Fonts in Ubuntu 8.04
RC
raulcarreras at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 15 21:13:55 UTC 2008
Please, does anyone know how to effectively add or delete fonts in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy? There is no way to get to the fonts folder to do this. Is it a bug or an oversight of the developers?
Raul
raulcarreras at yahoo.com
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1. Re: Hug day for Open Office (Karl Larsen)
2. 53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf (Craig Hurley)
3. Re: 53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf (Karl Larsen)
4. Re: Firefox printing (Xandros Pilosa)
5. Re: 53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf (NoOp)
6. Re: Still having issues with an embedded nvidia 6100 card &
3d (David Fox)
7. Re: Overheating Laptop (Detlef Lechner)
8. running a script at shutdown (Dirk Tamme)
9. SU Authentication failure (John)
10. Re: SU Authentication failure (Phil Sexton)
11. Re: Fonts in Ubuntu 8.04 (Detlef Lechner)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:47:48 -0600
From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
Subject: Re: Hug day for Open Office
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Charlie Kravetz wrote:
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>> I went back to find the email announcing this work. I would like to
>> help but do not know how. Can some help me?
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> Here's the information -
> <Quote>
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> The OpenOffice.org maintainer has been doing a heroic job of handling
> bug reports regarding OpenOffice but he can still use your help!
> Subsequently, the next hug day, on Tuesday, June 17th, will focus on
> OpenOffice. There are currently about 214 New bug reports regarding
> Open Office and we will be focusing on reducing that number in addition
> to look at some outstanding Incomplete and Confirmed bugs. We'll do
> this by following up with reporters, documenting test cases, confirming
> bug reports and tagging bugs based on their sub-component. The event
> will be held in #Ubuntu-bugs on Freenode. The list of targeted bugs and
> tasks is posted at:
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> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/20080617
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> Our goal is to deal with all of the bugs on that list.
>
> So on 17 June 2008, in all timezones, we'll be meeting in
> #ubuntu-bugs on irc.freenode.net for another Ubuntu Hug Day.
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> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay
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Thank you. I see the job and it is large.
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:01:11 +0100
From: Craig Hurley <lists at thehurley.com>
Subject: 53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
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Hello,
can someone post the contents of a default
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
ty
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:16:43 -0600
From: Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>
Subject: Re: 53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
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Craig Hurley wrote:
> Hello,
>
> can someone post the contents of a default
> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
>
> ty
>
>
karl at karl-hardy:~$ cat /etc/fonts/conf.avail/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- conf.d/monospace-lcd-filter.conf -->
<fontconfig>
<!-- Use legacy LCD filter on smaller Monospace fonts -->
<match target="font">
<test name="family">
<string>DejaVu Sans Mono</string>
<string>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</string>
</test>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less_eq">
<double>12.0</double>
</test>
<edit name="lcd_filter" mode="assign">
<const>lcdfilterlegacy</const>
</edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
Karl
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:28:02 +0200
From: Xandros Pilosa <folivora.pilosa at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Firefox printing
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Alain Muls pravi:
> Hi,
>
> I use firefox v3.05b with Ubuntu HH 8.04 LTS.
> If I print, firefox uses the default printer. But since this is
> different at home and at work, I have to change it manually. Firefox
> never shows me a selection for the printer to send his out put to? Any
> suggestions
>
> Tx/Alain
Hello Alain,
sorry, but I cannot reproduce your problem as the print dialogue window
shows in my installation ok, thus I can give you just some hints.
If you have the dialogue window in other applications (like ooffice ),
then you can check that plug-in libunixprintplugin.so is correctly
installed.
In firefox type in the adrress bar:
about:plugins
and check, if "Demo Print Plugin for unix/linux" is enabled. It is a
part of xulrunner-1.9 package in hardy-updates repository.
Furthermore you can check configuration settings in firefox with:
about:config
in the address bar and filter options by "print" in filter box at the top.
