Trying to get bigger font on aterm

[euless]

Hi,

Help!


I am running this picore on my RPi 4B:  12.x/armv7/releases/RPi
I install the extension from Reply#9 of this thread: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=22967.0


I get the following error when doing xset.  What is wrong?  Thanks!

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tc@box:~$   sudo xset fp+  /usr/local/share/fonts/terminus/
xset:  bad font path element (#1), possible causes are:
    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
    Directory missing fonts.dir
    Incorrect font server address or syntax
    [EDIT]: Added code tags.  Rich

[euless]

Below is the substance of the terminus folder.

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tc@box:~$ ls /usr/local/share/fonts/terminus/
fonts.alias                  ter-u20n_cp1251.pcf.gz
fonts.dir                    ter-u20n_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_cp1251.pcf.gz       ter-u20n_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz   ter-u20n_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz  ter-u20n_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz  ter-u20n_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz  ter-u20n_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz   ter-u20n_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz   ter-u20n_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz   ter-u20n_koi8-r.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz   ter-u20n_koi8-u.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_koi8-r.pcf.gz       ter-u20n_pt154.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_koi8-u.pcf.gz       ter-u20n_unicode.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_pt154.pcf.gz        ter-u22b_cp1251.pcf.gz
ter-u12b_unicode.pcf.gz      ter-u22b_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_cp1251.pcf.gz       ter-u22b_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz   ter-u22b_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz  ter-u22b_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz  ter-u22b_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz  ter-u22b_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz   ter-u22b_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz   ter-u22b_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz   ter-u22b_koi8-r.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz   ter-u22b_koi8-u.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_koi8-r.pcf.gz       ter-u22b_pt154.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_koi8-u.pcf.gz       ter-u22b_unicode.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_pt154.pcf.gz        ter-u22n_cp1251.pcf.gz
ter-u12n_unicode.pcf.gz      ter-u22n_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_cp1251.pcf.gz       ter-u22n_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz   ter-u22n_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz  ter-u22n_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz  ter-u22n_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz  ter-u22n_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz   ter-u22n_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz   ter-u22n_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz   ter-u22n_koi8-r.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz   ter-u22n_koi8-u.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_koi8-r.pcf.gz       ter-u22n_pt154.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_koi8-u.pcf.gz       ter-u22n_unicode.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_pt154.pcf.gz        ter-u24b_cp1251.pcf.gz
ter-u14b_unicode.pcf.gz      ter-u24b_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_cp1251.pcf.gz       ter-u24b_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz   ter-u24b_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz  ter-u24b_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz  ter-u24b_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz  ter-u24b_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz   ter-u24b_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz   ter-u24b_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz   ter-u24b_koi8-r.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz   ter-u24b_koi8-u.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_koi8-r.pcf.gz       ter-u24b_pt154.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_koi8-u.pcf.gz       ter-u24b_unicode.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_pt154.pcf.gz        ter-u24n_cp1251.pcf.gz
ter-u14n_unicode.pcf.gz      ter-u24n_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_cp1251.pcf.gz       ter-u24n_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz   ter-u24n_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz  ter-u24n_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz  ter-u24n_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz  ter-u24n_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz   ter-u24n_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz   ter-u24n_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz   ter-u24n_koi8-r.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz   ter-u24n_koi8-u.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_koi8-r.pcf.gz       ter-u24n_pt154.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_koi8-u.pcf.gz       ter-u24n_unicode.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_pt154.pcf.gz        ter-u28b_cp1251.pcf.gz
ter-u16b_unicode.pcf.gz      ter-u28b_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_cp1251.pcf.gz       ter-u28b_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz   ter-u28b_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz  ter-u28b_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz  ter-u28b_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz  ter-u28b_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz   ter-u28b_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz   ter-u28b_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz   ter-u28b_koi8-r.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz   ter-u28b_koi8-u.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_koi8-r.pcf.gz       ter-u28b_pt154.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_koi8-u.pcf.gz       ter-u28b_unicode.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_pt154.pcf.gz        ter-u28n_cp1251.pcf.gz
ter-u16n_unicode.pcf.gz      ter-u28n_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_cp1251.pcf.gz       ter-u28n_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz   ter-u28n_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz  ter-u28n_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz  ter-u28n_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz  ter-u28n_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz   ter-u28n_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz   ter-u28n_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz   ter-u28n_koi8-r.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz   ter-u28n_koi8-u.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_koi8-r.pcf.gz       ter-u28n_pt154.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_koi8-u.pcf.gz       ter-u28n_unicode.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_pt154.pcf.gz        ter-u32b_cp1251.pcf.gz
ter-u18b_unicode.pcf.gz      ter-u32b_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_cp1251.pcf.gz       ter-u32b_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz   ter-u32b_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz  ter-u32b_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz  ter-u32b_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz  ter-u32b_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz   ter-u32b_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz   ter-u32b_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz   ter-u32b_koi8-r.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz   ter-u32b_koi8-u.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_koi8-r.pcf.gz       ter-u32b_pt154.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_koi8-u.pcf.gz       ter-u32b_unicode.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_pt154.pcf.gz        ter-u32n_cp1251.pcf.gz
ter-u18n_unicode.pcf.gz      ter-u32n_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_cp1251.pcf.gz       ter-u32n_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_iso-8859-1.pcf.gz   ter-u32n_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_iso-8859-13.pcf.gz  ter-u32n_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_iso-8859-15.pcf.gz  ter-u32n_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_iso-8859-16.pcf.gz  ter-u32n_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_iso-8859-2.pcf.gz   ter-u32n_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_iso-8859-5.pcf.gz   ter-u32n_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_iso-8859-7.pcf.gz   ter-u32n_koi8-r.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_iso-8859-9.pcf.gz   ter-u32n_koi8-u.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_koi8-r.pcf.gz       ter-u32n_pt154.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_koi8-u.pcf.gz       ter-u32n_unicode.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_pt154.pcf.gz        term14.pcf.gz
ter-u20b_unicode.pcf.gz      termB14.pcf.gz
    [EDIT]: Added code tags.  Rich

