Installing And Configuring Fonts - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

the X server calculates appropriate values from the general synchronization values. The
server layout section specifies which Monitor section is relevant.
Monitor definitions should only be set by experienced users. The modelines are an
important part of the Monitor sections. Modelines set horizontal and vertical timings
for the respective resolution. The monitor properties, especially the allowed frequencies,
are stored in the Monitor section. Standard VESA modes can be generated with the
utility cvt. For more information read the manual page of cvt man cvt.
WARNING
Unless you have in-depth knowledge of monitor and graphics card functions,
do not change the modelines, because this could severely damage your monitor.
Those who try to develop their own monitor descriptions should be very familiar with
the documentation in /usr/share/X11/doc. Install the package xorg-x11-doc
to find PDFs and HTML pages.
Manual specification of modelines is rarely required today. If you are using a modern
multisync monitor, the allowed frequencies and optimal resolutions 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 work with most graphics card and monitor
combinations.

12.2 Installing and Configuring Fonts

The installation of additional fonts in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is very easy.
Simply copy the fonts to any directory located in the X11 font path (see
"X11 Core Fonts"
should be a subdirectory of the directories configured in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
(see Section 12.2.2, "Xft"
suse-font-dirs.conf.
The following is an excerpt from /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. This file is the standard
configuration file that should be appropriate for most configurations. It also defines the
included directory /etc/fonts/conf.d. In this directory, all files or symbolic
152 Administration Guide
(page 154)). To the enable use of the fonts, the installation directory
(page 155)) or included into this file with /etc/fonts/
Section 12.2.1,