Xorg and fonts problem :-(

[Marco]

Hi all,
I have installed Debian Etch on my notebook.

When I run my X server I have these following error messages:
Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF, removing from
list!
Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF, removing from
list!
Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/CID, removing from
list!
.....
FreeFontPath : FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc refcount is 2, should be
1; fixing.

This is my Section File of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/truetype/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/"

FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection

Could you help me to fix these messages?
Thanks
Marco

[Jochen Schulz]

Post by Marco
I have installed Debian Etch on my notebook.

Using the Etch installer beta? Then you should probably file a bug
report.

Post by Marco
Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF, removing from
list!
Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF, removing from
list!
Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/CID, removing from
list!

On my unstable system I have (for quite some time, the fonts have been
moved around on some X.org upgrade):

$ grep FontPath /etc/X11/xorg.conf
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"

J.

[Marco]

Post by Jochen Schulz

Post by Marco
I have installed Debian Etch on my notebook.

Using the Etch installer beta? Then you should probably file a bug
report.

Hi!
No, I have first installed Sarge and after I have upgraded my linux box
to Etch with
apt-get dist-upgrade command

Post by Jochen Schulz

Post by Marco
Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF, removing from
list!
Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF, removing from
list!
Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/CID, removing from
list!

On my unstable system I have (for quite some time, the fonts have been
$ grep FontPath /etc/X11/xorg.conf
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
J.

I have try with your fonts paths, but the problem persists.
I don't have TTF or OTF folders in my linux box :-(
# updatedb
# locate TTF
(nothing)
#locate OTF
(nothing)
I have only CID folder in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

Any idea?
Thanks

Marco

[Jochen Schulz]

Post by Marco
No, I have first installed Sarge and after I have upgraded my linux box
to Etch with
apt-get dist-upgrade command

It probably would have been better if you had uses aptitude (it's the
recommended way for upgrades since woody->sarge), but I don't know
whether that would have saved you from your trouble.

Post by Marco

Post by Jochen Schulz
$ grep FontPath /etc/X11/xorg.conf
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"

I have try with your fonts paths, but the problem persists.

Which problem exactly? Is it just some error messages in your log file
without any apparent effect?

Post by Marco
I don't have TTF or OTF folders in my linux box :-(
# updatedb
# locate TTF

The files have a lowercase extension, but well.

Post by Marco
I have only CID folder in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

That's strange (at least if etch uses the same font paths as sid
currently, which is what I think it does).

What font packages do you have installed? Try
$ dpkg -l xfonts-\* | grep ^ii

You should have at least xfonts-base and xfonts-{100,75}dpi and probably
xfonts-scalable, too.

J.

[Marco]

Post by Jochen Schulz
Which problem exactly? Is it just some error messages in your log file
without any apparent effect?

Hi,
Yes I have just some error messege on my screen and in my log file,
but I would want a clean installation.
I don't already installed KDE, GNOME, I just only configuring X.

Post by Jochen Schulz

Post by Marco
I have only CID folder in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

That's strange (at least if etch uses the same font paths as sid
currently, which is what I think it does).
What font packages do you have installed? Try
$ dpkg -l xfonts-\* | grep ^ii

ii xfonts-100dpi 1.0.0-2
ii xfonts-100dpi-transcoded 1.0.0-2
ii xfonts-75dpi 1.0.0-2
ii xfonts-75dpi-transcoded 1.0.0-2
ii xfonts-base 1.0.0-3
ii xfonts-cyrillic 1.0.0-3
ii xfonts-encoding 1.0.0-5.1
ii xfonts-scalable 1.0.0-4
ii xfonts-utils 1.0.0-6

Post by Jochen Schulz
You should have at least xfonts-base and xfonts-{100,75}dpi and probably
xfonts-scalable, too.
J.

Ideas?
Thanks
Marco

[Jochen Schulz]

Post by Marco

Post by Jochen Schulz
Which problem exactly? Is it just some error messages in your log file
without any apparent effect?

Yes I have just some error messege on my screen and in my log file,
but I would want a clean installation.

Then I suggest just trying to remove all paths that are mentioned in the
error messages. I have some of these errors, too. But since I start X
via gdm I don't see them if I don't look for them in my logfile. Nothing
to bother.

J.