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Do you get errors when you run faxsetup? Ian On 17 Mar 2003, Tom Schouteden wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 17:12, Ian Firla wrote: > > Are the locations in the errors the same as the locations in the conf > > file? > > There is no location in the error message. This is the entire message: > > burns:/# sendfax -d 123456789 /etc/hosts > /usr/local/sbin/textfmt: No font metric information found for > "Courier-Bold". > Usage: /usr/local/sbin/textfmt [-1] [-2] [-B] [-c] [-D] [-f fontname] > [-F fontdir(s)] [-m N] [-o #] [-p #] [-r] [-U] [-Ml=#,r=#,t=#,b=#] [-V > #] files... >out.ps > Default options: -f Courier -1 -p 11bp -o 0 > Error converting data; command was "/usr/local/sbin/textfmt -B -f > Courier-Bold -Ml=0.4in -p 11 -s default >/tmp//sndfaxtXvv6O > </etc/hosts" > burns:/# > > > When I had this problem, I resolved it by creating symlinks to the > > directories that faxconfig through up. > > I already made symlinks to every directory imaginable. I can't imagine > where it would look for fonts elsewhere. Faxconfig doesn't cough up any > directories, I haven't even used that command ... > > tom > > > On 17 Mar 2003, Tom Schouteden wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 17:04, Ian Firla wrote: > > > > Try creating symlinks to the AFM directories from where Hylafax looks for > > > > the font info. > > > > > > Hi Ian > > > > > > If HylaFAX really looks in the directory which I specified in the > > > hyla.conf file, the font metrics are already there. So that wouldn't > > > make a difference. When I run a `gs -h` and check for the Search path, > > > the fonts are already there as well. > > > > > > any other suggestions? > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > tom > > > > > > > On 17 Mar 2003, Tom Schouteden wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > I've been working on this issue for a couple of hours now and have > > > > > searched through the online documentation, faq's and mailinglist archive > > > > > with no result, even though this seems to be a fairly common problem. > > > > > > > > > > I'm installing HylaFAX 4.1.5 on a Debian Unstable (2.4.19) system, using > > > > > AFPL Ghostscript 8.00. Everything is compiled from source and without > > > > > errors. Yet when I try to use sendfax, I get the error message: > > > > > > > > > > burns:~/fax# sendfax -d 123456789 /etc/hosts > > > > > /usr/local/sbin/textfmt: No font metric information found for > > > > > "Courier-Bold". > > > > > > > > > > I've installed the AFM font metric package and copied the fonts to every > > > > > fontdir you can imagine. I also created and edited the hyla.conf file > > > > > with the following lines: > > > > > > > > > > FontMap: /usr/local/share/ghostscript/8.00/lib > > > > > FontPath: /usr/local/share/ghostscript/8.00/lib > > > > > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? I tried everything, IMO, and it's still not > > > > > working :(. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > tom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________ > > > > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi > > > > > On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@hylafax.org < /dev/null > > > > > *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@hylafax.org.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------ > > > > Dr Ian Firla > > > > Robert Graves Trust | "A partial count of the software available > > > > St John's College, Oxford | in just one noncommerical Linux system > > > > OX1 3JP - +44-(0)7855-310565 | would have cost about $1.9 billion to develop > > > > http://www.robertgraves.org | ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce Perens > > > Tom Schouteden > > > Consultant > > > > > > Linugen > > > Borkelstraat 2/4 > > > B2900 Schoten > > > Belgium > > > T +32 3 685 39 81 > > > F +32 3 293 33 43 > > > M +32 475 45 85 55 > > > www.linugen.com > > > > > > > > > ____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________ > > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi > > > On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@hylafax.org < /dev/null > > > *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@hylafax.org.* > > > > > > > > > > ------------ > > Dr Ian Firla > > Robert Graves Trust | "A partial count of the software available > > St John's College, Oxford | in just one noncommerical Linux system > > OX1 3JP - +44-(0)7855-310565 | would have cost about $1.9 billion to develop > > http://www.robertgraves.org | ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce Perens > > > > > > > > ____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________ > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi > > On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@hylafax.org < /dev/null > > *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@hylafax.org.* > Tom Schouteden > Consultant > > Linugen > Borkelstraat 2/4 > B2900 Schoten > Belgium > T +32 3 685 39 81 > F +32 3 293 33 43 > M +32 475 45 85 55 > www.linugen.com > > ------------ Dr Ian Firla Robert Graves Trust | "A partial count of the software available St John's College, Oxford | in just one noncommerical Linux system OX1 3JP - +44-(0)7855-310565 | would have cost about $1.9 billion to develop http://www.robertgraves.org | ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce Perens ____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________ To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@hylafax.org < /dev/null *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@hylafax.org.*