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If the X server is already active, newly installed fonts in mounted direc-

tories can be made available with the command xset fp rehash. This

command is executed by SuSEconfig --module fonts.

As the command xset needs access to the running X server, this will only

work if SuSEconfig --module fonts is started from a shell that has

access to the running X server. The easiest way to achieve this is to assume

root permissions by entering sux and the root password. sux transfers

the access permissions of the user who started the X server to the root shell.

To check if the fonts were installed correctly and are available by way of

the X11 core font system, use the command xlsfonts to list all available

fonts.

By default, SUSE LINUX uses UTF-8 locales. Therefore, Unicode fonts

should be preferred (font names ending with iso10646-1 in xlsfonts

output). All available Unicode fonts can be listed with xlsfonts | grep

iso10646-1. Nearly all Unicode fonts available in SUSE LINUX contain

at least the glyphs needed for European languages (formerly encoded as

iso-8859-*).

CID-Keyed Fonts

In contrast to the other font types, you cannot simply install CID-keyed

fonts in just any directory. CID-keyed fonts must be installed in /usr/

share/ghostscript/Resource/CIDFont/. This is not relevant for

Xft and fontconﬁg, but it is necessary for Ghostscript and the X11 core font

system.

Note

See http://www.xfree86.org/current/fonts.html for

more information about fonts under X11.

Note

12.3 OpenGL — 3D Conﬁguration

In Linux, Direct3D is only available on x86 and compatible systems as part

of the Windows emulator WINE, which in turn makes use of the OpenGL

interface for the implementation.

290 12.3. OpenGL — 3D Conﬁguration