Re: fonts

• Subject: Re: fonts
• From: "W. Stephen Wilson" <email@hidden>
• Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 14:17:19 -0400 (EDT)
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> 
> Due to a massive failure I have to rebuild my powerbook G4 12"
> from scratch.  I got tiger for it and am trying to reproduce
> my previous setup but when I try to do something really simple
> like "xclock -digital"  I get 
> Warning:  Cannot convert string "" to type XftFont
> Bus error
> 
> This is probably a common error but I can't even find the 
> x11 discussion group on the web anymore.  Hope someone
> can help.  I'm sure this problem's solution will fix
> many other problems I have not yet met.
> 
> Steve

It is a common problem.  Just found a "font" problem (and solution)
on the Tiger "FAQ".  The solution was to:

run

sudo fc-cache

to

"create font caches that were not created correctly during the
Tiger installation".

Thanks!

Steve
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