Re: disappearing /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts/fonts.dir

From: Bernie Dolan (dolan@jeol.com)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 14:08:13 EDT

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    Isn't doing a chmod -w filename the same as doing a chmod 444
    filename? (I thought chmod 444 changes the file such that there are
    only read persmissions for eveyone on it.) So in a sense I did that,
    but the file is still missing upon reboot.

    On 2002.05.23 14:05 Dom Lachowicz wrote:
    > xfs, the X Font server, removes this file and Redhat knows about the
    > problem. chmod -w on the file will fix things.
    >
    > Dom
    >
    > On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 13:57, Bernie Dolan wrote:
    > > Greetings:
    > >
    > > I don't know why this is happening and I'm wondering if anybody else
    >
    > > has stumbled across this problem. I've installed AbiWord 1.0.1-1
    > > (GNOME version) and the fonts and plugins for it. Everything works
    > > well as long as the machine is not rebooted. Upon reboot, the file
    > > /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts/fonts.dir is missing. I've changed
    > > permissions to 444, and still when rebooted, the file is missing.
    > >
    > > This seems to be an important file for AbiWord as it won't start
    > > without it. I can get AbiWord to start if I force the re-install of
    >
    > > the fonts package, hence making a new file but I'm very confused why
    > it
    > > removes this file. Any help, as always, is greatly appreciated.
    > > --
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