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From: sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan)
Subject: Re: Java for Netscape 3.0 doesn't work for me, either
Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd.
Message-ID: <DxA74D.42@kithrup.com>
References: <322F39CA.41C67EA6@aristar.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 22:43:23 GMT
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In article <322F39CA.41C67EA6@aristar.com>,
Matthew A. Gessner <mgessner@aristar.com> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me what else I can check??  I didn't know what the
>mkfontdir stuff was about, so could someone fill me in there?

You (probably ;)) need to do, as root:

	cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
	/usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir
	chmod 444 fonts.dir

Do this before you start X.

I did that, and, voila, it started to work.

Slightly related, I've also been able to compile and run Java applications
(not applets) using Guava to compile, and kaffe to run.  I can't get
anything using threads to work using kaffe yet, but everything else does.
It's nice ;).