[rrd-users] rrdtool ad fontconfig [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Michael,

Today Michael.Potter at ga.gov.au wrote:

> Hi
>
>
>
> Trying to get rrdtool 1.3 to run under solaris, but getting the following
> error when running an example:
>
> No fonts found; this probably means that the fontconfig
>
> library is not correctly configured. You may need to
>
> edit the fonts.conf configuration file. More information
>
> about fontconfig can be found in the fontconfig(3) manual
>
> page and on http://fontconfig.org <http://fontconfig.org/>
>
>
>
> I have fontconfig installed on my system, and the /etc/fonts/font.conf point
> to real fonts.

run fc-cache

cheers
tobi

>
>
>
> I have tried configuring with --with-rrd-default-font="monospace" and
> --with-rrd-default-font=/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/VeraMono.ttf
> (which does exist), but it still comes up with the same error.
>
>
>
> What can I do to get rrdtool to see my current  fontconfig install, and use
> the fonts available now on my system?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>

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