[polikuo]

Hi, welcome to the forum

The settings are stored in the file ~/.Xdefaults

Replace this

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Aterm*font: fixed
to this

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Aterm*font: 10x20
will do the trick

For more details, you can google the syntax of .Xdefaults

[euless]

Hi, welcome to the forum

The settings are stored in the file ~/.Xdefaults

Replace this

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Aterm*font: fixed
to this

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Aterm*font: 10x20
will do the trick

For more details, you can google the syntax of .Xdefaults

the 10x20 is not in my system...

[euless]

Looks like 10x20 is not installed (see below).  Only these small fonts are available.  i want to add bigger fonts for aterm.

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tc@box:~$ sudo ln -s /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3  /lib/ld-linux.so.3
tc@box:~$ sudo ldconfig
tc@box:~$ xlsfonts
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
6x13
cursor
fixed
tc@box:~$
    [EDIT]: Added code tags.  Rich

[Rich]

Hi euless
Welcome to the forum.

Please use  Code Tags  when posting commands and responses seen in a terminal. To use  Code Tags  click on the  #  icon
above the reply box and paste your text between the  Code Tags  as shown in this example:

[code][   36.176529] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supply 'AVDD': -517
[   36.176536] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supplies: -517
[   36.191753] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supply 'AVDD': -517[/code]

It will appear like this in your post:

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[   36.176529] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supply 'AVDD': -517
[   36.176536] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supplies: -517
[   36.191753] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supply 'AVDD': -517
Code Tags  serve as visual markers between what you are trying to say and the information you are posting. They also preserve
spacing so column aligned data displays properly.

[polikuo]

Looks like 10x20 is not installed (see below).  Only these small fonts are available.  i want to add bigger fonts for aterm.

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tc@box:~$ sudo ln -s /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3  /lib/ld-linux.so.3
tc@box:~$ sudo ldconfig
tc@box:~$ xlsfonts
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
6x13
cursor
fixed
tc@box:~$
    [EDIT]: Added code tags.  Rich

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tc@box:~$ uname -a
Linux box 5.4.51-piCore-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 28 16:02:58 EDT 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux
tc@box:~$ fc-list | grep 10x20
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/10x20-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Fixed:style=Regular
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/10x20.pcf.gz: Fixed:style=Regular

Looks like a YES to me 

[euless]

Looks like a YES to me 

Cannot find 10x20.   

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tc@box:~$
tc@box:~$ uname -a
Linux box 5.4.51-piCore-v7l #1 SMP Sat Sep 19 11:36:43 EDT 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux
tc@box:~$
tc@box:~$ fc-list |grep 10x20
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/10x20.pcf.gz: Fixed:style=Regular
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/10x20-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Fixed:style=Regular
tc@box:~$
tc@box:~$ aterm&
tc@box:~$ aterm: can't load font "10x20"



[polikuo]

Cannot find 10x20.   

