[arch] Arch has gone *too* slow

[Rob Page]

On 24/02/07, arnuld <geek.arnuld at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 24, 9:02 am, "arnuld" <geek.arn... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > yes Rob, you are right. when i install new fonts, as root, it says
> > something like:
> >
> > "failed to update font-cache"
> >
> > and "X trouble" started when this "font cache trouble" happened for
> > the first time.
> >
> > now what is the solution?
>

Hi,

I can't entirely remember what I did, I may have uninstalled and
reinstalled various font packages or fontconfig or X11 or something,
however, this link, seems to suggest it may be something to do with a
time error, in the font directory:

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg266900.html

And claims that running this:

for dir in `/usr/share/fonts/X11 ...`
do
touch $dir
done

as root may fix it.

Let us know how you get on.

Rob.