Here are some examples from my settings, wit clean (not upgraded form
FF2) profile, that could be relevant for you, from top to bottom of
displayed options:
print.postscript.print_command; lpr
${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+-P"$MOZ_PRINTER_NAME"}
print.print_command; lpr
${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+-P"$MOZ_PRINTER_NAME"}
and also for each printer separately e.g.:
print.printer_efax-gtk.print_command; lpr
${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+-P"$MOZ_PRINTER_NAME"}
print.printer_PDF.print_command; lpr
${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+-P"$MOZ_PRINTER_NAME"}
print.printer_list; -_has no value set - it is empty-_
print.use_native_print_dialog; false
You can edit values with double click or by right clicking the row.
Please be sure, _to backup_ your prefs.js file in your profile folder or
that folder itself, before you make any changes to your preferences file.
Good luck!
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:39:37 -0700
From: NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: 53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
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On 06/15/2008 10:01 AM, Craig Hurley wrote:
> Hello,
>
> can someone post the contents of a default
> /etc/fonts/conf.avail/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
>
> ty
>
~$ cat /etc/fonts/conf.avail/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- conf.d/monospace-lcd-filter.conf -->
<fontconfig>
<!-- Use legacy LCD filter on smaller Monospace fonts -->
<match target="font">
<test name="family">
<string>DejaVu Sans Mono</string>
<string>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</string>
</test>
<test name="pixelsize" compare="less_eq">
<double>12.0</double>
</test>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign">
<const>legacy</const>
</edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:58:22 -0700
From: "David Fox" <dfox94085 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Still having issues with an embedded nvidia 6100 card &
3d
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:53 AM, David Fox <dfox94085 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pretty much running anything 3d (compiz for instance) wrecks my
> display in that icons start disappearing off the screen, my icons at
Workaround: doing a ctrl-alt-f1 followed by an f7 restores the display fine.
I managed to then get compiz running (compiz --replace && emerald
--replace) and no ill effects.
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:54:40 +0200
From: Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net>
Subject: Re: Overheating Laptop
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Hi ?svobi & ?Michael,
Am Sonntag, den 15.06.2008, 19:22 +0900 schrieb Michael Sotnikov:
> > sna at WS222:~$ cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power
> > cat: /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power: No such file or directory
> > sna at WS222:~$
>
> looks like you have problems with acpi.
I agree.
In order to harden this judgement, using Midnight Commander, look into
the directory ?/proc/acpi/processor/ to see if your CPU is named other
than 'CPU0'. If so, look for a 'power' submenu and try to find there
power states C1, C2, C3.
> Usually it happens with "bad"
> bios.
I agree. Often a bad BIOS is the cause that the Ubuntu installer cannot
install a proper ACPI subsystem automatically.
> I recommend you to update firmware for your laptop first. (for
> example, my laptop had this kind of problem too, but 2 month ago my
> manufacturer fixed this problem in firmware.)
A good advice. After that often Ubuntu has to be re-installed.
>
> To be sure you can check if all acpi-related stuff was loaded properly
> 1. check loaded modules: lsmod | grep acpi
> if everything ok,
Often other Ubunteros already have tried to get your laptop type running
using Ubuntu and reported in the WWW about their success. Find out if
they loaded the same kernel modules as you.
> there should be acpi_cpufreq, and some other related
> modules (cpufreq_ondemand, freq_table, etc...)
The mentioned modules are loaded in my laptop computer also. But in your
specific computer type they may be replaced by other modules. So compare
with another owner of your specific computer type.
> 2. check errors during boot: dmesg | grep ACPI, any errors/warning?
A good point. But you will need experience to interpret these error
messages or warnings. Googling for the exact wording may help.
> ?Or are some some extra (ACPI) installations needed?
Ubuntu tries to find out all needed ACPI installations and installs
accordingly. So the answer is: "Usually not." If an ACPI error or
warning message in dmesg appers, then yes (or a configuration needs to
be changed).
