failing to add fonts to the fonts path.

[atar]

> Did you give the full path to the directory?

yes, 'xset fp+ /home/user/Desktop/Fonts'.

> Are there any errors in the log?

yes, here's the log snippet:

xset:  bad font path element (#7), possible causes are:
     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
     Directory missing fonts.dir
     Incorrect font server address or syntax

Regards,

atar.

> On 09/15/13 08:30 AM, atar wrote:
>> Hi there!!
>>
>> When I trying to add fonts files to the fonts path using the 'xset fp+
>> my-font-directory' command, although I have ran the command mkfontdir  
>> before
>> that, I get the following error message:
>>
>> xset:  bad font path element (#7), possible causes are:
>>      Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>      Directory missing fonts.dir
>>      Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>
>> note that the permissions for this directory and all its descendants  
>> are u=rwx.
>>
>> What's the problem?
>
> Did you give the full path to the directory?   Are there any errors in  
> the log?