Re: Debian and X fonts
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:01:31 +0100
Matej Kosik <kosik@fiit.stuba.sk> wrote:
> Friends,
>
> I am using Debian GNU/Linux Sid.
>
> When I start `xmms' I get
>
> ** WARNING **: Failed to open font:
> "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*".
>
> Similarly, when I start `gv' I get
>
> Warning: Cannot convert string
> "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type
> FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string
> "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type
> FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string
> "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type
> FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string
> "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type
> FontStruct
>
>
> Can you please recommend me some reading about fonts in Xorg? How can
> I find mappings from those X font names to some real files? (so that
> I will know which package I am missing or perhaps what to install)?
>
> Thank you
I can't recommend a particular document, but if you browse through the
reference documentation[1] you should find something helpful.
As for your problem with xmms ... the Helvetica font is included in the
xfonts-100dpi and xfonts-75dpi packages. Do you have at least one of
them installed?
1. http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference
--
Liam
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