Re: [Indic-computing-users] trouble while installing openType font in linux

[Dr. U.B. P. <pav...@vi...>]

I tried it on Windows XP and it worked, which means that there 
is no problem with the font. Something to do with your settings.

-Pavanaja

> Hi list!
> Long time.
> I'm trying to install the shideva font which is available in
> http://home.t-online.de/home/E.Tremel/Hindi/ .
> Here's my current setup:
> Redhat 7.1 with indix.
> To install indix, I followed the instructions in
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Indic-Fonts-HOWTO/ , it's been working fine,
> except that I had to add the line export
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib in my .bash_profile so that
> libIndic.so.1 is picked up when I startx. Raghu font is installed
> properly.
> 
> What I'm trying to do now:
> Install shideva font as an alternative to raghu.
> Now I downloaded the ttf file, called LruLruushiDeva.ttf and moved it
> to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType. The size is almost
> double(285584) of raghu(133708).
> 
> Now I cd to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType
> and run 
> mkfontdir
> which is successful.
> Then I run 
> xset fp rehash
> This is the error:
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> xset:  unable to open display ":0.0"
> 
> This happens when I'm trying to xset withing gnome using a terminal
> session. If I'm outside gnome, on the command prompt, xset fp rehash
> gives the error xset:  unable to open display ""
> 
> Googling for this error gave me an indication that it was because Load
> "freetype" statement should be present in the XF86Config-4 file, under
> the modules section, which is already there(Remember I have already
> installed raghu successfully).
> 
> Since I didn't touch any of the config files since then, I suspect
> that there is some env variable missing or some changes are needed in
> the path.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> It will be a big relief.
> Regards
> Alok
> 
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