Opened 5 years ago
Closed 5 years ago
#118 closed System Defect (fixed)
Missing X.org Fonts
| Reported by: | pheet | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | critical | Milestone: | |
| Component: | System Configuration | Version: | 1.4.1 |
| Keywords: | fonts, missing, xorg | Cc: |
Description
X.org Fonts (truetype I belive) are msssin gin the install, leading to eror messages such as:
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*"
to type FontStruct?
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
and the application failing to start. This affects various x utilities, emacs, etc. not working.
See forum thread.
This bug is present in 1.3, 1.4.*, and is still present in 1.5.
Workaround
As root, in a console forceable reinstall the X.org fonts package:
pkg_add -rfF xorg-fonts
then re-start the X-server (e.g. Logout, then log-in again.)
Change History (1)
comment:1 Changed 5 years ago by kris
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
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I will be adding most of these missing fonts into 1.5.1, since we have some extra room on the install CD now. This should be fixed at that point, and will be included in the 1.5.1 patch as well.