Re: [TCLUG:8429] gdm on Sparc Linux

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

No doubt.  Which fonts were suspect?

Peter Lukas

On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Bob Tanner wrote:

> Quoting Peter Lukas (peter@math.umn.edu):
> > That's been happening with some of the newer gdm packages.  I suspect it
> > to be a permissions issue (tail -f /var/gdm/:0.log and /var/log/messages
> > both complain about /var/log/:0.*)  It should be set to :0.xauth although
> > I haven't had enought time to investigate.
> 
> I straced the binary and with help from my friends in Australia, I found out
> that I did not have the appropriate fonts installed.
> 
> Kind of irritating. First, it should not core :-), it should exit gracifully.
> Second, it should LOG what the problem is. Third, a set of fallbacks would be
> nice.
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