August 2001 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Possible topic for the next meeting?

by Brian J. Conway

Greetings, I don't know whether there is a topic for the next meeting and it just hasn't made it onto the web page or not, but I figured I'd offer a suggestion to the group. Is anyone interested on seeing a presentation on the various DVD players that are available for Linux along with their setup. hardware support, and configuration, etc? I'm headed to the west coast next week for a 7-day Alaskan cruise, and I really need something to do for the 6-hour plane ride each way other than watching Top Gun. I'd be happy to do so, but I figured I'd ask the group instead of just mailing Andy as "installing and running a couple of apps in Linux" might be on the light side for a presentation. If people are interested and there's already something for this month, just let me know and I'll write something up. Just my two cents, let me know if there's any interest (this hasn't already been done, right?). Brian J. Conway dogbert(a)clue4all.net Geek for hire: http://clue4all.net/resume Power Mac G4 Cube. Some of us are getting laid tonight. (http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20010509)

Aug. 3, 2001

Re: [Wlug] type1 fonts...

by Skip Gaede

On Friday 03 August 2001 09:22, Wes wrote: > Skip, > I was already doing what you said, but my fonts.dir file is > consistently coming up with "0" as the number of fonts in the > directory. Any ideas as to why? Hi Wes, It sounds like it may be time for a few more folks to jump in. Can you tell us a little more about your system? What distro are you running? What version of the kernel and X? If you run xfontsel, can you see your font families in the family pulldown? It may be perfectly normal for your fonts.dir file to contain a 0. Mine does! However, this was the command used to generate it: /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir -e /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings \ -e /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large . &>/dev/null I think the real information about the fonts are stored in the encodings directory. Sorry for the unneeded info earlier, Skip

Aug. 3, 2001

Re: [Wlug] type1 fonts...

by Aaron Haviland

Wesley Allen said: > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: > Skip Gaede <sgaede(a)mediaone.net> Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: > Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:17:20 -0400 > > >On Friday 03 August 2001 08:05, Skip wrote: > >> On Thursday 02 August 2001 17:18, Wesley Allen wrote: > >> > Hello all, I've got some nice type 1 fonts that I want to insert > >> > for use in X and in ghostscript. Can anyone run though the right > >> > command sequences to do this? > >> > >> Sure, Wes. It really isn't difficult, and you'll be pleased to know > >> there are many ways you can do it. Have you found the web site > >> http://www.linuxdoc.org yet? At linuxdoc there is an excellent set > >> of documentation that's well written and easy to understand. They > >> have a search engine, and entering Type 1 fonts should lead you to > >> a HOWTO on how to do it. > >> > >> Have said that, two things need to happen: > >> > >> 1) X has to know where to find the fonts 2) The directory needs to > >> have a special file called fonts.dir > >> > >> rm -f fonts.dir && ttmkfontdir . > > > >Before someone else jumps on this, the above line should have read > > > >(in the directory where your fonts are located, type) > > > >rm -f fonts.dir && mkfontdir . > > > >(The other command was for TrueType fonts!) > > > >--Skip > > Skip, > I was already doing what you said, but my fonts.dir file is > consistently coming up with "0" as the number of fonts in the > directory. Any ideas as to why? Wes AFAIK, with Type1 fonts, you need to have an entry for them in the matching fonts.scale for them to appear in fonts.dir from mkfontdir (this may or may not be debian-specific). From mkfontdir (1x): SCALABLE FONTS (this may or may not be debian-specific). From mkfontdir (1x): name, the file "fonts.scale" can be used to name the scalable fonts in the directory. The fonts listed in it are copied to fonts.dir by mkfont dir. "fonts.scale" has the same format as the "fonts.dir" file. g'luck -- Aaron Haviland orion [at] tribble [dot] dyndns [dot] org orion [at] parsed [dot] net http://www.aaron.haviland.net ICQ: 43079202

Aug. 3, 2001

Re: [Wlug] type1 fonts...

by Wesley Allen

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Skip Gaede <sgaede(a)mediaone.net> Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 08:17:20 -0400 >On Friday 03 August 2001 08:05, Skip wrote: >> On Thursday 02 August 2001 17:18, Wesley Allen wrote: >> > Hello all, >> > I've got some nice type 1 fonts that I want to insert for use in X >> > and in ghostscript. Can anyone run though the right command sequences to >> > do this? >> >> Sure, Wes. It really isn't difficult, and you'll be pleased to know there >> are many ways you can do it. Have you found the web site >> http://www.linuxdoc.org yet? At linuxdoc there is an excellent set of >> documentation that's well written and easy to understand. They have a >> search engine, and entering Type 1 fonts should lead you to a HOWTO on how >> to do it. >> >> Have said that, two things need to happen: >> >> 1) X has to know where to find the fonts >> 2) The directory needs to have a special file called fonts.dir >> >> rm -f fonts.dir && ttmkfontdir . > >Before someone else jumps on this, the above line should have read > >(in the directory where your fonts are located, type) > >rm -f fonts.dir && mkfontdir . > >(The other command was for TrueType fonts!) > >--Skip >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug Skip, I was already doing what you said, but my fonts.dir file is consistently coming up with "0" as the number of fonts in the directory. Any ideas as to why? Wes

