HP9000 laptop complete (almost)

2 msg	Gnome Applet Problem with Batterie Applet
7 msg	broken dependencies?¿
4 msg	distcc with other distro (Debian)
4 msg	USB devices and CDs don't get mounted automatic...
6 msg	[OT] which DVB-T USB tuner?
4 msg	ufed and make.conf when emerging phpMyAdmin
1 msg	Piggy Bank as a screen scraper

HP9000 laptop complete (almost)
\ James (1 Aug 2007)
. \ Alan McKinnon (2 Aug 2007)
. . \ Mick (2 Aug 2007)
. \ James (2 Aug 2007)
. \ James (3 Aug 2007)

3 msg	mplayer and dvd
3 msg	problem with programms like ssh, tor, but _only...
4 msg	unsuscribe
5 msg	problem with programms like ssh, tor, on wireless
9 msg	Switching from Genkernel to manual build
6 msg	Portage Sneakernet
6 msg	IO scheduling
5 msg	Crap is being added to site-gentoo.el
13 msg	Apache not compiling
17 msg	where to place command to be executed on X.org ...
1 msg	revered skyscraper
3 msg	KDE & HAL - Tray icon

Subject:	HP9000 laptop complete (almost)
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	James
Date:	1 Aug 2007

Hello,

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone that has endured and
answered my emails over the past few days related to the
installation of an hp laptop. It is finally working fine.

Looking a /var/log/Xorg.0.log there are numerous problems with
fonts. Since I always seem to be moving over (word) documents
from windows, I need as many fonts installed as possible, related
to what one might expect from word documents. Additionally, I need
to maintain a robust set of gentoo/linux centric fonts.

<snip>
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/util".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/util").
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/encodings".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/encodings").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/local/share/fonts" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/default".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/default").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
<end/snip>
<it goes on for quite a while..

For now I have these fonts listed in my xorg.conf file on most gentoo
systems I maintain:

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/util"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/encodings"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/terminus"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/arphicfonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/jisx0213"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/shinonome"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kacst-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/sgi-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/unfonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-misc"

Now looking at /usr/portage/media-fonts I do not see a one to one
naming convention between what is listed in the
/usr/portage/media-fonts dir and the gentoo ebuild names (eix fonts).
Neither of those correspond either to what is listed in xorg.conf.

Is there a 'fonts-meta' package? <it's rhetorical question>....

So how does one go about systematically installing and maintaining
a complete set of fonts on a gentoo system, particularly those
related to a variety of windows generated document fonts

wikis:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_and_Fonts
http://wiki.gentoo-xeffects.org/Font_Rendering

Any other resources I should read?

James

--
gentoo-user mailing list