Sounds like you may have some issues with symbolic links.
Here is a quote from others with this same problem (which you can easily find if you google your error message :hint: :hint: ):
Quote:
When i try to renew fc-cache i get several warnings, which consist in, e.g.:
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/OTF: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF: skipping, looped directory detected
. . . .
I do not know what a "looped directory" is?
TIA
It probably means that there's a symbolic link inside of a directory which points back to either the directory itself or to the parent directory of that directory. It creates an infinite loop when trying to descend into that directory.
You should know that when you get error messages, you should read them and take them "seriously". They are your friend.
So is Google. Google is also your friend and you can easily Google error messages. I just did (for you). But you are a smart guy and can easily Google your own error messages.
If you don't know how to look at your filesystem and find your symbolic link errors (self-references, dead references, etc.), then just copy the font file in the problematic directory into a "good" directory (according to your verbose output / status messages).
It it was me, I would go fix your symlink errors.
As I mentioned earlier, when IT people just copy directories and files from one filesystem to another without taking the time to actually understand the directories and files, they are copying, this type of error is common.
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Please, Mr. mohtashims, you have 952 posts here at unix.com. You should know all of these things by now. The problems you are seeing are common, novice errors caused by sloppy system admin work. These errors are easily avoided, especially by someone with close to 1000 posts here at unix.com. The messages you posted clearly describe the problem(s) and what you should go fix. You are posting questions that someone with less than 100 posts here might ask. Please learn to read your status / error messages and follow them, fix the obvious errors, and then ask questions after you have done the basic, novice sys admin work. Please, just do it.
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