warning: Cannot convert string
> "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct
> when starting xterm.
> Are users meant to be able to recover their glitch-free system using
> self-help (in which case can anybody please provide a recipe e.g. a
> sequenced re-installation?!) or are we awaiting a fix with a new timestamp?
> Just a question, not a nag ... thank you.

I'm sure this will be fixed properly in due course.  In the meantime, here's a 
workaround:

1. Create the directory /etc/X11/fontpath.d .

2. Create a file in that directory.  [This is to prevent deletion of the 
directory during step 3.]

3. Reinstall xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75 and xorg-x11-fonts-misc.

Ken

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