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Hi all,
Seems i've come across a problem probably caused by myself. when I boot into any wm, all of the gtk1 and 2 apps display hollow boxes inplace of characters.
I'm using the gb key map but I have not defined the en_GB.iso8859-1 locale in my rc..conf file, could this be the problem? running 'locale -a' shows only the us locale so does this mean I would have to install it? if so how?
all of the fonts listed in my xorg.conf file are installed so I don't think that could be the problem!?
some help would be apreciated.
Cheers:D
Nick
Last edited by animammal (2007-05-09 15:26:07)
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I'm using the gb key map but I have not defined the en_GB.iso8859-1 locale in my rc..conf file, could this be the problem? running 'locale -a' shows only the us locale so does this mean I would have to install it? if so how?
To install a locale, edit /etc/locale.gen and uncomment the locales you want to use, then run "locale-gen" (as root), if you want it as default you have to set it in rc.conf...
If you haven't defined another locale than the default (en_US) in rc.conf that shouldn't be the problem. Have you installed any ttf fonts? If not, I'd recommend ttf-dejavu & ttf-ms-fonts.
Last edited by Linteg (2007-05-09 16:33:28)
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hi ya, yeah, i've got a lot of ttf fonts installed including the ones you've suggested.
Is there anyway I can check what fonts gtk needs??
thanks for the help!
Last edited by animammal (2007-05-09 16:43:43)
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gtk apps should work with any fonts AFAIK.
xorg.conf doesn't really deal with fonts anymore. It's all done via fontconfig and freetype.
I think you need
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "xtt"
those enabled in your xorg.conf as I recall. I've not got my arch box in front of me at the moment.
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woo hoooo FIXED! I ran a few gtk apps via the console and it came back with something about Pango??? seems I just had to re-install it. must have just been corrupted.
Thanks for your help guys!
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