font in shell...

[bdg1983]

hi,

i'm trying to set the font in my shell....impossible !!!
sorry very frustrated here argghh

i'm using mandrake 8.1 and it says:

Font "#^FL<SD$" not found.
Read README.linux.console for more help.


First of all, the #^FL<SD$ are actually unknwown chinese characters or something.
Second, I couldn't find that file even by using:
locate README.linux.console
So I came to the conclusion that there's no such file and he's bs'ing me.

btw why are there so many shells, such as eterm, xterm, vterm, etc.... isn't there just bash??

thanks,
jules

[vee-eye]

<STRONG>btw why are there so many shells, such as eterm, xterm, vterm, etc.... isn't there just bash??</STRONG>

Eterm, xterm, and vterm are not shells. They are just graphical applications that run in the X Window System, which allow you to have access to a shell in a graphical environment. bash is a shell. sh, csh, and ksh are other examples of shells.

So basically, when you run Eterm, Eterm loads up bash and you're really communicating with bash, not Eterm. Eterm is just the program that makes things look good (cool backgrounds and fonts). ;)

[dvdnut]

same as ftp

in windows there are ws ftp, bullet proof, cute, the list goes on, and they all have their bells and whistles but in the end they all communicate using ftp.

same as eterm, xterm etc, they all have their bells etc, but all use bash.

sound clearer now?

[bdg1983]

ok i got that. can someone please answer my first question ?


jules