Subject: Re: Can't find fonts
From: Robert G. Snyder (bob.snyder@home.com)
Date: Fri May 12 2000 - 20:59:49 CDT
Matthew Lybanon wrote:
>
> I installed abisuite-0.7.9-Linux_i386_static.tar.gz (after uncompressing and
> "untarring") on an Intel machine running Mandrake Linux. The installation
> appeared successful, and the program goes into execution, but it fails
> immediately. When it fails it gives the message:
>
> "AbiWord could not find any local font files in its font path. <More about
> not invoking AbiWord directly; I am using the wrapper shell script. ...>
>
> The current font path contains the following directories:
>
> [/usr/local/AbiSuite/fonts]
>
> Please visit http://www.abisource.com/for more information."
>
> The directory /usr/local/AbiSuite/fonts does contain a large number of files,
> but either they are the wrong files or the message is trying to tell me
> something else. If the abisource website has any more information on this
> topic, I was unable to find it. I would appreciate any suggestions.
I had a similar problem with the same binary. I got, I think, a different error
message but maybe the same thing is causing your problem.
The installation process sets the font files' permissions as readable only by
root and group. No user read permissions are set. Try (as root of course):
chmod 644 /usr/local/AbiSuite/fonts/*
The files in the 'icons' directory are set the same way so maybe they need the
same treatment although I had no problems after changing only the font files'
permissions.
Bob Snyder
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