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From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: Help running XConq (5.4)
Message-ID: <8157@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: 13 Jun 91 22:09:39 GMT
References: <EMERY.91Jun12134953@Dr_No.mitre.org>
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In <EMERY.91Jun12134953@Dr_No.mitre.org> emery@Dr_No.mitre.org (David Emery) writes:

>We traded in some Sun-3s for color SparcStations, and I'm trying to
>rebuild XConq.  I have the same problem with XConq 5.1 and 5.4.
>Everything compiles and links OK, but when I run it I get the
>following error messages:
>  Can't open fonts "standard" or "/home/aries/emery/XCONQ/lib/standard.snf" on "unix:0.0"
>  No font to substitute!!
>  Can't open fonts "xconq" or "/home/aries/emery/XCONQ/lib/xconq.snf" on "unix:0.0"
>  No font to substitute!!
>But the files "home/aries/emery/XCONQ/lib/standard.snf" and
>".../xconq.snf" exist!
>Does anyone know what's going on here?

You need to add the fonts to your fontpath.  

First, run mkfontdir in the /home/aries/emery/XCONQ/lib directory
where your .snf files are.  This will make a fonts.dir file.

Then, after setting your DISPLAY environment variable, type

xset fp+ /home/aries/emery/XCONQ/lib
xset fp rehash

This should reset your fontpath OK.  You can check by typing

xlsfonts | grep "standard"
xlsfonts | grep "xconq"

Both should report the font as existing.

Then you're away.

Maybe.

	Tim
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