[KLUG Members] gnumeric problem

[Ralph M. Deal]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

> I think I missed something?  Does your printer not print at all?  Can you print
> text (lpr /etc/group)?  Do you still have font problems in gnumeric?

Not at all.  Directing output to lpr gives on error messages.  Gnumeric,
is now working but without the usual fonts (Courier, Times
New Roman, Helvetica,...) even though other programs using fonts such as
AbiWord have all the normal fonts.
 
> Make sure you have urw-fonts installed if your are just having problems printing
> postscript files (the output of GUI apps, etc...) and if you are still having
> problems with gnumeric.  urw-fonts are required for several packages to work
> correctly (ghostscript for one),  but since >RH6.2  I've seen several
> installtions where this, for some reason, wasn't installed and it isn't
> registered as a dependency for ghostscript (at least not on these boxes).

I have run the Gnome-font-install which may have gotten me the strange
set of fonts.

At this point, I'm thinking of rebuilding the kernel from scratch, not
accepting the packages and features installed in my old 6.2. That may take
care of booting showing a new hardware item: a USB port - interesting
since I have an ancient system and take care of ifconfig showing no lo, as
well as the printing and gnumeric problems.

Looking forward to further sage advice.  Should I switch this to the
novice group?

Off topic for a moment:  I just talked to a friend who had just visited
her closest friend - an 83 year old widow Grenwich Village who watched the
second World Trade plane crash in as she came out from a voting place,
then saw the white-covered survivors coming down the street.  That widow,
a tough well-known feminist, is still in bad shape.  We are insulated here
I fear, despite the repetitive TV shots.

	Ralph   deal@kzoo.edu