Gimp on Becker

[Bradley Bell]

I seem to remember gimp requiring that both the 100dpi and 75dpi fonts
be installed.  that might be your problem.
-brad

On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Mike Hornung wrote:

> I'm not able to duplicate your problem.  When I use the text tool using
> The Gimp on Becker I see a list of 47 fonts.  And the one I just tried
> seemed to work alright.  Hehe.
> 
> I couldn't say it any better than the gimp guys themselves:
>   "All font rendering in GIMP 1.0 is done by the X server that the Gimp is
>   a client of. So installing fonts "for gimp" is really a matter of making
>   the Xserver properly use those fonts."
> 
> To you I believe that means the X/font server managing the X session on
> your X Windows Terminal is what's at fault...not anything (or lack
> thereof) on Becker.
> 
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> -=<(| mike at boobaz.net |)>=-
> 
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, R. David Whitlock wrote:
> 
> |Heya.
> |
> |Say, now that I've actually managed to get Gimp going on my low-color
> |X-term, where are the fonts???
> |
> |The text tool says that no fonts are installed, and so it will be
> |unavailable;
> |
> |A) Anyone know if these are just hidden somewhere else on Becker (mike?)
> |
> |B) Anyone know how to set the info from outside Becker so it knows where
> |to look for the fonts?
> |
> |C) Is it possible (as well as OK) to install these fonts if they aren't
> |on, and how does one do something like that? (never messed with X fonts
> |before...)
> |
> |Waddaya guys think?
> |
> |	-David
> |
> |
> |On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Mike Hornung wrote:
> |
> |> If you look at the man page for /sbin/loader it says you can add an
> |> environment variable "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" to add new library
> |> locations.  Since libgtk.so is in /public/lib you need to add that
> |> directory:
> |> 
> |> csh:  setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /public/lib
> |> bash: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/public/lib
> |> 
> |> The public account and its contents are provided as a volunteer service,
> |> not as a functional (and fully supported) part of the operating system.  
> |> If you asked, your question to C&C might receive an answer from a
> |> knowledgable student though.
> |> 
> |> ---------------------------
> |> -=<(| mike at boobaz.net |)>=-
> |> 
> |> On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, R. David Whitlock wrote:
> |> 
> |> |Hmmm,
> |> |
> |> |I get this from becker when trying to run gimp:
> |> |
> |> |becker1% /public/bin/gimp
> |> |5937:/public/bin/gimp: /sbin/loader: Fatal Error: cannot map libgtk.so
> |> |becker1% 
> |> |
> |> |Would this be something to ask C&C consultants about, or will they care?
> |> |Anyone got a clue?  I would love for there to be a copy of this program on
> |> |one of the UAC machines I could get to...
> |> |
> |> |
> |> |Later, 
> |> | David
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