[K12OSN] gimp can't find default font - won't start

[anthony baldwin]

anthony baldwin wrote:
> Well,
> I dled a number of fonts and had them working in OOo and KWord.
> I then added them to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts (in a new dir called 
> truetype) did ttmkfdir, xset rehash and added them to the font path with 
> chkfontpath.
> Then, I tried to start the gimp to see if they were, indeed, now usable 
> in the Gimp, as I had suspected/hoped they would be.
> Well, the Gimp wouldn't start at all.
> I tried to start it from terminal and got:
> GTK-Error: ** Unable to find default font.
> aborting...
> 
> So, I went back and removed the fonts and directory from 
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts, redid xfd restart reset the fontpath by doing 
> /usr/sbin/chkfontpath -r /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype
> (basically undid all the changes I had done.)
> and tried to start Gimp again.
> I still get the same msg, can't find default font.
> I can't seem to figure out where the config that tells it where to find 
> what font for default is.  I can't help but think that if I could find 
> that and edit it, I might be back in business.
> All the same, I can't imagine what damage I did to cause it to have lost 
> it's default font.
> Next to a web browser, Gimp is probably the most used application on my 
> machine (just look at photodharma.com or how much stuff I now have up on 
> kdelook.org).  Getting the gimp up and running again is very important 
> to me.
> Can anyone help me or point me in the right direction?
> Please!  I'll be your best friend!
> 
> tony
> 

Just to let you all know...
I logged out of X and tried to log back in and the whole Xserver seems 
to have been hosed due to my changes to xfs or something.
I ended up rebooting and finding that I had problems with the file system.
I did fsck and got her back up and running as though nothing ever 
happened, including gimp usage back to normal.
(Had some help from roguedaemon on #redhat at freenode).
Of course, I've not succeeded in adding any fonts to the Gimp.
I've added fonts to every KDE component and to OOo, but can't seem to 
figure out how to get them into the Gimp...

Anthony Baldwin
http://www.School-Library.net
Freedom to Learn!

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