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The X Window System
Caution
Unless you have an in-depth knowledge of monitor and graphics
card functions, nothing should be changed in the modelines, as
this could cause severe damage to your monitor.
Caution
Those who try to develop their own monitor descriptions should be very
familiar with the documentation in /usr/X11/lib/X11/doc. The section
covering the video modes deserves a special mention. It describes in detail
how the hardware functions and how to create modelines.
Manual specification of modelines is rarely required today. If you are using
a modern multisync monitor, the allowed frequencies and optimal resolu-
tions can, as a rule, be read directly from the monitor by the X server via
DDC, as described in the SaX2 configuration section. If this is not possible
for some reason, use one of the VESA modes included in the X server. This
will function with practically all graphics card and monitor combinations.
12.2 Installing and Configuring Fonts
The installation of additional fonts in SUSE LINUX is very easy. Sim-
ply copy the fonts to any directory located in the X11 font path (see Sec-
tion 12.2.1 on page 289). To enable use of the fonts with the new xft font
rendering system, the installation directory should be a subdirectory of the
directories configured in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf (see Section 12.2.1 on
the next page).
The font files can be copied manually (as root) to a suitable directory, such
as /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/. Alternatively, the task
can be performed with the KDE font installer in the KDE Control Center.
The result is the same.
Instead of copying the actual fonts, you can also create symbolic links.
For example, you may want to do this if you have licensed fonts on a
mounted Windows partition and want to use them. Subsequently, run
SuSEconfig --module fonts.
SuSEconfig --module fonts executes the script /usr/sbin/fonts-
config, which handles the configuration of the fonts. To see what this
script does, refer to the manual page of the script (man fonts-config).
The procedure is the same for bitmap fonts, TrueType and OpenType fonts,
and Type1 (PostScript) fonts. All these font types can be installed in any
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