I deleted local.conf and tried running 'strace -e open -e fc-cache -f'. I get an error message: invalid system call 'fc-cache' -----Original Message----- From: Owen Taylor [mailto:otaylor@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 7:36 PM To: fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: jonathan.w.smith@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: Re: Problems going from RH8 to RH9 On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 19:28, Jonathan W. Smith wrote: > Luckily, I was browsing the archives, searching for a possible answer to my > problem, when I came across your reply to my inquiry. There was no way for a > member to reply while browsing the archives, so I created this email as if I > had received your response via email and was replying to it. Sorry, forgot to Cc: you last time. > How long should it take after 'fc-cache -f' to finish running? I have let > the machine sit for three hours and it has yet to come back to a command > line prompt. Something similar happened previously, I tried running > 'redhat-config-xfree86' after creating a local.conf. It started merrily off > as if great things would happen, yet never came back to the command line > prompt. I finally cancelled. > > I guess I should cancel this effort; delete the local.conf that I created; > and, try running 'fc-cache -f' again. Yeah, using the stock fonts.conf would remove a variable. I would recommend it. fc-cache should take a couple of minutes, no more. If you have thousands of fonts from Word Perfect, maybe 5-10 minutes. If takes longer than that, I'd run the command as: strace -e open -e fc-cache -f And see what font file it hangs on. > I am unsure how to answer your question about fonts, other than what shipped > with RH9. As previously stated, this was an attempt to go from RH8 to RH9. > There were programs, other than what shipped with RH8 on my machine, that > installed fonts, e.g., Corel Word Perfect and Sun Star Office. So I would > assume that the answer to your question is "Yes". Depends on _where_ these fonts were installed. If they aren't in fontconfig's directories, then they don't matter. But probably yes. Regards, Owen
