Re: Abiword 1.0.2 won't start

From: Barry Skidmore (skidmore@mail.worldvenue.org)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 21:40:09 EDT

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    Devon,

    I posted a related message a few days ago, but so far have not found a
    solution to the problem. Below is a copy of my post.

    Barry

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    When trying to open an MS Word document, I receive the following error
    message:

    AbiWord could not load the following font or fontset from the X Window
    System display server:
                         [-*-Arial-bold-r-*-*-*-0-*-*-*-*-*-*]

    I have followed the suggested instructions, and added the these lines to
    both the XF86Config and XF86Config-4 files and rebooted:

    (it was suggested to just add the line, Load "type1", to the "Module"
    section, but since there was not a section called "Module", I created one
    [wrong???])

    Section "Module"

        load "type1"

    EndSection

    Adding the above did not correct the problem.

    I also entered the following command as root:

    /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -a /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts

    and received this response:

    /usr/share/AbiSuite/fonts already in list

    What am I doing wrong, or does the font "Arial" just not exist? I don't
    think the latter is the case, since it is in the font list in the
    application.

    Barry
    ==============================================================

    > I just upgraded from version 0.9.9.5. to 1.0.2 by rpm. I'm running redhat
    > 7.3
    >
    > The upgrade goes fine, no error messages. When I try to run abiword I get a
    > message about not being able to add fonts to the x server. I click ok, the
    > abiword splash screen pops up for a second, then disappears and abiword
    > stops loading.
    >
    > I checked the font path and the abiword fonts directory is already there. I
    > restarted the x font server, and did a complete reboot, but the same thing
    > happens.
    >
    >
    >
    > Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
    >
    > Thanks in advance
    >
    >
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