There are two options; you may install the VGA font in a global place, or in a local directory. You may need to install it locally if you don't have -root access. +root access. If the VGA font is not installed properly, you will get +the error, "Could not open vga font".
Option 1: installing VGA font in global font directory @@ -138,16 +139,16 @@ root access. # Solaris 2.x /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts # Linux /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ root-> cp font/vga.pcf font-path-here/misc - root-> compress font-path-here/misc/vga.pcf (see note below) + root-> compress font-path-here/misc/vga.pcf root-> mkfontdir font-path-here/misc root-> xset fp rehash + root-> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart (Restart your X font server) -Please note that on some systems, compressed fonts are not recognized. -It may be safer to leave out the compress step entirely. If you are seeing -the "Could not open vga font" message, try leaving the font uncompressed. -Whenever you move fonts around or compress/uncompress them, you must run -mkfontdir again to notify the X server that the fonts have changed. +The command to restart the X font server is given for Redhat systems, but +it will vary between different machines, and might not even be necessary at +all. If you cannot figure out how to restart your font server, you can +just reboot.
Option 2: installing VGA font in local font directory