Linux – Where is xorg.conf in Kali Linux (Debian)

I get an excellent answer by Popey at #Ubuntu-uk

Paste from popey at Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:04:21 +0000

Repairing a stuffed up install

== Asumptions ==

 * Booted off live cd
 * Local hard disk is /dev/sda
 * Root partition is /dev/sda1
 * Home partition is /dev/sda2

== Make directories ==

$ mkdir ~/target
$ mkdir ~/target/proc
$ mkdir ~/target/dev
$ mkdir ~/target/sys
$ mkdir ~/target/home

== Mount filesystems ==

$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 ~/target
$ sudo mount /dev/sda2 ~/target/home

== Mount other bits ==

$ sudo mount -o bind /dev ~/target/dev
$ sudo mount -o bind /sys ~/target/sys
$ sudo mount -o bind /proc ~/target/proc

== Chroot into it ==

$ sudo chroot ~/target

I get the following in running one of the commandss

root@ubuntu:/# sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo: unable to resolve host ubuntu

This may be the reason why Popey's pieces of advice did not solve the problem.

Its the same method for almost any linux distro (Kali linux is a terrible choice for learning the basics. Too many folks start with it, but its not a learner's distro, its a distro for pentesters. Start with ubuntu or fedora)

Copy it into /usr/share/fonts/TTF/ for systemwide use ~/.fonts for single user use. Then add it to your font cache with the fc-cache command.

That should make the fonts turn up for use anywhere.

There's typically a gui tool for that but that's DE dependent.