can not open Font Installer in Control Center

[James Richard Tyrer]

LeVA wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have a big problem with the brand new kde3.2. I've compiled it from 
> sources today, and installed it. It almost works perfectly ;)
> 
> When I open the Control Center, and try to click on the System 
> Administration / Font Installer, I get this message (in a new window):
> 
> ------------------------------###------------------------------
> There was an error loading the module.
> 
> [Details]
> The diagnostics is:
> Library files for "libkcm_fontinst.la" not found in paths
> Possible reasons:
> An error occurred during your last KDE upgrade leaving an orphaned 
> control module
> You have old third party modules lying around.
> Check these points carefully and try to remove the module mentioned in 
> the error message. If this fails, consider contacting your distributor 
> or packager.
> ------------------------------###------------------------------
> 
> Then it can not open the Font Installer stuff on the Control Center, I 
> can only see an empty window.
> 
> The `echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH` output:
> 
> "/home/leva/lib:/home/leva/Kylix3/bin:/home/leva/Kylix3/help/lib/locale/hu_HU:
> /home/leva/Kylix3/help/lib:/usr/local/java/lib:/usr/local/java/jre/lib:
> /usr/local/kde/lib:/usr/local/qt/lib"
> 
> 
> Weird thing, is that when I run the Control Center from Konsole (with 
> kcontrol) and not from the Kmenu, and try to click on the same System 
> Administration / Font Installer, I get this message (in a new window):
> 
> ------------------------------###------------------------------
> Could not start process Unable to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Error loading 'kio_fonts'.
> ------------------------------###------------------------------
> 
> But then, it shows the Font Installer stuff in the Control Center; I can 
> see the buttons in the toolbar (Reload, New Folder, etc...), but when I 
> click on the Reload I get this error again:
> 
> ------------------------------###------------------------------
> Could not start process Unable to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Error loading 'kio_fonts'.
> ------------------------------###------------------------------
> 
> 
> If I type "fonts:/Personal" in the konqueror's location bar, I get the 
> very same error message (even when I type "fonts:/System").
> 
> I tried to reinstall (recompile) everything, but that didn't fix it. Is 
> there some program that I must run before using this feature in the 
> Control Center, or this is an error caused by some misconfiguration?
> What could be the problem?

You need to have your PATH and KDEDIR environment variables set correctly.

--
JRT
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