[Xastir] Debian font problem

[Dennis]

Same problem here if I  use Simply Mepis or  windows/cygnus/lintronix. 
Did not have the problem
when using Mandrake 10...........dennis(ve6dhw)

Andrew Rich (VK4TEC) wrote:

>Surely it will be a font missing ?
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>On Sun, 2005-03-13 at 13:25 +1030, Tony Hunt wrote:
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>>Hi Curt ,  Thanks for that tip but it didnt work ..
>>Ive run xastir up with the -l english switch as well but the Fonts are still
>>messed up on the menus .. I have not been able to find any info on this
>>problem as yet via the Knoppix page or elsewhere .. Still the programe works
>>fine but it leaves one guessing a bit what some of the menus are when they
>>are not readable at all..
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>>Tony VK5AH
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer at eskimo.com>
>>To: "Tony Hunt" <wavetel at bigpond.com>
>>Cc: "Xastir mailing list" <xastir at xastir.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 9:45 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Xastir] Debian font problem
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>>>On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, Tony Hunt wrote:
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>>>>Hello .. I am new to the list and also pretty new to Linux ..
>>>>I am trying to get xastir going with Debian. Specifically the Knoppix
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>>3.7
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>>>>AFU disto .. It seems to work fine ..
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>>>>I am told this problem is a know one but I have not found a fix .. Is
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>>there
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>>>>a easy fix. ? The problem being the fonts in the menus are messed up.. I
>>>>cant read the Fonts/characters in the File/configure , Message, Map,
>>>>Interface menus very well..  The fonts are really messed up..
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>>>>Ive done a HD install and its the same.. What can be done to make this
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>>look
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>>>>readable without reloading the O/S to something newer ?
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>>>Try this:
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>>>    export LANG=en_US; xastir &
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>>>See if that fixes it.
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>>>--
>>>Curt, WE7U.   APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
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