Additional information that I should have mentioned: I have added all updates available via up2date (except Mozilla-related, due to some bug) as of 1/1/04. I did not test whether simplified Chinese worked before adding the updates. John > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Li > Sent: 2004 01 01 16:56 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RH9-Fedora upgrade problem: Chinese, i18n fonts > > > Please help! > I have just upgraded from RH9 to Fedora. However, > I have a problem using Simplified Chinese (Traditional > Chinese works fine). When at the login prompt I > choose languages, the script next to the simplified > Chinese option does not display Chinese, but little > squares of hex code. (Thai is the same way.) When I > choose simplified Chinese and log in, Linux will not > load, and the following message pops up: > Your session only lasted 10 seconds....this could > mean there is some installation problem.... > [ellipses represent text deleted by me] > > The option is presented to view file ~/.xsession-errors, > which contains: > > 0mXftFontOpen(): Failed: > (and then, in Chinese: "file or directory doesn't exist") > Following charsets: > 0: -Sony-Fixed-Medium-R-Normal--16-120-100-100-c-80-ISO8859-1 > 1: -Sony-Fixed-Medium-R-Normal--16-120-100-100-c-80-ISO8859-1 > 2: -isas-fangsong ti-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-gb2312.1980-0 > 3: -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-jisx0208.1983-0 > 4: -baekmuk-batangbdf-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-ksc5601.1987-0 > 5: -taipei-fixed-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-c-0-big5-0 > 6: -arabic-newspaper-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-iso10646-1 > .... > ** (gnome-session:5681): WARNING **: Cannot open font file for font > ZYSong 18030 10 > ** (gnome-session:5681): WARNING **: Cannot open fallback > font, nothing > to do > > What can I do to fix this problem? > > By the way, no such problem existed in my RH9 installation. I'm aware > that RH9 used zh_CN.gb18030, while Fedora uses zh_CN.UTF-8, I think. > Thanks very much! > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
