XnView crashes (how to fix it)

[CatDude]

Hi

I have read a couple of posts about XnView not working on certain Puppy versions,
for instance:
This one: Quirky 1.2rc feedback by pri
And this one: With regard to Stardust 013 by mawebb88
@ mawebb88, please accept my apologies for not responding earlier, but i only came across it yesterday. (yes, i'm slack )


Anyways, i think i have found a solution.

I tested using the following Puppy versions:

• Lupu-511
  Quirky-1.3
  Stardust-013
  Wary-070
  
  And XnView failed to run in all of them.

All of my testing was done using the XnView-1.70-version4.00.pet As posted here

This is how i got XnView working:

• Step 1.
  Download the attached archive fonts-for-xnview.tar.gz and unpack it somewhere,
  then copy the two fonts into the relevant directory:
  
  • Lupu-511: /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc
    Quirky-1.3: /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/misc
    Stardust-013: /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/misc
    Wary-070: /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/misc
    
    NOTE:
    These fonts were taken from Puppy-432,
    but could just as easily have been taken from 431 (or maybe even earlier versions).
    
    So if you happen to require any others, you know where to get them.
  Step 2.
  Open a console/terminal in the misc fonts directory (as indicated above),
  then enter the following commands (one at a time):
  

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  mkfontscale

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  mkfontdir

  Then Restart X Server

You can now install XnView,
or if it is already installed it should now work without crashing.

Hope this helps
CatDude
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