Re: Font problem after upgrade

Rick Knight <[email protected]> Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:37:08 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.fonts
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Richard W. Knight wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just upgraded my Slackware 9.0 / XFree86-4.3.0 notebook to 
> XFree86-4.4.0. The upgrade went well and just about everything works. 
> The only problem I have is non-system fonts in Mozilla.
>
> For example, when I load Google, the fonts are not visible. If there 
> is a link I get just a thin blue underline for the link but no font. 
> Also, I have a web page of my own (My Site 
> <http://catdads.rlknight.com>) that calls for Verdana, Arial or 
> Helvetica fonts and even though I have these fonts on my system, the 
> don't show up. If I unset "Allow documents to use other fonts" in 
> Mozilla/Edit/Preferences/Appearance/Fonts, then the text shows up, but 
> in the Fonts set in Mozilla. Config file attached. TIA
>
> Thanks,
> Rick Knight
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I found the problem. I needed to not load XFS at startup.

Rick Knight