Upgrading packages caused 8859-1 font problems
After upgrading my Sarge installation yesterday, I got font problems.
As far as I remember, the procedure used was to run "apt-get update",
followed by aptitude.
After the next reboot, Emacs came up showing only empty rectanbles
instead of characters, and complained about font problems.
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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" to type FontStruct
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
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Acrobat reader behaves similarly, it starts up (the splash screen can be
seen) and dies immediately, complaining over font problems:
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bash-2.05b$ acroread
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type
FontStruct
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type
FontList
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type
FontList
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type
FontStruct
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontList
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontList
Aborted
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This also happens for gv:
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bash-2.05b$ gv
Warning: Cannot convert string
"-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type
FontStruct
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Segmentation fault
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The packages upgrade were (taken from /var/log/aptitude):
Aptitude 0.2.11.1: log report
Mon Sep 29 20:36:27 2003
IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due
to
dpkg problems may not be completed.
Will install 53 packages, and remove 3 packages.
6387712 bytes of disk space will be used
===============================================================================
[REMOVE, NOT USED] plib1.5
[REMOVE, NOT USED] xlibmesa3
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] plib1c102
[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] tux-aqfh-data
[REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] plib1
[UPGRADE] balsa 2.0.12-1 -> 2.0.14-1
[UPGRADE] debian-reference-common 1.06-3 -> 1.06-7
[UPGRADE] debian-reference-en 1.06-3 -> 1.06-7
[UPGRADE] dictionaries-common 0.10.3 -> 0.15.3
[UPGRADE] doc-linux-html 2003.07-1 -> 2003.09-1
[UPGRADE] doc-linux-text 2003.07-1 -> 2003.09-1
[UPGRADE] fontconfig 2.2.1-1 -> 2.2.1-3
[UPGRADE] gdm-themes 0.1 -> 0.2
[UPGRADE] lbxproxy 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] libdb4.0 4.0.14-1.2 -> 4.0.14-1.3
[UPGRADE] libdps1 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] libfontconfig1 2.2.1-1 -> 2.2.1-3
[UPGRADE] libgsf-1 1.8.1-4 -> 1.8.2-1
[UPGRADE] libgsf-gnome-1 1.8.1-4 -> 1.8.2-1
[UPGRADE] libhtml-tree-perl 3.17-1 -> 3.18-1
[UPGRADE] libltdl3 1.4.3-10 -> 1.5-2
[UPGRADE] libnet-perl 1:1.16-1 -> 1:1.16-2
[UPGRADE] libxaw6 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] libxaw7 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] procps 1:3.1.9-1 -> 1:3.1.12-1
[UPGRADE] proxymngr 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] quick-reference-en 1.06-3 -> 1.06-7
[UPGRADE] tasksel 1.25 -> 1.34
[UPGRADE] tux-aqfh 1.0.13-6 -> 1.0.14-5
[UPGRADE] tuxkart 0.2.0-2 -> 0.2.0-3
[UPGRADE] tuxkart-data 0.2.0-2 -> 0.2.0-3
[UPGRADE] twm 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] x-window-system 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] x-window-system-core 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xbase-clients 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xdm 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xfonts-100dpi 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xfonts-75dpi 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xfonts-base 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xfonts-scalable 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xfree86-common 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xfs 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xfwp 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xlibmesa3-gl 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xlibmesa3-glu 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xlibs 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xnest 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xprt 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xserver-common 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xserver-xfree86 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xspecs 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xterm 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xutils 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] xvfb 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11
[UPGRADE] zlib1g 1:1.1.4-14 -> 1:1.1.4-15
[UPGRADE] zlib1g-dev 1:1.1.4-14 -> 1:1.1.4-15
===============================================================================
Log complete.
With kind regards
Asbjørn Sæbø
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