[ale] a gnome bit me on the butt

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

My final resolution to this problem was to add fonts in groups and see 
when the problem resurfaced. Turned out, that out of the 385 fonts I was 
trying to add, one was causing the problem, thus I simply did not add it.

Geoffrey wrote:
> Since my last upgrade I had not added all my truetype fonts to my 
> system, so I decided to do so yesterday.  Well, then all gnome craps 
> out.  When execute something from the command line, the gnome packages 
> complain they can't find any fonts.  Doesn't matter that all non-gnome 
> toys are working just fine.
> 
> The error complains about fontconfig, did a little research located a 
> fonts-config tool with a force option.  What more could I ask for?  I 
> fired it up, no go.
> 
> I did a bit more research and it appears this fonts-config will get 
> confused and crap out mid way through the build.  Isn't that nice.  My 
> temporary solution was to remove all my new fonts, but I'll going to get 
> them back.
> 
> Anyone else have any such problems?  I'd appreciate any insights...
> 

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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