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>> D- edit /etc/X11/fs/config :
>> look for [ catalogue = ] and on a new line below the other folders add
>> the directory you created to hold your fonts.
>
> Again, in redhat 7.3, this looks like it is done for you.
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Hmm, I didn't have it. But that might have something to do with me not
having a 'clean' install of RH 7.3
After ironing out XFree86 and KDE3 (apt-get install) I did apt-get
dist-upgrade and it worked just fine.

So maybe it just went with the old settings for X?

Samir M. Nassar