Aug. 3, 2001

Re: [Wlug] type1 fonts...

by Skip Gaede

On Friday 03 August 2001 08:05, Skip wrote: > On Thursday 02 August 2001 17:18, Wesley Allen wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've got some nice type 1 fonts that I want to insert for use in X > > and in ghostscript. Can anyone run though the right command sequences to > > do this? > > Sure, Wes. It really isn't difficult, and you'll be pleased to know there > are many ways you can do it. Have you found the web site > http://www.linuxdoc.org yet? At linuxdoc there is an excellent set of > documentation that's well written and easy to understand. They have a > search engine, and entering Type 1 fonts should lead you to a HOWTO on how > to do it. > > Have said that, two things need to happen: > > 1) X has to know where to find the fonts > 2) The directory needs to have a special file called fonts.dir > > rm -f fonts.dir && ttmkfontdir . Before someone else jumps on this, the above line should have read (in the directory where your fonts are located, type) rm -f fonts.dir && mkfontdir . (The other command was for TrueType fonts!) --Skip

Aug. 3, 2001

Re: [Wlug] type1 fonts...

by Skip Gaede

On Thursday 02 August 2001 17:18, Wesley Allen wrote: > Hello all, > I've got some nice type 1 fonts that I want to insert for use in X and > in ghostscript. Can anyone run though the right command sequences to do > this? > Sure, Wes. It really isn't difficult, and you'll be pleased to know there are many ways you can do it. Have you found the web site http://www.linuxdoc.org yet? At linuxdoc there is an excellent set of documentation that's well written and easy to understand. They have a search engine, and entering Type 1 fonts should lead you to a HOWTO on how to do it. Have said that, two things need to happen: 1) X has to know where to find the fonts 2) The directory needs to have a special file called fonts.dir X knows where to look for fonts based on data in its configuration file, /etc/X11/XF86Config In there, look for one or more lines starting with FontPath You can just add a line, FontPath "path to your Type1 fonts directory" OR you can copy your fonts (both the .afm and .pfb files) to where the rest of the Type 1 fonts are, and dispense with editing XF86Config. By default, the Type 1 fonts are in a subdirectory of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts OR if you are using a font server, you can edit another file instead. I won't cover that possibility. Check out the HOWTOs for more info. Having done one of the above, X should be able to find your fonts. The next requirement is to create or update a file called fonts.dir in the directory where your new fonts are now located. Red Hat updates fonts.dir for you at boot time automatically. Yours may as well. But you can create the file by connecting to the directory and typing rm -f fonts.dir && ttmkfontdir . Restart your X environment and see if your <program> can see your fonts. Good luck, Skip

Aug. 3, 2001

type1 fonts...

by Wesley Allen

Hello all, I've got some nice type 1 fonts that I want to insert for use in X and in ghostscript. Can anyone run though the right command sequences to do this? Thanks, Wes

Aug. 2, 2001

Re: [Wlug] ipaq and QTe

by Scott Venier

QPE has a settings app called Light & Power that can control the backlight. Make sure you install apmd and h3600-utils out of familiar also. I just wrote a little script for syncing: #!/bin/sh ntpdate my.home.time.server ipkg update ipkg upgrade RSYNC_RSH=ssh export RSYNC_RSH rsync -va --exclude=/proc / user@my.home.machine:/path/to/backup I think it'll just be a matter of time before there are KDE apps that can do real syncing with the qpe PDA utilities. Scott On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Brad Noyes wrote: > Hey Gang, > I finally installed linux on my ipaq, and installed QT embedded last night, > and part of this morning. I like it so far, there are a few things that are > missing, one of which i find to be a real big down side. I can't seem to > turn off the back light. I don't want all my batter sucked up from the > backlight. Anyone else have this problem know how to fix this, or have > any suggestions? > > i was also wondering if anyone knows of any/some good sync tools, for linux, > and the ipaq. > > Thanks, > --Brad > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Aug. 1, 2001

Re: [Wlug] length of meetings

by Andy Stewart

Hi Aaron, The meetings typically last from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at the latest. However, if you leave at 9:00 PM, you'll miss the "best" part of the meeting at the Boynton Restaurant afterwards. :-) Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

Aug. 1, 2001

ipaq and QTe

by Brad Noyes

Hey Gang, I finally installed linux on my ipaq, and installed QT embedded last night, and part of this morning. I like it so far, there are a few things that are missing, one of which i find to be a real big down side. I can't seem to turn off the back light. I don't want all my batter sucked up from the backlight. Anyone else have this problem know how to fix this, or have any suggestions? i was also wondering if anyone knows of any/some good sync tools, for linux, and the ipaq. Thanks, --Brad

Aug. 1, 2001