Re: Trueype font problems - RH9
From: Keith Clark (clarkphotography_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/13/03
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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:22:55 -0700
Keith Clark wrote:
> Paul Lutus wrote:
>
> > Keith Clark wrote:
> >
> > < snip >
> >
> > > Anyway, that still doesn't tell me why I can't use fonts installed in
> > > /usr/share/fonts/local unless I own the directory (even with permissions
> > > set to 755). Curious.
> >
> > It isn't true. You do not have to *own* the directory, but you have to be
> > able to enter it and examine its contents. To both gain access to and read
> > a file in a given directory, a user must have read and execute permission
> > on the directory, and he must have read permission on the file.
> >
> > With read but not execute permission on the directory, a user can list, but
> > not open and read, files in that directory. For reading the files, the user
> > must have read + execute permission on the directory and read permission on
> > the files.
> >
> > With no read nor execute permission on the directory, the user cannot even
> > list the files in it, regardless of the permissions on the files.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Lutus
> > http://www.arachnoid.com
>
> Like I said, I agree with the theory, but in the case of my machine, it simply
> doesn't work.
>
> Giving the directory "755" permissions simply does not work on this machine and
> I don't know why.
>
> I just did a complete fresh install of RedHat 9 on Saturday, applied all the
> up2date fixes, compiled the 2.6-test7 kernel, recompiled the Xfree86 source RPM
> for i686 vs the default i386 configuration and then started customizing, and
> that's when I ran into issues with fonts.
>
> I've been adding fonts to RedHat since RedHat 6.2 and this is the only time
> I've had problems (although I hadn't previously tried adding fonts to a default
> RedHat 9 installation).
>
> --Keith
I guess I should point out that I had the same problem on the RedHat 9 machine I
use at work, but if I installed Ximian Gnome or most recently Gnome 2.4, the
problem would go away.
Both of those use a different version of font config than a default RedHat install
uses so I'm wondering if that has something to do with it.
But I did try installing the latest font config RPM package for Gnome 2.4 and
although there were no unmet dependencies, it made X unusable (that's why I did the
fresh install on Saturday - groaaan).
--Keith
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