?> IBM Services changed the fan and its exhausts already and it still
> seems quite hot always in the upper 60 degrees Celsius !?
You did not mention if this happens also when using Windows. If your T30
stays cool when using Windows, then your Ubuntu is at fault. If your T30
is hot when using Windows also, then some other hardware than the fan is
likely at fault. Analyze the error messages.
Regards,
Detlef Lechner
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:08:09 +0200
From: "Dirk Tamme" <dirk.tamme at gmx.de>
Subject: running a script at shutdown
To: "Ubuntu Users" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Message-ID: <20080615200809.197240 at gmx.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi,
I have a small script (looking for some file properties etc.). I checked that it works, and now I want to run it automatically at every shutdown. I think this should be possible -- but how to manage this?
Thanks for any help,
Dirk T.
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:24:10 +0100
From: John <John at DMJ-Consultancy.co.uk>
Subject: SU Authentication failure
To: Ubuntu <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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Hi
Having just upgraded to Hardy Heron 8.04, I've been trying to use a
terminal window to su to change a configuration in /etc/bluetooth.
I keep getting an Authentication failure which I don't remember from
Version 7.
If I change a setting in, say, the network configuration using the
System -> Administration -> Network menu option, is asks for
authorisation and accepts my password.
Why does su not let me in?
TIA
John
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:39:13 -0400
From: Phil Sexton <philsexton at skybest.com>
Subject: Re: SU Authentication failure
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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John wrote:
> Hi
>
> Having just upgraded to Hardy Heron 8.04, I've been trying to use a
> terminal window to su to change a configuration in /etc/bluetooth.
>
> I keep getting an Authentication failure which I don't remember from
> Version 7.
>
> If I change a setting in, say, the network configuration using the
> System -> Administration -> Network menu option, is asks for
> authorisation and accepts my password.
>
> Why does su not let me in?
>
> TIA
The root password is locked by default for security reasons, so sudo
is the recommended way.
You can set a root password, however by:
sudo passwd
To re-lock the root password:
sudo passwd -l root
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:42:24 +0200
From: Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net>
Subject: Re: Fonts in Ubuntu 8.04
To: SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <i-ubux at synass.net>
Cc: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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Hello svobi,
Am Sonntag, den 15.06.2008, 12:45 +0800 schrieb SYNass IT Ubuntu /
Linux:
> I am in a similar situation with my Gutsy 7.10 and may be in the future
> with Hardy 8.04 !
Note: The font handling and storage in Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 differ.
> Using Avantgarde as my default font since years I would like to get it
> to Ubuntu too !!
I do not know anything about Avantgarde.
> Where exactly does Ubuntu store all these fonts displayed in Appearance
> Preferences Fonts ???
I do not know much about all the fonts used in Ubuntu 8.04
Appearance_Preferences_(dialog) > Fonts. I gave an answer to 'RC' about
a often used font class, the True-Type fonts. You can find out where
they are stored on your computer by using the gnome-search tool
searching for '.ttf'. A lot of them are stored
in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ .
>
> I do not understand your recommendation to create another one !?
I did not recommend to create another font.
> Fonts must be there already and so ...
> ... no needs to create anything anew !?!?
It is possible to import fonts from somewhere to your Ubuntu computer.
> One more curious thing:
> Under Applications / Graphic are FontForge and Font Viewer !
>
> Starting FontForge displays the /home directories !? Why not the font
> directory ???
> Starting Font Viewer displays a table with an error message pop-up:
> Cannot open /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1:
> !!??
I do not know because I did not use these programs.
> Another (little) problem:
> Choosing some fonts in applications it always shows an endless table ...
> ... many NOT needed ae ... ones !
>
> How to get rid of all these really NOT needed ones ???
It is quite possible to delete font files. Be careful that you do not
regret later though.
Regards
Detlef
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