startx with kde's fonts

[S.D.Willie]

hey,

was just curious if or what i have to add to my .xinitrc to have my regular fonts load when i start kde. only way i can get the fonts i specify is if i use run level 5 instead of 3. this is drake 9.1 btw.

all i have at this point in my file is

exec startkde &
exec gnome-panel



any help appreciated, even if you could post your .xinitrc, that would help alot as well.

SD

[nukes]

What's in the global xinitrc? This may be in /etc/X11/xinit but I'm not sure.
I'm pretty sure that if you boot to runlevel 4/5 you get the global xinit script as it isn't being launched as a normal user.

[jkrohn]

*Shouldn't be any need to edit xinit*. What fonts are these? TTF?

Either way, if they are listed in XF86config-4 that is all you will need if you want to use XFT.

AFAIK .xinitrc will not work localy for the reason that nukes stated, you use the DM to change WM. You may want to take a look at the xinit to see how it is launching it.

Are the fontpaths specified in XF86config-4?

Jkrohn

[S.D.Willie]

What fonts are these? TTF?

i imagine those are the true type fonts you can use as in windows fonts i was guessing. i actually dont have the font path in my XF86Config-4 but i see them in my XF86config

heres the first i mentioned.
____________________________________

# File generated by XFdrake.

# ************************************************** ********************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
# Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection
__________________________________


i only put the 1st few sections of it. and the lines that refer to the fonts in XF86Config are:
_________________________________
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"

# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
___________________________________
this is basically what my goal was . to load the gnome panel when kde starts and have my fonts utilized of course. i have since created an additional taskbar in kde(up top) and have used that instead but would prefer the first option. anyhow i thought the only way i could get the gnome panel to run (automatically)when i log in was to create .xinitrc and edit it accordingly.

edit: not that this helps anyhow but my /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc is this:


#!/bin/sh
# (c) 2000-2002 MandrakeSoft
# $Id: xinitrc-xinitrc,v 1.2 2002/09/10 05:53:43 flepied Exp $

# Set a background here because it's not done anymore
# in Xsesion for non root users
if [ "`whoami`" != root ]; then
xsetroot -solid "#21449C"
fi

exec /etc/X11/Xsession $*

[S.D.Willie]

^ bump ^

[jkrohn]

Drake 9.1 uses XF86Config-4 so if it is in XF86config it won't do squat for you

Either way, what you need to do is this...
1) Put the TTF fonts you want to use in a directory, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/ should already exist and you can dump them there.
2) Add FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/" to XF86Config-4 or uncomment it if it is already there.
3) Restart X

Jkrohn

[S.D.Willie]

ok, cool. thanks for the help.