RE: error 2083

Hello!

Hmmm... this is related to using Gnome Print fonts, that
I am not too familiar with anymore :-/
You may try the following:

set SODIPODI_DEBUG_XFT environment variable to 1
If started, sodipodi should tell you, whether it finds xft
(if not immediately, at least as soon as you activate text tool)

You can set default font used by sodipodi text tool, by
editing $HOME/.sodipodi/preferences <tools><text> node

You can add fonts by hand to $HOME/.sodipodi/private-fonts
filename[:facenumber],full font name,family name

But the most important is to get sodipodi working with
xft/fontconfig database, as gnome-print one may be very buggy.
I do not believe sub-pixel hinting should disturb sodipodi
- most probably it can be sodipodi and gnome-print version
conflict.
If you can build sodipodi by yourself, disabling gnome-print
interface could help (it should be off by default anyways).

Best wishes,
Lauris Kaplinski

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of BEN
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 4:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Sodipodi-list] error 2083


Hello. I'm using SuSe9.1 with Sodipodi for vector graphics. It's started
spitting out the following messages in the console (in which it is
started) for each letter pressed after the text tool is selected :

xxx@yyyyy:~> sodipodi

(sodipodi:2104): GnomePrint-WARNING **: PS name is NULL, for
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/arial.ttf" using fallback

(sodipodi:2104): GnomePrint-WARNING **: PS name is NULL, for
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/arial.ttf" using fallback

(sodipodi:2104): GnomePrint-WARNING **: PS name is NULL, for
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/arial.ttf" using fallback

etc.

If one then tries to go into the Text Dialog the program crashes :
** (sodipodi:2104): WARNING **: Emergency save activated

Help! I *really* *really* *really* don't want to use anything but
sodipodi. I've grown very fond of it.

This might not be relevant, but as far as I know, the only change I have
recently made to my system was installing sub-pixel hinting ala the
instructions on www.theregister.co.uk

Sodipodi had no problems on my old box, on which I had also done this...
so are there any known problems with more recent versions?

Many thanks,

Ben



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