It's in Xlibs.tcz on aarch64

What's the output of this command on your machine ?

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tc@box:~$ fc-list | grep -Eo '[0-9]+x[0-9]+' | sort -u
10x20
12x24
5x7
5x8
6x10
6x12
6x13
6x9
7x13
7x14
8x13
8x16
9x15
9x18


[euless]

It's in Xlibs.tcz on aarch64

What's the output of this command on your machine ?

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tc@box:~$ fc-list | grep -Eo '[0-9]+x[0-9]+' | sort -u
10x20
12x24
5x7
5x8
6x10
6x12
6x13
6x9
7x13
7x14
8x13
8x16
9x15
9x18


Looks like same as yours.

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tc@box:~$ fc-list | grep -Eo '[0-9]+x[0-9]+' | sort -u
10x20
12x24
5x7
5x8
6x10
6x12
6x13
6x9
7x13
7x14
8x13
8x16
9x15
9x18

[polikuo]

Works fine with jwm

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tc@box:~$ fc-list | grep 10x20
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/10x20-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Fixed:style=Regular
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/10x20.pcf.gz: Fixed:style=Regular
tc@box:~$ cat .Xdefaults
Aterm*scrollBar: true
Aterm*transparent: true
Aterm*title: Terminal
Aterm*foreground: white
Aterm*background: black
Aterm*font: 10x20
Aterm*cursorColor: green
Aterm*fading: 70
Aterm*shading: 50
Aterm*color12: DodgerBlue1
Aterm*saveLines: 1000
fltk*scheme: gtk+
Xft.dpi: 96.0


[euless]

Works fine with jwm

could it be the way i start the window manager?  maybe some extension for font is missing?

i do this after boot up...

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tc@box:~$ tce-load  -i  TC
tc@box:~$ startx

i also just tried jwm...but got same "cannot load 10x20" error.

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tc@box:~$ tce-load  -i  jwm
tc@box:~$ tce-load  -i  aterm
tc@box:~$ startx


[euless]

Hmm...I justed notice these "line 147" error messages when I load (see bottom of the code below)...is this a concern?

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tc@box:~$ tce-load  -i  TC
libXdmcp.tcz: OK
libXau.tcz: OK
libxcb.tcz: OK
libX11.tcz: OK
libXext.tcz: OK
libICE.tcz: OK
libSM.tcz: OK
aterm.tcz: OK
libjpeg-turbo.tcz: OK
liblzma.tcz: OK
libtiff.tcz: OK
libid3tag.tcz: OK
giflib.tcz: OK
bzip2-lib.tcz: OK
graphite2.tcz: OK
gcc_libs.tcz: OK
pcre.tcz: OK
libelf.tcz: OK
gamin.tcz: OK
glib2.tcz: OK
harfbuzz.tcz: OK
libpng.tcz: OK
freetype.tcz: OK
imlib2.tcz: OK
wbar.tcz: OK
libXfixes.tcz: OK
libXrender.tcz: OK
libXcursor.tcz: OK
expat2.tcz: OK
fontconfig.tcz: OK
libXft.tcz: OK
libXinerama.tcz: OK
fltk-1.3.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
flwm_topside.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
Xorg-fonts.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libxkbfile.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
xkbcomp.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
xkeyboard-config.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libudev.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libevdev.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
mtdev.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libinput.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
xf86-input-libinput.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
xf86-video-fbturbo.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libepoxy.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libfontenc.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libXfont2.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
pixman.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
ca-certificates.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
openssl.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libxshmfence.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libXxf86vm.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libXdamage.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libpciaccess.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libdrm.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
mesa.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
xorg-server.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libXt.tcz: OK
/usr/bin/tce-load: line 147: desktop.sh: not found
libXmu.tcz: OK
Xlibs.tcz: OK
Xprogs.tcz: OK
Xorg.tcz: OK
TC.tcz: OK

tc@box:~$ startx


[euless]

Works fine

i just reinstalled, but this time i am using  64bit.  and now 10x20 font works on aterm.   

problem in 32bit might have been the way i loaded TC.tcz.

[Rich]

Hi polikuo

Hi Rich.

This thread is getting longer and more off-topic.

Maybe we should start a new topic for the discussion. ...

The remainder of this thread has been split into a separate topic and continues here:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,24698.0.html